Seven Something
The planet Uranus spends about seven years in each sign of the zodiac. This means that every seven years, there will be major changes in a person’s life.
So goes the theory which weakly links the three stories about love in this compendium put together to celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Thai film studio GTH.
The best segment is the third one, 42.195.
A young marathon runner (America- born Nichkhun from the popular Korean boyband 2PM) literally runs into a 42-year-old female newscaster (Suquan Bulakul) at the park and proceeds to turn her life around.
It is an incredibly chaste romance though the two leads keep one watching as they chase after the goal of completing the Bangkok Marathon.
The other two stories are lacklustre in comparison.
The first, 14, is about a teenage crush in the age of social media. The idea is topical and has potential but the segment, like Puan (Jirayu La-ongmanee from the musical comedy SuckSeed, 2011), suffers from attention deficit disorder.
And part two, 28, stars Cris Horwang (Bangkok Traffic (Love) Story, 2009) as a shrill and self-centred actress who is desperate to have a second stab at fame with her former co-star and ex-boyfriend Jon (Sunny Suwanmethanont).
By the time the film ends after 21/2 hours, you feel you deserve a pat on the back for completing something of a marathon yourself.
(ST)