OUTSTANDING!
I like to consider as a critic but I’m not. I love to enjoy and experience a high production quality movies/series/songs. Until lately, I’ve been recommended to watch a series named: “I told sunset about you” (ITSAY). By far, best Thai BL I ever watched and it rocked my feeling to deep bottom. Because ITSAY, I decided to give my critic for the very first time as below based on mydramalist.com categories.
1. Production:
The scene set in Phuket, beautiful and amazing island which created the feeling for this series. (I try to imagine if happen in city but nahh). Choice using the old town brought the theme and meaning of the story. Excellent cinematography. Lifestyle, color, behind the scene, costume, natural environment, best formula and combination in this series.
2. Story:
ITSAY will give you the feeling of happiness, sweet moment together, imagining, wish and hope will happen to ourselves, painful and tears. The overall script and writer done the outstanding production for ITSAY. I’ve been watching many BL and read most reviews by far, for a foreign language LGBT movies/series, ITSAY produce a high-quality storyline.
The story will educate you what is Love, Family and Friendship. In reality it might not happen but I believe everyone do wish and hope to have own way how to Love. ITSAY able to showed few examples.
3. Acting
a) @BK (Teh) and @PP (Oh-aew), by far, I would consider both are experienced-skilled actor. There is no awkwardness in the scene, (perhaps some actors in other BL you will notice), their eyes contact & skill are so natural. Despite both came out less than 5 to 10 years, but take up such role and they had excel & execute right timing, right moment, right partner. Many kinds of genre movies/series but sadness, cried scene I believe, are the most challenging and need a lot of emotion to portray execute that moment. WELL DONE @BK and @PP. You both will have a good career ahead.
b) @Khunpol (Bas) after I watched the behind the scene (BTS), first timer participate in acting, no surprise the effort he put in. Good job.
c) @Nut (Hoon) not many scene however he portrayed as Teh’s elder brother, silent but sharp and observant. His connection with @BK, was so good. How many of us receive brotherhood connection like this especially we are Asian?
d) Tarn, she played the role who was in love with Teh but to out only be his best friend. Her role was important and heavy to carry which a girl heart broken, confused and felt been played. Her beauty in the series was attractive and her sadness, I guess many people had felt it.
Main role to supporting role, each played their strength and hardly to judge their weakness. Proud to watch the crews line up.
Visual
Not so much like those wuxia or action however the visual effect was so good. If you have watched, there was a scene under the ocean, OMG. Love it.
OST
Not many actors can be singers, or vice versa. However @BK vocal was good at his age. The feeling and emotion on the theme songs, I like it. @PP vocal was good and what make him different when he sang the Chinese version esp when this is not our own mother tongue. Smart choice because of the series which relate to the story plus marketing propose, I guess PP maybe first or not the Thai Actor had performed a Chinese song under his belt. Bravo!
I highly recommend to everyone, do not discriminate because this is LGBT BL story but take it as a culture and enjoy the production.