A Boss and a Babe (2023)

So much better than Enchante

this is so much better that Enchante
the plot is more realized and the acting a lot better
the pacing is good too however, there plenty of loose ends
most subplots were not resolved
feels like the wristers just lost control along the way and ran out of ideas or had limited time to flesh out everything and put it together in 12 episodes
-They could have shown more of Jack's depression how it affected him and how it affects the job
-What is Time so angry about?
-Tian's mom is complicit with her her abuse by her own step-father, to the point of suicide and only said sorry about it and hugged it out
- Thup knew the truth all along, then why is he rude to Cher the entire time? Why is he so mad and just communicates when he needs money?
- the supporting characters were really entertaining but they were not doing anything in the last 4 episodes
- the whole side-plot of the gossiping employees went nowhere

Leia Mais

Potential ruined by the plot, again.

My overall suggested is at 6.5 but I shall keep an additional .5 for Book Kasidet as Cher successfully made us smile.

His character honestly gave me hopes, so did the plot until I realized it started off and it wasnt going anywhere.

I mean before anything, anything, I hoped for a couple of episodes where we witness a sweet build up between the leads. The story had potential, but it could not wait. We're not talking about a fast paced show here, we are talking about how we get almost nothing at the beginning.

Force is a fine actor, its an opinion no one can change but the plot made it look like his character was confused, circling around same scenes over and over again. While Gun's strong presence could be used as a core, he had nothing to tell us. While Cher could continue being the comfort character he was, his side had a dark storyline no one expected.

There isnt much to remember, plenty to question. But I did not entirely dislike it and its because of Book first of all, as i mentioned before. The cast was actually nice Id say, they tried their part as they could. Those little moments too which made me giggle over how loving they were being but dear GMM please dont make it look like the writers just went ahead with anything available until they were done.

Leia Mais

titolo cringe + storia bella ma a parer mio complicata + loro troppo belli assieme

Ricordo ancora quando vidi il trailer di A Boss and a Babe quando la gmmtv rivelò i suoi progetti per il 2023, quel giorno lo vidi e non mi piacque tanto, nel senso che non ero particolarmente presa dalla storia ma decisi che quando l’avrebbero fatta uscire, l’avrei guardata quindi eccomi qua.
Sinceramente adesso che l’ho vista, questa serie mi è piaciuta molto più di quanto il trailer mi abbia fatto sembrare.

Mi è piaciuto vedere questa serie così come l’ho odiata, ho dovuto mettere in pausa la mia visione due volte per alcuni giorni pensando di dropparla. La prima volta quando Cher si voleva prendere la colpa delle email mandate da quella ragazza, mi è sembrato inutile farlo e mi ha irritato; la seconda volta quando è uscito lo scandalo della droga, oltre al fatto che mi è parso stra inutile mettere in mezzo sto scandalo in quanto niente provava che Gun ci fosse dietro, anche perchè la foto mostrata era una foto di Gun e Cher davanti la stazione della polizia che facevano quel che gli pareva, se fosse stato vero la polizia non l'avrebbe mai fatto stare lì in compagnia senza guardarlo ma soprattutto non sarebbe stato così sereno. Questo momento mi ha particolarmente dato fastidio non tanto per il fatto in sè ma perchè era l'ennesima fastidiosità che usciva fuori, su tutta la serie sono successe troppe cose del genere di continuo, spuntavano problemi come se nulla fosse e non dico che non debbano esserci ma neanche in questa maniera; poi vabbè era ovvio che questo scandalo fosse stato messo in mezzo solo per accentuare il fatto che la madre di Gun non li volesse assieme.
In ogni caso mi ha fatto piacere e ho amato come non abbiano mai perso troppa fiducia e siano stati assieme, tutto quello che hanno fatto, l’hanno fatto per il bene dell’altro e ho amato questo tipo di rapporto da green flag assoluta.

Per quanto riguarda la storia passata di Cher, penso che non meriti tutto quello che è successo, partendo proprio da Tian, quella buona anima, ha sofferto tantissimo e ho pianto tanto a sapere che nonostante fosse vittima da 3 anni delle molestie del patrigno, ha respinto la dichiarazione di Cher perchè si sentiva sporca…nessuna vittima di queste atroci situazione dovrebbe sentirsi così, non si è sporchi di qualcosa che non si ha voluto fare, soprattutto se è stata costrizione, è stato dolorosissimo per me sentire queste parole sapendo che si è pure uccisa. Data questa situazione non solo Cher ha sofferto tanto ma è anche stato additato come colpevole di aver messo incinta Tian, quando non è assolutamente vero e ciò mi rabbrividisce, la cattiveria che possono avere certe persone con solo pettegolezzi infondati, è assurdo.
Amo molto il personaggio di Cher per essere riuscito a superare tutto con positivismo, non tanto “superare”, più che altro direi “conviverci”, poi ho amato come si prende cura delle persone che ama, soprattutto con Thoop che nonostante si sia comportato sempre male e cercato sempre guai, Cher l’ha sempre aiutato e supportato.

Poi mi sento in dovere di dire quanto cazzo ho amato Zo e Three, i miei amati.
Una scena che mi è piaciuta tanto è stata quando Cher ha chiesto a Zo per lui cosa fosse l’amore e Zo ha risposto: “P’Three”. È stato tutto così naturale, carinissimo e descrive perfettamente la loro coppia. Sono così carini assieme, mi viene da piangere.
Ho amato come dimostrano sempre il loro amore reciproco senza paura e come Zo sia l’unico che riesce a calmare Three quando è arrabbiato, letteralmente Three non riuscirà mai ad arrabbiarsi con Zo, ogni volta che gli parla abbassa il tono della voce risultando più dolce….urlo.

In generale, questa è la prima volta che vedo Force e Book recitare, li conoscevo già per Enchante ma solo a nominativo perchè non ho mai guardato Enchante e non credo lo farò perchè la trama mi sa di grande complicatezza; poi li conoscevo solo da insta.
Però una volta li ho visti in una serie, quando stavo guardando vice-versa c’era una scena in cui Talay stava nell’altro universo con quella ragazza dell’ospedale e hanno visto una macchina con una coppia di novelli sposini e c'erano stesso loro dentro, Force e Book, che interpretavano i loro personaggi in Enchante. Quella scena mi è piaicuta tanto perchè, anche se corta, ha dimostrato come nel nostro mondo il mastrimonio tra persone dello stesso sesso non sia legale e accettato, mentre in un altro universo lo è.
Ha un bel significato, speriamo che in futuro si apra più la prospettiva riguardo ciò.
Vabbè questo era per dire che li conosco ma non li ho mai visti recitare quindi questa è stata l’opportunità e devi dire che sono bravi.

Infine dico che consiglio questa serie, personalmente penso ci siano troppi problemi che si mettono in mezzo e molte volte non sono neanche stati risolti a dovere (come il fatto dello scandalo della droga che è andato perso in due secondi) ma vabbè è anche bellissimo il loro rapporto; Cher e Gun non hanno avuto un bel passato ma conoscendosi hanno trovato la loro felicità, sono il safe place l’un dell’altro.

+DEVO DIRLO…STO CAZZO DI TITOLO È CRINGE, NON SI PUÒ GUARDARE VI PREGO

Leia Mais

A fluffy and soft slice of life

I started watching while assuming that this series would be some kind of silly comedy, and to some extent it is - there's a lot about it that is mostly for comical relief and it would be unfair to say otherwise. What I believe makes this series so intriguing is the way the writers managed to put in good balance comedy, introspection, and romance.

The plot of the story is pretty simple, and to be fair, at the beginning even the characters are. As the episodes go on, however, there's more and more that is revealed to the audience through dialogue and meaningful scenes about the characters and the relationships they have with each other. This method of unveiling the world of Cher and Gun was what caught my attention the most and made me want to watch more and more: I really felt like I was sinking deeper and deeper in the story. Multiple situations that seemed simple were revealed to be much more complicated than they might have looked at first, and the characters showed multiple facets of their personalities and lives little by little.
The romance between Cher and his Boss was truly sweet to watch as it developed. The two characters are very different, but it's also obvious how the two start growing fond of one another, and the way they seem to suit each other perfectly despite having very different lives was a huge satisfaction. The two actors have some solid chemistry and they are blatantly at ease and comfortable when they're together.

Something I didn't like as much about this series was the way some problems and situations were put aside without a proper conclusion (I don't want to spoil anything so I'll avoid mentioning anything in particular). I believe that leaving more room to show certain secondary characters and their lives better would have made the ending much more satisfying to me.

I can recommend this series to whoever is looking for something cute and sentimental, with themes that never get too stressful or heavy to watch.

Leia Mais

LOVE IS WHAT MAKES YOU WANNA BE A BETTER PERSON

As what I have expected, This BL did not fail me ! I waited so so long for all the episodes to be aired so that I may binge watching this ! and I love love love it so so much, This will be added to my favorite and most memorable BL list !
Aside that ForceBook is one of my favorite BL Ship, and that Force is one of my crush, This drama is so damn good ! like as what I have put in the headline of this review, as I finish watching it, that is the message of this drama, that if we are truly in love we always want to be a better person for the person we love, we give everything !
The lovey dovey moments is a five star ! like you will literally scream as you watch this couple , this is such a good vibes giver and I've had a good sleep because of this !
The kissing scene is on fire ! like you will be satisfied with it, not awkward great acting ! and speaking of great acting , I loved the acting of each of every character in this drama ! and Also P'Jack ! I always see him doing comedy things on GMMTV dramas but here his character is more serious than the usual more mature and I loved how he portrayed P'Jack ! and P'Gun also did a great job .. like He really looked matured and gentle here, and on the part where he had to cry to shout because he is angry.. He has given exactly as what is needed. everyone did a great job.
I loved the progression of the story, I commend GMMTV so much for this ! everything is just good in the eyes.
My favorite episodes is 8, 9 and 11 !! those were on fire like those were the momentum, and I really felt the emotion !
I hope Forcebook couple will have another BL as good as this in the future 🙏 I really stan them !
I am gonna re watch this again one day ! love it

2024-02-10
This is the second time I watched this drama and I think I will be re watching this again in the future, the reason is I really missed my Force Jiratchaping Srisang !! 🩵 so anyways even the fact that Force is my Bias, Im gonna give this an honest review, so here we go !
STORY
The story was common, and there are parts that was too unrealistic, and the closeness of Gun and Laem was too fast, I've seen here that Force and Book somehow cannot get out of who they are in real life , coz they maybe that close in real life that it was clearly seen in this show, that made it too unrealistic, on the contrary you will see that this show was not petty, coz as you watch it, you will see its direction, there is something more, it get quiet too good to be true in the beginning but the juice was given to my eyes all along, the story really began in the middle part and now that I have finished it, I realized that everything happened in the beginning contributed to the ending and I realized it was really good ! I was actually thinking why I gave tjis show a super high points the first time I watched it, and this was one of the reason! Besides that I so love Force. I was really touched by this drama once again, there are so many parts that I like about this show, it was not perfect but it will definitely leave a mark in your heart. Actually have a nice story line, with direction and easy to understand but bit unrealistic and some parts were off but still okay
ACTING
Compared to ForceBook acting on Enchante' there was so much improvement I've seen here, From the part where they were crying to shouting and facial expression, it was nice and the kiss looked more natural then Enchante. In some ways I am annoyed to Cher's Character, and Gun was a total green flag, he was not really bad here, the only reason why he was always moody and sulking was there was no one yet to make his life colorful ! But look ! He even bailed, Cher's brother from getting prisoned of 500k Baht ! In real life, no matter how rich I am, and even I love someone I would not spend a money like that to someone I barely know, but Gun has a good heart here for someone he loves, lucky Cher was ! I love P'Oi here , she is my favorite character ! And Mike I was so proud of him here that he has a mature role here unlike his past roles on GMMTV series where he had a comedian role , like not literally comedian but has a funny character but here he was mature, serious brother of Cher and he was actually great ! And yeah again super proud of Force, he was totally different here fron his real character, and when he shouted at Cher when someone gave the evidence of the game being them as a creator, I was amazed and felt everything ! Very good job !
VISUALS
I was crazy of force ! Like I literally shout all the time when Force was on screen like damn that camera man ! Why does they have to always show force's very handsome angles ?!? And his stylist OMG I wanna be their friends ! anyways enough of fan boying here. The visuals are great ! I liked the places or was that an effects ? Coz every places there seems had a blue light effect and I liked it so much ! All in all good job !
ALL IN ALL
I will not blame myself , coz this show is special to me , And it is because I am a fan of ForceBook as you can notice ! This show was not perfect but special in my heart. I was never wrong of re watching this that is why I rewatched it and will be re watching this again coz it is hard to move on to. I hope that Force Book will have another show and I hope It will be directed by P'Aof 😅 .. 'Aof ! Shout out to you ..
Yeah thats all ❤️

Leia Mais

That dark twist fooled tf outta me!!

This supposed to be fluffy lovey dovey series turned 180 in the worst way possible. That dark twist, nah, we shouldn't do that! That's such a mess dreadful enough. I didn't like that stepfather SA'd her stepdaughter then that dead-herself turnout. All that twist is a bummer. They really messed this up big time. We should have stayed with that JoongDunk type of series. Dunno why it had to be like this. The love I felt in those previous eps felt estranged to me. ForceBook, being there, just saved the series somehow. Another nega for this series is the problematic sonofabitch character which just spews negativity whenever he's on-screen. He's just there to borrow huge shitload of money from Cher then that imprisoned situation is just ick. Mind u he exposed his stepdad as the suspect of SA. I don't think bringing him in the series show any impact. It's just a burden for my little mind to bear let alone my eyes witness his behavior.

All I really hoped was bring the softness cute series back and undo that twist and those negas. Their just unnecessary burden for viewers. I was like wanna watch a light series but bruh this is not what I expected. Expected that bad.

The cast were alright. Again this series should have been short and light with few casts here and there. I'd prefer it that way. Idunno I think that's just a popular opinion. Sorry. Without those negas, I think this is decent or fair series to catch up on after serious deeper BLs out there.

Leia Mais

It's a 7, but it's <3 so cute

It's adorable! I gave a 7, but is actually very cute and sweet! But let me tell you, point by point.

About the story: I didn't like the development, and 12 episodes were so much, the series easily will fit into 10 or maybe 8 episodes.

Thinking about Gun (Force) and Cher/Laem (Book), I was really endeared by their dynamics, it was 2 roles that fit them very much. Cher was so, so, SOOO adorable, I wanted to bite him. He was so cute, sweet, gentle, and such a sunshine! And that's exactly why I was a little upset with the screenplay, bcs some actions and things that he did was just so weird when you think about his personality?? About Gun, he was such a gentleman, but... they described him as a cold person and he just wasn't at all? Just a normal boss ig. And that made me a little lost.

In action topics, ForceBook was very good! Force (Gun) was perfect. But I have to say: I love Book, he is a good actor and SO CHARISMATIC (and that's exactly why he's a perfect Cher) but he really slacked in dramatic scenes, all his crying scenes were weird and not natural, it looks like he was really forcing and it wasn't working.

About other characters, the gamers were a very cute group of people, and they were REALLY good, supportive, and caring friends, but Jack made me a little ermmm bcs some of his attitudes. Nothing too deep, tho, he was a good friend at all. Three and Zo were a cutie couple too!

What feels so weird about AB&AB it's that we have 12 episodes, but seems like I didn't watch 12 episodes at all, but at the same time, 12 episodes for what? Because what exactly was happening in all that TWELVE epsiodes? Weird, IDK how to explain at all so... That's it.

Leia Mais

Loved every second of this show!

A Boss and a Babe presents the story of Gun, a CEO, and Cher, his intern, as they navigate a scandalous office romance. The show introduces us to a young and optimistic intern who joins a company and encounters an overbearing, rude, and despised boss. As Cher gradually chips away at Gun's tough exterior, their relationship becomes intertwined with scandal, and faces intense criticism for being inappropriate within the office setting.

A Boss and a Babe offers a delightful blend of witty humor and energetic performances from the actors. It certainly doesn't hurt that Force is an attractive individual—I wouldn't mind having him as my boss (lol!). Although I came across some negative reviews regarding the storytelling and writing, I decided to give the show a chance. Some viewers expressed concerns about the boss making sexual advances toward an intern and the power dynamics at play in their relationship. However, after watching the series, I personally didn't find it to be a significant issue and felt that it actually contributed to the overall story.

My focus was primarily on the blossoming relationship between Cher and Gun, which evolved beyond the boundaries of a typical intern-CEO dynamic. They faced numerous challenges, encountered harsh criticism, and were made to feel as though they shouldn't be together. The show provides a refreshing twist on the enemies-to-lovers trope, complemented by witty humor and Cher's tendency to call out the clichés within the BL genre, which had me laughing and smiling throughout. I particularly enjoyed witnessing the progression of Cher and Gun's relationship in each episode, especially towards the end when Cher took charge of his own life to be with the person he loves.

Leia Mais

Strong beginning but slowly lost its touch

The story started well with both Cher and Gun having depth to their character with a sad and messed up past. Along the way, things got out of hand when they didn't give enough focus to side characters.

Thyme/Time and Thoop were 2 neglected pieces in this story. Till the end, they never showed what went wrong between Gun and Thyme, which means it was a lost friendship that could have actually made the story more interesting. As for Thoop, we don't know what happened with the drug charges, and neither do we know what happened to his stepfather.

The biggest plot hole was when they showed Thoop reconciling with his mother who knew all along that Tian was getting raped by her stepfather. That's a very insensitive way of showing forgiveness. As far as I know, legally, the mother should also go to jail as an accomplice since she never intervened even though she knew that a minor was getting assaulted.

We also don't know why Thi was so hell-bent to win the gaming competition. I mean I understand that he wanted to win but his reaction when they all won't have time to practice made us think there is some backstory or maybe a dream. Instead of focusing on that, the series only showed the cheezy romantic part of Thi and Zo's relationship.

So, overall a good one-time watch if you want to enjoy a light-hearted romance and have a laugh.

Leia Mais

Actually I did stop watching this series after few episodes but decided to give it a try. And I'm glad that I gave this series a second chance. BL series has very set pattern, lead actors meet they fight and they fall in love then they go through some misunderstanding and resolve it to get back together. This series has some different vibe. I love the story it's light and the actors have done a tremendously good job. The pair is so cute and lovely. The cinematography is good. I can just keep on adding positive points but for the experience you have to watch it. Just go and watch this series.

Leia Mais