Yeah, my Thai's not up to par, but I thought Gramps said he'll "allow her to express her love for the human for the next thousand years," so it sounded optimistic, despite Kamkaew's and Thossapol's hearts breaking. I for one am not up for a sequel. I like a mystical, sad, folk love story once in a while, heh. I think they did really well with the mythic element with Nakee.
I also found that the love between K and T wasn't as passionate as what we're used to in lakorn, but I peg that up to the way it's based off of a folklore, which usually describes the pranang as Fated to be in love, rather than slowly and deeply falling in love. Fated love is supposed to go beyond passion, beyond physical desire, yadayadayada. So while it would have been nice to see more romantic scenes, I wasn't particularly hopeful to begin with.
Someone's going to have to describe the difference between 'payanak' and 'ngu phi' because I swear to the gods I did not put up with those screaming villagers for 11 episodes to only see them turn tail the minute Mae Nakee turned up. Like, what were they expecting????????? Why were they so shocked? They've accused her over and over of being a snake, the least they can do is face her head-on and shoot, or something!
Also, did I understand correctly that Kamkaew's mom actually gave birth to a stillborn child? But that Mae Nakee revived the child by inhabiting her in spirit? Because that's really interesting, I mean, how much of Kamkaew is her own person, and how much of her is Mae Nakee? And would Mae Nakee have broken the final minutes of her meditation if Kamkaew didn't love her mom so much? Like, I'm not interested in drawing a line between the two, but look at the spiritual and psychological components of this one woman! It's kind of like Voldemort leaving part of himself in Harry! 555 I can't believe I compared Nakee to Harry Potter. I just really want to sit down with p'Off and ask him questions about character development.
Anyway, I was really touched when Thossapol called out, "I love you, Nakee!" Probably because Chaisingh never learned the truth in the past life, and now he gets to utter his love for her to her true form. Out of all Ken's roles, I find that I enjoy his quieter, non-flirtatious characters most, like Thossapol and Kaew in Luk Tard. When he's not trying to be handsome on the screen, his crying appears more heart-wrenching. Or maybe it's because his physical features are pretty masculine so seeing his soft, passive side onscreen is a good balance. Heh.
Taew has always been a bias of mine, and she definitely walks my talk in this lakorn 55. She truly embodied Mae Nakee in form and manner. I'm in love with the fierce way she descended the temple steps in her white gown, and faced the baddies; and the final scene between her and Ken, when she transforms into Kamkaew one last time to hold the love of her life and call him 'ai.' And my girl looks so good in red!
Thanks for sharing about the Naga fireballs! I love learning about that sort of stuff. It's scary and exciting at the same time.
I did watch pidsawat and noon was awesome in there. I think whoever wins for best actress, I'm happy either way because both taew and noon performed well on diferent levels. Noon might be an older generation actress but I'll root and support them both! Wishing them good luck.
