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Only gigolos do that!!!! FUNNY

‘ATM Errak…error’ is a film by GTH, the feel-good studio of Thailand and is being released nationwide Thailand on January 19th, 2012. There is a scene in the 2nd trailer for the film that is not in the international Englished subbed trailer that I found hilarious.

First off, the synopsis of the film:

Sua (Ter – Chantavit Dhnasevi) and Jib (Ice -Preechaya Pongthananikorn) are like any other couple in this world except for one exception: for the past 5 years they have kept their relationship a secret since the bank where they are employed has a strict “No Fraternization” policy. It’s not a big deal until they decide to get married. The only problem? Which one of these two Type-A overachievers will put marriage before a career and resign? With neither willing to take the leap of faith they both turn incident into opportunity when an ATM glitch in Chonburi province cashes out over $130,000 baht. The terms are simple: whoever is able to recover the money first gets to keep their job. The couple will turn into no holds barred competitors. Who will literally “go big” in their career or “go home” in this romantic comedy about what two people won’t do for each other in the name of love? It’s the age old battle of the sexes but this time around how can victory be easily declared in a war where there are no more traditional “rules of engagement”

To the funny scene I was talking about. The characters Sua and Jib are arguing in the elevator about their relationship and who should quit their position at the bank and become the homemaker. Sua refuses because he is a man, Jib argues everyone is doing it–the wife is the main breadwinner in the relationship. Na Ah, according to Sua, only gigolos do that and he ain’t no gigolo. HAHA.

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Stills for Pae Arak and Ploy Chermarn’s ’30+’

Being release this October the 20th is  Ploy Chermarn and Pae Arak’s romantic comedy ‘Ruk 30 buak (Love 30 + or just 30+)’ directed by ‘Phet’ Puttipong Pormsaka Na-Sakonnakorn, the director for Mario and Baifern’s hit film  ‘A Little Thing Called Love’, for Sahamongkol Films.

Filming took place in many beautiful locations across Bangkok–the forecourt of Central World Square, Rajprasong, Sukhumvit, Thong Lor, Ekamai and down south to the seaside cities of Cha-am and Hua Hin.

Not only have the locations been stellar, the relationship between the cast and crew have been stellar too. Ploy Chermarn has stated she loves working on this film so much, she doesn’t want it to end.  That’s nice, I’m glad she is happy.

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Trailer to “Bangkok Kungfu”

Produced by RS productions, directed by Yuthlert Sippapak, starring Wisawa “Tomo” Taiyanonnt, Kaew Sirimongkonsakol,  “Bank” Athigit Pringprom, Mario Maurer, and Pae Arak and is being release to a Thai theater near you on September 1, 2011 is “Bangkok Kungfu”.

The trailer ends with Tomo’s blood splattered face and Kaew ending it with:”In love there is no winners or losers, only who hurts less or more.”–oh that is nice.

The premise of the film is of friendship, love, and dreams.

Trailer

 

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Favorite scenes in SUCKSEED!

Been waiting since I heard about it, it’s been a couple of months. I was not disappointed.

I was disappointed in ‘Love Julinsee’, I did not understand that film at all, near the end with  ‘Kao’ Jirayu La-ongmane and ‘Mo’ Monchanok Saengchaipiangpen’s segment about love between two friends, it got ridiculous. Two best friends decide to take their relationship to the next level, they decide to date. The guy is all into the relationship, he is open and cheerful, he tells everyone they are dating, he even craved their names with a heart on a wooden bus bench to which I thought was cute. She, on the other, was embarrassed and yelled at him, ‘why do you have to tell everyone? Aren’t you embarrassed?’ The girl was rather confusing, she initiated the relationship and he was doing what is expected of him, being a doting boyfriend.

The part when he  kissed her on the bench when she was napping, she became defensive. ‘Are you satisfied?’

He lend back and apologized, ‘I’m sorry.’

She then asked, ‘why did you kiss me?’

I was taken back by that question and Kao gave an answer I would have given. ‘Because we are boyfriend and girlfriend, everyone is doing it.’

She charged back with: ‘your concept of being a boyfriend and girlfriend, do we have to kiss?’—what? Well yea, in America, we do.

Kao’s character is all confuse, this is his first girlfriend and his first kiss. “Well, it wouldn’t be damaging. Have you ever kissed anyone?’

“Then What?’ She snapped back at him.

“I just wanted to know.’ He replied. She then implied that he should have asked her something else, like if she had slept with anyone. That girl has a lot of insecurity issues. She had no trust in her best friend who became her boyfriend. She automatically assumed he was a hot-blooded guy who wanted her for one thing, it’s starts with the letter ‘S’.

She starts yelling at him even after he said, ‘you are misunderstanding me.’

‘You date me, you love me, or maybe you just want.’  Hey gal, you’re totally going off track. To me, it could have been such a beautiful moment, but she ruined it and made him cry.

SUCKSEED  made me laugh and here are two of my favorite parts in the film.

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The kids of “SUCKSEED” on the cover of Hamburger magazine

The film “SUCKSEED” by GTH succeeds according to Thai audiences. Last week, it topped the Thai Boxoffice making 21.3 million baht over the March 18-20 weekend. Though it did not beat “LOVE Julinsee” premier weekend earnings of 25.5 million baht, the reception by Thai audiences has been more positive, more discussion, more urges to go watch the film. I have a feeling in terms of overall earnings, Suckseed will succeed in the long run over Love Julinsee. After the first week, Love Julinsee’s box office earnings dropped by 80.9 % making only 5.6 million baht for its second week.

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Love Julinsee (Ruk Man Yai Mak) reigned supreme over the weekend

Kao-Mo-Now-Alex-MD-Saipan at the premier of their film

Over the weekend, the Thai teen flick ‘Love Julinsee (Ruk Man Yai Mak)’ did good, snagging the top position at the Thai Box Office with ease from big studio produced American films such as Rapunzel (Tangled), Unknown, and The Adjustment Bureau that premiered the same day. The difference in earnings is massive in the double digit range. According to sources at Pantip, ‘Love Julinsee (Ruk Man Yai Mak)’ made more on its first day than last year’s top grossing Thai film “Hello, Stranger” did. Love Julinsee made roughly 8 million baht something on it’s first day, where as Hello, Stranger made 7 million baht something. Sorry, I don’t remember the exact numbers. Either way, they should all be happy, there are decent numbers.

THAI 3 – 6 March (million baht)
1. Love Julinsee (Ruk Man Yai Mak) –>25.5
2. Rapunzel –>9.5
3. Unknown –>5.0
4. The Adjustment Bureau –> 4.1
5. I am Number Four –> 3.2

‘Love Julinsee (Ruk Man Yai Mak)’ is a teen comedy comprised of 4 stories of teen love.

The 4 themes are:

1.”Lampang is very cold” about love across an age group with ‘MD’ Nuttapong Pibultanakiet and ‘Saipan’ Apinya Sakuljaroensuk. She is a senior in high school and he is a much younger sophomore underclassmen who has a crush on her.

2.”Wait” to wait for love or to wait to break up with ‘Mouse’ Natcha Jantapan and ‘Ida’ Irada Siriwut. They like each other at the beginning, they start to date, then he goes aboard to study and he asked her to wait for him. She does but while aboard he finds another girl and never breaks up with her causing her to be wait aimlessly.

3.”Beloved friend”, it does get complicated when a close friendship turns into a romantic one. ‘Mo’ Monchanok Saengchaipiangpen and ‘Kao’ Jirayu La-ongmanee portray this story. I heard they did a really good job, one of the best part in the film. Then there were some who thought it had too much arom (mood) and they talked too much. It was TOO dramatic for some.

4. “Love is not something to be played with” with Alex Rendell and ‘Now’ Tisanart Sornseuk about two college students majoring in the traditional Thai dancing arts. They like each other but they just don’t have the guts to be upfront about it. I guess you can say she is unsure about his feelings for her so she pretends to have fake boyfriends, fake phone calls from other guys to get him jealous to make him profess his love first. It was very funny I heard, one of the most relatable stories.

By their performance and overall story, Kao and Alex’s themes seem to be the most popular among Thai audiences.

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