Skip to main content

The Moment: I Need You (Thai Mini-Series)

By Golu
This is a 4 part mini series with average 10-14 minutes duration. It goes at a very fast paced which is a good thing. The primary story tries to focus on the fact that the person you thought you need is actually a person in the past but rather another person that make you truly smile when it matters the most. The story is primarily of two people here.

Mok, a veterinarian arrives to a hotel for vacation. At the hotel's bar at night he gets too drunk making a ruckus. The super sweet bartender Bay, escorts Mok back to his room where in drunken state Tok begs Bay to stay back for the night with him. It turns out that Mok has just had. Breakup with his girlfriend, who for whatever reason is in the same hotel with a new guy. Bay makes a deal that he will make Tok smile at least 10 times. He takes him to his favorite night spot and become friends. Meanwhile, feeling refreshed from Bay's kindness and love, he clears up things with his ex, but that leads to a misunderstanding with Bay who thins that Tok is back with his girlfriend. To make matters worse, the hotels owner Boston reminds Bay that guests will come and go, so he needs to tae care. Anyway Bay and Tok become very close , even romantically but its time soon for Tok to leave promising Bay and telling him that he needs him. The ending is a bit ambiguous though.

The series doesn't focus on the love story or anything but relies more on the seat moments between our two leads. The focus is on the characters and how they are portraying what they are feeling in certain moments. Even though the characters and their action do feel a bit amateurish at many places, the actor splaying them do share a very good chemistry and save the series. We are never clearly told if Tok is straight or gay, is h using Bay's niceness for his own good or maybe he started to feel for him? The ending makes me think he has, but its never evident. But to be fair, the two guys have only known each other for two or three days. So simply staying in touch is all that we can really expect as they hardly know each other. Making them a couple just after this short meeting would be too unrealistic. The budding romance between them is ok, but overall the mini series is too short to invest into any character or feel for them. It is simply a feel good kind of viewing which can be good, when watching a heavy long series gets too much and you need a break. Strictly ok. (5/10)
Labels:

Comments

Sailor Maan said…
Oh boy, it took me a while when reading your review to realize that I had actually seen this series. Must be the sign it wasn't that memorable... I only went to watch it because I saw the leads in another BL (Gen Y, horrible, don't go there, especially season 2) and liked them and their chemistry. Which is still happening here so not complaining, I had what I came for :p
August 26, 2022 at 9:13 AM
Golu said…
you wanted chemistry and you got that chemistry :)
August 26, 2022 at 11:43 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Shortest Distance is Round 3: Fallen Flowers

By Golu
Continuing with the weird trilogy of "The Shortest Distance", I am so glad that finally I am done with part 3 and won't have to deal with this again in future. Thankfully, as of now the makers have not announced any further parts; which will save all of us on this earth from the embarrassment of watching this in near future. After the first 10 minutes are used in sort of recapping bits of first two parts, the story moves forward. Haruto is now starting to have feelings for Ruka, the mysterious pole dancer from second part. In a fit of rage, Ruka ends up killing the goat man and to save him and Haruto, Shibahara asks them to go underground. Meanwhile Shibahara continues the search for Seiya (the guy who had cut off Haruto's penis). It turns out Seiya is now also taking care of the original club owner from part 1. Both of them were released after they had informed Shibahara of Aoyama's secret location. Shibahara tortures Seiya's boyfriend leading to Seiya killin
5 comments
Read more

One Summer Night (Korean)

By Golu
I really wanted to like this film but for non native speakers, these movie leaves a lot to be understood and the way scenes were unfolding in front of me, I wasn't sure many times what was really going on. The story had potential button getting any back story on any of the characters limited my ability to empathize with any of these actors. Film starts with two North Korea military guys Yong Joon and Jae Sung having sex and they are caught red handed and they run. Three years later we see Yong Joon in Seoul leading a very mundane and poor life. He has a boyfriend Tae-Kyu, who is a weird guy. He is carefree, doesn't do any work and is completely emotional and financially dependent on Young Joon. In fact, even Yong Joon will go to any lengths to protect him , fend for him and taking care of him to the extent of even taking up prostitution. Suddenly one day Jae Sung appears in their life again. His motivation is not clear but it is obvious he wants Yong Joon back in his life, who
Post a Comment
Read more

Ultimate masturbation: Shigoki no yama (Japanese) [The Ultimate Masturbation]

By Golu
I would never know what was the point behind making this film. Was it supposed to be a comedy, cos it wasn't. It wasn't even porn. It was just a silly attempt at making something absolutely senseless and ridiculous. The story, as well as direction is equally shoddy. You could laugh for having seen something so bad, but I wouldn't call that comedy. An old man runs a camp about gay masturbation. The explanation given is that gays masturbate for pleasure unlike straight men, for whom the act is seen as shame or because they can't find a woman. One day a straight man shows up and wants to join the camp for his thesis. After discussion, he is allowed in. Rules include that you can masturbate together, you can masturbate one another, but there is no fellatio or anal sex. Some students of course breaks rule. The teacher then talks about 2 forms of masturbation which gives ultimate pleasure. He shows one without touching and then refuses to talk of the other. Somehow suddenly,
Post a Comment
Read more