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Monday, July 4, 2016

Sawan Saang ~ Heaven's Creation (Thai Drama)

English Name: Heaven's Creation
Genre: Drama/ Revenge/ Romance
Episodes: 12

Main Cast:
Gun-Jae-Sal as Dok Jun

Synopsis:

The story centers around Nakrop Payakracha, a cruel man, a man who cares for no one but himself. Nakrop is a super genius who became president of a large company called “Tiger King” by the age of 25. He lacks a heart but does well in business.

Eau is a security guard who works at Tiger King. Eau is a good man, a good father, a good brother and son. He values his work and is devoted to Tiger King. Eau has a 10 year old son named Oh and his sister is Ounjai –a feisty young college student, who occasionally works as a hot dog girl at race tracks.

When Eau became partially disabled while rescuing people from a fire at Tiger King, Nakrop fires him because he has a dislike for weaklings. After losing his job, Eau became suicidal. He has a family to raise and his mother is ill (she is handicapped). Because of his leg and what Narop had said to him, he decides to commit suicide by standing in front of Nakrop’s car during a race. 

Before the suicide attempt, Eau made a video confession:”I just found this out, Khun Narop. We value people differently. I value the heart of the person. You value what you can get out of them for your success and objective. You don’t have a heart. Inside,, you only care for success. Before I saw you as a hero, you were my goal, that I strived towards. But now I give up. Your level is too high for me and there is no reward waiting there, except loneliness. You will win anyways because you think you will always win. But no one wins forever. Possibly you might lose to a pathetic man like me. Losing is a good thing, it teaches us.”

Nakrop unintentionally hit Eau on the race track and his car flipped over. Both Eau and Nakrop were badly injured and were rushed to the hospital. Eau passed away. Nakrop suffered a head injury and was in a coma for a while, but he survived. After his accident, Nakrop partially lost his memory and his personality completely changed too. He was no longer cruel, no longer greedy, no longer ambitions. He turned into a laid-back kinda guy, goodhearted, and considerate of others. Nothing like what he was before. He wanted to get to know his servants, he didn’t shout at other as much. He didn’t care for the company or remembered how to operate it. This terrified his mother Khun Ying Nayika, who raised him to fierce like a tiger.

After seeing her son interacting with the servants and wanting to get to know them, Khun Ying Nayika ordered Nakrop’s assistant Tong Tiew to change Narop to how he was before. She told Tong Tiew: “My child is tiger! Not a dog who will move aside to let anyone pass by.”

As Nakrop is going against his mother and evolving into a better person, Ounjai is coming after him to avenge her brother’s death. She is helped by the son of Tiger King’s rival company Phoenix. Things don’t go as plan because Nakrop is a different person now.

My Thoughts:

The plot captured me right from the start. I was intrigued to find out how the story proceeds and it went smoothly. It is a whole new world for me as it was quite centered on revenge and how that revenge becomes the point where the lovers came to be. It was interesting to see the story developing two different characters into a single body. How they use the good guy to comfort the victims and then the bad guy to hurt them even more. 

The story wraps up oh so nicely that I have nothing more to say but to watch this immediately. The ending was superbly splendid. The story gave a great emphasis on character building and took a different approach to "finding my soulmate". It was a fun ride full of genius and heartbreak. I didn't notice that this story was quite old as a matter of fact until I saw the gadgets they were using. Heck, a telecommunication company that just released a system that can track a phone by GPS. But, still nice. One thing that impressed me is how they smoothly inserted a different character into the lead guy when it is needed most and then return it back to the initial character. It was done splendidly that I just go woah and accepted the transition easily.

Wednesday, June 1, 2016

Koo Prab Chabab Hua Jai ~ The Love Rivalry (Thai Drama)


English Name: The Love Rivalry
Genre: Drama/Romance
Episodes: 14

Main Cast:
Thunwa Suriyajak as Marwin
Win Wathit as Inthon

Synopsis:


My Thoughts:

(Edited:11/12/2016)

I was bored and decided to look for Thai lakorns to watch and came across this. I shall say this was surprising a great one to watch. The cute scenes and interesting way of how things end up got me hooked the second I saw them. Yeah, it all started with hate but in the end, we all know it becomes love. But, this story surprises me with the layers of challenge the two main leads face. I know it is not easy to be in love when you're from two different classes but how the writers made that literal to another level is one of the main charms of this drama.

Now to the story, I find it slightly balanced in a good way. You get times when you feel like giving up on the story and times when you feel that all the watching was worth it. It is more to the latter in fact that I am grateful. I totally adore the characters. Some characters I may hate but the writers have their way at making me like the characters in the end. The good points of each characters are easily highlighted. With all the cliches in the world, you gotta know how to make your story click with the audience. And the writers wrote it well. I love the pairing of each character, how they complete each other and support each other and of course fall in love. The flow in which the characters fall in love was fluid and smooth. One thing I really like about the flow is that those moments where you think comments like 'He/She is totally in love with ....' are totally unexpected and cute.

The portrayal of the characters was amazing. During an episode, I actually cried when I got immersed in the emotional situation the character is relaying. I truly believed it was worth the watch and even more than that. I fought through a marathon of episodes, to glee in laughter, to fume in anger, to shed a tear, to see the end. I kept on hoping and hoping until the very end that the writer would wrap things up nicely and they did though not as long as I wanted but still great.

It was a great watch and I highly recommend it. I can tell you that the love rivalry in this story is truly one of its main emphasis but Thais have their way in teaching life values through their stories as I just realize now. Great watch.