Lakorn reviews for october: Naree Risaaya, Sailab rak bpaun, Fai Ruk game ron, Ngao Asoke 2016

Naree Risaaya

Naree Risaaya is an incredibly hard show to watch even to an insatiable drama lover like me.

Basically the story is about a man (Thun) who disregards his wife Naree and daughter because he loves her younger sister Neepa. The daughter Saiparn tries her best to win her father’s affection but is never able to. When her mother dies. Saiparn blames her aunt. Her aunt has a daughter who receives all of her father’s affection, while she is constantly belittled and scolded upon. As a young woman Saiparn becomes bitter because of the lack of affection from her father and envious of her younger sister Nida. Nida grows up to be unselfish beautiful and overly doted on by the people around except for Saiparn who hates her. In the initial episodes Saiparn is rather unlikable due to her envois nature. Nida’s fiancé who does not want to be involved with Saiparn’s underhandness becomes unessary involved when Saiparn starts hinting that Nida is having an affair with Neepat, their servant.

P’Oodit becomes insecure and very jealous over Nida not knowing Saiparn is lying. One night things come to a head as Saiparn finds P’Odit drunk and taunts him that Nida is having an affair with Neepat. P’Oodit rapes Saiparn to try and prove that he is man enough (EYEROLL)

This changes our once venomous Saiparn as all of the hatred she has spread finally has been sent back to her almost. Hearing that Saiparn and P’oodit have slept together Nida loses it. Khun Thun banishes Saiparn, and reveals to her she was never his child. Saiparn goes to stay with Neepat in the village.

Saiparn changes and becomes softer, with Neepats caring she becomes close to him. P’oodit starts watching her from afar, sending her gifts. All the while his wedding with Nida’s arrangements are in full swing. P’oodit starts investigating who Saiparns real father is.

P’oodit tries several times to apologise to Saiparn but she wants nothing to do with him. He begins to suspect that she has some kind of relationship with Neepat.

While Saiparn finds out she is pregnant with P’oodits child.

All hell breaks loose.

I honestly when I first watched this, it was like watching a disaster and having your heart wrenched out of your chest and stepped upon repeatedly than given back to you at the end of it all by some random person.

There is possibly no way I thought I could feel sorry for Saiparn after watching her hating on everyone in the beginning but towards the middle when P’oodits mother was being a raving bitch. I felt it the shift in my heart she won me over. Gayson was a darling she at least brought some relief towards this depressing heart wrenching show, One of the best moments is when Narin is waiting for Porkaew to come home and she comes home late and he is stunned at how beautiful she looks.

Nida I hated from the beginning but when she became evil I hated her even more.

P’oodit I felt lukewarm about, he kind of made me cringe. Neepat I shipped with Saiparn.

Saiparn is not the usual door mat Nang’ek she is incredibly strong and forgiving.

If you enjoy Lakorns with strong women and I mean really strong women I would give this a try.

Ngao Asoke 2016

So who does not know the plot of this show but I shall give a brief summary.

It goes something like this.

Monthai Mattana is engaged to Wiyada. Lakhana The matana household maid is in love with him but Monthai’s mum hates her guts. This starts a chain of events leading to Lakhana killing herself. While this is taking a place Beeyachat a young child meets Monthai while looking for food for her granny. She had climbed up on an asoke tree and fell down. Monthai gives her some money, to repay Monthai Bee goes back to his house next day and says she will work for him. Monthai tells her to come back when she is older and introduces her to ba Jian. After Lakhana’s death Monthai leaves and Bee somehow starts staying with Wiyada and Wiyada who recives letters form Monthai who stays now in another country.

Wiyada makes Bee reply to the letters things like this continue over the years. Wiyayda who has grown tired of waiting for Monthai starts looking for a new man. Bee on the other hand feels sorry for him and continues with the letters. Monthais mom who has now gone sick requests for Wiyada to come stay with her. Wiyada does not want to go and sends Bee instead not wanting Monthais mom to get any sicker Jian makes beeyachat Wiyada. Mons mom begins to get better and loves Bee a lot.

Monthai comes back and finds that Beeyachat has come as Wiyada and dislikes her as she says that Wiyada did not want to come he thinks she is a liar as he is in love with the Wiyada that has been sending him all the letters over the years and won’t hear anything against her. Monthai takes advantage of Bee and holds her and hugs her because his mother doesn’t know she is not Wiyada to get some sort of revenge in his eyes…

Firstly I watched Ngao Asoke 2008 and 1998. There is a major difference between 2008 and 1998 and the 2016 one.

The 1998 one Beeyachat is a lot mouthier compared to sweet innocent naïve Beeyachat in 2008.

The 2016 Beeyachat is perhaps the sassiest Beeyachat by far.

I really enjoyed the earlier versions as Pong and 1998 guy who played Mon were incredibly good playing the Pra’ek who is confused and completely smitten by their repective Beeyachat’s.

I feel that the new Ngao Asoke lost the feel to it and has been made into more of a comedy. Something that is given when Sean and Ester are in the leads.

This is not necessarily a bad thing but I for one prefer Ngao Asoke 2008. Pong and Pang had amazing chemistry.

In their Ngao Asoke there was passion, jealousy, possessiveness all clearly visible in Pong’s expression whenever he looked at Pang and forcefully kissed her.

Seans Forced kisses look like the kind a 5 year old gives his play date to say hello.

For those of you who watched 2008 and 1998 and are fans of the story I suggest this one but most likely you guys are going to be disappointed.

Fai Ruk Gahm Ron

I really love the ost of this show.

Pin has got to be the most likable vengeful woman I have ever seen in a show. She is beautiful and cute and incredibly manipulative and a sheer joy to watch. I felt sorry for Mor Non.

But the episode where his bitchy OTW comes to hurt Pin and Non comes to save her and she smiles as he drags the viper outside the house is hilarious I honestly laughed for a good ten minutes.

The cutest scene is when she is bathing and screams for help and there are frogs in the bathroom and makes non stand there while she baths.

I am not going to go right into the story because I feel Asian wiki has a good summary of the story.

Watch this if you enjoyed Talay Fai.

Sailab Rak Bpaun

Andy won me over as Din. He is this awkward spy that has fallen in love with a rich girl Ran. The writer of this show has done an amazing job balancing the funnies and the drama.

So basically he can’t tell her he is a spy and lies he sells insurance, now being a spy there is sure to be lots of danger that comes with the job but with this show it’s the punch lines.

Watch this if you are looking for a good laugh. I thourougly laughed outloud multiple times while watching this and I am finally an Andrew Gregson Fan.