A beautiful piece

[DISCLAIMER: I am just writing this so that it stays on my profile. Like I do often with series I rate a 10. And lot of the stuff I vent about are often repeated by me]

OVERALL:
I just finished it and am still hungover. I usually watch something else to distract from the previous series but I want this to last a bit longer. From the beginning it felt a bit different, and it was. Almost every episode was gripping, they kept a good pace and ended at an acceptable point. And the last episode, especially last few scenes were amazing.

SOMETHING SPECIAL:
One of the reason being, BL tag often ends up being a glass ceiling. The expectations is usually just for a light hearted fluff or sexual exploits of hormonal men in love, and that's what most try to deliver. Plots and acting is sadly not stressed on a lot. Normal protocols include : throw in a popular "couple", slap on a few provocative scenes, and despite having very promising plotlines, just not care about it. BUT this was a an all rounded drama and I loved it a lot.

PLOT:
The premise is delicate, complex and very much of a gray area. Personally, I could feel and see distinctions between what I considered "right" and "wrong" in this series. It helped that (much like the time when I was watching Dexter) my thought process made me feel legally wrong doesn't always need to be morally wrong.

CAMERAWORK:
The cinematography, was good. The lighting and filters stayed true to the mood of the story.

DIRECTION & WRITING:
Story has a good flow, directed pretty well.

SOUNDTRACK:
I became a huge fan of both the opening credit and OST of this series, again, suits the whole aura of this series very well.

ACTING:
Like another review already mentioned, almost everyone did a great job. Leads were exceptionally good. The chemistry was not overly stressed on but it was very much there. Their thoughts, empathy, sense of duty, internal struggles were all portrayed very well, even when it was without words. I am a fan of both the leads, and even plan to see what their other works have been like!

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Bland

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> The PRODUCTION wasn't the best, but okay, the movie is kinda old.

>The STORY
@@ Overall the way I felt about it in some ways paralleled how I felt about the main plot of BL Why RU. The plotline had a lot of potential but the story just floated about. The way their chemistry developed was super random, and I am just choking it up to "love is not rational" rationale. I mean, Itt just imprinted on Mhek, I felt like missed some important event because the trajectory of that relationship was unexpected.
@@ Other than that, most of the sad scenes between the main couples did nothing to me, I think I ended up laughing watching a few. Oops. I have very little sympathy for characters who cheat anyways.
@@ Side plot about Mhek's family was something I was more sympathetic about. Their childhood trauma (thaat shit always gets to me) and the stigma they faced were the only sad part in the first half of the movie.
@@ ENDING: I only expected a sad ending. But tbh it ended up sadder than I expected. The plight of Mhek's family was saddening. And the fact that he did his time, and it ended the way it did 25 years later, made me sadder than if it would have happened before his imprisonment. That kinda hurt.

> Not something I feel like rewatching

> Don't really remember the music

>>>> basically a BL with abrupt beginning of romance, sob-story mid-portion and tragic ending.

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