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How far is too far?
Things that I liked about the series:- There are a lot of classic movies referenced throughout this series, and the fact that each movie coincides with what was going on in that moment was brilliant. A perfect way to tell a story about film majors.
- Gun, who plays Third in this drama, is a stellar actor. He's one of the more popular actors in this genre, and now I can see why. This was my introduction to both Off and Gun, and I was impressed by what I've seen. Gun, like Fluke in UWMA, was able to express all emotions perfectly. I sympathized with him when he was at his lowest, and I was proud of him when he started fighting back.
- The music throughout this series is one of my favorites. It was so beautiful and perfectly captured the show.
- Two, played by White, is my favorite of Third's friends. Once again, I see White playing the supportive friend to the main characters. My first introduction to him was when he played Tul in A Tale of Thousand Stars. Also *snorts* I can't help but make a comment about how he and Mix both had Earth lol. Tian, keep Pupha away from Tul!!
- Speaking of which I kindof like the whole side story between Two and Un, played by Earth. They were honestly my favorite ship in the entire series. I loved how Two was secretly crushing on his high school sweetheart, but then P'Un walks in and turns everything around. I felt for Two's dilemma, and I was so glad they got together in the end.
- Bone I felt was the most mature character of the series. Okay, that's not saying a whole lot and I'll explain why in my dislikes. Finding out the girl of your dreams is your college professor was like a slap to poor Bone's face. While he did have his moments of immaturity, I like how he had a moment of weakness where he could've kissed her, but didn't. In addition, he put his own feelings aside and allowed his crush and her fiance the chance to get married without any conflict. I honestly felt bad for him, but I was also proud of how he handled himself in the end.
- Khai....oh Khai...I have a lot to say about this guy, and unfortunately a lot of it is bad. HOWEVER, I did enjoy that his quest towards redemption did not come easy. The guy had to work his ass off for it, and rightfully so. It shows that he is willing to change for the better, and I appreciate that Third didn't cut him any slack.
- I love how we were able to get the POVs of both Third and Khai. It was unique from any of the other BLs I've seen so far. Being able to know what both parties were thinking about helped flesh them out as characters.
- In terms of realism, this show has it in spades! The concept of Unrequited love towards a supposed straight guy, and how this show portrayed it, was so realistic it hurts. I've lived through this concept myself. I was Third many times, which is probably why I related to him so much.
Things that I didn’t like about the series:
- Oh boy, I feel like this is where I'm going to piss people off lol. Okay, there's one thing that I seriously dislike about the show. Or rather, one person I seriously dislike. One word...KHAI! I'm sorry to all my TOL fans, but I freaking hated Khai's guts. I hated him so much, I wanted to punch him. I felt so bad for Third, and for the first time, I was honestly hoping that the main couple DID NOT end up together. We're constantly told that he's a good friend, but we never see it. Khai was never a good friend to Third at all. He treated Third like his little servant, which pissed me off even more. Yes, he may have had a great redemption, but that still doesn't erase the fact that the guy is a total asshole. I mentioned how very realistic this show is, and I stand by that. Including Khai's behavior. But it's also because Khai's character is realistic that makes me want to punch him even more. I've met guys like guy. I've crushed on guys like Khai. I've been hurt by guys like Khai. I hated Khai!
- Now I can't put all the blame on Khai. While I think Gun's acting as Third is stellar, I do also have a problem with this character as well. I relate to Third a great deal because I've been in his shoes. That also means I can be frustrated with how much abuse he was willing to put up with, and the poor guy put up with a lot. But some of the blame for his misery falls on him too. Is it hard to get over someone you love so much? HELL YEAH, IT IS! I would understand his dilemma more if I actually saw the good in Khai, but as I already stated, Khai wasn't even a good friend to Third. What good qualities does this man have? I will say Third giving Khai the cold shoulders during the second half of the series was so satisfying.
- Since I'm passing blame around, I have to put some on Bone as well for his part in Khai's ploy to find out if Third really likes him or not. That whole stunt was what made me lose any and all respect in Khai, but Bone had his own hand involved too, which was not cool. You don't pull that kind of stunt on someone you deem as a friend.
- Khai's sudden sexual identity reversal was poorly done. Am I really supposed to believe that all of a sudden he has feelings for Third just like that? I get what the writers were trying to do with it, but the fact that Khai just accepts it and goes along with it is not believable in the slightest, especially given how much of a womanizer he was. If he was a closet case, that would've made it more sense, but that wasn't what we got.
Overall Thoughts:
Admittedly I struggled with how I wanted to review this show. I originally gave this a 6.5/10, but I saw a lot of comments that made me really think the show over. The show is great, I admit. I love the storyline, I like the idea of showing the hardships of unrequited love, I love Third as a lead protagonist, I love Two as a supportive best friend, I like Bone as a character, and I love the soundtrack. However, the biggest thing I dislike about this series is the main love interest. I hated Khai. Just because you give him redemption doesn't mean you suddenly forget all the horrible things he's done. And Khai has done a lot of horrible things for most of the show. He's arguably the worst love interest I've currently come across in a BL. In a show where I'm wanting to root for the main couple to get together and get their happy ending, I was hoping Khai would stay away from Third. That said, if I were the look at this show in terms of demonstrating the toxicity of an unhealthy unrequited love, I'd say this show perfectly demonstrates how destructive it can be. I will agree with a lot of fans that not all relationships are butterflies and rainbows. Some are quite messy, I agree. Some are toxic. That being said, we're also supposed to root for the characters to be together, and I didn't find myself doing that.
Despite all that, I admit I found myself continuing to watch the show because I was really hoping for a well deserved happy ending, so it did grab my attention. And Khai's confession to Third at the final episode was corny and sweet, and reminiscent to Third's confession to Khai.
With all of that in mind, I am raising my ranking a bit, but not that much. I still wouldn't watch this show a second time, and I still hated Khai.
Rank: 7/10
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Chorei demais
Se você quer chorar, recomendo assistir esse BL hahaha!É uma série muito boa sim, mas tem apenas um defeito que me incomoda, por exemplo: muita enrolação (que é um dos problemas que mais têm em várias séries). Coitadinho do Third, até o Khai conseguir expressar os sentimentos demorou uma eternidade que até comigo, quase parei de assistir por causa da demora, mas daí que vem o milagre, vale a pena ficar assistindo até o final, muito lindo depois que eles conseguem se entender, só que como disse, na parte de enrolação faz se tornar cansativo assistir.
Minha opinião é final: essa série se superou e é realmente muito boa, recomendo super.
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L'amour nous fait son cinéma
Je viens de visionner cette série pour la seconde fois.J'ai longtemps tergiversé avant d'écrire un commentaire sur Theory of Love car ce dernier fait douloureusement écho à ma vie perso, j'ai en effet vécu la même chose que Third mais je dis "douloureusement" car pour mon histoire on peut s'arrêter à l'épisode 4 ou 5, et ouais ya pas forcément de happy ending dans la vraie vie.
Je dois reconnaitre que je l'ai revu surtout pour pouvoir me délecter du couple Off/Gun qui crève l'écran et pour ma préférence pour Gun qui, à mon sens est un acteur incroyable, il sait vraiment jouer tous les types de rôles et sa palette de jeu est vraiment étendue. La justesse des sentiments qu'il parvient à exprimer en jouant, me paraît incroyable à chaque fois. Il faut d'ailleurs reconnaître ici qu'il joue le désespoir comme peu savent le faire. On s'identifie complètement au personnage (moi encore plus, Aaargh !)
Il est vrai qu'on pourrait trouver ce je du "je t'aime - moi non plus" un peu long au bout du compte mais, me concernant, je ne peut pas le dire en toute objectivité (pour moi ce "jeu" a duré plus d'un an donc bon...).
Par contre, j'ai également trouvé dommage que les histoires des autres couples ne soient pas plus développées, pourtant celui de Un et Two avait tellement de potentiel, on en parle bien sûr mais c'est vraiment traité par dessus la jambe, comme une entracte avant de s’intéresser uniquement au couple principal.
J'ai adoré toutes ces référence de films et j'en connais énormément bien que je ne pense pas pouvoir, un jour, trouver ceux qui sont thaï en version sous-titrée, ne serait-ce qu'en anglais. Tous ces clins d’œil animent vraiment la série et l'ancre dans notre réalité.
Je ne vais pas, à nouveau, me plaindre de ne voir pratiquement que des couples garçon-garçon car il est vrai que les couples hétéro ont leurs films, mais je vais me contenter de rêver d'un monde du cinéma où on ne fera plus de distinction de genre dans les films romantiques et où la diversité régnera.
J'ai adoré la franche amitié qui lie nos 4 garçons, on a envie de faire partie de la bande et de profiter de ce groupe ma foi fort sympathique et soudé contre vents et marées.
En résumé, je dirais que malgré quelques longueurs, Theory of Love est une vraie bonne série dans laquelle j'aime à me replonger.
Maintenant, à vous de vous faire votre avis.
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it's so worth it to watch
theory of love is amazing and the way off turned into a green flag so fast I'm so into it offgun are so cute together I've rewatched it 10x lol anyways love the chemistry love the acting and the iconic crying of gun in the shower and the friendship of 4 of them are so good I really like how two and bone are so supportive of there friends I hope someday I'll find friends like bone and two and even tho I ship earthmix I think two and us has chemistry not gonna lie with y'all I kinda ship them and I'm kinda sad about bone bc he found out that his crush is getting married and what hurts the most is he's gonna edit the wedding video I don't know what's it called but anyways I love the chemistry it's so worth it to watch and I really enjoyed watching it for the first time I still have sparsk even tho I haved watched it a lot of times and I'm so proud this is my first ever bl series offgun is my happy pill?Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
If you're thinking about watching it, I say you should. But give it some time because it gets better after the first half/two-thirds.
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It feels like 11 episodes of the breakup scene from movies and then the last episode
The concept for the show is very interesting. Somewhat basing each episode on a famous romantic movie could allow the show to explore different cliche as scenarios without it feeling forced. But I feel that Theory of Love actually kept repeating the same type of plot in every episode. We got 11 episodes of the breakup/disappointment/sad part of every time tic movie and then things moved forward in the finale. We got: main character finds out they are in love with a jerk; main character overreacts and the couple fights because of miscommunication; main character doesn’t trust their other half… I expected a bit more range with the plot.Third and Khai’s story kept repeating itself over and over. Khai was a jerk in many moments, but I feel like Third could never be satisfied with anything. The scene at the beach with Jam, for example. He was unhappy because Khai was cold with Jam and said that past relationships are difficult. I understand that it made Third think that he’d loose the friendship if the romance was over. But I’m certain that Third would be complaining if Khai was friendly and talked nicely to Jam. He’d complain that he’s still a player, never changes and blah blah.
The only character’s plot I liked from beginning to end was Bone’s. He’s the best character on the show. He’s a good friend, he’s a good guy and does his job well. I felt it a bit forced for the show to give him a girlfriend in the end, but I understand how it fits the tone of the series. Two is a nice guy and White is always great. But his story with Un was SO forced that I cannot feel any spark of chemistry there. Was that supposed to be an enemies to loves story? White and Earth worked together in Waterboyy, and had good scenes together, so I think it’s weird how the show couldn’t make them click better.
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I don’t have too too much to say about this without spoiling it a bit, but holy shit. Everything about this was for the most part pretty good; nothing really stood out to me as completely awful. However, there were a couple of things that stood out to me as really, really good.
One, the set. I know this probably isn’t what you’re looking for, but the set is wonderful imo. The color palette is beautiful, and it’s just a really gorgeous show to watch. It’s sometbhing you can’t help but noticing either; the difference in the rooms of Third and Khai, the unique colors of each individual set piece, the colors of sad scenes versus happier ones, all of it. Absolutely gorgeous. I just had to acknowledge that.
As far as the storyline goes, it’s a pretty simple one. Guy’s in love with his best friend but best friend is straight/a player/ oblivious/ all of the above. Not many complex things going on here. I’ll admit there were a couple of times I got confused, but for the most part, it was a simple storyline that was easy to keep up with.
That being said, even within such a simple premise, the acting and the characters still managed to blow me away. The one thing that really got me was how easily my emotions were manipulated by this show. Generally with shows like these, I’m very critical of the main character. I don’t tend to understand why they refuse to try and get over their love interest, and I end up disliking the show because it just doesn’t make sense. But with this one, they did it amazingly imo, esp in getting me to feel what Third was feeling.
The entire time I completely understood everything Third said and did and felt, and I felt the same exact way. Yes, Khai could be a bit of a dick sometimes, but the show did a wonderful job of showing the times where he wasn’t; it made me fall in love with him in the exact same way Third did, and I could easily get why despite Khai’s mistakes Third couldn’t help but forgive him. I couldn’t help it either; he was just one of those characters. I cried when Third cried, I felt hopeless when he felt hopeless, and I was happy when he was happy. And that right there is what will keep me watching this show. I adore how easy it is to understand and empathize with Third, and I his relationship with Khai is portrayed perfectly, though I’ll admit there were times where I wondered if they had anything keeping them friends other than their shared love for film. Luckily this was rectified almost immediately.
10/10 will definitely continue watching, and I can’t wait to see the next episodes and what becomes of Third and Khai. Only reason this wasn’t 10 across the board is because I don’t want to jump the gun too soon. If you’re hesitant about watching this, I say go for it.
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Starting khai character i didnot like ,how he never be fix to one relationship ,so frequently he change his girls totally spoil one . I did not know why Third kept such friend as a best who can ditch him anytime ,only he has feeling for him that's why he endure his nonsense and stupidity.
Two dialogues i like about drama
1.when Two said to Third that i understand how it was feel to see that your love is front of you but you can't said to them and see them with someone else.
2 When Third get over Khai and Khai pursue him but he ignore him and then khai said to himself ,now I understand how you felt when i always ignore you and spending time with someone else ,i hate this feeling and he cried and walk away.
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Strong Cast but the Main Couple Lacked Chemistry
I'm still relatively new to the whole Thai BL scene, having only seen a select few series, so I don't have a huge amount to compare this to. This is actually my first written review btw so!I had previously watched Puppy Honey and Puppy Honey 2, so I had experienced seeing Attaphan and Jumpol as the lead male couple. While I feel like this series was a lot better than PH and PH2, I still feel the two main actors lacked any real chemistry, and this really impacted my interest in the couple's relationship as the series progressed. Compared to the other BL series I have watched, these two actors really have some of the weakest chemistry on screen together.
Character-wise, I think this series had a strong cast and a nice, diverse group of main characters. Each of Khai, Third, Two and Bone played their own role in their group. Personally I felt Two had the strongest character and I was rooting for him and Un for the whole series, even more so than Khai and Third. Bone's charming personality was sweet to watch and his relationship with Paan was handled very well (massive fan of Paan's character as well btw!) While I thought Attaphan's acting of Third was very strong, by the end of the first episode I was already tired of the crying. I don't think I have ever seen a character cry so much in 12 episodes? I began to like his character as the series progressed but it sort of fell back to the beginning towards the end of the series. I feel like Third lacked any real character development. As for Khai, I didn't have any strong feelings in favour or against him. Wasn't a massive fan of his character throughout and the devlopment of his feelings for Third just seemed ingenuine.
I thought the overall theme was sweet - where each episode was titled after a classic romance film and I really enjoyed the references to various classic films (shout out to The Perks of Being a Wallflower). The soundtrack was a lot more interesting than the majority of other BL series I have seen. I was also a fan of the opening sequence. As for rewatch value, I don't think I will be re-watching this any time soon. I still have a tonne of highly-rated series I'd like to see first but even of the ones I have seen, this would be way down the list of series I'd rewatch.
If you were a fan of Rome and Pick's relationship in Puppy Honey then I would definitely recommend checking out this series! It offers a similar enough relationship, just with a much much better storyline. The lack of chemistry between the main actors really knocked it for me, but I don't regret watching this at all. Overall I gave it a 7.5 / 10.
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Storyline felt lacking
Let’s start put by saying it that you can tell it had a hefty budget and I believe they could have done more with it.The way they incorporate film into the series was very well done and believable as other BLs (mostly engineering BLs) leave a lot to be desired in that department this one succeeded. Everything was done very well aside from the way the storyline unraveled it was very slow growing and obvious at many times I wanted to stop watching it because they made the Third look stupid for still being in love with Khai, the way Khai constantly hurt him made me feel somewhat mad and made me not like Khai at all, all the way up until the end, It seemed lazy how mid season the script was flipped and the story was just repeated but from a different perspective.
I will say for it being another College BL it was better then most and the storyline had a nice change of pace for involving the characters majors as a big part in the storyline, personally I would not rewatch but if you want a change in pace from the same college BLs it’s worth taking a look
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The story is kind of light, although the main character does go into many tear showers due to his crush. Nevertheless, the friendship of the four college students had nice dynamics and it was entertaining. There were enough comedy reliefs as well. The romance, in addition, was nicely paced and the references from other romantic comedies were making it even more cute. The side characters had their moments as well, as the drama didn't forget about them in order to concentrate on the main couple. The ending, finally, was well managed and it was nice to see how they all succeeded in the future.
So, overall, seven out of ten.
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