Make It Right: The Series (2016)

Des romances lycéennes

Je viens de finir de voir la série et voici donc mon ressenti.

J'ai regardé il y a quelque temps la série Lovesick dont j'avais eu un très mauvais ressenti et je l'avais considéré très durement. Par la suite, on m'a expliqué de nombreuses choses sur la série en question et les séries BL thaïlandaises en général, comme par exemple que Lovesicks avait reçu beaucoup de censure car elle était à elle seule fondatrice du BL en Thaïlande et que sans elle, les autres n'existeraient pas. J'ai donc regardé Make It Right avec toutes ses connaissances nouvelles à l'appui et j'ai aussi fait d'autres recherches pour appuyer mon propos.

La série a cela de bien qu'elle emploie de vrais étudiants qui ont réellement l'âge qu'ils jouent et cela apporte d'avantage de réalisme à la réalisation. Par contre, je m'étonne aussi, comme beaucoup d'après ce que j'ai pu lire comme commentaires, du décalage entre les scènes : on couche ensemble dès le premier moment mais jamais on ne s'embrasse autrement que sur la joue et encore, on s'effleure à peine. Encore une fois, il s'agit de lycéens, donc bon, et puis on ne voit pas non plus les scènes de galipettes, c'est juste que je trouve assez rigolo de passer d'un extrême à l'autre de cette façon.

Je parlais de la série Lovesick au début de mon avis car, même si Make It Right me parait plus "rentre dedans" ( sans mauvais jeu de mot ), on sent le fantôme de Lovesick planer sur toute l'œuvre, mais dans le bon sens du terme ! On retrouve les thèmes identiques de la difficulté d'admettre une sexualité différente de celle imposée par les normes sociales, de la découverte de l'amour sans oublier la vie avec sa bande de copains et les interactions des uns avec les autres.

J'ai trouvé qu'il y avait peut-être moins de moments hyper forts ou de punchlines inoubliables comme il y en avait dans Lovesick d'ailleurs mais la série m'a bien plus tout de même et j'avoue avoir regardé l'entièreté des épisodes assez vite.

Une fois n'est pas coutume, je vais parler de musique, je dois avouer, qu'à part quelques OST, je ne prête pas beaucoup attention aux musiques, du moment qu'elles accompagnent joliment les œuvres. Mais là, pardon ! Chaque chanson colle parfaitement à la situation, c'est extraordinaire et ça n'a fait que faire grimper la série dans mon estime.

J'aimerai également parler des couples qui forment l'histoire de la série : le couple principal, ou plutôt je devrais dire le "trouple" car, clairement, Jean fait bien partie de l'équation avec Fuse et Tee. J'ai trouvé cette intrigue intéressante bien que je doive avouer que je n'apprécie pas du tout le personnage de Fuse dans le sens où, il ne sait pas choisir entre Tee et Jean, sauf quand il est seul avec Tee bien sûr. Il le fait clairement passer après Jean et ensuite se vexe parce que Tee prend un peu de distance pendant UN jour, UNE seule fois. Il devrait réaliser qu'il n'est pas le seul à éprouver des sentiments, je le trouve particulièrement égoïste.

Coup de gueule mis à part, passons au couple préféré de tous, moi y compris : Book et Frame. Ils sont adorables et trop mignons, j'ai adoré voir leur évolution tout au long des épisodes et comprendre ce qui les a modelé dans leur vie pour qu'ils soient ainsi. Par contre, petite note au passage :

alors, je ne m'inclus pas du tout dans ce groupe car je sais que les mœurs thaïlandaises ( voire asiatiques ), et surtout celles de cette époque pas si lointaine, ne voient pas les choses comme nous : je parle ici de consentement. Ce que j'ai pu remarquer c'est que pour des séries comme TharnType, ou plus récemment mais taiwanaise, HISTory 4 : Close to You, tout le monde hurlait au viol dans les commentaires, menant la série, voir même les gens qui ont pu travailler dessus, au pugilat. Et là, pour Make It Right, c'est partout : "Oooooh, il sont tous mignons", "ils sont adoraaaables" ( et croyez moi, j'en ai lu des commentaires, un paquet ! ).

Donc ça passe crème ?

Expliquez moi les gens s'il vous plaît !

ATTENTION léger SPOIL
Pourtant, on est bien d'accord, à aucun moment durant la nuit où il couchent ensemble on n'entend Book dire "oui", c'est même grandement le contraire ! Après, je les trouve tout aussi mignons et c'est pas ça qui a coupé mon plaisir de voir l'évolution de ce couple.
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En définitive, je dirai que j'ai hâte de voir la saison 2 et 3 pour suivre la suite des aventures de tous ces personnages et surtout voir comment évoluent leurs relations mais également si la façon de filmer et de réaliser changera selon un environnement différent.

Maintenant, à vous de vous faire votre avis

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For us in the UK and I expect the western world this show is truly amazing. We could learn a lot from an Asian country on how to make proper gay dramas. I urge all to watch and enjoy, you don't have to be gay to enjoy the fantastic story line. So far its been a story of wonderful friendships becoming couples and I hope that the stories do not end the same way as many Weston stories which tend to end in some kind of break up, but ive not read the book so waiting to see what happens.
Thanks also to those on YouTube for the English subs [uncut] as without them we would never have know such wonderful talent.

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Simply the best drama about boy's love you'll ever find. And for me, personally, it's the cutest and funniest drama I've ever found. The chemistry between the characters is simple marvelous, and truly something you won't come across often. It made me swoon frequently. I had to rewatch every episode that came out as I was looking forward to the rest. I spent hours upon hours looking up things about the actors (which is definitely a huge bonus you'll get with this drama. The actors are as cute as their characters are!)

For the negatives, the acting is a little awkward in the beginning, but as the drama progresses and the actors become more comfortable, it gets much better. Also, you have make sure you find a proper subber. The first time I watched the first episode, I was as confused as Psyduck. After finding a more accurate translation, it become more understandable and more enjoyable.
The music has surprisingly low ratings compared to other categories, and I can understand. It's not mind-blowingly perfect, but I find that after a few episodes, it's very easy to get hooked to. Looking up the lyrics to the songs also helps, because they are very connected to the drama, and it makes you appreciate it more.

Overall, this is a drama I would happily recommend to anyone who is interested on some cute guy on guy love. I'd also recommend it to anyone who is simply curious about it, or enjoys cute romance regardless of the genders in question. It's great for almost anyone :)

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Leave it to Thailand to make some of the best youth LGBT series. Seriously, I have not seen better shows about LGBT from somewhere else ever...

Story:
Make It Right's story is definitely not new for (Thai) LGBT shows, but I don't wanna go into what the story is about and how it develops. I just want to mention what I found interesting or new for the genre/series like these
- the dynamic between the characters. You could clearly recognize the more active partner in the relationships (e.g. the one who chases after the other) which I found was a nice change from the "who's more active" guessing.
- there is like no (!) focus on the background at all. Here and there you'll get some hints, like someone being rich or someone's parents making a short appearance but otherwise everything stayed in the background and was really just there to support the story development.
- There are three main couples. The first and main one is cute and nice and has a steady development. Their development just stops a little bit when the series decides to focus on the others for a few episodes. The second couple, which is actually my favourite, is between the class leader and a playboy. They had an interesting beginning and you couldn't be sure what would happen next or how they would react to some things. They were just...freaking adorable!!! Here the problem was, that compared to the 2nd couple the problems and misunderstanding between the main couple seemed quite baseless and childish which kind of made me love the 2nd one better that the main one. The third couple also has a nice dynamic and was cute and interesting. They had some funny scenes with each other.

Cast/Acting:
The acting in the beginning was awkward to say the least. Maybe because you don't know the characters yet maybe because it was the first episode, I don't know, but it gets better (and not just because you get used to it). Big compliments to the guy who played Frame...I think he was the best of them all.
What I also have to mention: The chemistry is good. They seemed to be comfortable with each other which is important for a good romance.

Music:
Even though they reused their title song quite often I wasn't annoyed by it. In general a good choice of songs, although just two songs stayed in my mind.

Rewatch:
Definitely. They are all just too adorable.

So, overall, I definitely recommend MIR to everyone who watched shows like Love Sick and also everyone else who wants to see a nice series about some couples falling in love and facing some problems while getting to know each other.
Seriously the biggest citic I can find on MIR: Too much and too obvious advertising...

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I am sorry to other fans of the show if I have to rate Make It Right as only a 7.

The story and the plot sounds very promising and interesting but somehow in a way or another there was something lacking with the show. Maybe I was looking for more, maybe I don't like the execution.

Some acting made me cringe a little bit but I can understand since the actors here are still young and just starting acting.

Book and Frame has been my favorite couple in here, they're very cute and adorable to look, they're the only reason actually that I have to hold on with the show because for most part of it was just off for me.

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I don't know about anyone else, but The Hormones Series totally set the standards for the best Thai dramas. Though Hormones is not exclusively a gay/BL drama, I still think it gave its gay characters growth throughout the first two seasons and set the bar for plot and acting in any Thai dramas that follows after it.

Make it Right is adorable and has a love-able cast!

However, Make It Right is drawn out for way too long. This story could have easily been told in half as many episodes. Most of the acting was amateur-ish, especially Frame's character, but even so, the cast still had a way of pulling you into the story.

The product advertising was a bit of a throw-off, a bit excessive.

Lastly, trigger warning (trigger warnings hold precedence over spoilers), there are two scenes in which characters engage in unconsensual sex. Watch at your own risk, and unlike the series wants to make you believe, understand that we should not romanticize these two scenes.

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A Nice Binge-Worthy Series

This series continuously kept me entertained. I found myself so excited to continue watching this series each episode that came. Even though it wasn't the best story plot-wise, it was still fun to watch.

The relationships in this series were a little strange. Fuse and Tee were a complicated pair, I wanted to love them, but there were just so many different aspects of the pair that I hated. For one, Fuse treated Tee like trash. he wouldn't break up with his girlfriend to save his life. In the end, it ruined how I felt about them because Fuse always felt fake to Tee. I don't know how to feel about the drunken hook-up. While it was somewhat consensual, Fuse was still drunk, and it was just uncomfortable. As much as I love Ohm, his character was NOT it this series. *Sighes*, another case of romanticizing r*pe. Yes, Book and Frame have been texting back in forth about having sex and positions and all that, but when it finally came down to it, Book wasn't interested anymore, which is so completely valid! The actions Frame makes are disgusting, but what made me even more upset was the fact that the next day, they completely wiped out the part of Book not have wanted to have sex. If Book changed his mind about wanting to do it, then they should’ve shown that instead of pretending it didn’t exist. What would have been even better is if they would’ve just had Book and Frame talk it out, and then maybe that heat of the moment comes up again and they both consent-fully do it. The way they approached the aftermath was even worse and volatile. I can't get behind this couple at all.

What was the point of Rodtang's character? Was he here to add even more confusion to the plot? Cause that's all he was helpful for. The writers must've had mixed decisions on what to do with him because he starts out liking Fuse, and then turns around and starts liking Nine, but his character was inconsistently shown and had temperamental screen time. I also didn't love Beam's (rodtang) acting all that much, it felt very stiff in a lot of parts, and it felt like he didn't understand his character at all.

Right off the bat, I'm in love with Lukmo. He was hilarious, and he made this series such a joy to watch. I really fell for Yok's character. He was openly gay, and we got to see his situation with his mom and his home life. He finally thought he had found love only to be let down. I liked that this series didn't make the feminine gay a joke, and instead gave him a fully fleshed-out story.

It's strange how censored this show is. This was one of the earlier BLs, so maybe two guys kissing on screen wasn't the norm back then, but what makes it weird is how explicit this show was on sex and porn. This has to be one of the dirtiest shows I have seen so far, but all the kisses were censored or left to look like they happened. I'd rather a couple just never kiss than fake a kiss. It's always just so noticeable that they didn't kiss and makes it so awkward, at least for me. This series was overall a good watch. I didn't love some of the production choices made and some of the acting wasn't all too great either, but overall, it was a fun watch.

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