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This movie is absolutely amazing. One of many movies that can make me feel flying just remembering how good it was to have a crush on somebody. Some friends of mine say this movie wouldn't do well if it were released worldwide. I didn't completely agree with that because they were correct. Partly. People who has experienced this kind of feeling(Having a crush, First Love, etc.) will at least rate this film above 8. I guarantee that. Either you are Asian or Non-Asian because this movie originated from A Non-Asian country. And yeah, i'm an Asian. People which is Non-Asian hardly find experiences like this movie there. but here, In Asia, it happens. ALMOST EVERYONE has experienced it. oh yeah, the acting. They weren't bad. Pimchanok plays well either being ugly duckling or being a swan queen. Mario plays as a Almost-perfect-to- student-in-Asia guy that covers his feeling greatly, even though his acting wasn't as great as pimchanok was. And yeah, the story(for me) is a cliché, and that's what makes this movie simply amazing. The superb display of cliché story makes me feel NOSTALGIC

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The first 15 minutes of the movie was the introduction of the characters and the situation the characters were in. The story is centered on an average, plain-looking and dark-skinned girl named Nam (Baifren Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul) who is secretly in love with an older Grade 10 guy named Shone (Mario Maurer). Shone, a new student, a rumored troublemaker and a photography enthusiast, easily becomes a popular student in school because of his good looks and soccer-playing skills.

The movie was like a real life adaptation of the Ugly Duckling. Nam was well aware that she has slim chances of being noticed by Shone because of her physical looks, but does not give up easily. With the help of her close girl friends, Nam tries everything to make herself more beautiful and outstanding in school, hoping that Shone will like her someday. Nam's transformation each year was a refreshing scene you'll look forward to in the movie. In every change in her look, you'll wonder if by this time Shone will finally see her efforts and hope that he'll reciprocate her feelings.

Another character that indirectly helped Nam in her transformation from an ugly dark-skinned girl to a glowing lovely growing up lass was her domineering but comical teacher Inn (Sudarat Budtporm). She was one hell of a comedian. I was really laughing hard every time she has a scene from the movie. She's like Pokwang. Her acting and funny antics were effortless! I can say that she was one of the characters that will sustain your interest in the movie.

Aside from the comical part of the movie, its tear-jerky scenes are really worth your tears. The most painful part for me was when Nam finally had the courage to reveal her true feelings for Shone. However, upon seeing a note in Shone's shirt that Shone and Pin, a girl from Shone's class who once defended her from bullies, are in a relationship, she gets heartbroken and weepingly wished Shone and Pin the best. She even fell in the swimming pool! Baifren Pimchanok acting for this scene was awesome. She was able to portray the right emotion needed for the scene. You'll feel sorry for her and share her pain, and at the same time makes you remember the first time your heart was broken.

Mario Maurer's acting on the other hand, was very consistent. You really wouldn't notice that he's hiding something from his cool facade. Midway in the movie, I even thought that Nam should just give it up because I think Shone would never like her. There was no hint whatsoever that he likes Nam too. So the twist in the story was really a revelation for me. When the POV shifted to Shone's, it was unveiled that Shone likes Nam since she was an M.1 student. That was really unexpected! Of course, I knew that it would have a happy ending since this is romance but I never thought Shone has feelings for her too even when Nam was still not pretty. Ah… The beauty of first love.

Okay, I was really into the movie. But… there are still some parts of it I don't like. First, Nam's friends. For the whole of the movie, they look the same. I mean, look at Nam! She developed herself in every step of the way but her friends never even changed-not one bit. They don't have to make them all beautiful because that will make the movie unrealistic but they could have made them look different for every passing year. It was like they were stuck with their appearance from 1st Grade.

Second, Shone's appearance after nine years and again Nam's friends. The dark-skinned Shone doesn't look nice. I know they want him to look mature so they curled his hair and made him tanner but for me it he turned out "baluga". They could have made him mature in so many other ways. Nam friends had changed but it was too drastic. I know nine years was a long period but the change in them seems too sudden. They tried to show that one of her friends became a pilot or something but it didn't fit. If they made the changes throughout the movie, then their sudden change at the end wouldn't be a shock.

Lastly, I was not contented with the ending. Yes, it's a happy ending but after all they've went through, I was like, that was it?! The ending was okay but it was very brief. It left too many questions. It's as if the director and the writer just wanted to end the movie and raise the curtains so they made them meet on a television show. I was happy that they met again and their feelings were finally revealed and in national television but again it was not enough. There's the nine years gap of what happened with their lives and the explanation of the black book. Maybe it was probably even better if they included a little teaser at the end showing what happened after their television appearance. Well, at least there'd be a sequel for the movie so might as well stop bitching about the ending now.

I fell in love with the story. Watching the movie was like riding a train back to memory lane. It made me remember my own craziness in high school. The beauty of first love, friendship and dreams. It was a refreshing movie from what I usually watch here in the Philippines. I just wish we can do something like this—very light but very meaningful.

I don't want to give away any spoilers, so please excuse me for being vague. To be completely honest, I expected little to nothing from this movie. I must have overlooked it several times. When I finally sat down to watch this movie it started out a little corny. It's a type of corny where you want to laugh because you are SO glad that isn't you. Then BAM! the movie attacks your heart strings. If you're looking for a deep romance movie, this is what you need to see. The actors are believable, the sets are very detailed, and the story line is great. Not to mention the different layers within the movie. Lets just say I was pleasantly surprised.

This article is going to talk about the movie Sing Lek Lek Thee Riak Wa... Ruk (First Love) where I will start talking about the plot of the movie. Followed by my feelings for this movie The plot of the movie is the love of a high school girl. Where the woman who resembles the ugly duckling The appearance of a woman with short hair, dark skin, and wearing glasses made her think of changing herself for the better because of the man in high school senior athlete. Then she changed herself in appearance to become more beautiful and study better for that senior. But she did not know that the senior had loved her from the beginning because of her warmth and her loveliness. Next, it will be my feelings for this movie, starting with the actors who performed well because it gave the impression that the actors were high school students. Including having to thank each other for the production team The location and situation are organized, including the colors used in the film. The next part is about the story, I love it very much because this story is like it was created from the real-life of a high school girl in Thailand because I can believe that the girls in Almost everyone in Thailand must have experienced a secret love of a senior for sure. Maybe it was because of this that it made me feel very much into this movie. Because it is like seeing myself in a movie ever. The ending is quite good because it is broken. It has tricked us to feel that the ending is unhappy first. Let us think that the movie is over, but when we continue watching it The movie has a happy ending. At this point, I felt unpredictable. I also saw a friend's friendship scene that made me cry. Overall, I like the movie and it makes me revisit ten times over and over again. I rate this movie 10/10.

I gave this movie a try after I have watched a Taiwanese movie called Our Times. Saw it on YouTube comments that say this Taiwanese movie is a copy of this Thai movie but the only thing similar is an ugly girl turn into pretty girl.

*Spoilers* I like the movie at first, every thing is good with some funny moments. But after the scene where Nam confessed her feelings for Shone, every thing starts to get bad. So Shone actually liked her too, but he didn't do anything when she confessed, he didn't seem like he really care when she fall into the pool. She is crying so hard and he doesn't seem like he had any reaction to that. (A girl you love crying and you are doing nothing?) Not even a sorry? He didn't even held her hand to stop her from going.

After that scene, shows a full album of her photos he had took of her since the beginning (because he liked her too). I don't know why he is keeping it a secret since he knows she liked him too. Playing hard to get? Every thing just doesn't make sense after that.

After 9 years Nam and Shone doesn't seem to have contact with each other and met on a show (probably planned by the host), yet they both still like each other? So Nam's first question to him is "Are you married?" So both of them stayed single for the rest of their life because of a previous love which they have no contact of?

Doesn't make sense at all. This whole ending part is a big turn off for me.