Talay Luang (2021)

L'art- de gâcher un "great cast"...

J'ai vu un certain nombre de lakorns et comme j'aime beaucoup Mik et que les critiques étaient bonnes, je me suis lancée dans celui-ci.

Le début est assez accrocheur, les acteurs sont bons, les personnages sont complexes et assez bien développés, cela démarre sur des chapeaux de roue...
Mais vers le milieu de la série, les défauts et clichés des lakorns, deviennent si évidents dans celui-là que ça devient insupportable !
- rythme de réalisation très lent,
- musique et OST beaucoup trop présents pour accentuer l'aspect "super mélo"
- les "evil characters" deviennent si excessifs (que cela devient ridicule) !
- le cliché de la double amnésie ne tient pas plus la route ici que dans les autres séries où il est évoqué,
- trop de coïncidences et de twists mal amenés,
etc.

En bref, je ne suis allée au bout de cette histoire qu'avec beaucoup de zapping.
Il y avait du potentiel (un CL très attachant et des acteurs talentueux) mais il est gâché par une story mal écrite et une réalisation ennuyeuse et lente !

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What a very enjoyable lakorn!

This might be the most enjoyable lakorn I've watched yet. There were a few clichés, but they didn't really ruin my enjoyment of the story. I liked that the drama let you make your own mind about the characters. There are no side characters describing the main character and telling you, the viewer, what to think from the get go. Instead you get to watch them act and make your mind. Now I'll go into more details:
-The story: The story is nothing new under the sun. Amnesia plot with a helping of kind hearted island people. There's a lot of action, many murder attempts, and of course secrets, sex and money. But it's all really well done, especially for a thai lakorn. Usually thai dramas have really bad pacing, with a big chunk of filler episodes and then a rushed ending, this drama was the exception. Here things kept happening with sometimes a bit of repetition (especially if you binge watch like me), but nothing too bad. Also the bad guys really are the strong suit of this drama. I always like when a villain is scary smart and compelling. The villains here are all that and more. The comic relief is also extremely well written.
-The acting was overall VERY good. Mik is not my favorite actor but he did okay, same for Sammy. The side characters were on point, except the FL's best friend who's a newbie,and even then she was good overall. The two big villains were extremely well played. But for me the scene stealer was Prapas. What a great, well acted character!
-I forced myself to pay attention to the music, and yeah it was actually very good.
-The rewatch value is very subjective. Once I've had closure, the only reason I would have to revisit a drama would be the sweet scenes. There were not many of these here. The drama is really good, but not enough kiss for me to revisit haha.

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