O Smoking (2022)

Honestly just underwhelming. :,)

The show had potential.

Honestly the premise of the overall story sounded great on paper, but the execution fell flat and was meh at best. The thing with Aioun’s father and Nawee’s father didn’t go anywhere.
Honestly they tried to do so much without actually doing anything. The acting overall was ok I suppose, mainly from the two leads, but side characters where…. Just there. Honestly this show just… had a lot of cringe moments, and the “struggles” or the “problem” the characters had to deal with were either ignored after being mentioned or resolved poorly without any actual storytelling. Nawee’s problem with going out into the world, was done so poorly that it just felt underwhelming. (It had potential to actually develop Nawee’s character but nah.)

Also the music…. It was placed so randomly and it sorta just made the vibe of what I was feeling….. just flat.

Ig the best parts of this BL were just the chemistry between the main leads, their kisses, and how attractive they both are. Other than that this BL was meh at best, I enjoyed it, but fell flat at the final episode.

Leia Mais

Great Visuals, But A Very Run-Of-The-Mill Story

If you've read yaoi manga for quite some time and enjoy the enemies-to-lovers trope, then you've most definitely read a story *just* like this before.

Actually, does anyone know if it's actually based off of a manga or Thai novel? Because it feels like it.

STORY:

Anyway, the story is nothing new. It's filled with a lot of tropes and at times cringey cliches. The story is pretty predictable, and it's one of those Thai BLs that reads exactly like a yaoi manga because of the structure and main tropes.
The only new thing it offers is that it is a Thai live action production, which honestly adds some intrigue to it. My friend pointed out that it looks similar to a Korean production, and I do agree with that.

Aspects about the story I didn't like:
I have no idea how old the youngest brother is, but I assumed he was in high school. The way they introduced him made it seem like he may be the love interest for Sichol and I was not okay with that. There is no second couple, thank goodness. Speaking of Sichol, I both enjoyed and disliked his character. I felt like having an outrageous character in this kind of mellow story was a good idea; he adds some flavor to the mix. But then he started becoming annoying at times. And then eventually, I flat out forgot about him.

The thing I hated about the story the most, however, is the romantic "plot twist" they tried to add at the end. Maybe I wasn't paying as much attention as I thought when each episode dropped every week, but I actually didn't think they'd try to add last minute drama. If you know me, you know that I hate when a BL resolves a story a couple of episodes too early and then try to fill in the rest of the time with useless drama. And what made it even worse was how dragged out it was and how Nawee kept refusing to let Aioun talk. I understand that on one hand, it would make sense for someone like Nawee to react that way after everything he *just* went through. But instead it felt like they were trying to stretch things out to last until the end.

PRODUCTION/ACTING:

I would say watch the drama for the visuals, acting, and wardrobe. If you pay attention to stuff like cinematography and color grading, then I think you'd enjoy this show. There are a lot of scenes that just look very pretty, same with the sets. Speaking of, they pretty much only worked with two sets (and very briefly with the diner/cafe at the end), and I think they did a great job with that.

The acting is very good, even from the characters that don't really have much to offer. The chemistry between Nawee's and Aioun's actors is VERY good. I would love to see them in another BL some time soon.

I don't know anything really about suits, but I thought the wardrobes looks great right down to the color choices for the scenes. He doesn't wear a suit, but I loved Oab's looks; yes, including the awful mullet. There's something about the actor where he's about to pull it off very well.

And yes. The sex scene is one of the best sex scenes I've seen in a BL. If you want to skip everything and just go straight to that scene, I wouldn't blame you. Not only was the chemistry great, but it was *beauuuutifully* filmed. Like, WOW.

Also, I honestly didn't pay too much to the music, but the theme song is very nice, if anything.

REWATCH?

I would say no. I would only rewatch it for color theory/story/visuals, but that's it.
.....And probably rewatch that sex scene LOL

Leia Mais

Wanted to like it, but just couldn't

Oh, what a trainwreck this show was. I think I’m especially disappointed as I thought the setting and main actors were not bad, in my opinion.
I really liked the idea that on the one hand side we have the tailor Aioon, who is very talented and just a really nice guy who runs a tailor shop with his two brothers. And on the other side we got Nawee, an arrogant, tormented rich guy who is scared to leave the house. They meet because of a suit (not really a tuxedo) which then sort of brings them together. I thought the acting was fine and the two leads had nice chemistry. But man did it all go downhill fast.

The plot is basically non-existent. When all the fuss was made about the perfect suit for the birthday of Nawees father, I thought it would be this big corporate event with loads of important people, where the son really wants to shine. But it then ends up being an awkward little family dinner that lasts about 5 minutes as no one eats anything and ends with the dad telling the son he doesn’t want to see him anymore. And why? Because he is a “bastard”? It’s the 21st century, give me a break. Sometimes it felt like they were hinting at some bigger family secret involving the past of the dads of our protagonists, but it never goes anywhere. When the horrible father leaves the dinner, Aioon tells him, he will regret being so awful to his son. It seems like a threat or a premonition or something, but of course it is in fact nothing and never mentioned again.

The terribly stereotypical side characters of the fumbling assistant, the annoying ex-girlfriend and the ridiculously evil stepbrother added nothing to the show and were a total waste of time. And don’t even get me started on the odd relationship of Aioons two younger brothers and their fight about a turtle. Again, this added nothing to the show and the time could have been spent so much better developing an actual plot.

I did enjoy the dynamic between the leads and how we started to see that the arrogance of Nawee mainly came from loneliness and Aioon managed to tear down his walls. This could have been developed into so much more, add some properly written dark family secret that is being uncovered and some likeable side characters and boom, this could have been good, but they just seemed to get it wrong every chance they got. It is absolutely beyond me how someone read that script and actually said, yes, great, that makes sense, let’s film it. Unbelievable.
I hope for the actors that we get to see them together again in some other show with a decent storyline where they get a chance to show what they can do as this is definitely not it and I unfortunately can’t recommend watching it to anyone.

Leia Mais

Le BL se taille une veste

Aaaargh ! cette série me partage en deux, je n'arrive pas à décider si je l'adore ou si je la déteste, c'est affreusement énervant ! Je ne peux pas rester bouche cousue et pour ne pas lui tailler un costard, je vais faire un comparatif des points positifs et négatifs pour, de fil en aiguille, essayer de trancher mon avis.

Commençons par le positif :

Les deux protagonistes ont une alchimie de fou ! Les scènes intimes sont filmées à la perfection et j'espère ardemment les revoir ensemble dans d'autres productions. Quand on les voit tous les deux dans une scène, on a l'impression que c'est le monde entier qui se penche de chaque côté pour les rapprocher, ils ne pouvaient que finir ensemble ces deux-là ! Et pourtant être directement à l'aise dans ce genre de scènes, c'est parfois coton !

Le jeu de Green ( Aiaoon ) est solide et il campe bien son personnage du début à la fin en plus d'être à chaque fois tiré à quatre épingles.

En parlant de nos protagonistes Chap ( Nawee ) est à tomber ! Dès qu'il se met torse nu, la température de la pièce prend plusieurs degrés et quand ils se regardent, Awwwww !

Ensuite, la musique, elle n'est pas inoubliable mais très belle et l'OST est admirablement chanté par Jeff Satur.

L'histoire de la phobie de Nawee est intéressante et on voit ses efforts pour passer au-dessus de celle-ci juste par amour, c'était très touchant.

La photo et les décors sont magnifiques à beaucoup de moments, la maison de Aiaoon m'a énormément plu.

Passons au négatif :

Le jeu de certains acteurs est bien inégal, concernant celui de Chap, il s'est énormément amélioré sur la fin et là il était presque parfait.

La romance est géniale, je ne la remets pas en doute mais les scènes de bisous accidentels, pardon ! Déjà que c'est cliché en soi mais celui qui se passe dans la baignoire est physiquement impossible ( d'où tu tombes exactement dans cette position ?! )

Le comportement de Nawee ne m'a pas plu du tout : ce n'est pas parce que tu restes cloitré chez toi que tu dois te comporter comme une ordure avec tout le monde, je pense que la prod aurait du parler plus tôt de son père et de son frère qui auraient été, je pense, une meilleure "excuse" pour le caractère qu'il présente au début de la série.

Dans le registre des comportements idiots, Aiaoon n'est pas en reste quand on le voit agir avec sa petite amie, au secours !

Justement, parlons du père. S'il déteste autant son fils, pourquoi le laisse-t-il gérer sa société ? Désolé messieurs les scénaristes mais ça ne fonctionne pas là.

Enfin, et c'est le plus important, c'est quoi ce format ? Déjà que 15 minutes d'épisode c'est court mais sur seulement 8, on n'a pas le temps ! Ça ne fait pas un pli que ça impacte grandement sur l'effet que donne ma série au niveau global et pour le rythme, ne faisons pas dans la dentelle, ça le casse complètement quand le flux entre les scènes est coupé de telle façon.

Bon voilà, ça ne m'avance pas beaucoup et j'ai sûrement oublié des choses, mais je dirai finalement que compte tenu du budget et du travail en coulisses, la série a tout de même du mérite, son effort est louable, même si l'histoire est un peu cousue de fil blanc. Vu le peu de temps qu'elle dure, on peut donc la mettre pendant une soirée marathon de séries car elle est quand même très mignonne et agréable à regarder.

Maintenant, à vous de vous faire votre avis.

Leia Mais

It's good but the story..

Good day Everyone,
I enjoyed the series and completed it within two days (watched it after the airing) as the series is super short, What I loved about the series was the character chemistry between Chap and Green they were super comfortable to each other while acting and that's one of those things I love, If you come to the point of acting um it's GOOD as the story was an overall MESS, The story was rushed, some scenes had no sense eg. The scene in the last episode where Oab gave a new turtle to Art, it was a time consuming scene too. But the fact is that I enjoyed Psychological Trauma scene in the last episode where Nawee stand up on his own outside and came to reunite with his gentleman boyfriend. I was confused to know that when did they even fell in love with each other, like I mean they had moments of two accidental kisses, he made a tuxedo for him and said he would always be there for him. Like WTF how?!

The character chemistry as I told was great, if there wouldn't be any chemistry between Chap and Green then I would definitely drop this series in the first half itself. The characters were less so it was easy to remember the name of all of them, I laughed my ass off in the Sichol scenes. The part of Aioon's girlfriend was useless, I mean they wanted to extend the series but it wasn't worth to the audience.. The father and the stepmother mom and brother part was toxic, I started to feel embaras when Nawee started to bleed in the nose and the father yelling his name, How the f*ck did he bleed!

Sichol scenes are worth to watch and are hilarious at the same point of time. Acting of the cast members is excellent but I think they deserve a better story with a good storyline, Music is also the reason why people should watch the series, The OST is beautiful. (can anyone share the name of the singer?) Again the romance was romantic as it should be but the thing is how did they fu*kin' fell in love 😂, The story is worth of your time but I guess if I would be watching The Tuxedo during the airing, I did definately drop or keep it on hold. I give 6.5 for re-watch value, basically I don't watch any series again so I don't rewatch anything as there is no purpose when you know the whole plot and story.

Thank you for your time.
Enjoy.

Leia Mais

Cringe, but cute?

This was both equal parts cringe and cute.

The accidental kissing was so funny and when we got it not once, but twice, I was like is this for real? Lmao

If this show is intended to be cringey and overly dramatic in a comical sense I could rate this a little higher, but what actually killed my higher rating was the random girlfriend we had not seen nor heard about. It was a real wth moment for me. It was out of no where and so strange.

It's such a short show, it's worth watching once. It is cute and will make you laugh, but it's not an earth shattering BL.

Leia Mais

This is an 8 episode drama and each ep is barely 20 minutes long, so don't expect a masterpiece. But it was actually a good one, IMHO. I appreciated what they tried to do with the little time and money they had.

I liked that it showed mental issues that weren't pretty in their portrayal and that didn't miraculously go away once the characters got together. I liked that, yes, Nawee decided to finally actually do something about his agoraphobia, abandonment issues etc. and so on with Aiaoon's help - but just because he decided so, it didn't mean that he was cured. He just took the first step.

I was also glad that he finally cut ties with his horrible, terrible, no good, very bad family who didn't appreciate him or help him in any way. When he finally got angry and told his brother off? I cheered!

I was also glad that Aiaoon simply told Chanjao the truth, that he wasn't just not ready to marry yet - he didn't love her anymore. After so many years that she spent studying abroad - years during which they apparently barely saw each other, barely even stayed in contact with each other - no wonder. And I was glad he didn't let himself be dragged along into a marriage. And another thing that I liked? That Chanjao didn't turn into some vengeful harpy but she stayed his friend, even though it hurt.

This drama is chock-full of whump, both physical - Nawee keeps fainting more often than your average Victorian romance heroine - and the care that Aiaoon shows to Nawee is just *chef's kiss*

Overall? Not really a masterpiece but a sweet little drama full of tropes and clichés and pretty people with great chemistry.

Leia Mais

very underdeveloped plot

i feel like they couldve done so much more with the plot, however this felt like a first draft by a 14 year old wattpad writer. some parts were incredibly rushed for no reason, some parts felt cut off, the relationship was very weirdly rushed that i couldn't, for the life of me, pinpoint where exactly did they go from enemies to lovers. i wont even get into the part with his family cuz i want to cringe everytime i remember it.
and i still have 0 idea what was the beef between the tailor and the other guy's father.. i guess their fathers had some issue but they couldve elaborated on that instead of letting the viewers guess the plot.

i want to be kinder with my words because the acting was somewhat decent but the plot couldnt be saved.

i liked the ost (jeff satur, my man, never disappoints) but even the music felt out of place in some scenes.

overall it was a very disappointing drama..

Leia Mais

Not worth it.

Okay, I know it’s a short, and I know it was shot still with Covid restrictions, but I personally didn’t think this was worth all the hype it had, nor do I think it was a good idea to release weekly episodes instead of all at once. The overall basis of the storyline, and the acting are good, I did enjoy it. However, at least half the show is taken up by the intro, putto, and constantly repeated scenes. The entirety of the actual story we get without this is only about 30 minutes, at most an hour(but that’s pushing it). Not to mention that there are some unanswered questions and personal I feel like too many characters for what the show gave. Like I said, I did enjoy it, and I would recommend it as a short to someone, but I’d be sure to inform them of all of this first.

Leia Mais

It could could have been better if it's longer, that's all (Don't mind my grammar and just read, ty)

I know a lot people say that this one is awful in most parts but to be honest for me the series has a lot of potential that needs to unveil ONLY if it's longer than 8 eps not to mention the duration is around 20mins, intro and outro is included and that alone takes up around 4mins each eps I know that if this is longer than what it originally is this could be better, this has a lot of potential especially for family matter and I am looking for angst between Nawee and his brother as well which didn't really happen because of its fast paced. Yes this story has fast pacing reason why a lot of people is not yet convinced by the story, if they will make a longer version like love mechanics I'm sure this one will gain recognition. I especially love the concept of tuxedo, I love formality and all. Other thing to point out as well is that the story is cringey and I think I know why they added those 'Accidentally kisses' scene just to create spark between the two character after all they didn't have a good impression with each other at first. Lastly Sichol is a better choice in addition though other side characters are not really remarkable for me however, since I have a soft side when it comes to family matter the conflict between Aioun brother is a good involvement.

MUSIC?? OH MY GOD I HAVE ADDED ALL OF THEIR OST IN MY MUSIC LIST ALREADY! DEFINITELY FALL IN LOVE WITH JEFF SATUR VOICE I LOVE THE INTRO SO I NEVER BOTHERED TO SKIP IT AND I GUESS SOME VIEWERS DID THE SAME THING HAHA, I HAVE NO WORDS FOR MUSIC IT'S JUST PERFECT!.

Leia Mais

The only good thing is Green Chap Chemistry

Never watch a serie with a so original plot, character etc but failed to make something of it

Navee is despicable and with all the money he seems to have that not a tailor he should have hire but a therapist to help him to get rid off his agoraphobia first of all
improvement : he go out to the love of his life

Aoiun is a despicable coward enable to tell a girl he doesn't love her anymore and that it's not that he's not ready for marriage it's that he doesn't want to marry her
Improvement : none

This serie is also one of those serie with useless side character ! The writer seem to only remember they have them when they are stuck on their storty

The final episode is what i call the cherry on the top of the cake : 19min lenght : substract 2 min of credits at the begining and 5 min of flash back and credits at this end = 12min to clean up the mess

SPOILER : that not work

The only good point is Green/Chap and their amazing chemistry but that not enough to make a serie a good one

Leia Mais