The Eclipse (2022)

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( 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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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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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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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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Acabo de terminar esta serie por tercera vez ya que extrañaba mucho a los personajes y voy a aprovechar para mencionar los puntos que me gustaron y los que no.
En general, la historia parecía prometedora. Tuve bastantes expectativas desde que ví el mock trailer porque daba vibras de ser un bl sobrenatural (algo que casi no es común de ver en la industria) pero a las finales terminó siendo todo lo contrario.
Pienso que hubo una mala ejecución de ideas, como leí en otras reviews, creo que los manifestantes pudieron enfocarse en otro tema porque el uso del uniforme no es algo que afecte en gran parte a la identidad del alumno. Pudieron tocar temas como la homofobia u otras problemáticas que se presentaban dentro de la escuela.
Además se hicieron bastantes usos de clichés comunes de las series bls, algunas escenas fueron incómodas de ver por esa razón pero las actuaciones de todos la salvan.
También debieron profundizar en la salud mental de los protagonistas, parece que si quisieron tocar ese tema pero a las finales quedó en el aire.
Con respecto a Thua, se me hizo muy extraño que le pongan ese papel de villano pero lo perdonen de la nada y se pongan a grabar un corto, pensé que me estaba perdiendo de algo de la serie, supongo que no supieron cómo manejar las cosas al final.
Finalmente, alabo la actuación de First y Khao quiénes me tuvieron con los sentimientos a flor de piel, recuerdo haber llorado y sufrido mucho junto a ellos cuando la serie estuvo en emisión porque nos encontramos con la incertidumbre de no saber si tendrían un final feliz pero si lo hubo. Gracias a esta serie me hice fan de ellos :) tienen demasiada química aunque algunas escenas y el guión no les hicieron justicia.
También me sorprendió bastante la actuación de Neo, a quién anteriormente solo lo había visto realizando personajes cómicos pero aquí se destacó más.

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Really nice but missing a bit

I really liked the storyline and the charachter development of Akk. The relationship of Akk and Ayan is also really interesting, especially the hate to love dynamic but I feel like the series is missing something. The plot twist at the end had me speechless but after that the series kinda fades into just them being who they are now without really something happening. It's a great series but I couldn't re-watch it because the whole story with the school etc. is a bit too much to watch again. Also the other couple, Kan and Thua, seem kinda plane and their story moves on really quickly without much depth. The development of Thuas character was also quiet surprising and added a nice twist. In general the acting was really on point.

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very confusing and strange but great chemistry

Kind of unsure what to rate this one. Overall I enjoyed watching and it did manage to keep my attention for the most part. But the plot was kind of strange. Nothing really made a lot of sense and the whole series kind of built on the unwritten rule that no one can just decide to leave that school, cause honestly most problems would be solved and for most of them it would be the more sane choice.

In the end most of what happened was predictable and what wasn’t just didn’t make a whole lot of sense…

The whole thing was saved by the great actors with great on screen chemistry. Who made the weird characters and stories a lot more convincing and emotional.

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Good representation of LGBTQ+

What surprised me about this BL is that it is very realistic in terms of the social situation. Although, this setting in a weird cult-like school might seem over the top at first, it did play its role in portraying an institution that is of conservative values. I like how they included a clear divide between the school principal that was openly homophobic and allies like teacher Sani. I could relate to the struggles of Akk accepting his identity so much. The scene of him coming out to his parents was heartbreaking. The plot twist with teacher Chadok was great and unexpected, the way his character changed after everything was revealed... All in all, it encompasses the struggles and experiences of the LGBTQ+ community very well.
This said, I do have some complaints. The first half of the series is pretty boring... Nothing much is happening, there is no development of the characters as a couple, and not enough mystery to keep me entertained. Also, FirstKhao are the most switch pairing there is in Thai BL, but they still had to use the 'wife' label (although, it was kinda like a joke). The dialogue writing... I was cringing so bad in some moments that I was actually considering dropping the series.
Overall, I enjoyed the series, and I would like to thank the writer for the representation. However, I recommend watching the first half on double speed.

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