The Eclipse (2022)

Nomas segui viendo por el FirstKhao-La historia me decepcionó

PARA EMPEZAR: La serie estaba buena, pusieron misterio y drama, la química la sentí pero no me dio sentido el romance ni la conclusión.
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•1. Como un personaje lleno de venganza y tristesa por la muerte de un cercano va a enamorarse de alguien que apoya a los responsables del sufrimiento que ha tenido que pasar?? No me convenció.
•2. El desarrollo de la trama fue tan "???" ni siquiera puede entender por completo la historia hasta que vi los comentarios, fue todo tan al azar que la UNICA razón por la que segui con la serie fue la actuación que me encantó.
•3. Me recomendaron TANTO esta serie que me quede esperando el momento en que se pondría interesante, sentí pena ajena en algunas parte y la música apenas me dejaba enfocarme en la escena, simplemente no me convenció.
•4. El final me decepcionó, no hubo consecuencias solo paz y amor uuuhhh empiezo a creer que esta serie fue un intento de mezclar romance escolar x suspenso y misterio, pero no les salio. Le doy estas estrellas por las actuaciones y porque me la vi con mis amigas asi que tan mal no la pase viendo ee, byebye
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La recomiendo? Nop
La volvería a ver? Nop
5/10

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Os maiorais!

( AVISO, comentei bastante sobre a personalidade dos personagens, talvez pra alguém que não viu ainda isso conte como spoiler, então cuidado! )
Já faz algumas semanas desde que vi The Eclipse pela primeira vez, genuinamente esqueci de fazer a review, mas é TÃO memorável que eu lembro muito bem tudo que achei sobre a história, sobre a atuação, e praticamente tudo que quero pontuar sobre e compartilhar aqui.
Já começo dizendo que eu me diverti bastante assistindo, muito gostosinho de ver, tanto por já gostar dos atores principais, tanto por eles continuarem honrando tudo de bom que é dito sobre as habilidades de atuação deles, a cada episódio que passava eu só queria descobrir mais e mais sobre as nuances dos personagens deles, sobre suas vidas, suas histórias, suas razões, e principalmente suas dores, que não são poucas.
Entrando mais nesse tópico, eu achei extremamente bonita a forma que o sofrimento de cada um deles foi representada, eu diria até que chegou bastante perto da realidade e isso é muito gratificante de se ver, e gostei ainda mais do jeito de comunicar ao mundo que sua dor é tão válida quanto todas as outras, e que você não se torna menos por senti-la.
"Você tem permissão para ser fraco, pelo menos comigo."
O drama retratou com sucesso a visão de uma pessoa sofrendo de uma depressão profunda pós perda, e como isso tem o poder de DESTRUIR alguém de dentro pra fora, vimos isso com o personagem Ayan, ele estava tão perdido na dor do luto e no pensamento de que ele precisava fazer algo sobre isso, ao ponto que suas ações se tornarem extremamente inconsequentes, sendo danosas até para ele mesmo durante esse processo. E com Akk, vimos PERFEITAMENTE como a mente de alguém que conseguiu uma oportunidade única de se provar funciona, ele já havia sofrido bastante anteriormente com a discriminação social, por ter vindo de interior, por ter menos condições, e isso fazia com que as pessoas se sentissem no direito de o menosprezar, então tudo que ele sentia a necessidade de fazer era agarrar essa chance e cuidar para que nunca perdesse ela, pois isso havia se tornado quem ele era, e não podia mais voltar atrás, juntando tudo isso com a pressão acadêmica, um perfeito robô que só sabia seguir estritamente as regras foi criado.
E então The Eclipse faz essas duas mentes turbulentas se chocarem, de fato como acontece em um eclipse, eles passam por uma longa trajetória repleta de medos, receios, e MUITO crescimento pessoal com a ajuda um do outro, a quantidade de apoio que vemos, a COMPREENSÃO é linda de se ver, e vemos como o amor tem realmente o poder de mudar as pessoas, de trazer o melhor nelas novamente.
Finalizo essa review dizendo que apesar do BL não ser o meu favorito de todos os tempos, ele com certeza entra na lista junto com os melhores que já vi, e vale MUITO a pena assistir, até tiro um pouco do meu tempo aqui pra parabenizar DE NOVO as habilidades dos atores principais, esse não é o primeiro papel emocionante que o First Kanaphan protagoniza, mas ele conseguiu DEVORAR esse roteiro com atuação e talento, e tenho que admitir, assistir homens chorando sempre mexeu comigo, e o First chora extremamente LINDO. Ademais, Khaotung Thanawat, este é outro que talento pra atuação é o que não falta, quero ressaltar até mesmo como os olhos dele são muito expressivos e adicionam bastante na hora de fazer cenas mais emocionantes, e acreditam, temos cenas incríveis assim de SOBRA em The Eclipse.

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Watch it for FirstKhao

I don't really know how to rate this one. I initially dropped this show 2x bcause I find it hard to watch past the 1st few episodes, but I kept coming back coz I'm not giving up on FirstKhao lol

I ended up skipping quite a fair bit, until around episode 5 or 6. When their relationship starts to take off, I find there's traction and this keep me going. It starts getting more interesting here on.

Now, as far as the plot/story goes, it's really not my favorite. I guess, I'm just bored with yet another school setting, no matter what twist/spin they put on it...That said, it doesn't mean it's bad, it's actually pretty good. Just not my preference. That aside, everything else is great

Casting is amazing. I'm so proud to see FirstKhao leading this series. Their acting is so good, especially nailing the crying scene, especially First. I think he shed more tears than I did this year in this one show LOL

Their chemistry is on point and they are so good together. Not cringe or awkward moments, as you'd find in some acting. They are the couple we wanna see more and more of.

I especially love how Khao is flirtying with First, whether in this series or OnlyFriends. There's just sth about the way he flirts that makes it so lovely to watch them. I also love their song!!! They sound so good together.

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Eclipse of love

The story was typical yet fresh due to its supernatural and student rights elements. First and Khaotung's chemistry, as Akk and Ayan, was captivating, and they complimented each other's roles very well. The rest of the cast and crew did a fantastic job.

Plot:
The story revolves around Ayan, who wants to know what happened to his uncle and Suppalo curse, and Akk, a student prefect's President, who wants to protect his school. The story deals with teenage love, student rights, coming out to your friends and family and more.

Every character deals with different issues and has found a way to overcome them together.
Akk: Trust issues and Ayan: A loss of a beloved. Akk and Ayan healed each other's wounds.

Kan: Cares a lot about what others might think. Thau: Difficulty with expressing his feeling. Due to Ayan's support and influence, accepted their feeling for each other. Thau also did the unthinkable, but he made up for it. Kan and Thau were cute throughout the series.

Wat: Difficulty in choosing a future due to parental pressure. Sani: Silent observer and lacks power. Sani gave the direction, guidance and support Wat needed to achieve his dream.

Namo: Attention seeker. He got what he truly desired.

Chadok: Due to his loyalty towards school and he lost his beloved. At last, he did the unthinkable and should have done this a long time ago.

Jam siblings: Lack of parental love and acceptance. Realised their mistakes and got what they wanted.

Suppalo teachers: Backward thinkers. Finally, accepting the change.

Ayan and Akk's parents were really supportive and loving.

All the characters got their happy ending.

All the OSTs selections are great. Over the Moon OST by Khaotung was mesmerising and had a unique essence.

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Carried by chemistry

Every other review is right: the cast is the best part of the show. I loved First and Khao's chemistry and the romance is just so goddamn adorable. The trope of the troublemaker x goody two-shoes is so fun to watch.

While I like the idea of a "school curse" hurting students and a school that has overly stringent and overbearing rules to stop students from speaking up, it just all stays so abstract that it feels like the writers didn't actually think through their themes.

Let's start with the protests. We see the kids who are protesting the rules, but it's really unclear what the rules even are and why it's such a problem. Some things that are briefly mentioned are school uniforms and phone use, but we never actually see how these rules negatively affect the students, and it makes the rules seem so mile it doesn't necessitate all the drama. I think the idea of "protesting for the right to protest" is very valid and interesting, but the setting needs to escalate it in a way that makes sense. It's likely that the protests started out from something small and then grew when the school tried to suppress it, but the show drops us right in the middle of the latter and never explains the history.

In terms of the curse, it's also unclear what it actually is. The students gossip about "the curse" and the teachers tell them to stop talking about it, but we don't know what it actually means other than "something bad happens to certain people." Random things happen and it's attributed to the curse, but I needed more characters to ask questions that people would ask in real life. Where did the curse come from? Is it supernatural or is it a person doing everything? Who does it target and why? This ties back into my issue with the protest concepts — none of the history is explained.

Throughout all this, there are moments where the show addresses homophobia, both internal and external. I actually enjoyed how the drama tackled these themes a lot, but once again it was kept quite abstract most of the time. It could've leaned into it much more and tied it into the curse and the school rules, and it would've solved both issues, by putting a clearer spotlight on the homophobia theme and adding more explanations to its other concepts.

Overall, the script just needed to be tightened and the ideas needed to be fleshed out. The romance is so good, but you really have to believe in stakes that aren't quite there.

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Wasted Potential

**Brief Synopsis**
B (Student): Ayan
T (Student): Akk

Beginning: B and T are both students at a prestigious all boys academy known for their strict rules. A rumor has it that a curse exists that will punish all rule breakers and if things get out of control, the whole school might be impacted. B is a transfer student who transferred to this school to investigate what is going on and what happened to his uncle to lead to his suicide. T is a perfect, in charge of enforcing the rules. B and T begin their relationship on the wrong foot. Because B thinks T is brainwashed and don't care about the other students and T thinks B is trouble and should be supervised at all times to prevent him from breaking rules. But despite everything attraction starts forming between them, not that they would admit.

Throughout the series, B is busy trying to find evidence of this school's wrongdoing and T is trying to find evidence of B's wrongdoing so he could get him expelled. To complete this plan, T needs the note book B has been writing in and to get that notebook, he starts following him around (and maybe get more info on him). And the more he learns about B the more he sympathizes with him and he start realizing that maybe there was more to the picture then what he can see. But no matter how his feelings might be changing, there is a constant fight between his sense of duty towards the school and his own feelings. Later on, it is revealed that in order to maintain piece, T came up with the idea of the curse and did a lot of things to make the non conformers think they are in danger.

Towards the end, it is revealed that the school's corrupt system has lead to the uncle's suicide. However, the school continued to function and nothing seemed to have changed except for more inclusive rules because they realized just how much harm the rules were doing. T who nearly killed someone wasn't even punished for his actions. At the end, with the truth revealed, B finally relaxes and he and T could finally be together with T having finally admitted his feelings.

**My Opinion**

WHAT I DID LIKE ABOUT IT
- The acting is really good in emotional scenes. The crying is phenomenal and we could feel what the characters are feeling.
- The pacing is okay although the revelation at the end was a little rushed. The pacing for the relationship is a little rushed. From what we could see onscreen, they should have had time to become friends but definitely not enough time to develop feelings. Its just not realistic.
- The way the framed the mystery captivates you and makes you want to watch towards the end even if the ending didn't exactly pay off. The mystery convinced me to continue watching until the end but because I couldn't stand the other characters, I would skip to Ayan. The conclusion was disappointing as I thought there would be more to it.

WHAT I DIDNT LIKE ABOUT IT
- The whole school system presented. I know that the goal of the show is to show us an oppressive and corrupt school system but that doesn't make it less pleasant to see evidence of it. The school is more like a cult then a school. T is the perfect example of that. He was willing to potentially injure someone to uphold the rules. He didn't even think of the consequences of his actions.
- T wasn't punished for his actions. Just admitting his wrongdoing isn't enough. It's like just because your attacker apologized he shouldn't be punished for his actions.
- T's character is just not likable. He doesn't give us any reason for B to like him. Like is based on trust and B doesn't even trust him, believes he store his notebook even though he knows how important it is to him. Their relationship is just not very healthy if that are both guarded toward each other. There is buildup but the buildup just isn't believable or make me want to root for them.
- No plot twists or memorable moments. The mystery felt so flat at the end. It didn't live up to the excitement I was feeling in the first few episodes.

**Conclusion**
A very tiring show to watch with mostly unlikable characters, because of the plot.

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Que casal lindo

Fazia tempos que não assistia um dorama direto e terminava ele de uma vez.
Gostei bastante do dorama como um todo, tem alguns detalhes na história que deixam a desejar, mas nada q eu n pude relevar.
A química que o casal tem é de dar inveja, espero muito ver esses dois juntos em outro bl novamente. A atuação dos atores é ótima, já conhecia um dos principais, de outro bl e já tinha gostado bastante da atuação, mas gostei bastante do trabalho de todos os atores.
Outra coisa que gostei bastante foi a cinematografia e a fotografia, bem diferente de outros doramas tailandeses q já vi. E também da trilha sonora, achei as músicas tão bonitas que fiquei sentida.
Por fim acho que vale bastante a pena assistir, os atores são ótimos, o casal principal tem uma química incrível e linda, e apesar dos pesares é uma história bem legal que na minha opinião vale a pena assistir. Foi uma ótima experiência.

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Bom dia, faz exatamente 15min que terminei de assistir esse bl (06:33 2/08/24), fiquei esse tempo refletindo sobre tudo que aconteceu e bateu uma crise existencial.

Eu fico até sem palavras pra descrever o quão bom foi a experiência de ter assistido The Eclipse. O bl me prendeu do inicio ao fim, confesso que no começo foi um pouco difícil saber e definir o que era a tal 'maldição'. Assistindo eu acabei tendo vários deja vus sobre a minha adolescência, como difícil passar pela fase de se assumir e se aceitar, como era ter que ouvir que você não era normal, o bl soube abordar muito bem sobre essas situações e eu pude finalmente perceber e entender o que era a maldição e porque de tentas regras, o motivo é bem triste na verdade se for parar pra refletir.
Conseguiram transmitir tudo de forma limpa e coerente, as metáforas e a forma como era visto, basicamente você tendo que se forçar a algo porque aos olhos dos outros amar alguém do mesmo sexo é errado, a maldição o suppalo é sobre isso, como manter as aparências e invalidar essa forma de amor. De verdade, são tantos tópicos que foram abordados que fica difícil falar sobre, e falando sobre os Firstkhao, eles souberam transmitir direitinho cada situação, tenho muito orgulho deles, olhar pra eles é como estar sentada em frente a uma lareira, me sinto confortável e de coração quetinho.
Poderia passar horas falando sobre. ENFIM.

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FirstKhao chemistry is out of the world!

Watch it! Trust me. Just ignore the statements about weak storyline because honestly its not the strongest. But watch this for FirstKhao. They are both brilliant actors. Usually in BL there are actors who are there because they are just pretty or can moderately act.
But these two are real deal. The way they flirt will send butterflies thrashing in your stomach, there eyes, there expressions everything is perfect! They have THE most genuine chemistry on BLs i have ever seen and i have almost seen all pairs atp. I need these two have atleast 20 more shows together.

No comments on the story though. Its not the best but its still alright.

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School drama with a twist

I think it's important to note that I came into this drama with zero expectations. I watched it purely because I think First is a sensational actor (and he is, and was in this yet again) and because his chemistry with Khaotung is fabulous (and it was, yet again).

This is a school drama, much like you'll see in any BL, but it has a twist to it. There's a curse at the school, and it seeks those trying to disrupt order -- in this case, a group of protestors. I have read that it came off at first to people as more of a sci-fi kind of mystery, but coming in without expectations, I honestly just saw it for what it was, and therefore wasn't disappointed by any preconceived notions.

I enjoyed the cast of characters, and Akk's parents are the parents we all deserve. Similarly, Ayan is the boyfriend we all deserve. Akk and Ayan had a different dynamic than you see in most stories. They certainly weren't friends, but they also weren't sworn enemies (from my perspective). I think where I was let down at times with this was some of the more detailed elements. I struggled to understand what started the protesting in the first place, and I didn't think they really expressed the origin of the curse as effectively as they could've. Additionally, it may have been my mindset when watching, but I completely missed when Akk and Ayan started to date beyond Ayan literally just saying "we should date." That felt a bit lazy when it came to the writing, and the actors made the best of those scenes. On the opposite, I was surprised at some of what was behind the "mysteries." I had a guess, but I picked wrong at one point, and then was completely off with another layer of it in the end. It's good to be surprised sometimes.

I plan to rewatch this in the future when I can be more attentive to it, but overall it was a pleasant show with some surprising emotional elements.

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firstkhaothung meus pais

eu vou ser honesta: a história não foi a mais cativante, mas os meninos first e khao foram apaixonantes o bastante para me fazer permanecer assistindo os primeiros eps. o restante do cast também é bem bom (e lindo rs), então continuei a série principalmente por um afeto imenso pelos personagens, e uma ligeira curiosidade pela trama. não fui muito fã da resolução dos conflitos, porque o sentido apelativo moralista foi forte, e a lógica, fraca. achei que a narrativa deixou a desejar em vários pontos, construindo personagens complexos, como akk e ayan (com background densos, cheio de traumas), mas plots verdadeiramente simplérrimos, meio bobos, mesmo que para um bl - especialmente um drama que se pretende de suspense. DE TODO MODO, as cenas de firstkhaothung tão muito fofas, lindas, queridas, preciosas. em muitos momentos, fiquei balançando os pés, rindo feito boba com as cenas deles ---- e o BEIJO! o primeiro BEIJO! aquilo foi CINEMA! juro! de tudo na série, a cena do primeiro beijo foi o que mais me marcou, cinematograficamente falando: ambientação, o fato de não ter tido música, a intimidade febril da cena... belíssimo. a série poderia ter acabado aí (brincadeira hehe).

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