Mecânica do Amor (2022)

Parecia impossível dar certo, mas deu muito certo.

Assisti aos três arcos de "En of love", confesso que o que mais gostei foi Love mechanics, e acredito que a maioria das pessoas também, visto que foi o único arco a ter uma série estendida.
Quando soube que o Studio Wabi Sabi vendeu os direitos da série para a WeTV, confesso que não entendi a lógica de gravar uma série onde seria contada a mesma história, com os mesmos atores, apenas com mais eps, que ao meu ver seriam apenas para encher linguiça. Quebrei a cara!

Primeiro gostaria de falar do roteiro, ou melhor, das minhas críticas ao roteiro. Existem duas cenas que me chamaram atenção, pois tinham acontecido de forma muito diferente na versão anterior, que são a cena do flagra que Mark dá em Vee e Ploy se beijando e a cena do aparecimento do ex de Marc. Ao meu ver isso foi um furo, mas... Sigamos.

A série tem vários clichês, e por algum motivo o roteiro foi tão bem produzido que mesmo diante dos erros dos personagens eu não pude odiá-los, o máximo que aconteceu foi eu torcer para que a pessoa mudasse a conduta, mas amando a atuação.

Algumas situações aconteceram de forma muito errada... Não tenho como passar pano. Quando Mark ficou com Vee a primeira vez, ele traiu Ploy. Ok, ele estava sendo traído, mas não sabia disso, nesse caso, a traição foi uma grave falha de caráter dele. Na mesma situação Marc não tinha condições de consentir absolutamente nada, nem mesmo reconhecia quem estava ao seu lado, e mesmo partindo dele a intenção, não era correto Vee transar com ele nessas condições por motivos óbvios.
Sobre a traição de Ploy... Foi a que mais me revoltou. Entendi o deslumbre dela por uma vida de luxo, mas é imperdoável ela simplesmente não ter terminado com Vee, aliás, a impressão que passou, foi que se Vee não tivesse descoberto a traição ela manteria os dois relacionamentos na maior cara de pau. O fato dela ter sofrido violência não apaga o erro dela.

Realmente acredito no amor que Vee sentia por Ploy. Mas o fato dele tê-la perdoado não o faz um cara legal, e sim um idiota, que foi traído e exposto a todos e insistiu em uma relação de amizade com a ex sem perceber que isso machucava Mark. Da mesma forma Mark amou Bar de forma intensa, mas em determinado momento percebeu que deveria recuar, e teve dignidade para tal.

Então, como disse inicialmente, o primeiro arco teve 4 eps, imaginei que os outros 6 incluídos seriam apenas para encher linguiça, mas quebrei a cara de novo. Fomos apresentados às famílias dos dois, e pudemos ver as diferenças, não apenas o abismo financeiro que os afastava, mas o abismo de valores. Os pais de Mark não eram ruins, ao contrário.... Eles conheciam a pobreza, e queriam apenas proteger seu filho de uma vida de privações que eles já conheciam. Talvez tenham feito isso da forma errada, mas com certeza voltaram a si. A família de Vee, apesar de humilde, acolheu o relacionamento dos dois sem maiores dramas. Como não amá-los?

Sobre os amigos de Vee, nada muito diferente da primeira temporada, mas seria muito justo que Nuea tivesse terminado acompanhando de seu par em "This is love story", afinal ele foi um fofo durante a série toda, e em troca a única coisa que recebeu foi ficar sozinho.

Sobre ost e fotografia: perfeição define.

Sobre atuação: incrível! Cada um dos atores foi feito para o papel que interpretou, e aplausos para a atuação de Yin Ana e War Wanarat, principalmente War. As emoções que eles conseguiram transmitir foram muito fortes, chorei junto com o Mark diversas vezes, como o War é expressivo, tem olhos que conseguem penetrar nossa alma e nos inserir qualquer emoção. Ele nos causa reações emocionantes.

Amo essa série, 10/10 apesar dos pequenos furos, verei ainda muitas vezes e super recomendo.

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romance, diversão, tristeza... essa série te oferece tudo da melhor forma!

não tem outro igual, é só ele mesmo! isso mesmo, to falando de love mechanics.
eu nem sei como explicar o amor que tenho por essa série... primeiro de tudo, sou muito grata por ela ter me apresentado o war (mark) e, claro, me mostrar uma história a qual fiquei completamente imersa até o último segundo.
love mechanics me apresentou uma sinopse simples que apesar dos atritos, não fez com que eu esperasse muita coisa, para ser sincera. pois foi aí que me enganei.
os olhares, a emoção e TODAS as cenas de romance entre o casal principal me conquistaram desde o primeiro momento, o que geralmente não acontece! a forma com que o war (mark) e o yin (vee) moldaram os personagens e o relacionamento deles me prendeu e me convenceram, fizeram com que eu torcesse para eles até o final, mesmo com tudo acontecendo rsrsrs
e, mesmo tendo uma história relativamente "simples", algumas cenas me tocaram de uma forma sem explicação, fez com que eu me identificasse e realmente entendesse os personagens e suas lutas internas. novamente preciso elogiar os atores e seu ótimo trabalho!
recomendo demais principalmente para quem ta iniciando (como eu), pois é leve e divertida, tendo seu lado sentimental também, e até mesmo pessoas não interessadas em bl ficam presas (confia em mim, meu primo assistiu comigo e ficou igual eu até o final). muito amor por essa série!

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É uma série que tem um dos plots que mais odeio e eu gostei dela (?)

Eu estava enrolando para ver porque sabia que tinha plot de traição e eu DETESTO, mas eu gostei demais.
As atuações estavam boas, o roteiro foi bem escrito (doloroso, mas bem escrito) e a fotografia boa também.
Quando a série consegue me fazer ficar confusa sobre gostar ou não e me faz ter um misto de sentimentos ganha meu coração (porra me deu uma raiva do caralho, dois segundos depois eu amava e voltava pro ódio, logo após crises de pena e choro).
Na minha opinião Vee não gostava mais da Ploy, só sentia um grande carinho e confusão por eles terem ficado três anos juntos e ela ser sua primeira namorada, assim como Mark não gostava do Bar, pra mim aquilo era mais uma fixação (o cara seguia ele pra todo lado mesmo sabendo que ele não gostava dele).
Porém Mark e Vee tiveram tempo para se conhecer e se apoiar um no outro e descobrir um sentimento, e aí tiveram um grande conflito por não saberem lidar com suas emoções.

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Love Mechanics: empatia é tão acentuada

"Love Mechanic" (2022) is a wonderful series with 10 (ten) episodes. I praise this series. It is worth it for the direction of Lit Padhung and for the perfect and empathetic protagonists actors Yin Anan (Vee) and War Wanarat (Mark). The couple (couple) is in refined harmony with soft and sensitive interpretations, sad and happy, in an atmosphere of romantic comedy and drama. I highlight the strong presence of the actor Prom Ratchapat as Nuea. "Love Mechanics" makes us laugh and cry. Nota Mil, because this series, along with other rare gems, are at the top of my first choices when the theme is "the best works of art of the Thai series type BL/ yaoi". NOTE: literal translation from Portuguese to English, via google translator

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THATS MORE LIKE IT!

A definite upgrade over the short series - I loved every minute of it!

Finally, a full length series for Yin and War. The chemistry is undeniable and there is significant improvement in acting .

Although the plot and story has a very controversial beginning, (if you read the book and watched the En of Love: Love Mechanics) it felt like the new showrunners listened to what the fans hated on the first show, and improved/removed them - 1) I liked that they removed the role of the social media from the first show; 2) i loved that they improved the moping brokenhearted Vee; and 3) they showed the soft side of Mark during his time apart with Vee (he was just too angry in the short series).

Although i felt bad that they have to change some of the support cast, the new cast did a good job, and i specially loved the addition of the parents. Make no mistake, this is a YinWar show and the maximum exposure they got is just what the show needed.

Is it just me or is War giving a very similar Singto vibe? I loved it!

Overall, i give it a 9, its probably one of the best BL shows of 2022.

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Lust, love and a whole lot of drama

What a difference a budget makes...
Same Same But Oh So Different...
Love at second sight....

As I recently watched the first version (same cast, different budget), of this drama I was a bit unsure if watching this adaptation would be worth it but my oh my was this a good choice, a very good choice as this version gave me all I was missing in the first version and more... a lot more , okay it gave mes some highly problematic content as well making it impossible for me to give it a full 10 even if part of me was so entertained I wanted to give it a 15... but enough about that.

What this drama does offer is a lot of fan service, entertainment, some important issues here and thare chemistry that is off the charts, friendship, toxic masculinity, sweetness, and everything but relations goals. Again not something I would want to be part of but highly entertaining to watch. It also made me fall head over heals for Mark (War Wanarat Ratsameerat) as a person who was both adorable, funny, bad ass, sassy, honest and brought out my protector instinct making me want to just give him a big hug most of the drama .

There is also a slight realism to the portrayal of duality in relationships.. falling in and out of love meshing in a big complex web of emotions... loving two people simultaneously, pain, confusion, coming to terms with all kinds of stuff,,. and so on was portrayed pretty well, and is what I assume bothered some viewers but I actually loved how they portrayed this side of infidelity and relationships gone bad... But then I do love watching conflicted emotions, angst, lust and pain. So if you are bothered by any of this stuff you may not enjoy this drama at all or at least not as much as I did.

In my opinion there are not truly annoying characters or elements making it an easy binger and again a lot of fun to watch, but again kids, do not try, well anything of this at home.

So if you are looking for a feel good fluff piece where people actually seek consent move along there is nothing to see here... but if you want som highly entertaining drama, mistakes, steam and real drama this is definitely a good place to look for it,

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Leads Insane Chemistry is the Lure......Plot/Story is Nonexistent

This is the first drama I've ever watched of this genre and it's not one I watch or like but what caught my attention was the insane chemistry of the leads. It was enough to give me pause and decide to watch. While I'm still not interested in anything in this genre going forward; the two actors themselves I have added to my following list because they are truly unique, multi-talented individuals. Their work, though regardless of genre, I will watch again in the future. For those unfamiliar with my reviews, I never read the source material so go in solely as a viewer.

Pros: As mentioned above, the chemistry of the leads is off the charts. After doing some research on Twitter and watching War's concert-like fanmeet, I realized these two are literally brothers from another mother and it's because of their close friendship and understanding of one another that it can translate so convincingly onto the screen. Both Yin and War embodied their characters very well, I just wish they were working with a strong script (that will be discussed below).

Out of all of their gaggle of friends, the only few I liked were Bar, his bf, and the Dr. Ana character as they were (to me at least), the only ones that were supportive of the leads no matter what and never had any hidden agendas or preconceived notions. Vee's parents win "parents of the year" for their acceptance and protection of not only their own kids but of Mark as well. Vee's brother was also great as both comedic relief and just in general. The lesson dad taught Vee by way of his motorbike should be taken into account in real life as well; if you break something, it's your responsibility to fix it.

The OSTs were also right on point save one that sounded like it belonged in a circus tent and not in the show. Every time it played like in episode 6 when Mark was sick and Vee was taking care of him after apologizing, it just threw the entire scene off. Another high point was the comedy; so many different scenes to choose from that just added a little bit of hope or just made you bust out laughing at the absolute nonsense happening.

Cons: Just as the title says above, this series had literally no plot nor storyline. It was essentially a group of university students acting out emotions. It was very unbelievable, considering that save for the two sets of parents, some thugs, the "token" straight female friend, and a little girl, everyone else was gay. You don't see that in real life; I may be straight but I have many close gay/lesbian/bi friends all over the world that I've met throughout my travels that can attest that's just not the way it is.

I saw someone in the comments saying that the characters getting plastered every night was a normal American thing in college and as someone with 2.5 degrees in America, I can tell you that's not the case at all. Are there parties, people going to clubs, getting wasted? Hell yeah! But not every single night unless they want to flunk out of school; especially blackout drunk. Every single episode or half of one ended with someone needing to be carried home or passing out by the toilet. These folks needed AA (Alcoholics Anonymous)!

The conversations were always about the same thing; I questioned the need for a script even; could have handled everything through improv. It was always who liked or didn't like whom, who should date whom, whining about being alone, innuendos up the wazoo, and what bar they should hit up that night; rinse, repeat, please pass the cheese. There was no ingenuity whatsoever. This script carried very little weight other then heavy on many emotions especially angst and a ton of miscommunication.

Tropes were insane (especially not closing the door in 9; like come on! That was beyond ridiculous and extremely foolish on the production's part) and the same situation kept repeating itself especially with Ploy; felt like we were on a hamster wheel getting very dizzy. Ploy was like a Jack in the Box popping up in the most in opportune of times and I do feel she overstayed her welcome. Also, a bunch of unnecessary characters like the creepy as hell boxer dude who was harassing Mark in episode 9; what was his purpose? Confusion, filler, to make Mark who stands up for himself always, forget how to speak words? Or those random girls hitting on Vee in 10 and then badmouthing Mark behind his back to make him have doubts about his relationship again? These people were completely unnecessary; made me question just how much and of what production was smoking.

The only thing I'll say about that crazy train second ending that I'm still trying to wrap my head around, is that it should have been incorporated a lot better then the way it was and perhaps in the middle of part 2 of that episode somewhere. The first ending really brought the relationship full circle while the second one turned Mark into a combo of Daenerys and a hyena ready to devour its prey with a side order of rock music lol!

Would I recommend it? This one is out of my hands. I leave it to the viewers discretion. For me personally, it introduced me to two young men who I see having very bright futures regardless of what paths they take in life and I want to see them succeed.

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That was better than I expected.

I loathed this series after the first episode. I gave is a 2 and dropped it and only reluctantly came back after friends insisted it got better. It did.

My objection was the totally absurd treatment of drunkenness, and the fuzzy morality, with the writers trying to have it both ways. You can't get so drunk that you think a person is someone else. Maybe for a few moments, but certainly not after sleeping if off for several hours, and Vee having three beers in 2 hours is not sufficient to lower his inhibitions enough to do something awful, so that shot of his garbage can with empty beers in it didn't fly. So you have two choices: Either Mark knows it's Vee and wants to get laid to help him get over his pain, or Vee is a repugnant rapist and the whole series is appalling. Neither option works, so I gave up in disgust with the terrible writing.

So why do I give it a 9.5, you ask?

The thing is, because this is a remake, the production was stuck with the outline of the poor writing of the original. And I can't give it a 10, because the plot is so unoriginal and we've seen it so, so many times. But the execution of this story is so good in every way, and so much depth an nuance given to the story and characters, it's like having a piece of chocolate cake. You've had many, I'm sure. Some are dry, some are factory produced, some pretty good - but then you have a slice that is so perfectly made that you can never enjoy any other chocolate cake again.

That's sort of how this series is. It really, really needs to be the last story with this tired plot - it will never be done better than this, it's so overused that I, and probably many or most of you, groan when a preview shows anyone wearing a blue engineering shirt.

While this follows an established formula, it isn't just the usual shallow boy-meets-boy, boy-hates-boy, boy-gets with-boy, boy leaves boy for girlfriend, boy-hates-boy, boy-and-boy-live-happily-ever-after story.

First, Mark and Vee aren't 2D uke and seme characters. Mark (the uke) knows who he is, is totally comfortable with it, he's a jock with a ripped body, and he doesn't let himself be pushed around. Vee (the seme) is confused and indecisive, can't bear to be the bad guy to the point that his desire not to hurt anyone hurts everyone, and he's never in control of the situation, and seems to fail at everything.

Other than the first episode, the writing is complex and sensitive, never stuffs characters into the narrow boxes of stock archetypes. Mark isn't a useless uke, Vee isn't a brooding prince who will swoop in to take care of him, Vee's girfiend isn't evil or scheming, she's just weak, damaged, and needs the validation of a man desiring her, Nuea isn't a terrible person nor is he an alternate prince, he's just a smitten horny guy who crosses the line a little, and even Mark's father's true motivation is Mark's happiness despite his dickishness. His emoji in the last scene is hillarious.

The story contains one of the classic misunderstandings wherein one boy shows up somewhere just at the right time to see something he can misinterpret and, implausibly, no communication occurs to clear it up. But in this case the plot gives a sequence of events that leads to that moment that is logically constructed, and the timing is not at all coincidental, and while Mark misunderstands, Vee is not innocent - he let himself be put in a situation that he shouldn't have, and given their past, Mark's reaction and subsequent behavior is totally reasonable and relatable.

The dialog and writing are excellent, creative despite the unoriginal story, quirky, and provides us with suprises and unexpected resolutions, like the final family confrontation, where Vee's father is a true boss. The finale is lovely and romantic, and gives us a typical fairy-tale BL ending - and then there's the post-credit scene, for which you may need medication, possibly counseling. The typical uke-finding-a-public-sniff-kiss-to-the-cheek appalling routine starts, then heads in a direction so, so, SO far from where you'd expect that it manages to be hot, funny, and a little frightening all at once (War could [and should] play a truly terrifying villain).

The cinematography, all the editing, the music, is all thoughtful, beautifully excecuted, and all serve the story.

But what really seals the award for Best Execution of a Stale, Tired BL Plot is the acting. War (Mark) has always been good, but here he's SO good that he can make you feel eight different things with one look. Yin (Vee) was frankly a bit weak in the original series, at least compared to War, but here he's improved so much that he's able to hold his own. Vee's impulsive idiocy is funny, relatable, and believable.

If this had a better first episode, perhaps with a devastated Mark just callously grabbing Vee as the nearest male body to fill his... needs, this could have been a 10. But it's still one of the best BLs of all time and I don't hesitate to recommend it.

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angsty BL with excellent lead actors/chemistry

Overall: Although I struggled with the angst/flawed characters and especially how the series started, I think it was well done. Make sure to watch past the first credits of the final episode, more like that please! Note: this is a remake/extended version of En of Love: Love Mechanics which aired in 2020 and was about 2 hours runtime, you don't need to watch the shorter version first. Watched on WeTV.

Content Warnings: dub/non con kiss, non con sex (very drunk), briefly held against will, past suicide attempt?, manhandling, homophobia, vomiting, violence/beaten up, punch/slap, domestic violence, victim self blaming

What I Liked
- acting of Yin & War and their chemistry
- cute moments
- funny moments
- for once I didn't hate an ex (Mark's)
- they address wealth differences and homophobia
- production value

Room For Improvement
- very disappointed in the sex scene. In many places being mentally incapacitated means you cannot give consent and clearly Mark was mentally incapacitated as he thought Vee was a different person. Although we see 3 beer bottles in the garbage, Vee does not appear to be at an equal level of drunkenness. I don't care at all that Mark was the initial aggressor, Vee should not have had sex with Mark. I would say this was non con no matter what sexual position Mark was. If they wanted to go the drunk sex route then Vee should have also been totally wasted and saying that Mark was his girlfriend and both been freaked out in the morning. (this would also make me hate Vee less as he just casually cheated on his girlfriend)
- hearing vomiting sounds is not my ideal way to start a series
- Vee said something in episode 6 to Mark that I think would end many relationships, sometimes apologies are not enough
- cliche plot point in episode 7
- Vee has some bad friends, they should have at least talked to him to hear his side
- poor communication
- side couples starting out in the final episode
- lack of intro credits/OST and basic closing credits

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Very problematic

I thought the characters were cute. Vee was really adorable at first. but then he keeps getting annoying. I'm surprised Mark can tolerate Vee's behavior even seeing so many red flags about him. The relationship was messy and unhealthy even from the start. I tried to give it the benefit of the doubt with Mark and Vee's relationship, but it was so toxic. The problems are always the same. Trust issues, cheating, miscommunication. Different episodes but same problem.
They had their cute moments being together, but I got tired of it after realizing that Mark is too good for Vee.
I guess the acting was good if the main cast can irritate me. Music wasn't really rememberable but it was there.
I wouldn't recommend watching this at all.

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Not Perfect But Great

When the mini series came out with En Of Love it was promising that people wanted this be created in a full series. I am so glad it was reconsidered because the result met my expectations.

The chemistry of Yin and War is really good and both actors can act really well. The story captures the audience of how it was written well. I love the whole vibe of this series. The side characters are amazing too.

War Wanarat is a gem in this series. He’s perfect as Mark. Something in him just glows as Mark. His character is not perfect but likeable.

Yin as Vee is also perfect. I feel for his character. The only thing he knows is to love. First with Ploy yet he was cheated on. He fell for Mark yet he was misunderstood like almost all the time. He is sweet and knows how to make his partner feels good.

I like this drama so much like I am angry that we only get one episode each week and the waiting time to wait for Saturday is agonizing.

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