Cutie Pie (2022)

So much good yet eh

This was one of my first dramas I’ve watched in a long time and I wanna give this drama perfect scores but I just can’t.

Let’s start with the good!
The chemistry between the main couple is adorable when they eventually ACTUALLY get together. They're dynamic after they get together is so fluffy and cheesy it's really cute.
The transitions and the overall camera work is very good and the music is pretty.
Them openly talking about the LGBTQ community was very nice, it felt like they actually cared about it and not only had a BL just for fan service and for them to not give a crap about the community they are trying to represent.
Also it’s unproblematic in the sense that all the kissing scenes are consensual and there’s no insensitive joking as you see with a lot of shows.

Now on to the things I didn’t like!
It is sooooo slow in the beginning and the overall dynamic between the main characters is just weird and so dragged out.
The fact that the parents wanted them to get married since Kuea was born was just icky, like I know its an arranged marriage but asking a 5 year old to marry this person who WAS JUST BORN AT THE TIME-
Also why tf was the same tropes were used for multiple characters? Like we get it, you're a closed off rich guy that can't show emotion and you're dating another rich person who can't stand up for themselves? Like it feels like a copy and paste, make it their own original story?

With all these cons I wouldn’t completely knock it, it just depends on your taste and how high expectations you put on to it.

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Second time around

I originally watched this a few months ago but held off writing a review, knowing I would watch it again when the sequel (Drama Special) came out. Part of me wanted to see if I felt the same way about the series the second time around and, for the most part, I did.

The premise seemed interesting and it was nice to have a BL not centered around University life. (Even though Kuea is in University and there are plenty of scenes with him at University, it's not centered around University life, seeing as Lian is older.) But even though the characters are older and supposedly more mature, they sure didn't act like it half the time. Take the misunderstandings that come with school dramas (the ML thinks the other lead is in a relationship with pretty much anyone they talk to) and replace it with a different kind of miscommunication consisting of lying and keeping secrets from each other. This really stood out to me the first time I watched it although it didn't hit as hard this time around. I mean, I can see they had their reasons but those reasons didn't seem like enough to justify the lying to go on the entire series.

It would have been so much better if, after Kuea first calls off the engagement in the first episode, that he actually does what he said he'd do and be his true self. In the first episode, we see him as a total bad-ass, riding motorcycles and playing drums but putting on a masked persona around Lian. Then, when he wants to call off the engagement, he still tries to seem obedient around Lian, even though he supposedly decided that he doesn't want to be married to him anymore and shouldn't care about his opinion. Because, let's face it, Lian was an ass to Kuea when all he wanted was reassurance that their marriage would mean something.

All that being said, I still enjoyed watching the show. There was enough investment in the side characters to help break up the constant lying of the main couple. (Excluding Diao and Yi who had their own issues that pretty much mirror the above.) I really loved the relationship between Diao and Kuea; that best friend who will drop everything (even at the risk of being scolded) to help each other out. And the engineering crew was hilarious. I enjoyed their interactions with each other and always laughed when they all would murmur "sadhu" when Syn would say his words of wisdom. I liked the healthy, professional rivalry between the Pentagon and Gemini and the interactions between Jay and Lian. They had respect for each other even though they were essentially in direct competition. Jay's support of Kuea's music career was nice to see as well... pretty much Jay brought in a good balance of what healthy relationships looked like against all the messed up stuff going on with the two main couples.

The music was enjoyable and catchy. At times I felt like this series was more of an attempt to launch NuNew's music career rather than his acting career but, either way, he deserves it.

Now that I've seen it twice, I don't know if I'll watch it again, to be honest. When the next sequels/spin-offs come out, I may browse through it on those respective couples (with pit stops along the way to see Jay) to refresh my memory on what we've seen of them so far.

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Warto dać temu szansę

Przy pierwszym podejściu poddałam się po około 3 odcinkach, ponieważ jakoś Kuea nie przypadł mi do gustu swoim charakterem. Jednak jakiś czas później postanowiłam ponownie zabrać się za te tajską dramę i w sumie nie było tak źle jak na początku. Podczas przerwy od oglądania dowiedziałam się sporo na temat głównych bohaterów i bardzo ich polubiłam - głównie dzięki instagramowi, co na pewno później pomogło mi w oglądaniu.
Mimo, że fabuła nie jest jakaś mega ciekawa, a niektóre sceny są lekko za długie przez co czasem nudne to cieszę się, że dałam temu drugą szansę.
Cutie Pie jest bardzo przyjemne w oglądaniu, a postacie zarówno główne, jak i te drugoplanowe są bardzo dobrze dobrane (np. Nuer i Syn). Uważam, że jeśli ktoś miał z początku tak jak ja lub podobnie to warto się przełamać i to obejrzeć :)

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První Bl co jsem víděla

Za mě je tento seriál strašně krásně propracovaný. At je to děj nebo samotní herci. Šlo vidět že samotní herci kteří měli hlavní roli což je Zee a Nunew tak se dokázali to té role vžit. Má to 12 dílu a já jsem každý ten díl byla v úžásů jak dokonale to je. Jako ano občas tam byli i scény kdy jsem myslela že to nerozdýchám nebo jak se říká Hot scény.... Takže za mě úplná paráda. Sice to bylo moje první BL v životě ale už jsem u toho zůstala a koukám dal na BL... Ale Cutie Pie je jedno z mých nejoblibenějších BL seriálu. Těším se až uvidím ty dva zase v nějakém seriálu a věřím že to určitě bude tak povedené jak Cutie Pie nebo Cutie Pie 2 You .

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For All Those That Enjoy Fluff

Ok, I initially checked this show out bc Zee was in it and I hadn't seen him in anything for a while. I really enjoyed the side characters and the chemistry between everyone was great, but that is kind of where my list of compliments ends.

In my opinion it really dragged in the middle. I don't know if it was just me but there was a point where I just started cheering for them to argue because I was bored of all the fluff. Keep in mind, I'm the type of person that gets annoyed with other shows for dragging conflicts out for to long or basing the entire plot on miscommunication. But at some point I was really just wishing for something, ANYTHING other than the constant stream of fluff and kiss scenes.

In series like 'Ingredients', lengthy periods of just fluff didn't bother me but I was just expecting more conflict and the multiple episodes of not really anything happening threw me off. I feel like this show could've been shortened to like ten episodes. My sister felt the same, but it might just be our short attention span.

I didn't particularly like or dislike the main couple, even if it was a bit vague to me when exactly Lian fell for Kuea. One moment he's insulting him and saying he doesn't want to get married and the next he's suddenly in love with him.

I'm not going to say much about the second couple since I was pretty indifferent to their storyline and tuned out most of their scenes while watching. I'm not going to bash them since from the very beginning their storyline really didn't interest me. But the one thing I will say is that I HATE the way they were dressed in this. My sister pointed out that they literally look like father and son at some points in this and I just couldn't get the thought out of my head. Khondiao is dressed so colourfully and playfully, which isn't bad, but next to Yi who is always wearing a suit he looked like his son more than his boyfriend.

Long story short, if you go into it knowing there's minimal conflict once the show reaches the halfway mark you might enjoy this. It just wasn't for me.

(also, English isn't my first language so excuse the spelling and grammar mistakes)

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A simple concept concluded haphazardly

I had such high hopes with this series when I read the synopsis and saw the first few episodes. Alas! with every consecutive episodes the hopes died a slow death.
The story is about Lian and Kuea bethroted to each other at a very young age. But when they grow up Lian has no love towards Kuea. Kuea, heart-broken decides to end the engagement only for Lian to realise that he has feelings for Kuea. The concept was new to me as I have not seen a series with arranged marriages before let alone between 2 men and this got me excited. The series starts promising where we get to see the contrast between the 2 characters. Lian being a strict businessman with only limited time for his fiance and Kuea being a singer and a lover of fast cars and bikes but hides his true self from Lian. They separate from each other due to Lian's indifference towards Kuea and so starts a journey of self-realization and getting to know your true feelings.
This is where the story starts to lose me. The story of the arranged marriage was not convincing as the families just wanted Lian to take care of a very young Kuea. The mention of marriage was said in jest. Not sure why these 2 pursued that idea till their adulthood?
The sudden change in Lian's feelings towards Kuea was confusing too as there was nothing that justified either his love or his initial indifference.
There is clearly an age difference between Lian and Kuea however Lian saying that he loved Kuea from the day he was born just gave me the creeps. Not sure who thought that it sounds romantic or endearing?
The parallel story of Khondiao and Yi needed more explaining. Khondiao has lost his memory but we dont see how that has affected him in any sense. Unless Yi says it we dont even realise that Khondiao is suffering from memory loss. In fact we dont even know which memory has he lost.
In conclusion a simple concept was made confusing by inconsistent characteristics of the 2 leads, moving from bizzare or unbeliveable. The actors however did a great job with their performances and the songs are worth listening to. Its not too bad to not give it a try. Watch it for the performances and the songs.

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Really over-hyped. Not worth your time if you want a good story

I'll start by saying -
If you want a fluffy bl with a lot of cute scenes and annoying characters watch it.
It was not for me but I still gave it a 7 because I know that if you wanted to watch something like this you will like it..

That being said.
I put this series on hold. I got to ep 11 and could not watch . It took me 3 weeks to watch ep 11 and 12 till the end. The romance was... somewhere but I need to say the CHEMISTRY was almost perfect
Is the story okay ? Somewhat
Is the acting okay? Yes, it was actually good
Will I ever try to watch the 2nd season or re-watch this one? NO, absolutely no

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A comfort series

I got intrigued by the trailer as it was first time ever in any bl series where arrange marriage concept was shown involving two males who were also childhood sweethearts. Both of these are my favourite concepts so I decided to give it a try. And I would say i was not disappointed because it was what I wanted. I was happy to watch a series where there was no cheating no annoying girl forcefully trying to separate two mls because she like one of them. The problem between them was miscommunication if they had communicated earlier then drama wouldn't have streched till 12 episodes but thats what we call drama. Another thing which I like in this series is they didn't break up traditionally like every bl series which is famous as 11 episode curse or breakup episode. They have communication problems , trust issues still they didn't leave each other. As I have read the novel so may be thats why I have a bit more clear understanding of it then others who are giving negative reviews. About arrange marriage Keua grandfather and Lian's father were Kind of a boss subordinate as well as very good friends . His grandfather business was starting declining a bit when he was alive. He saw the business potential in his subordinate and his son so he decided to handover his grandson as well as business to the family whom he trusted the most. And that's what Lian also told Kuea. As one reviewer mentioned Lian told keau that he loved him from they day he was born. He wasn't referring to romantic love. When first time Lian saw kuea Kuea grandfather and everyone around him told him to take care of Kuea and kuea will be Lian's friend. So he first liked and loved him as a friend , companion, later those feelings turn into love. Yi Diao story wasn't developed much as Cutie Pie was based on Cutie pie novel which has only Kuea Lian story. Yi Diao didn't even have this much part that they were shown in series those wanted to see more of them can watch naughty babe which is adapted according to novel. The chemistry, acting music, was wonderful. So don't be just believe on reviews do watch one ep or 2 and decide for yourself you wanted to watch it or not.

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Cute indeed, but...

This series started great, made my hear flutter at every scene and grab my pillow with excitement every Friday while waiting eagerly to it's launching day. BUT, still, i felt that some of the secondary couples had such a fast development (be it romantically or problem solving). However, i don't blame the show, with 12 episodes they did everything so beautifully, be it cinematography wise or acting wise, everything was great. Maybe if they had one or two more episode, things would go more smoothly, i don't know. Still, i loved every second of it and i am going to miss it dearly.

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Yes! Yes! Yes!

In short: I loved it. From the first minute. The series was like reading a manga. The actors are excellent, the chemistry is something amazing. I devoured the episodes because I couldn't stop. I think it is among my top 3 favorite BL series. I loved the story, the characters, the music, everything. I've read in some places that the series is overrated, well, it's not at all. I cried at the end because I was so excited and happy. I really like such cute, romantic, emotional series and this one is just like that. The love scenes, the kisses, phew, even I blushed while watching it. But I finally got to see real, proper kisses, so it gets an extra point. I also loved the behind-the-scenes part at the end. So I recommend everyone to watch it. 🤟

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