Big Dragon (2022)

Unpopular opinion, but it wasn't that bad

TLDR: Not a mafia show. Just another college RomCom with rich bisexual men misbehaving. Then, one of them acts very tender towards the other and they start revealing themselves to each other (a bit jarring of a turn around). But MosBank do have chemistry and can act. I hope they get a better script next time.

After seeing so many poor reviews, I was dissuaded from watching this, but I really enjoyed MosBank in Sunset x Vibes (even though that also suffered from poor writing). So, I decided to give this a go. I think it's better than what people say if you go into it without preconceived notions or hype. The show poster makes it seem like it's a mafia-esque show with the chosen colors, but it's far from mafia. Instead, it's a college romance of two rich playboys who can get any girl they want. When their next conquest turns out to be the same girl, Yai turns vicious about his methods, but it backfires since he has two bumbling (but lovable) idiots as his assistants. Did I forget to say it's also a comedy? So, to summarize, nothing mafia about, just another college RomCom with two rich guys who end up getting drugged and sleeping together. So, there's definitely DubCon, brought on by Yai who orchestrated the whole thing. Instant karma at work here.

Then, we find out Mangkorn, who now possesses the recording of their first night, has had a crush on Yai for several years. And he's reluctant to let go of Yai now that they've had a night together. And where is the original object of their affection? By episode 4, I had already completely forgotten about her and it seems, so had they.

Yai and Mangkorn are both going through difficult times with their families. They find comfort in each other. Mangkorn's father springs a life-changing announcement during his New Year visit, while Yai is dealing with a new stepmother, which is bringing up his grief over his mother's death. Mangkorn feels stuck and helpless. Yai feels the loss and abandonment more keenly than ever before. A new relationship has its own issues, but one that you have to keep hidden because society frowns upon it, is a double-edged sword. You're generally unable to turn to anyone if there are issues because it's a secret relationship. And your source of comfort is cut off because of your disagreements. I was impressed that the show brought up same-sex marriage and they had a GL couple.

What is that ending? I've seen announcements for Season 2, which doesn't look like it's happening. So, I guess the ending was yet another conflict to solve in S2, making it a poor ending for S1 with no S2 in sight. If they ended the show without the doorbell ringing, it would have been a better ending. MosBank do have chemistry and can act. I hope they get a better script next time.

Lire davantage

This is just MY Opinion on this show || NOT HATE ||

|| May contain SPOILERS For people who have not yet watched this show or finished it. || Also contains SA mention || I watched this show originally when it first aired, I enjoyed it then but i recently tried to rewatch it and let me just say.. No hate to the actors, Directors, anything… but this show sucks, it was messy, after the first episode got released it should've never kept airing, it automatically was toxic. I didnt read the novel but i saw multiple little descriptions and multiple posts people have made about it. It seems like they didnt even take anything from the novel and add it into the show, they took out the main thing, The male pregnancy, Dont know if thats a spoiler but the big dragon novel Banks character Yai was actually supposed to be pregnant. BUT! they took that out… I was actually pretty excited and interested for that to happen, everybody was posting on my social medias acting like it would have still been in the show, so when i watched it and saw it wasn't in the show disappointment filled me. The only “ Couple “ I liked in this show was park and phong, Non-Toxic Funny AND Cute. something yai and mangkorn could never be. the storyline is fucked up. The SA in the beginning threw me off, and let me say i am disappointed in myself for even liking this show, and continuing to wait every week for the new episodes to come out. I AM GLADDD i finally realized how fucked up this show is. If this show had a season 2, they should break up in it. It kind of seems like after Kinn-Porsche came out many BLS after tried to recreate it in ways, And this BL is definitely… One of them. It failed horribly too, It gave more of a THARNTYPE. vibe then anything.



But onto the parts i did actually ENJOY! in this drama, This part might be a bit shorter… 😅. i’m not even going to lie, When i first watched it i really enjoyed the little bit of comedy this show had, It made me laugh, I loved the shampoo bottle scene, AND the doctors office scene😂 I absolutely died of laughter when yai was hiding from the doctor. And the way he was walking. I couldn't handle not laughing. Many scenes in this BL did infact make me laugh and smile which MAY seem shocking after all that up there.. I really loved park and phong as-well, They always made me smile and laugh after all the other scenes happened. The Ghost scene with them when they were at mangkorns office made me DIE of laughter, The screams and the way they ran just made me parish,



I may seem like i “ Hated “ this show, but i wouldn't say that i would just say…. it wasn’t my cup of tea and i can get harsh with my reviews😂 I rate this series a 5.5, Kudos to the actors for doing all them scenes i dont think i would EVER be able to last in, My favorite characters were indeed Park & Phong😁. Hope this REVIEW Doesn’t make anybody feel bad about liking the show or feel angry with my Review, This is just my opinion and i dont wanna start any arguments about it. If you like the show, Good for you! And if you agree with this Review/Feel the same way, Thats awesome.

Lire davantage

Disappointing

Big dragon is one of those dramas that promised big but failed miserably . I have in my time watched alot of BL series but this one was quite frankly the worst I've come across. Majorly for the following 2reasons :
1. The storyline : the writers watched all the top ranked thai bls and then tried to smush it all into 8 episodes of misery. The story is so all over the place and had me rolling my eyes every 2 minutes. I feel like the writers halfway tried so had to recreate KinnPorsche without getting copyrighted that they forgot what their original story was.
I lost my hopes on the lead couple after the first 2 episode but i stuck around to see if there would be something of a second lead couple between the bodyguards but that just went straight out of the window and then the Lesbian couple left me feeling just sad coz there was so much potential there but their portrayal tilted more on the good friends side than the couple side.
2. Acting: Honestly couldn't understand what the actors were trying to do with themselves and i would blame that on the directors because i feel they weren't worked into the characters by the directors properly. The actors seemed to have alot of potential but i guess it wasn't used well.

Big Dragon in my view is just a Big Hot Mess i wouldn't want to touch again. They went wrong with everything that they could have possibly gone wrong with and thats just disappointing.

Lire davantage

Good Leads, But Bad Direction & Plot !

The direction and plot of this BL was all overall the place. So many things going on and with only 8 episodes it’s not enough time to flesh it all out. The only good thing about this BL was the leads they kept my interest because of their chemistry on screen. I seen there is a season 2 in the world and judging by the cliffhanger it’s another plot device that found in the first season that didn’t get invested in enough. If they had honestly had more episodes like from 12-16 they could’ve filled all the other side plots and given them reason to be there instead of leaving it hanging.

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TOXIC

I so look forward to this drama ... but dam i was not expecting the toxic abuse that it going portray.
What I imagined was a slightly adult drama. What I got was a hot mess and not in a good way. Dark yes, but, again, not in a good way, actually very problematic. Not gritty and not adult, but your typical college BL with typical first world problems, an overpacked plot and very little substance. In short, a disappointment.

Both men were actually not normal, for me from the start when he drugged the man i should have known that this drama was heading down the wrong way ... it just literally went down hill from there. then we had a cheating scena and he gets caught but some how they end up back together.

the whole backwards and forwards was just a non starter.

Overall: just watch for the sake of it and nothing else?

Lire davantage

A Little Bit Dissapointing.

I've given the rating that I have for multiple reasons. (This is a review based on my own opinions. There could be people that feel totally different about this series and you are welcome to. I just write these reviews because I like putting my thoughts on a series on paper.)

1. Great story idea but not well executed. I liked how their relationship started as hating each other to loving each other but the execution of it was pretty disappointing. The chemistry was really lacking as well. I don't want to insult or discredit the hard work that these actors do for these series but sometimes it just doesn't work. The story is quite focused on the sexual aspect of their relationship because that is how it started but even with that I was a bit disappointed.

2. The rest of the series was a little bit to fast paced. The beginning is pretty fast with the couple basically both getting drugged because of bad handling of the drugs and then having sex and you would understand that that part comes first and is quite fast paced because it is the start of their relationship as it were. But the rest of the story was just as fast paced which made it feel distant for me. It feels like they were trying to put multiple storylines in one season of just 8 episodes. It also wasn't edited or shot as if a lot of time passed between when they met each other and they eventually ended up with each other. It felt like a week passed and they were from hating each other to loving each other.

3. Nothing major happens to break up this couple. There was a friend of Yai that showed up that was a slight threat to their relationship but very quickly you know that Yai only sees him as a friend and nothing more. The engagement issue was solved in one episode. I honestly thought that that would be a problem throughout the entire series but it wasn't. I think that that would have been better for the story. They wanted to put too much in 8 episodes.

4. Kinky stuff hinted at in trailer but next to nothing in series. In the trailer there was hinted to Yai liking more kinky stuff and there were some very quick shots with some in it. In the series there was nothing of that kind. Now I have to say that if I like a BL or not doesn't depend on that but when you insinuate that this is the case you should at least deliver some of that. In episode 3 there was a moment that Yai was getting whipped by a girl in Dominatrix outfit while he was just sitting on the side of a bathtub uninterested in what she was doing. Guys that was all that they put in the series that was hinting at a kinky side to him. I was really disappointed with that. If you don't want to put something like that in a series then don't hint at it. The timing for me with that is also really annoying because it almost feels like they wanted to pull the VegasPete fans in with the trailer but then never delivered.

I didn't even notice that the 8th episode was the last episode when I was watching it. There was nothing in this series that jumped out at me and excited me. There was nothing that really drew me into the story. Nothing that made my heart beat faster or made me feel sad or angry. I would probably watch, if there is going to be , a 2nd season of this show but only when it has fully aired just because waiting for this show was a bit disappointing every week.

Lire davantage

Un gran pasticcio

Se l'interpretazione molto rigida e impacciata, almeno dei due personaggi principali, può essere scusata dall'essere Mos e Bank a inizio carriera e quindi, in definitiva, dovuta alla loro sostanziale inesperienza, altrettanto non si dovrebbe dire per quanto riguarda l'orrendo svolgimento della storia. Non fosse che, in realtà, anche lo sceneggiatore, che funge pure da regista, si trova in questa produzione decisamente alle prime armi, e purtroppo si vede forte e chiaro.
Il fatto che si tratti di una storia in soli otto episodi non scusa l'increscioso minestrone in cui è stato gettato un po' di tutto senza in realtà sviscerare quasi nulla: o sfoltire o allungare, non c'è via di mezzo.
Partiamo all'inizio da due ragazzi etero (già!) che si danno molto da fare con le ragazze, ci danno intendere che sono rivali per una di loro, in qualche modo pare che uno dei due voglia fare un bruttissimo scherzo all'altro e ne rimanga invece gabbato con tanto di giochini sadomaso e allegato filmino. Ora, che nelle storie BL non si vada tanto per il sottile in fatto di consensualità è cosa risaputa e deplorata, però qui si è decisamente esagerato.
La parte "ricevente" della storia, Yai, è un ragazzino ricco e viziato prono a scatti d'ira e capricci. L'attivo, Mangkorn (Drago), che pare inizialmente un uomo scafato, astuto e sofisticato, si scioglie quasi immediatamente al sole quando si trova in compagnia dell'altro.
Questi due passano nel giro di pochi minuti dall'odio più feroce all'amore più sfrenato, senza alcun periodo di transizione e senza neanche farci capire che ci sia stato qualcos'altro in mezzo. Improvvisamente Yai, invece di essere vendicativo e furente, diventa un tenero micetto. Ah, e dei suoi giochini "particolari" non si parlerà mai più.
Nel frattempo, nel calderone del racconto viene gettato un po' di tutto e di più, pescando allegramente alla fiera del cliché: le amicizie infantili, la morte di un genitore, gli acerrimi rivali che diventano amanti senza passare dal via, le guardie del corpo imbelli (non ho capito cosa dovessero sorvegliare o chi fossero, ma tant'è), i matrimoni combinati, una matrigna, un terzo incomodo che torna dall'estero, l'obbligatorio periodo di separazione, e così via accumulando. Il tutto è inframezzato da una copiosa messe di fraintendimenti e capricci da parte di quello che viene definito "moglie". E che cavolo, è (quasi) sempre il passivo della situazione ad essere più infantile, capriccioso, immaturo, "piccolo", e non solo di dimensioni. Stucchevole.
Lo svolgimento delle vicende è, per certi versi, accelerato, perché si sono voluti inserire molti temi, non ultimo la quasi onnipresente tirata a favore della possibilità di sposarsi da parte delle coppie omosessuali. Normalmente lo apprezzo, ma in questo caso sembrava un pistolotto aggiunto a caso, perché pronunciato in maniera piatta da una coppia lesbica che si è vista poco, tanto poco da dubitare che sia più di una coppia di amiche.
L'accumulo di situazioni buttate lì alla peggio viene in qualche modo bilanciato, si fa per dire, da infiniti minuti in cui non succede niente e i due piccioncini si guardano languidamente, mentre scorrono lunghissimi flashback sulle note di una canzone. Pregevoli canzoni, ma insomma.
No, non ci siamo. Opera piuttosto pedestre, senza molti punti di forza, che va avanti come se messa insieme incollando fra loro
dei pezzi sgraffignati qua e là da altre produzioni. Disarmonica, anche nell'editing.
Perfino la tanto osannata chimica della coppia protagonista devo ancora trovarla: Mos fa spesso smorfie melense a casaccio (e dovrebbe imparare a piangere), mentre Bank è talvolta molto rigido nelle posture . Insomma: si vede troppo che recitano, ma sono giovani, si faranno.

Lire davantage

The plot is like a CASTLE..... Sand castle if u know what I mean

This is one of those series that progressively losing its charm after the first few episodes. Ngl the first EP really got me hooked bcuz it's so passionately aggressive that we're like entering a whole ass kinky era of BL series but as the story progresses, it became a soft mediocre one. I don't think it's that bad, it's just like a bunch of BL series of every genre with their respective BL tropes that are just so used that it's not that good anymore. Idunno. Tbh I still enjoy the series but I think it could've been better. Thankfully they didn't have hateful bitches trying to be homewreckers. The aggressiveness of the series really toned down gradually. The first few episodes were fire then it evolved into another series that is contrast to the scenes we've seen in the first episode.

The realization of both having met each other when they're young is redundant and the fixed marriage is very annoying. I know Mangkorn and the girl's parents weren't homophobic or demanding about the fixed marriage but I thought it would be nice if that was taken out of the context. It just add up to Yai's confusion of making Mangkorn his boo. I didn't also liked the love triangle of Nine, Yai and Mangkorn. Nine is just out of place there. He's more like Yai's uncle tbh. If that's what happen in the novel, i think the writer shouldn't add that up. ISBANKY and Mos chemistry were there but it's just the plot. I love Fong (Park) here. He's a cute bodyguard here. Everytime he gets screen time I was just love staring at him like the whole time. Besides all that, the whole premise were like "two rivals who got drunk and slept with each other then Mangkorn got the evidence in his hands" that's it. After deleting the video, I guessed that would probably end the series.

I know there were family problems with Yai and Mangkorn going abroad for his internship but idunno. This was a mess in the last few eps but I still thought it was worth finishing. It's not a series that I would just leave not finishing the entirety. I think the plot execution is the real problem here. Now they're getting a second season, writers, directors should take their time to make it better than this. They should maybe incorporate something and do not throw another used tropes. Overall this was a somewhat decent series for me.

Lire davantage

Though the plot again twisted but I'm looking forward to ep 8 and a happy ending......

this is a great show with great visual.... the cinematography, the casting, musics, and the overall arrangements are so good ...... the love scenes are mild which is most adorable to me....every characters are good in their own way....yeah and about the two main cast , i want to say that they are quite good and they have a good chemistry cz bl is such a series that needs the support from both the two leads.....

the about screen writing, if u have watched 'THE UNTAMED' the best ever chinese drama then you'll understand what's the definition of plot twist....and really I've found big dragon alike that ....so keep patience...i hope the whole story will be quite good....so don't judge a book by its cover ...try to feel the story...it is really heartwarming...i hope they will not break us...


BTW THERE'S still one ep left and i hope it will be a hit one :D.

#support_bigdragontheseries
#support_isbanky
#support_moslhong
#support_whole_cast

Lire davantage

What on earth was this...

This series was so weird. It's like they had a lot of ideas for the start and then didn't care anymore. Almost felt like they changed writers and director half way through:
***SPOILERS AHEAD***

For example, it started so dark, like two men of the night that looked almost like mafia members, and then by episode 4 it turned into normal university students and the darkness was gone (the animosity, the bdsm, the playboy look, everything). It was so funny to listen to the song "dancing with the devil", like, Mangkorn was a devil for like two seconds? The dark opening was sooo funny when it came after episode 5 or 6 cos it didn't look like it belonged in that show.

Also Yai looked really masculine at the start, I guess to sell the image that he was a player with the ladies, but after a few episodes all I could see was a little feminine kid, more close to what isbanky is really like, which is fine but the change didn't make any sense lol

The s&m part was promising, it explained why he was atracted to Mangkorn, since they started with violence, but that dissapeared too. Also if Mangkorn was so atracted to Yai from the start, what was that about with the girl he was making out with on the street, even after they had a thing going on. So many things the characters did didn't make any sense.

The whole arranged marriage thing was stupid as hell. Like why would you say "hey i need to marry someone else, sorry" when you clearly have other options, and everyone is telling you that if you talk to your father the matter is settled. You're creating a problem where there isn't one. It's just bad writing to create drama. The whole thing was settled with a freaking phone call, it was hilarious.

The going abroad thing: so it was supposed to be because he was running away from the arranged marriage thing, even though it was such an easy problem to fix, but then he says that doing that masters degree was something that he wanted to do since he was little? Make it make sense. Either you wanted to run away from your problems or you've always wanted to go.

The flowers thing also didn't make any sense, why would you task your love rival with giving flowers to your boyfriend and not say they're from you. Stupidest thing I've heard in my life.

Also just a random thought, but mangkorn's tatoo was so very fake. Tattoos aren't that dark.

I kinda started this because I felt like watching something "spicy" but... the sex scenes... I don't know if anybody thinks like me but the sex scenes I think were supposed to be frantic like 'we just can't stop cos we're so hot for each other' type of thing (like kinnporsche), but they came out kinda clumsy and uncoordinated, awkward and all over the place. It was hard to watch, I swear. It looked like two horny teenagers who didn't know what they were doing and have never been with a human being before in their lives.

I have to recognize tho, that the scenes about yai's mother, and when Mangkorn was leaving, did make me cry. But overall I didn't like this dumpster fire of a show. It was like watching a hard dick get limp in slow motion. Watched episode 7 and went to sleep, and I've never done that with just one episode left in a Bl before in my life. I do not want a season 2 of this mess. I watched this bc I liked Mosbank, and they did their best with the script they had in front of them, but this mess is 100% bad writing all over the place. I wish they wouldn't do season 2 since there's so many shows out there that deserve a second season and I think Mosbank should do another project together that's better than this hot mess.
Only thing I liked was the cinematography and the music, but of course it was not enough to compensate all the other bs.

Lire davantage

Was fun till the last episode

The last episode was terrible, he plans to study abroad on a whim to escape his family and then still goes and leaves Yai who has experienced pain of his mother dying and him being alone. he could have done the masters in Thailand. this ruined the romance for me.

Am I supposed to think its sweet when he prematurely returns and says he dosen't want to complete the rest of the degree? This just shows how it didn't mean much to him anyway and he should have just not done it to begin with. TRASH

It has a wonderful soundtrack but is triggering to watch. very dissapointed.

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