Theory of Love (2019)

Chorei demais

Se você quer chorar, recomendo assistir esse BL hahaha!
É uma série muito boa sim, mas tem apenas um defeito que me incomoda, por exemplo: muita enrolação (que é um dos problemas que mais têm em várias séries). Coitadinho do Third, até o Khai conseguir expressar os sentimentos demorou uma eternidade que até comigo, quase parei de assistir por causa da demora, mas daí que vem o milagre, vale a pena ficar assistindo até o final, muito lindo depois que eles conseguem se entender, só que como disse, na parte de enrolação faz se tornar cansativo assistir.
Minha opinião é final: essa série se superou e é realmente muito boa, recomendo super.

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it's so worth it to watch

theory of love is amazing and the way off turned into a green flag so fast I'm so into it offgun are so cute together I've rewatched it 10x lol anyways love the chemistry love the acting and the iconic crying of gun in the shower and the friendship of 4 of them are so good I really like how two and bone are so supportive of there friends I hope someday I'll find friends like bone and two and even tho I ship earthmix I think two and us has chemistry not gonna lie with y'all I kinda ship them and I'm kinda sad about bone bc he found out that his crush is getting married and what hurts the most is he's gonna edit the wedding video I don't know what's it called but anyways I love the chemistry it's so worth it to watch and I really enjoyed watching it for the first time I still have sparsk even tho I haved watched it a lot of times and I'm so proud this is my first ever bl series offgun is my happy pill?

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I must admit I was ready to give this show 7 stars, being veeeeery nice because I love the actors in it. Up until episode 7 I was seriously thinking about dropping it. Thankfully, after episode 7 there weren't as many cry scenes and we finally started seeing some character development. I think the acting itself improved as episodes went by. All plot lines were interesting to me and I didn't get bored while watching the four couples' stories. I'm glad I finished it because the concept of the whole drama really made sense by the end and the character development (which to me was the best part) was very obvious and warmed my heart. I'm happy I stuck with it.

If you're thinking about watching it, I say you should. But give it some time because it gets better after the first half/two-thirds.

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It feels like 11 episodes of the breakup scene from movies and then the last episode

The concept for the show is very interesting. Somewhat basing each episode on a famous romantic movie could allow the show to explore different cliche as scenarios without it feeling forced. But I feel that Theory of Love actually kept repeating the same type of plot in every episode. We got 11 episodes of the breakup/disappointment/sad part of every time tic movie and then things moved forward in the finale. We got: main character finds out they are in love with a jerk; main character overreacts and the couple fights because of miscommunication; main character doesn’t trust their other half… I expected a bit more range with the plot.

Third and Khai’s story kept repeating itself over and over. Khai was a jerk in many moments, but I feel like Third could never be satisfied with anything. The scene at the beach with Jam, for example. He was unhappy because Khai was cold with Jam and said that past relationships are difficult. I understand that it made Third think that he’d loose the friendship if the romance was over. But I’m certain that Third would be complaining if Khai was friendly and talked nicely to Jam. He’d complain that he’s still a player, never changes and blah blah.

The only character’s plot I liked from beginning to end was Bone’s. He’s the best character on the show. He’s a good friend, he’s a good guy and does his job well. I felt it a bit forced for the show to give him a girlfriend in the end, but I understand how it fits the tone of the series. Two is a nice guy and White is always great. But his story with Un was SO forced that I cannot feel any spark of chemistry there. Was that supposed to be an enemies to loves story? White and Earth worked together in Waterboyy, and had good scenes together, so I think it’s weird how the show couldn’t make them click better.

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Okay, wow, this drama. I didn’t expect to hate it in any case, but I definitely love it way more than I thought I would. It’s absolutely one of my favorites, which - admittedly - isn’t saying much considering that I’m rather new to Asian dramas, but whatever, we’ll go with it.

I don’t have too too much to say about this without spoiling it a bit, but holy shit. Everything about this was for the most part pretty good; nothing really stood out to me as completely awful. However, there were a couple of things that stood out to me as really, really good.

One, the set. I know this probably isn’t what you’re looking for, but the set is wonderful imo. The color palette is beautiful, and it’s just a really gorgeous show to watch. It’s sometbhing you can’t help but noticing either; the difference in the rooms of Third and Khai, the unique colors of each individual set piece, the colors of sad scenes versus happier ones, all of it. Absolutely gorgeous. I just had to acknowledge that.

As far as the storyline goes, it’s a pretty simple one. Guy’s in love with his best friend but best friend is straight/a player/ oblivious/ all of the above. Not many complex things going on here. I’ll admit there were a couple of times I got confused, but for the most part, it was a simple storyline that was easy to keep up with.

That being said, even within such a simple premise, the acting and the characters still managed to blow me away. The one thing that really got me was how easily my emotions were manipulated by this show. Generally with shows like these, I’m very critical of the main character. I don’t tend to understand why they refuse to try and get over their love interest, and I end up disliking the show because it just doesn’t make sense. But with this one, they did it amazingly imo, esp in getting me to feel what Third was feeling.

The entire time I completely understood everything Third said and did and felt, and I felt the same exact way. Yes, Khai could be a bit of a dick sometimes, but the show did a wonderful job of showing the times where he wasn’t; it made me fall in love with him in the exact same way Third did, and I could easily get why despite Khai’s mistakes Third couldn’t help but forgive him. I couldn’t help it either; he was just one of those characters. I cried when Third cried, I felt hopeless when he felt hopeless, and I was happy when he was happy. And that right there is what will keep me watching this show. I adore how easy it is to understand and empathize with Third, and I his relationship with Khai is portrayed perfectly, though I’ll admit there were times where I wondered if they had anything keeping them friends other than their shared love for film. Luckily this was rectified almost immediately.

10/10 will definitely continue watching, and I can’t wait to see the next episodes and what becomes of Third and Khai. Only reason this wasn’t 10 across the board is because I don’t want to jump the gun too soon. If you’re hesitant about watching this, I say go for it.

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Khai and third are the best friend but their personality totally different .third is down to earth type of person ,he respect his friendship and always loyals to them whereas khai is just a fun loving ,careless and little spoil person who did not care other emotions and feeling ,he take everything just as granted no loyal to anybody except his best friend but sometime for his own sake he took his advantage that thing hurt Third a lot so he decided to leave his feeling towards him .
Starting khai character i didnot like ,how he never be fix to one relationship ,so frequently he change his girls totally spoil one . I did not know why Third kept such friend as a best who can ditch him anytime ,only he has feeling for him that's why he endure his nonsense and stupidity.
Two dialogues i like about drama
1.when Two said to Third that i understand how it was feel to see that your love is front of you but you can't said to them and see them with someone else.
2 When Third get over Khai and Khai pursue him but he ignore him and then khai said to himself ,now I understand how you felt when i always ignore you and spending time with someone else ,i hate this feeling and he cried and walk away.

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Strong Cast but the Main Couple Lacked Chemistry

I'm still relatively new to the whole Thai BL scene, having only seen a select few series, so I don't have a huge amount to compare this to. This is actually my first written review btw so!

I had previously watched Puppy Honey and Puppy Honey 2, so I had experienced seeing Attaphan and Jumpol as the lead male couple. While I feel like this series was a lot better than PH and PH2, I still feel the two main actors lacked any real chemistry, and this really impacted my interest in the couple's relationship as the series progressed. Compared to the other BL series I have watched, these two actors really have some of the weakest chemistry on screen together.

Character-wise, I think this series had a strong cast and a nice, diverse group of main characters. Each of Khai, Third, Two and Bone played their own role in their group. Personally I felt Two had the strongest character and I was rooting for him and Un for the whole series, even more so than Khai and Third. Bone's charming personality was sweet to watch and his relationship with Paan was handled very well (massive fan of Paan's character as well btw!) While I thought Attaphan's acting of Third was very strong, by the end of the first episode I was already tired of the crying. I don't think I have ever seen a character cry so much in 12 episodes? I began to like his character as the series progressed but it sort of fell back to the beginning towards the end of the series. I feel like Third lacked any real character development. As for Khai, I didn't have any strong feelings in favour or against him. Wasn't a massive fan of his character throughout and the devlopment of his feelings for Third just seemed ingenuine.

I thought the overall theme was sweet - where each episode was titled after a classic romance film and I really enjoyed the references to various classic films (shout out to The Perks of Being a Wallflower). The soundtrack was a lot more interesting than the majority of other BL series I have seen. I was also a fan of the opening sequence. As for rewatch value, I don't think I will be re-watching this any time soon. I still have a tonne of highly-rated series I'd like to see first but even of the ones I have seen, this would be way down the list of series I'd rewatch.

If you were a fan of Rome and Pick's relationship in Puppy Honey then I would definitely recommend checking out this series! It offers a similar enough relationship, just with a much much better storyline. The lack of chemistry between the main actors really knocked it for me, but I don't regret watching this at all. Overall I gave it a 7.5 / 10.

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Storyline felt lacking

Let’s start put by saying it that you can tell it had a hefty budget and I believe they could have done more with it.
The way they incorporate film into the series was very well done and believable as other BLs (mostly engineering BLs) leave a lot to be desired in that department this one succeeded. Everything was done very well aside from the way the storyline unraveled it was very slow growing and obvious at many times I wanted to stop watching it because they made the Third look stupid for still being in love with Khai, the way Khai constantly hurt him made me feel somewhat mad and made me not like Khai at all, all the way up until the end, It seemed lazy how mid season the script was flipped and the story was just repeated but from a different perspective.
I will say for it being another College BL it was better then most and the storyline had a nice change of pace for involving the characters majors as a big part in the storyline, personally I would not rewatch but if you want a change in pace from the same college BLs it’s worth taking a look

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It’s like this show deserves 8 stars, but I couldn’t push myself to give it that rating. I knew what I was getting myself into, but I’m still mad at myself for signing up for it. First things first, this show will give you a headache and you’ll even feel your heart strings being pulled at because everyone in general knows what it feels like to like someone and not have those feelings back and every person in the LGBT community also understands what it’s like to fall in love with a best friend whether they were straight or not and it does not work out. Watching this show you feel angry because Off played such a jerk, and Gun was just so pathetic and pitiful you couldn’t help but cry with him. He was so sad and pitiful and you literally felt his pain if you’ve ever been in it and that sucked. The friends were nice and I liked the little side stories but some things were so underdeveloped and unnecessary, I was like ugh whatever. Overall, it’s a fast and easy watch except for when you want to ring Off’s neck because he was such a douche bag for more than half the show and I was rooting for Gun to just fall in love with someone else because let’s be real, he deserved better. I’m glad he got the one he wanted but he definitely needed to move on from the toxicity. Especially after basically digging through the trash and being called a little biotch. So overall, not a bad show, but also not the best show. I’ve seen better BL’s out there, that’s for sure.

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" Theory of love " had an interesting theme, with the movie references and the Flipped plot.

The story is kind of light, although the main character does go into many tear showers due to his crush. Nevertheless, the friendship of the four college students had nice dynamics and it was entertaining. There were enough comedy reliefs as well. The romance, in addition, was nicely paced and the references from other romantic comedies were making it even more cute. The side characters had their moments as well, as the drama didn't forget about them in order to concentrate on the main couple. The ending, finally, was well managed and it was nice to see how they all succeeded in the future.

So, overall, seven out of ten.

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Unrequited Love

I'm a sucker for unrequited love themes. Just finished the whole thing hours ago.

I love how they showed Third's journey, his emotions going up and down. Hoping and then becoming disappointed to finally giving up. It was well paced for me and not rushed. This actor portrayed this part very well. I wasn't really thrilled with how rushed they made Khai realize his feelings for Third. This actor is excellent in his portrayal of being a douche. The sweet fluff moments are lacking for me too. Even after they have cemented their love. But the last confession was on point (and that, I stan!).

Same with the second couple, Un and Two. Their overall love story wasn't well paced in my opinion. Chemistry between the actors aren't really spot on. I want a little bit more of Two's journey of "bending" but I did love and was amused that he got "bent".

For Bone.. oh Bone.. my gentleman.. #JusticeForBone.. almost shed a tear for this angel.

The epilogue was a bit cringey for me. The worst scene for me was the accident but this was me being critical to any medical-related thing.

Actors are okay. Soundtrack forgettable. I recommend with an "okay, so-so" sign.

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Mixed up feelings

Well, this is my favorite BL but that doesn't mean it was perfect.
Theory of Love wasn't a bad drama in my opinion, but now that it has been a long time since I've finished it, I remember a lot of things that weren't good at all. I will not only talk about the bad things tho, I will stand out what I hated the most and my favorite things.
First of all, Third was way too dramatic, always crying under the shower, I now find those scenes to be really funny because I really can't take them serious since they didn't look credible at all. One of the things that I loved the most about this show was the boys's friendship, even if it was damaged in so many moments, they were always there for each other and I find it very endearing. I'm very happy with the ending and I loved the whole film concept. And last thing was Kai's development, wow, that is something everyone has to watch !

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