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Ok my review may be very different from everyone else's....I wanted to start this drama for 2 reasons, 1 it's Full House (and I personally love the kversion) and 2 Mike D'Angelo was the lead guy (and I already liked him from his music w/his brother Golf and their drama that I watched way back in 2009 called 'Love Beyond Frontier'). There were several things however that I did not like on this version. But there also were a few episodes/scenes that I did enjoy.
The things I liked: The cute scenes - there were a few episodes and scenes that made me giggle and smile like an idiot b/c they were just so cute. I also liked how they would "explain" or "dig into" certain things that they kind of left vague on the kver. However there were a couple of things I wished they would have left alone. (I'll post a spoiler box below if you want to read it).
The things I didn't like: It was very draggy - this version could have easily been made into a 10 episode drama but they made it 20 with all the back stories, staring off into space for 2mins every time and flashbacks that would take up screen time (to me it was wasted screen time b/c I'd get so bored with it I'd skip it). The acting was also lacking compared to the Kversion, although Mike and Manaying were cute & good-looking they didn't have the acting abilities that Rain and Song Hye Kyo had. The acting was believable on the kver. but on the Thai ver. I could tell they were acting by script. (sometimes the cuteness would overshadow that fact but when there was no cuteness I could easily tell "cue" - "ok"...ectra... One of the reasons I found it so draggy and sometimes boring was b/c on the kversion a lot of things happened during the first 2 episodes and while watching this ver. the things that happened during 5 episodes are what took place in the first 2 of the kver. & by the time I got to the 9th episode it was like watching the 4th episode of the Kver. <that's one reason why it's so draggy.... To be honest I was bored a lot. Episodes 9-15 were the best the rest you can skip a lot and not miss a lot (especially if you've seen the kver and know what the basis is).
While the Kversion is more reality based the Thai version is more fantasy based. If I person actually went through things the characters go through and feel - then the Kversion is definitely how most people would react in SHK's shoes and since Rain was a "star" and "self-centered" I can see his actions are more palpable.
The second leads relationships with our main leads was definitely not as believable as it was on the kversion either - whether that's a good thing or bad thing IDK, but at least I didn't strongly dislike them like I did in the Kversion lol
Music: I liked 3 songs - although 1 song was played during most of the show (even though it was over-played I still liked it - it was by the leading actor Mike (and Aom)). Then there was the song on the last episode that I liked and a song by La Ong Fong Band "Secret Admiring" played once during the middle of the drama that I liked.
Re-watch Value: 2/10 - I won't re-watch this one. I will and have watched the Kversion one at least 4xs though.
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