In a country like the Philippines wherein a lot of people from all ages are hooked on asianovelas, it is no surprise that Crazy Little Thing called Love, a Thai movie that is constantly gaining popularity over cyberspace will be a hit. The movie was shown on Philippine TV last Sunday and was dubbed in Filipino. Being a fan of the movie I watched it again, ‘though there were some cuts made due to a limited time slot, I’m sure that a lot of viewers enjoyed watching the film especially those who watched it the first time.
But for me, who watched the movie in its full length version I must admit that the movie’s entertainment value was diminished especially the parts of Teacher In. The movie surely created curiosity from its audience actually, before it was shown blog hits on my article about the movie were steadily rising and yesterday, I received 500 hits.
Most of us are probably asking if there is a part 2 since the ending seems to be hinting some sequel. Honestly, I’ve been googling about it after I watched it and so far here is the most credible piece of information I managed to get from Wikipedia: Sequel There are rumors that this film will have a sequel with the working title of First Love: The Sequel 9 Years Gone.
This was confirmed by the director but still on the draft process and there is no official release date yet. Also, another rumor states that another sequel, First Love: The Proposal, is on plans and would follow that events after First Love: The Sequel 9 Years Gone. Hearsays also states that and will reprise their roles.These rumors only proves that this film have a high impact on the pop culture not only in Thailand but also to other countries like. Quite funny to note that our country was specifically mentioned, as I said Thailand’s culture as shown is the movie is very much similar to ours, so I guess most of us could truly relate to it not to mention that Filipinos are really into Asianovelas. Going back to the possibility of a part 2, most movies with sequels fell short of people’s expectation because of the standards set by the 1st part but I’m hoping that the second part of this story will give justice to the first since they’ve already transcended from young love to 9 years after.
So I guess, the sequel will be focused on a real relationship, how are they going to deal with its challenges. Let’s just all hope that a sequel will materialize and that it will be worth the wait. For sure we all want to see Mario Maurer and Baifern be together again ?.
Contents. Plot Nam is a bespectacled, swarthy girl who has a crush on P'Shone (also known as Shone), a popular student in her high school, but she feels that he is too handsome for her.
Helped by her three friends, Nam follows the advice of the guidebook Nine Recipes of Love, which supposedly has the magical power to win affection from the boy of choice. The nine steps require Nam to beautify herself by switching her glasses with contacts, wearing teeth braces, and whitening her skin, as well as secretly leaving a chocolate cake inside Shone's motorbike, though all of them seems futile in attracting his attention. Nam also has an additional pursuit of going to the, where her father works; he promises to Nam and her sister a plane ticket for whoever gets the top grade in school.
After getting into a fight with the influential Faye, Nam and her friends are unable to enter the Thai dance club and forced to register in the unpopular English drama club for the school fair. Nam is selected to play in the titular play, while Shone works as an stage painter.
Thanks to the drama, Nam instantly becomes a hot issue within the school, and her popularity further explodes when she is chosen as the drum major of the school parade. During the second year, Shone's childhood friend, Top, transfers to the school. He falls in love at first sight with Nam and declares his love for her. The shocked Nam does not respond for fear of hurting him, so Top thinks that she accepts the confession. Nam is uncomfortable with the situation, especially when Top kisses her suddenly when the two are attending a friend's birthday party, during which Top shares the story about a promise he made with Shone: that they would never like the same girl. Godswar server files. Meanwhile, Nam's increasingly close relationship with Top, Shone, and their associates has distanced her from her three old friends; the four barely talk with each other anymore as they enter their third year. Unable to repress her emotions, Nam breaks up with Top shortly before the finals, in which she ranks first, making her able to settle in the United States.
She then has a tearful reconciliation with her old friends, who help her to do the '10th recipe' of the love guidebook: direct confession. However, to her dismay, Shone reveals that he is dating Pin, a mutual friend. That night, Shone comes home to find out that he is accepted into a trainee program in a professional soccer team, and has to leave for the camp the following morning.
He goes into his room and takes out a diary containing all of Nam's photos; Shone has always loved Nam, even before her transformation, but never manages to gain the courage to confess. He leaves the diary in front of Nam's house; at the same time, Nam is shown mourning his rejection in her bedroom. Nine years later, Nam and Shone have become successful fashion designer and photographer, respectively. Nam returns to to attend a variety show. She gets a surprise visit by Shone, who reveals that he has been waiting for her after all those years.
Cast. as Shone, a 10th grade boy who is a star of the school. He is a son of a retired soccer player of the town who missed his penalty shot which costs the team their national champion title. From that incident, Shone is frequently teased as 'the boy whose father missed the penalty shot'.
Shone nevertheless plays soccer at school although he refuses to shoot any penalty shot and thus is not part of the school team despite his high skills. Shone's other interest is photography; he is good enough to win a contest.
as Nam, a 7th grade girl with dark skin, thick glasses, and a school-conformed haircut. She lives with her mother and a younger sister, and helps her mother manage a B&B while her father is working in the States as a Thai cook to support their family.
Nam hangs out with three close friends; they are often considered as an unattractive girl group in the school. Nam places average in her class rank; the only subject she is good at is English. Sudarat Budtporm as Teacher Inn, an English teacher in Nam's class who is fighting with Teacher Orn for the heart of Teacher Pon. She is also a caretaker of the school's English drama club, albeit its low popularity among students.
She seems to be close to the superintendent that he tasked her to find a replacement drum major, where she chooses Nam. She eventually found love at the end of the story with the new P.E. Teacher, after Teacher Pon left the school. Tangi Namonto as Teacher Pon, a P.E. Teacher and the coach of the school's soccer team.
He is pursued by both Teacher Inn and Teacher Orn, although he seems to show no preference between the two. Pijitra Siriwerapan as Teacher Orn, a caretaker of the school's Thai dance club, which is very popular among female students and is believed to be the pool of all pretty girls in school. She, like Teacher Inn, seems to be flirting with Teacher Pon although she chooses a more subtle way. Acharanat Ariyaritwikol as Top, a new student who enters the school midyear of the 11th grade. He is a childhood friend of Shone. Top instantly replaces Shone as the new star of the school because of his good looks. He is attracted to Nam and decides to ask her out.
After Nam breaks up with him, he makes Shone promise not to pursue her. Kachamat Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn as Pin, Shone's female classmate and in the same circle of friends. Flying lotus until the quiet comes zip. She is appointed as a makeup artist for the English drama club, where she successfully beautify Nam for the school play, Snow White. She once helps prevent Nam from Faye's fish sauce-infused Coca-Cola trap.
Pin remains close friend with Shone after high school: he helps her take care of her baby boy. Yanika Thongprayoon as Faye, Nam's archenemy. She considered herself a pretty girl and is also pursuing Shone based on the fact that he is a star of the school.
However, Pin told Shone about her scheme on Nam and she later pursues Top instead. Front Montgomery as Shone's mother Releases Opening on Thailand's Queen's Birthday/Mother's Day holiday weekend of August 12–15, First Love was in third place behind the slapstick monastic comedy Luangphee Teng 3 and, but rose to second place the following weekend. At last count, First Love had earned around $2.6 million (70+ million baht), higher than expected. It was initially televised on, dubbed in Filipino (Tagalog) on June 5, 2011, and was replayed on June 20 and October 28. The movie re-aired on its movie cable network during the thanksgiving season due to viewers requests at 8pm.
It was shown again on March 30, 2012 and June 9, 2012 under free movie block Kapamilya Blockbusters. The full and uncut scenes are aired on its subsidiary network and Filipino-Asian Blockbuster Movie Network on Cable.
The movie was released in Shanghai for the 2011 Shanghai International Film Festivals. Soundtracks. 'Someday', sung by. 'A Little Thing Called Love', sung by. 'Because of My Heart', sung by Chick Whantana.
'Someday I'll Be Good Enough', sung by. 'The Star', sung by. 'Day, Month, Year (DMY)', sung by Kachamat Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn Reception The film received generally positive reviews from critics and audiences, despite the average budget.
In Thailand, the film placed in 3rd place from its weekend gross in almost a hundred cinemas in, and then up to 2nd place on the next weekend behind. The other two movies (including ) simultaneously released with First Love dropped to 3rd and 4th respectively. The film managed to maintain its position in 3rd place the following weekends and stayed inside the top 5 for six consecutive weeks. The film was shown in cinemas for nearly ten weeks (until October 2010), making it one of the longest running movies in the history of Thai cinema.
The film grossed a total of $2,659,443, becoming the second highest grossing locally produced film in Thailand. By early 2011, copies of the film were uploaded on the Internet, with several other countries applying for screening rights. In the, the movie made an impact to viewers after it was dubbed in Filipino and shown on free TV on June 5, 2011 on.
It dominated the daytime viewership ratings, Just 2 weeks after it was first shown on free TV, on June 20, the film repeated in an afternoon slot. The movie block time slot got the highest rating compared to other programs. and, the main stars of the movie, arrived in the Philippines together on August 3, 2013 for their fan conferences on the following day for their endorsement of a local clothing brand. Due to the film's success in the Philippines, produced and released the Filipino romantic comedy film which starred, and.
This is a Thai movie review. So, apologies if you guys, the readers, were waiting for a review. It was an unexpected decision to see it because never in my life would I have thought of having a thai film in my list of have-watched films/dramas but, it was a pleasant surprise! When my friend introduced this movie to me, I was a little hesitant about the suggestion.
Mario Maurer
I wasn’t exactly excited about thai productions since most of the shows they are famous for are violent fighting shows. But then again, it’s a show with ‘love’ in its title.so. Spoiling the show for you beyond this message, by yours truly:P. The Storyline Anyway, ACLTCL is first and foremost, a film about crushes with Nam’s told in an ugly-duckling-to-swan style. ‘Nam’ is a 14-year-old female student who harbours a secret liking for ‘Shone/Chon’, the grade 10 heart-throb of the school. She has tanned skin, has short hair and wears glasses.
Basically, she’s a tomboy and her grades aren’t that good either but she worked harder later on to see her USA-stationed dad. From the start, Nam already has a crush on Shone/Chon. And what’s not to like?
He’s good-looking, he’s a gentleman and he’s smart. In short, he’s perfect despite that mischievous streak in him. With the help of her 3 buddies, she succeeds in her makeover and becomes very pretty for the sake of getting him to look at her, even if it’s just once in a lifetime. What I liked about the show was how realistic they portrayed someone having a crush and whom, would willingly do the silliest but cutest things for their crush.
Simple things like keeping the drink he/she bought for you for eternity, talking to him/her, him/her knowing your name, going to books for advice, (day) dreaming about him/her, giving him/her gifts and then taking everyone else’s away, wanting to be in the picture he’s taking, prank-calling him and then squealing, and keeping whatever he/she dropped like a treasure. As for the characters, Nam’s a nice girl but her outer beauty doesn’t match her pre-makeover look.
I really enjoyed seeing Nam’s reactions to anything related to her and Shone/Chone. Looking at her spazz just over a small conversation she had with him or her getting nervous whenever she is very near or in slight contact with him just endears her to me. Seriously, she’s too adorable for words! And because she’s also the underdog here in terms of looks, you just want to see her get the boy.
The actress did a good job. Major Spoilers!! Leave while you can!.
Shone/Chon was a character you had to see from beginning to end and then from beginning to the end again. Okay, you have to watch his scenes twice. Because, he liked Nam from the start of the show too.
I actually guessed that because of the way he notices small things about her but then that thought got erased immediately after seeing that he remembered the stupid girl who baked that stupid mango cake for him. So, I thought that maybe, just maybe, he had a good memory. It’s logical, since he’s supposed to be smart. But then when his friend, ‘Top’ a transferred student, takes fancy in the makeover-ed Nam and intends to court her, Shone/Chon oh-so-casually comments that he shouldn’t. Like I guessed, in the later parts of the show, the other side of him that had always liked her is revealed to us.
The melted chocolates, pictures he had secretly taken of her, the thoughts that he had at the time the pictures were taken that’s always about his crush towards her. Everything he did that involved Nam, made him smile. That Valentine’s Day flower he coolly gave her and added that it was his friend’s and subsequently turned away regretfully? OMG HE GREW IT FOR HER JUST FOR THIS DAY. Stab me why don’t you?! The day his friend, Top, confessed to Nam was perhaps the worst. Timing and love are each other’s nemesis.
But then there’s a thing I found questionable: Why didn’t Shone/Chon confess before his friend (Top) came? Okay, you are shy. But people don’t usually confess either because it’s something fleeting or they fear rejection. However in this case, he surely could tell Nam likes him. It’s so obvious! Then, I understood the loyalty part but also felt that it was him being stupid. Seriously, the two have already broken up and your friend’s just being indignant.
It’s unfair for all 3 to be miserable! ? Speaking of which, there’s Nam too. I found her beginning with Top unnecessary and painful. She was leading him on though I’m glad she eventually initiated the break off of her own accord. However, I don’t understand why she should date him in the first place? What was pressuring her into silently accepting Top’s confession?
She could have said no or perhaps then wasn’t a good time for her brain. But she could have rejected him on another day! That’smean.but.it also doesn’t make sense for Nam! Was this part used just to fulfil the timing criteria? As for the other characters, Nam’s friends were cute. I love their constant teasings. ? The scene where Nam wanted reconciliation was so sweet and sad!
Her female teacher is probably the show’s comic relief, but I enjoyed her as well. Top was actually quite the cutie. ? Overall comments On the whole, it’s not the storyline but the characters that made this show worthy of my praise and time.
The story was good, but what made the film worthy of a favourite in my eyes, were the people of the show. The many heartfelt and funny-cute moments, balanced out the movie quite well. On another note, ACLTCL was kinda bordering on unrealistic territory. The thought of having a perfect boy liking an ugly duckling was certainly not something that happens frequently or regularly in real life. But guess what? This show was inspired by a true story and that made the show an even sweeter watch than it already is. Besides a show on crushes, ACLTCL also focuses on the question of whether love and good looks have to go together.
Throughout the show, a person’s looks keeps being emphasised as playing a significant part in starting a relationship. It’s definitely something we, men and women, all can relate to and I don’t see anything wrong with it. We, superficial human beings, are attracted to all things pretty, there’s no denying.
But, if one judges another by the way he or she looks, then that’s totally, completely and atrociously wrong. I once heard a boy say: ‘Looks are all that matters when finding a girlfriend. It doesn’t matter if she’s a bitch or not.’ This statement is wrong on so many levels, but it also reflects what kind of (aesthetical) aspects in a partner, most are searching for. This is why, when I found out that the movie was based on a real couple’s love story, I felt that the show itself was an inspiration as well as a self-esteem boost for all girls, and guys out there. And needless to say, I definitely recommend this show. It’s so loveable I wish I could hug it!!
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