Alex-M_

Whole movie tries too hard to be cool and fails constantly.

One example is the main character. They made it a good looking badass woman because it looks cool. But then failed spectacularly at writing her as an actual main character. *Embarrassing*

Let's not even talk about the token asian, the native-like and the black characters...

They should have stuck to doing what they know to do. It would look less of an incoherent mess. I know it would have looked more like any other movie... But certainly it would have been better than this failed attempt at being cool?

Action scenes entertaining but you know how they will go in advance. The only one you won't guess is the one they pulled a deus ex machina to save the day. So yes... You couldn't guess it... Because it was nonsense.

Slow motion... So you can better see how utterly unremarkable is most of what they are slowing down.

Leave your brain sleeping and watch for fun. Don't think to deeply about it. The more you think about it the more you notice how utterly bad it is.

I was expecting another toxic "good girl falls for bad boy" romance like I've seen millions (what? I enjoy mt guilty pleasures...). I was in the mood for red flags galore and teenage/barelly 20 stupidity with a side-dish of misoginy.

But instead I found this crack movie and I'm really happy about this unexpected turn of events. Was it what I expected? Not at all... But I had a great time watching and laughed quite a bit.

Is it a masterpiece? Naaah, nor does it try to be. The movie doesn't takes iteself seriously, it's not pretending to be anything but what it actually is: a cliché plot twisted to be a comedy.

This is truly an amazing series.

It looks gorgeous but the looks also have a purpose the lines (grades/latitudes in Geography are, after all, lines separating and uniting humans, it's in the title, it's mentioned through the script and it's also all over the photography), the colors, the house interior, where the house is... Fantastic.

And then there is the script itself...

The series can be read on multiple levels, you can just follow the personal dramas as they are told, you can focus on the diversity aspect or you can do a whole lecture on generations. All of them, for me, are valid interpretations. But the most just towards the script is probably to take in all its layers.

Wang, the main character, is probably the most "fantastic" character of the 3, he's quite realistic, but he also represents unlimited possibilities of a maybe better future so he's also the most idealistic of the 3. While Mol and In are hardcore reality.

I can't say much about Inthawut, because I didn't get to meet one IRL. But I did grew up as the child of a Mol, and I can say she's extremely well written and absolutely consistent. It was entertaining (but also true to reality) to see how other viewers perception of her changed through the episodes. From initially seeing her as a cool Mom until the last seconds where they got one last realisation of how truly nightmarish she is in that last scene.

All in all... If you come across this series... This is, IMHO, a must watch. But... It's probably not for everyone. If you are not sucked in by the 2nd episode, if you feel uninterested and bored... Then just drop it, it's probably just not the type of story you'll enjoy and there is no point in torturing yourself. But if you fall in love with it... keep going, it won't disappoint. But maybe don't binge it, leave space between episodes to digest them.