I enjoyed it except I wish the ending was happier....
Well, if you look at it as Bluebem getting away from his messed-up-in-the-head friend so he can go to Bangkok and find someone worthy of him, it's not exactly sad either. And at least he didn't throw himself into that swimming hole, which is what I thought was coming.
The ONLY good thing about this short is the stunningly ethereal, and distinctively Thai, beauty of Bluebem Anapat Kam. His is one of the most beautiful male faces I have ever seen. The lips. The nostrils. The tiny mole on his upper lip. The other one on his lower cheek. He is breathtaking. The director knows what he's doing in focusing in on his forearms a few times too. The sharply defined veins runing just below the skin are reminiscent of a Roman sculpture. Wow.
Not a bad actor either, but it's hard to tell because there's not much going on here except for a plot we've seen 148 times before in other gay shorts. The director should also consider that when you have a male lead THAT gorgeous you cannot cast a plain actress with a bad bleach job to be in the same production. Poor thing.
Bad acting, bad direction, bad writing, There's an amateurish feel that keeps getting stronger the longer I watch. Which I why I'm dropping about halfway.
The only good thing here is Matsuzaka Tori, but he's good in most everything and he's not onscreen enough to counter-balance all the lame stuff.
Oh, there were a couple of stylish special effects and one plot turn that was cool. Otherwise...nah.
4/10 Four stars for Tori, 0 for everyone and everything else.
Oh. Just checking to be sure because to me the acting, cinematography, soundtrack, direction and writing is terribly amateurish. There was one good scene, when Kazuma convinced Ren to make love with the curtains open. That was it.
Every episode since then has gotten worse, so I wanted to be certain we were even talking about the same show.
Oh. Just checking to be sure because to me the acting, cinematography, soundtrack, direction and writing is terribly amateurish. There was one good scene, when Kazuma convinced Ren to make love with the curtains open. That was it.
Every episode since then has gotten worse, so I wanted to be certain we were even talking about the same show.
Omg was it actually green scene I didn’t even notice😭😭
Yup, there's a 20-second shot or so of Kazuma in closeup "running." His arms and hands are moving very oddly, and you can tell the trees and hedge in the background aren't really there where his is. They're a little blurry too. Pretty humorous.
Terrible. It has a good heart but that's all. Plot's all over the place. Someone needs to tell Wen and the writers of this movie that GAY does not equal TRANS. lol But I guess he chose Buddhism before he had his wanger cut off. Nice that the other three embraced the fem gay guy as he is.
Way too many young Korean actors of both sexes are having half their noses sliced off, apparently by the exact same surgeon. Thus, they are all beginning to look alike. I'm looking at the FL and the killer. Same nose.
There is the kernel of a great story here but too many plot holes and improbables prevented me from buying in and going along for the ride.
For starters: NO medical equipment in the "execution" room? 🙄🙄🙄
Dropping about 2/3 of the way in. Started slow, got interesting, then got stupid. Plus, I'm sick of the FL doctor speaking in that meek, tiny whispery voice like a somnambulant Geisha or something. She's a freaking, accomplished doctor, for god's sake, not some frightened, mousy housewife.
Other final straw is the annoying, bratty Lesbian chicks who come off as middle schoolers on a Halloween prank, not psychopathic, bloodthirsty killers.
The big confrontation on the highway was full of lame choreography. There were at least four clear opportunities to kill the Head Lezzo but of course no one too the shot.
Ikuta Toma as the "Brain Man" is about the only good thing in this movie but he can't carry it all on his own. He's so skinny but so ripped. Amazing.
EXCELLENT, old fashioned-lust/romance/adultery flick. Great acting and great shots of the ML's stunning body. For once, in a straight romantic drama, the male body gets the bulk of the camera's attention. He's gorgeous.
FL is stunning as well, and a great actress. All-round good stuff. Highly recommended.
I stumbled on this one and loved it! The actors had great chemistry. The plot was a bit predictable but then again…
I liked this a lot too, Geegee. Don't remember how I found it. A good, old-fashioned adultery/passion/lust movie. Felt like a Golden Age-Hollywood type tragic romance from the 40s or 50s.
The idea that Ren, who is taller/bigger than the drunk office guy, could be slapped around like a useless dishrag…
How do you know a comment you didn't read is "ignorant?" lol Oh dear, did you not look at the photos I provided for your edification? I didn't say anything about rape. Why? Do you think about men raping men a lot? I said a tiny man can't overcome a younger, stronger, bigger man, especially with one blow, after which the bigger man rolls around on the floor like a noodle. Poor Aloha can't even act weak convincingly. Now, if you want to talk about "rape," I suppose a strong man could be raped by an even stronger man, or a group of smaller men together could overwhelm him. But again...why this talk of rape? Did someone get raped in this last episode and I missed it? Seems like I would have noticed that.
The idea that Ren, who is taller/bigger than the drunk office guy, could be slapped around like a useless dishrag…
lol
Who tells you stuff like this? Do you actually believe that? Do you think the superhero The Hulk, if feeling fragile, could be slapped around to the floor by Pee Wee Herman? (I am appending to this reply photos of the Hulk and Pee Wee.) Because that's what your reasoning implies.
I think you like the show so you need to believe everything onscreen is plausible, even young, strong men being slapped around by little twerps. Which is fine. Believe what you need to make the show work for you.
The manager, Sanada is really much bigger than Ren in the manga. You could see him being easily able to dominate…
Wow, I had no idea the Manga on which this is based is so very much darker than this adaptational drivel. I really don't get this habit a lot of BL-makers have of taking a very popular Manga or novel, rich with transgressive plot elements and angst, and trying to tone it WAY down into something all the SJWs will approve. Surely there is much tamer source material out there to be adapted. They start with a popular piece and take everything out of it that made it popular. Makes no sense.
The coming attempted rape in the office is a perfect example: Ren looks like an idiot pretending to be slapped around by that weasely shrimp on the floor; it's downright comical. The manager flipped him onto his stomach and he just laid there having a flashback or something, as if his entire skeleton has been removed. lol Such things turn what should be an extremely dramatic, shocking plot element into a satire.
I haven't read a Manga in a while, so I thank you for the link, Sol. Much appreciated.
"deliciously disturbing." I love that phrase. It's got groovy alliteration but more importantly, it's such a cool…
Indeed! And hooray for weirdos. Actually, we're not really all that weird. We're just much more open about feelings a lot of people keep to themselves for fear of being gang-shamed. Meanwhile, the shamers know exactly the feelings we're open about but they're frozen with fear of them. It is truly sad to see young people becoming more prudish, judgmental, and Puritanical with time, rather than the other way around.
What's with all this taking pictures and gossiping about 2 guys who seem to be affectionate towards each other?…
What you're complaining about is a big part of the fun of this show. Newsflash: People DO enjoy watching other people, gay or straight or otherwise, make their way toward becoming a couple. People have been this way forever. They live to speculate on the love lives of others, and to a point there is nothing at all wrong with it, especially when half of the couple-to-be is an adorable gay guy everyone knows is gay except him, and who they like immensely. They want him to be happy and they know JC has what it takes to make BX VERY happy.
And in the age of digital technology and smartphones, this fun speculation is easier than ever. Now, of course there comes a point where online chatter can be mean and hurtful. There has been NOTHING in the online chatter on this show that is either of those things. I laughed and loved it when, last episode, someone online said "Is my BX finally coming out?" "Let's take bets on who's the top, who's the bottom?" Sure, that can be stupid, but people say all kinds of stupid things; it's all in the WAY people talk about these things that make the chatter OK or not OK. In the case of this show, EVERYTHING has been more than OK, it's been delightful.
People like you are known as "spoilsports." I bet you're LOTS of fun at parties.
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Bluebem Anapat Kam. His is one of the most beautiful male faces I have ever seen. The lips. The nostrils. The tiny mole on his upper lip. The other one on his lower cheek. He is breathtaking. The director knows what he's doing in focusing in on his forearms a few times too. The sharply defined veins runing just below the skin are reminiscent of a Roman sculpture. Wow.
Not a bad actor either, but it's hard to tell because there's not much going on here except for a plot we've seen 148 times before in other gay shorts. The director should also consider that when you have a male lead THAT gorgeous you cannot cast a plain actress with a bad bleach job to be in the same production. Poor thing.
7/10
All 7 points are for Bluebem's handsomeness.
Bad acting, bad direction, bad writing, There's an amateurish feel that keeps getting stronger the longer I watch. Which I why I'm dropping about halfway.
The only good thing here is Matsuzaka Tori, but he's good in most everything and he's not onscreen enough to counter-balance all the lame stuff.
Oh, there were a couple of stylish special effects and one plot turn that was cool. Otherwise...nah.
4/10
Four stars for Tori, 0 for everyone and everything else.
Every episode since then has gotten worse, so I wanted to be certain we were even talking about the same show.
Enjoy.
Every episode since then has gotten worse, so I wanted to be certain we were even talking about the same show.
Enjoy.
Someone needs to tell Wen and the writers of this movie that GAY does not equal TRANS. lol
But I guess he chose Buddhism before he had his wanger cut off.
Nice that the other three embraced the fem gay guy as he is.
4/10
There is the kernel of a great story here but too many plot holes and improbables prevented me from buying in and going along for the ride.
For starters: NO medical equipment in the "execution" room? 🙄🙄🙄
5/10
Plus, I'm sick of the FL doctor speaking in that meek, tiny whispery voice like a somnambulant Geisha or something. She's a freaking, accomplished doctor, for god's sake, not some frightened, mousy housewife.
Other final straw is the annoying, bratty Lesbian chicks who come off as middle schoolers on a Halloween prank, not psychopathic, bloodthirsty killers.
The big confrontation on the highway was full of lame choreography. There were at least four clear opportunities to kill the Head Lezzo but of course no one too the shot.
Ikuta Toma as the "Brain Man" is about the only good thing in this movie but he can't carry it all on his own. He's so skinny but so ripped. Amazing.
Pretty bad.
4/10
FL is stunning as well, and a great actress. All-round good stuff. Highly recommended.
9,5/10
Oh dear, did you not look at the photos I provided for your edification?
I didn't say anything about rape. Why? Do you think about men raping men a lot?
I said a tiny man can't overcome a younger, stronger, bigger man, especially with one blow, after which the bigger man rolls around on the floor like a noodle. Poor Aloha can't even act weak convincingly.
Now, if you want to talk about "rape," I suppose a strong man could be raped by an even stronger man, or a group of smaller men together could overwhelm him.
But again...why this talk of rape? Did someone get raped in this last episode and I missed it? Seems like I would have noticed that.
Who tells you stuff like this? Do you actually believe that? Do you think the superhero The Hulk, if feeling fragile, could be slapped around to the floor by Pee Wee Herman? (I am appending to this reply photos of the Hulk and Pee Wee.) Because that's what your reasoning implies.
The Hulk:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=1dFlS7je&id=FF19A5C9EF4B707A64E7E0EC3ECA7C7DC4A5B2F9&thid=OIP.1dFlS7jeYTF8mT-UNpIenQHaEK&mediaurl=https%3a%2f%2ftherealstanlee.com%2fmain%2fwp-content%2fuploads%2f2020%2f09%2fhulk-smash-.jpg&cdnurl=https%3a%2f%2fth.bing.com%2fth%2fid%2fR.d5d1654bb8de61317c993f9436921e9d%3frik%3d%252bbKlxH18yj7s4A%26pid%3dImgRaw%26r%3d0&exph=266&expw=474&q=the+hulk&simid=608044413350984459&FORM=IRPRST&ck=C352B38E1F0511044D90A57939BC69D6&selectedIndex=10&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0
Pee Wee Herman:
https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=9fBNhqgo&id=1F1908BC432B2CB1DFEFE507B432F14ED63F1983&thid=OIP.9fBNhqgofYNr-cWACD6g2AAAAA&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fbloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com%2Fpressofatlanticcity.com%2Fcontent%2Ftncms%2Fassets%2Fv3%2Feditorial%2F8%2Fae%2F8ae496e5-dbf5-5d7a-8cfd-6393573948d9%2F8ae496e5-dbf5-5d7a-8cfd-6393573948d9.image.jpg&cdnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fth.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FR.f5f04d86a8287d836bf9c580083ea0d8%3Frik%3Dgxk%252f1k7xMrQH5Q%26pid%3DImgRaw%26r%3D0&exph=560&expw=433&q=pee+wee+herman&simid=608054180096114714&form=IRPRST&ck=E7E06735F842566995E3EC6CE40DE19C&selectedindex=7&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0&vt=0&sim=11
I think you like the show so you need to believe everything onscreen is plausible, even young, strong men being slapped around by little twerps. Which is fine. Believe what you need to make the show work for you.
The coming attempted rape in the office is a perfect example: Ren looks like an idiot pretending to be slapped around by that weasely shrimp on the floor; it's downright comical. The manager flipped him onto his stomach and he just laid there having a flashback or something, as if his entire skeleton has been removed. lol Such things turn what should be an extremely dramatic, shocking plot element into a satire.
I haven't read a Manga in a while, so I thank you for the link, Sol. Much appreciated.
https://www.facebook.com/BlessedAreTheWeird/photos/a.198744093615530/1193861454103784/
For weirdos everywhere: https://www.facebook.com/BlessedAreTheWeird/photos/a.198744093615530/1193861454103784/
And in the age of digital technology and smartphones, this fun speculation is easier than ever. Now, of course there comes a point where online chatter can be mean and hurtful. There has been NOTHING in the online chatter on this show that is either of those things. I laughed and loved it when, last episode, someone online said "Is my BX finally coming out?" "Let's take bets on who's the top, who's the bottom?" Sure, that can be stupid, but people say all kinds of stupid things; it's all in the WAY people talk about these things that make the chatter OK or not OK. In the case of this show, EVERYTHING has been more than OK, it's been delightful.
People like you are known as "spoilsports." I bet you're LOTS of fun at parties.