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Some people are sensitive and they might found this movie on their not too good side. This movie contains a bromance theme but not so daring. There's no kissing scene either not unless you consider performing a CPR a kissing scene. This plot is not new to me when you found out that the friend you have known is not an ordinary person. Well in this part it suggest the beauty of acceptance, Acceptance of a friend from a friend. The movie also showed how important parent's support is to our dreams as their children. When I discover that the friend is like that I hoped for a better ending and that's when the twist enter the scene.. Hehehe. With all fairness to the friend though he was disregarded and abandoned he did not hold any hard feelings and grudges toward his friend - the value of forgiveness. Sometimes or most of the time we value the presence of a person when he is gone. The sad reality of life. If that person went back to you well you're such a luck guy but that's not the situation all the time because there are persons who never ever return once they are gone and this movie belongs to the prior one. By the way I love the location very much it's like the beaches here in our country. :-)
ACTING
Most of the actors and actresses in this movie are teenagers so their acting skills are not that remarkable though they were able to perform well in those scenes where emotion's badly needed.
MUSIC
The music made the movie more interesting, more humorous, more emotional and I commend this area. Especially that part when his friend waited outside his house and when the gay land lady checked the reason why the dogs are growling.
OVERALL
Let me give an 8/10 rating for this movie. This is one good movie and it's worth the time watching for. Hehehe
Acceptance / And / Forgiveness
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Be careful not to spoil yourself, just watch - lovely coming of age
Be careful about reading too much on the MDL page and go in knowing as little as you can. Do NOT look at the tags and be careful with the reviews and comments. I'll try to be vague enough here.The story at the heart of this is worth overlooking the disjointed writing and editing around it. My ratings are all for that, it's what I'll remember. Scenery is gorgeous (Turtle Island, off the shore of Surat Thani), the leads work well together, the central story is simple but heartfelt.
And yes, a few moments are missing/need to be filled in, while other bits are out of place with the rest. But that central story of the two young ones is lovely enough I don't care. If it were possible to give pixels a hug, I'd give this novice film one.
If you can find it (try GagaOOLala), just give it a go and watch it with your heart.
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Lovely
Really enjoyed watching. It was apparent that both characters were troubled and to see the development of their friendship grow was rewarding. Even though most would say this is a bromance the connection between the two is so obvious. There are moments when I felt given different circumstances their relationship could develop into a romance. That’s why I loved the ending. Finding out one was in a coma and somehow was able to make a connection makes the possibility of something more . The story had a few side characters and scenes which didn’t seem to fit but not enough to interfere with the essence of the movie.Was this review helpful to you?
However, despite all of these technical issues, the film is worth a watch. Both main leads do a good job of portraying their characters -- I wish some of the newer BL productions had this high of acting quality -- and since this is a character driven story, that is the most important part for me.
Tum's story, who is the character we mostly follow in the beginning, is a classic coming-of-age story: He leaves the familiar shores of home and sets out into the wide world, where he meets people whose life is unusual for him, goes through rites of passage, falls in love, makes peace with his father, and finds what he wants in life.
Personally, I find Kim's story much more interesting -- he is a boy who is very lonely, who drifts over the island like a ghost. He is the one who embodies the feeling of "other" that makes us feel Not Seen. A supporting character puts it like this "มันคงจะดีนะ ถ้าใครสักคนเห็นเราอยู่ในสายตา" -- "It's probably good, right? When someone has us in their view." This desire to be seen, to be understood, is a very human trait, I think.
This could have been maybe made a little bit more obvious for the casual viewer; instead the writer tried to insert another metaphor into the story -- a metaphor which is related to wate: Pivotal scenes are often either in the rain or at the sea shore, and the girl who ties two storylines together is called น้ำ /náam/ "Water"), so I suppose this is intentional but I'm not sure what it means.
Together with the aspect that there were some scenes that didn't add much to the story, I think that the script could have been tightened slightly to make the theme clearer.
One last thing: The film is tagged with "BL", "gay", "young love" and "sexual awakening" on GagaOOLala, but it isn't, not really. In my view, it's less queer than "Confetti", and that one went over the head of many viewers, according to reactions on letterboxd. It's perfectly possible to view "Summer to Winter" as a film about a strong friendship between two young people.
As it is, it's a fine low-budget film, with some beautiful shots of Koh Tao, decent acting by the main leads, and a good, though not great, screenplay.
Was it good?
Overall, I think this was actually quite nice for an indie low-budget film.
Did I like it?
I would have liked it sightly better if the editing had been a bit gentler, but yes, I did.
Who would I recommend it to?
Not to people who only want to watch BLs. To those who love coming-of-age stories, and who like metaphors.
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Surprised
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know themGot bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
Got bored at first but I'm glad I watched it until the end surprisingly I saw two Thai actor I recently watch and just recently know them
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Gay romance to pro mě byla jen taková piánko, dietní, NEVÝRAZNÁ, spíše opravdu jen bromance. Film, který mě nic moc nepřinesl nového, jakoby točený pro větší děti, ale zasazeno zčásti do krásného thajského prostředí, které turisté tak milují. Hudba sice někdy hezká, ale připadalo mi to mnohdy násilné. Jedna nic moc scéna a k tomu se rozjede tklivá a zarmoucená klavírní melodie, a mnohokrát, jakoby tvůrci hledali hlubokomyslnost ve scéně, která byla příběhově i herecky plochá.
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