Pipen
Melbourne Australia
This review may contain spoilers
I'll be upfront and admit that there were only 2 reasons why I watched this drama; first being that it was the only drama that I interested in watching on the index page on my streaming site and secondly, I just discovered Bow from the drama with Nadech and loved her looks and performance. Sadly though, I was disappointed with the story.
STORY
The weak storytelling and wasted opportunities to explore and exploit the time travel gimmick was the most disappointing thing about the drama beside the very poor pacing all too common in lakorns.
Nang'ek travels to the future and finds herself married to a total stranger, she fends off his amorous advances because she rightfully see's him as a stranger all the while trying to see if she can go back to the past. She can't understand why she married him as her spec is the Oppa type and not a mixed, she meets her type by chance and misunderstanding ensue between the couple which is further exacerbated by the 2 women that seem to be interested in her husband. Aoey (Mik) treats her very well and affectionately and she slowly starts to fall for him.
P'ek is bewildered by the sudden weird behaviour of his wife who no longer wants to have any physical or intimate contact with him. He showers her with affection for the first 11 episodes but feel upset that she might be cheating on him with a man at her workplace.
All this played out with the backdrop of conflict in nang'ek workplace and crime at p'ek school.
The pacing was horrible as the the chase by the p'ek happened over 11 episodes with the nang'ek being cold ;for the most part, to his actions even though she cleary had fallen for him but didn't admit it to herself. Until p'ek left at episode 12 and my first reaction was "som nom na" was when she finally admitted that she loved him.
Then she finally got to travel back to the past, however that only happened in the middle of the second to last episode. We then got to see her chase him in a very rushed paced ending. I felt that she should have travelled back around episode 11 and then we would have had a funny and light story about her chasing him for a few episodes to counter balance all the episodes of him chasing her. Wasted opportunity by the writers to flip the story the other way, but what we got was episode after episode of filler followed by a rush ending.
ACTING/CAST
I'm not a big fan of Mik but he did a decent job playing Aoey. He seemed more expressive and comfortable than some of his other roles and I was impressed in the scene when he confronted her about the biscuits and left. However Bow definitely overshadowed him with her performance not just because this was a nang'ek centric lakorn, she was just the stronger actor. The chemistry between them was great and was the only thing that kept me watching.
MUSIC
Nothing special and memorable but it wasn't total trash, just generic.
REWATCH
No I would not watch it again, poor pacing, rushed ending but I admit the chemistry was great and I loved past Bow with short hair.
STORY
The weak storytelling and wasted opportunities to explore and exploit the time travel gimmick was the most disappointing thing about the drama beside the very poor pacing all too common in lakorns.
Nang'ek travels to the future and finds herself married to a total stranger, she fends off his amorous advances because she rightfully see's him as a stranger all the while trying to see if she can go back to the past. She can't understand why she married him as her spec is the Oppa type and not a mixed, she meets her type by chance and misunderstanding ensue between the couple which is further exacerbated by the 2 women that seem to be interested in her husband. Aoey (Mik) treats her very well and affectionately and she slowly starts to fall for him.
P'ek is bewildered by the sudden weird behaviour of his wife who no longer wants to have any physical or intimate contact with him. He showers her with affection for the first 11 episodes but feel upset that she might be cheating on him with a man at her workplace.
All this played out with the backdrop of conflict in nang'ek workplace and crime at p'ek school.
The pacing was horrible as the the chase by the p'ek happened over 11 episodes with the nang'ek being cold ;for the most part, to his actions even though she cleary had fallen for him but didn't admit it to herself. Until p'ek left at episode 12 and my first reaction was "som nom na" was when she finally admitted that she loved him.
Then she finally got to travel back to the past, however that only happened in the middle of the second to last episode. We then got to see her chase him in a very rushed paced ending. I felt that she should have travelled back around episode 11 and then we would have had a funny and light story about her chasing him for a few episodes to counter balance all the episodes of him chasing her. Wasted opportunity by the writers to flip the story the other way, but what we got was episode after episode of filler followed by a rush ending.
ACTING/CAST
I'm not a big fan of Mik but he did a decent job playing Aoey. He seemed more expressive and comfortable than some of his other roles and I was impressed in the scene when he confronted her about the biscuits and left. However Bow definitely overshadowed him with her performance not just because this was a nang'ek centric lakorn, she was just the stronger actor. The chemistry between them was great and was the only thing that kept me watching.
MUSIC
Nothing special and memorable but it wasn't total trash, just generic.
REWATCH
No I would not watch it again, poor pacing, rushed ending but I admit the chemistry was great and I loved past Bow with short hair.
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