Interpret My Love With Your Heart (2020)

Just perfect.

I started this series because of reviews I had read previously, and wow, I definitely did not expect this much of a masterpiece.

The main thing I liked about this series is that the main storyline is very spaced out, keeping you on edge until their first kiss, with lots of beautifully portrayed scenes of confusion, betrayal, jealousy, anger, and lust in between. Unlike other dramas I have watched, it doesn’t seem rushed or undeveloped, which allows for a lot of character development and an understanding of their feelings.

The amount of butterflies I got while watching this is seriously unmatched! The tension and pure emotion between these two actors is really unbeatable.

However, prepare to be severely frustrated while watching this… like I said before, this storyline is quite spaced out, and it is an friends to enemies to lovers storyline, meaning that sometimes the characters make decisions which make you want to scream at them through the screen! (I for sure did…).

AND DON’T EVEN GET ME STARTED ON THE CINEMATOGRAPHY. The shots in this series are absolutely gorgeous and are extremely visually pleasing. The colour grading is gorgeous and the shots really show the true beauty of Thailand.

Overall, this is an excellent series, and is a beautiful coming-of-age story of youth and finding out who you are. It certainly lives up to its hype, and definitely deserves all of the awards it’s gotten. Beautiful storyline, acting, visuals, music, and cinematography. Just perfect.

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O BL mais lindo que ja vi

Se eu pudesse resumir essa serie em uma palavra eu usaria "nostalgia", porque apesar de se passar nos tempos atuais em um país completamente diferente do Brasil, a realidade de crescer e se descobrir como uma criança LGBTQ aparentemente é parecido independente de onde você more.
A relação com os amigos, as conversas bobas, a ansiedade do primeiro beijo, a confusão de sentimentos e o jeito imaturo como lidamos pela com eles, tudo é retratado de um jeito tão natural que muitas vezes me peguei me colocando em diversas das situações ao invés de julgar os personagens.

Sobre a parte técnica, quero aplaudir a equipe de direção de arte. Todas as cenas de ITSAY são simplesmente uma obra prima digna de serem analisadas quadro a quadro, com enquadramentos e composições super criativas e iluminação natural belissima durante a maior parte dos episódios, o que enfatiza ainda mais os momentos em que outras fontes de luz são usadas.

No geral, perfeito. É um BL necessário pra quem é jovem, e uma indicação ainda mais fortissima pra quem já é mais velho.

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I think this one has ruined other BLs for me. It's too perfect.

Where do I start with this? I was putting off watching this because everyone talked it up so much, and I have been let down by some of the most raved about BLs (looking at you, Bad Buddy). Now I can't believe I didn't watch this sooner. This drama is perfect, it's reductive to just place it as a BL because it is legitimately one of the most beautiful things I've ever watched, period.

The cinematography and music is just breathtaking. The music ALONE in some parts made me cry (episode 5!!!!). The two lead actors - how is this their first major work?! Both of them are incredible and make you feel what they are feeling often just through expressions without any words at all. The intimacy expressed in small gestures seemed more intimate than some of the NC scenes in other dramas.

Billkin (Teh) is SO good in particular. You can see in his eyes as he moves between the blurred lines of the intimacy of a best friend, and the intimacy of a lover. The confusion we feel when we are too young and inexperienced to know the difference. The confusion of not yet knowing what you like, let alone what you want.

Instead of just mindless fluff (which I do love, it has its time and place) this is one of the only BLs out there that actually captures the feelings of falling in love for the first time, with all of its awkwardness and mixed emotion. This is an honest representation of coming-of-age, with its messiness and often bad communication, when we are just too young and confused to know how to approach things.

And, as an LGBTQ person, I really admired a realistic portrayal of someone realizing they are not straight in a realistic and identifiable way. Not just waking up someday with the realization, or "I'm only gay for this person" but a slow and gradual build that may or may not be triggered by a specific person or interaction. The fear and nervousness of rejection from your family and peers. So often this is glossed over in BLs as being too "heavy" but it is an honest part of growing up and really touching to witness.

Just watch it. But make sure you get your permission slip signed for the feels trip.

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Amazing coconut-scented BL drama: turmoil of emotions, strong possessive friendship and more...

This BL series is a simple romance between two former friends turned rivals...The premise sound quite banal but not at all: far from being basic, the love story is super compelling thanks to the context in which the characters are evolving. The internal conflicts are well balanced with some external events. The fact that they are studying Chinese is super interesting and inspiring as well.

The writing is solid with maybe some defaults towards the end with a noble idiocy trope which I would have preferred to be avoided. Still it is well in line with a teen angsty mentality...Despite this, I found the plot captivating and I was enraptured by the 5 episodes.

There are so much tension and angst between the two main male leads: they completely captures the viewer's heart. I felt deeply connected to the characters and their budding feelings for each other. The characterization is really well done: watching some scenes, you feel a lot of second-hand embarrassment as well as excitement at the same time. One of the main protagonist is such a jealous, possessive, angsty boy: I loved it and it made so much sense to! Overall both of the main roles are really lovable with their flaws and their needy side in their friendship.

The two main actors had a great chemistry together: there is such a poetry and a longing when they are staring at each other, nothing extravagant, just super sensual. They are super committed and are not afraid to get ugly and dirty to sell the scenes, which I found very commendable. There are so many platonic moments that made my heart rate increase and were super compelling. Such a turmoil of emotion and internalised passion could be seen in the eyes of the actors: they did an amazing job, especially as it was their first time in leading roles.

The directing is beautiful, most of the scenes are shot with purpose and artistry. It is super impressive to see all the little details filmed to nuance the script and show the growing desires between those two young people. The OST is really nice with one specific Chinese song particularly meaningful for the relationship as well as some pretty emotional Thai songs. The overall soundtrack is lovely with sometimes songs without instrumental (and sang in an excellent way by the two actors) or in the contrary some instrumentals without lyrics.

I would strongly recommend this to people looking for a poetic and deep BL teenagers story. It is an enemies-to-friends-to-lovers romance but so much more than that. It has an artistic vision quite uncommon which leaves a lasting impression on the viewer.

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Masochistic For No Reason

How can I say this, the beginning was promising then episode 4 happened. Oh aew needs to learn to give Teh time to think and resolve his internal conflict first instead of being a pushover. From straight to gay, it takes time to adjust to his new orientation. But what happened was Oh Aew kind of impatient and didn't take NO for an answer. Yes, they both loved each other but you need to give people time to sort everything out. Seriously, not everything will goes your way every single time. Be patient. Oh Aew behaved immaturely and all the unnecessary masochistic drama occurs because of this. Could be a 10/10 drama but they just overdid it in episode 4.

Lastly, excessive use of instagram for no reason. What's up with Thai BLs and their obsession with media social?

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A beleza do pôr do sol em 5 episódios

Essa é uma daquelas gemas que às vezes encontramos ao acaso e que sempre será lembrada. Eu confesso que fiquei relutante em assistir I Told the sunset about you porque vi que era uma história colegial e logo pensei no esteriótipo de BL high school, que eu já estou cansada (afinal tô velha para dilemas adolescentes). No entanto, tenho que admitir que o meu pré-julgamento estava equivocado.

A série narra a amizade de Teh e Oh-Aew, com seus altos e baixos, descobertas da adolescência, ansiedades, dúvida e erros que cometemos em momentos de impulso. Os personagens vão amadurecendo e aprendendo, os episódios tem momentos de alegria, de crise, ações inconsequentes e tristeza, mas esse turbilhão de emoções foi muito bem interpretado pelos jovens atores e me surpreendeu.

Outro ponto que vale destacar é a belíssima fotografia, a série tem uma coloração mais quente, que realmente remete o acolher do sol, além da paisagem que é é deslumbrante. Eu amei essa série e estou ansiosa pela segunda temporada.

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No words left to say

So I was thinking of making a very long review, but I realised that no matter the words, nothing can beat the experience that I lived watching this beautiful drama. 😩 So really, all I can tell you is that you will not regret watching it. However, be aware that there will be a lot of feelings and you could possibly (you will) cry for days, 🥺 but I swear it's a great feeling.

Much love and I hope you like it ❤️💝 ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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essa serie daqui há alguns anos vai ser um legado de como construir um drama bom.

Eu escrevi essa review ano passado e só decidi postar agora.

Que impacto caras, essa serie foi a melhor serie de 2020, completamente coesa, com um roteiro ótimo e com atores maravilhosos, eles são tão novos e tão talentosos é muito bom ver isso, eu espero que essa serie seja um grande exemplo pra todo o mundo do BL, ela tem poucos pontos fracos, é tão boa que você se sente em casa assistindo, muito feliz por ter acompanhado e todas as semanas vibrar de felicidade com a química gigantesca que esses dois tem, e chorar também porque essa serie é emocionante demais. Desde do primeiro ep eu esperava muito e ainda bem que eles cumpriram e serviram tudo, do começo ao fim foram maravilhosos nunca deixando o nível da serie cair, a ost é INCRIVEL eles cantam muito bem é viciante demais. Qualquer um que assista eu tenho certeza que algum dia vai voltar pra assistir de novo, essa serie daqui há alguns anos vai ser um legado de como construir um drama bom.

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Insuperável ━ o por do sol que sempre se manterá aqui

História completamente envolvente onde nos trás milhares de sentimentos e sensações completamente diferentes. Você se apaixona do começo ao fim a cada detalhe. Cada momento vivido é como se estivéssemos dentro da própria história vivenciando tudo aquilo em primeira pessoa. Todos os sonhos, todo amor, amizade, lealdade, os sentimentos confusos, desejos e conquistas parecem fazer parte da nossa vida de fato.

Atuação e elenco impecável, química entre os atores perfeita. História muito bem construída e desenvolvida, que te prende completa e absolutamente do começo ao fim, te fazendo desejar por saber o desfecho cada vez mais. Trilha sonora maravilhosa que se encaixa perfeitamente para cada cena, cada detalhe e que acentua ainda mais cada sentimento vivenciado a partir de todo o decorrer do drama.

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Ravishing, dashing and sunsetty tale of love.

***Minor Spoilers***

In the beginning when Thailand started making BL, it was new and everything was perfect, those school uniforms, engineering faculties, and themes of straight guys turning suddenly gay, all was ok, until it became repetitive and over the years starting from 2015 there have been some really good series, even with same theme, but most of them are just cheesy forced love stories with poor production. Instead of exploring real issues, they solely focused on love part. Well I do not blame the creators as they will make what sells the most but I think, the time has come to dig deep into the stories, characters and real cinema work for such series as well.

I Told Sunset About You, as lyrical as its title, the story and camerawork are a real deal here. It felt like a proper series of an international standard. If you have seen Thailand BL series or in fact from other countries, you know what I mean when I say “proper series”. The cinematography of series is piercing my heart, it is giving me 70s and 80s vibes, yet the series is set in modern time. Written by a young writer, it does not reflect any immature plot in fact he did a pretty amazing job although the story might not be something unique or different, but it is scoring on people hearts.

Krit and Billkin, is doing pretty amazing job, both actors have worked previously in 2019 series My Ambulance, so their chemistry is top notch. I am already seeing so many hearts are going to break - Oh seems to like Bas or at least feel something special, the way he looked at Bas, when they were in car or the way Oh confides in Bas, is not an indication of normal friendship. On the other hand, Teh is like be my girlfriend to Tan and later he will suddenly be after Oh which will only be going to break Tan’s heart. I don’t know what drama is going to come up in this miniseries, but I hope things gets wrapped up pretty nice and quickly.

At this point I can feel the unspoken words of love between them, their silence speaks volumes of their affection to each other, while their sadness effect both deeply. For years both regretted being apart, but things have yet to calm down between each other in order for them to give name to their relationship. While watching first episode, I forgot if there were another characters because I was deeply invested into Oh and Teh, as the series is extremely short and I don’t want to miss any scene and I must say it, there screen time, never leaves you with unnecessary thoughts, it is about them, their story and their feelings. I hope Oh, come back to be his close friends, and that when ship will sail.

With 1 hour long, and total of 5 episodes, I know I will end up wanting more so I hope the conclusion is done beautifully in these episodes. Happy ending or sad, I am equally looking forward to both, as I know for sure, their love binds them together, and it is their love that has the strength to keep them apart even though their hearts belongs to each other, no matter what.

I Told Sunset About You is inarguably one of the best TV series in my archives, and just not BL, I don’t want to categories it. Having said this, I am also looking forward to The Tale of Thousand Stars and Manner of Death which also looks promising and different to what we have been seeing so far.

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When I say god-tier shows, this is what I have in mind! (A 10/10 score is an understatement!)

I have started watching (Thai-produced) BL series just this year and I have quite a lot of watched shows under my belt. Some of them are very promising and engaging, others are just piles of cliche put together to create a series that is an obvious fan-service. Then this series came. I wasn't expecting how big this will come out until watched its trailer just recently. TBH, at first, I was just here because I couldn't get enough of Billkin and PP's couple from My Ambulance. Honestly, I was just here because I am a big Billkin fan but that changed astronomically.

After watching episode 1, I was really speechless and dumbfounded. Saying that it was beautiful was an understatement. It was more than beautiful. Everything was perfect! Everything was ethereal!

Although the plot is quite simple but dang! it's the reality. It's the story of every broken friendship whose ties were severed by pride, silence, and time. This is quite relatable because everybody went through this. What I love about this show is that, although the plot is simple they still managed to make it very interesting and lovable through the perfect execution of everything. The scenes were perfectly shot, the views were selected fittingly, the photography was very good, the colorist did an excellent job in selecting the perfect hues and temperature so that the scenes will effortlessly invoke "feelings" in viewers, Billkin and PP's acting improved so much since My Ambulance, the conflict in the show was perfectly stitched together without adding too much unnecessary dramas and finally, the musical scoring; the musical scoring was ON-POINT!!!! They really did a good job in choosing where to put certain parts of a song so that it could effectively be understood and felt by the viewers. I just couldn't get enough of the soundtracks, both the original and the Mandarin version! (I am not Thai, I don't speak Thai, I am a Filipino but boy, did I regurgitated in memorizing Skyline.) It's very beautiful and deeply poetic. Whenever I listen to it, the song gives me that certain sad sensation and satisfying nostalgia; that although the song conveys a sad message, there is something to it that makes you wanna listen over and over again.

Nadao really outdid themselves this time and I hope, in the advent of I Told Sunset About You, producers will also notch up their productions. Now that many people are mentioning it, I hope they will give us contents that don't involve engineering students, tutors, university set-up, and the likes. Give us more of those content that touches the reality of today, not just lovey-dovey fan-service shows which is an obvious mule to promote products.

It may be very obvious that this show radiates sadness but I really really hope that this would give us a happy Billkin and PP ending since their love story in My Ambulance ended up before it even began. But for what it's worth, I will see this series through 'till the end no matter what end they may give us.

PS: I wasn't able to watch this from their official streaming sites. Unfortunately, I got my copy from those bootleg websites because a 12USD rent per episode is just so depressing to the pocket. If you have the cash to watch it from Vimeo, then do so.

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