Bangkok Love Stories 2: Plead (2019)

Can Love Conquer Destiny?

I was anxiously waiting for this series to get translated to English from GMMTV on YouTube - which didn’t happen... Based on the trailers, I suspected that it had a storyline, strong lead actors who could carry the series, and production values worthy of an international release. Sure enough, Netflix picked it up!

The basic premise of the series is whether love can conquer destiny. The multi-relationship story is sweet and the actors are solid, especially lead actor Non Santinatornkul, who plays the lead as Tee in this movie, and Morkut Liu, who plays Pai - Tee’s longtime childhood friend. Both actors are challenged to play charters who are blind but yet they are sighted in real life; they both pull it of brilliantly! Punpun Udomsilp does a great job in her role as Elle, the other main character in the series. It would have been easy for her to have been overly dramatic or sappy but Punpun balances her role well. The rest of the actors are very good and add dramatic tension and a bit of comedy to storyline that could have easily turned into a sappy romance flick. Thankfully, the storyline doesn’t overwhelm you with too many characters, unnecessary relationships, and bizarre plot twists (well there is one) which can needlessly confuse the audience.

Not to get too deep to spoil the series, I’m going to leave it up to you to decide on whether the couples in this series conquered destiny with their love. I highly recommend watching this series!

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Em um domingo à noite, sem a mínima esperança de conseguir algo bom para assistir, me deparo com o lakorn. Sendo completamente sincera, se eu estivesse em pleno juízo não teria escolhido assistir o drama. Até então não tive muita sorte com novelas tailandesas e ainda não me acostumei com a sonoridade da fala. A falta de paciência para procurar algo de bom na Netflix também foi um plus a mais, entretanto o maior incentivo foi sem dúvidas o sorriso do Tee, nosso protagonista.

Que ator cativante, e nem falo da beleza e sim da simpatia, bondade e tranquilidade que o ator traz no rosto. Sem dúvidas o melhor personagem da história. O enredo da história é bem clichê (protagonistas de classes sociais diferentes, a família que não aceita o relacionamento, o "vilão" sendo o cara rico, a amiga da protagonista que gosta do vilão), mas sem aquele drama todo que vemos nos lakorns (claro que há um certo drama, mas tudo na medida; tá extrapola um pouco, mas não muito). Acho que o tempo de duração de cada episódio (aproximadamente 40 minutos) ajudou o drama ter um ritmo muito bom. O roteiro tem alguns furos, como na morte da mãe da Elle (sem detalhe para não dar spoiler), mas nada que prejudique. As atuações foram muito boas, tirando algumas faltas de expressão e reações desnecessárias, tenho que tirar o chapéu.

Como vocês já leram na sinopse, nosso protagonista é cego (na verdade ele fica cego logo no início do drama) e a história parece girar em torno dessa temática, contudo a religião aparece bem atrelada ao enredo, de certa forma é legal conhecer um pouquinho mais de outras religiões (os templos deles são lindos), mas o excesso dessas cenas acabaram fazendo eu usar o botãozinho de passar os segundos. Um outro ponto do enredo - que é bem legal - é quando mostra a independência de um deficiente visual, que ele não é um incapaz e tem todo o direito e consegue ter uma vida normal.

Não vou prolongar aqui para não soltar spoilers, entretanto se estiver precisando de um dorama para maratonar (porque vi em dois dias), recomendo Súplica (nome na Netflix). Um drama com bons beijos e com um final - que algumas pessoas não irão gostar - muito bom.

Ps: Uma das cenas que eu mais gostei foi a do cinema com a poltrona do amor. Hahaha

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I watched all of Bangkok Love Stories available on Netflix so far and this is no exception. Apart from the other BKK stories, this is a quite sad one, but a very intriguing season to watch. You will see strong characters, great camera, very good actors. And you really live, love, laugh, cry with all those great people on screen. However, keep your tissues within reach. I cried several times during the 13 episodes as it's quite emotional at times.

And when you finished all episodes, you will be hit a bit from what happens. The last 10 minutes of episode 13 are really not what I was expecting. I will not say more, but it fits with the overall story and emotions that this season of Bangkok Love Stories delivers.

I'm in love with the shows coming from GMM25 from Thailand. I hope there will be many more added to Netflix in Germany (and all over the world), so international fans can see more great Thai TV dramas.

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This is a good drama that ended badly! Although the drama excels in bringing out a strong sense of family and love, it revolves strongly on how they believed that fate determines people’s destiny. On this drama, love does not conquer all! Although the leading couple chose to believe in the power of love and chose their own destiny, this drama just shows that they could not go against fate. The drama started slow and gloomy and, once the leading couple starts to develop feeling, it gets better until the writer(s) decided to give it a tragic end leading the viewer to believe that one’s fate cannot be changed. It is a shame because the drama has strong characters and good actors, especially Non Chanon Santinatornkul (as Tee) and Morkut Liu, who plays Pai. Even with a slow beginning and the somber tone, this drama could’ve been a very good drama if not for the end!

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Really good drama but is often misread

I think this drama is honestly really great if you look at it the right way.

It started off pretty slow but after episode 5 it gets very interesting. The chemistry between the ML and FL was so beautiful to watch.

Many people were not happy with the ending , but in my opinion it made it even better. It shows the reality that not everyone can get their happy ending but also shows how their love was so strong that it changed their destiny ( maybe more like delayed it ).

The drama was not a typical fluffy rom com . it was deep and interesting but also showed their romance bloom.

The ending was sad but if u look at it from a different perspective, it was a beautiful ending because they got to be together that much longer

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Well-detailed both thematically and in terms of artwork

The drama was set in Bangkok's Chinatown, and it was nice to see how their culture and details were captured tastefully and vividly. The prehistoric view of gender and the undertones were a bit annoying, but considering the overall quality, it was tolerable.

The psychological portrayal of the characters was excellent, with the subtle emotions of each character expressed delicately, interspersed with some humor. The romantic scenes between the main character Tee, his childhood friend Pai, and his girlfriend El were especially beautiful and perfectly in line with the theme. They did great job.

The theme is about fate. In my opinion, "love or fate" and "only love conquers fate" are figurative expressions. More directly, love thwarted by fate is terribly tragic and, for those who witness it, an unforgettable trauma. I guess this kind of story actually starts at the end. The end is fixed, and the whole story looks back to the past.

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Okay: We look at the poster and we can see that Punpun Sutatta bloomed into a total sex GODDESS. And the plot is supposed to be about her dating a BLIND guy?? Anyways. I wanted to watch this at least in 4K, but settled for 1080p:-D Anyways... Can someone explain why we always have to have Ampere next to a beautiful girl? Both eye and ear suffer. After watching previous Bangkok Rak "Stories" (typically, story was actually missing in those) the last thing I expected was some quality plot. But a blind fortuneteller who looks like Non Chanon is probably not the most sexy thing I can imagine the sexy girl to encounter, LOL.

Also, he's only went blind recently and there are other quite depressing things happening. At episode 3, I can say this thing is quite opposite of sexy story... Why do we have to watch Punpun in a thing full of pain and crying I do wonder.

Episode 4... I somehow wished to turn blind myself. Rather than watch this. It's like, everything I am NOT interested to watch, lol.

I love the poster of this, but that's IT.

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