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Getting through the beginning of this pinoy series is not easy. It only gradually gains strength until it graduates powerfully (and beautifully) at the end. The two main characters are definitely a big plus, literally, including the love scenes hinted at later and also some scenes in the last two episodes, and thus the creators contribute to perhaps a growing understanding of the Asian population towards sexual minorities. The revelation of Ace's mother, a beautiful lesbian, whom his father threw away immediately after birth and took his son in, was also pleasant at the end...

When you get the first meringue after many hours, the fairy-tale fireworks explode, and that's when I started laughing for the first time, but otherwise the comedy was definitely not much for me. The three twisted creatures, which apparently make Asian audiences laugh, seemed more like crying to me. But you also get used to that and eventually you even get along well with them, because in parts of Asia and Oceania gays are still not well tolerated by a large part of society, but if a gay man behaves and dresses like a woman, then he is tolerated.

I have a positive assessment with considerable tolerance of Asian production, except for the script, which in some situations was breaking, incomprehensible, unexpected, in the face, and about three or four times I would like the behavior of Sky (the most pleasant character and phenomenon of the entire series, at least for me), above all in heated situations, edited. Overall, a nice feeling and a little tear at the end...

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In the second series, there was a shift in characters from the original Ben to Jim, and the latter appealed to me even more as an actor. Maybe it was also the way the character of Ben was written (crying hurt moron who now doesn't know what he wants). The main song got under my skin and the rest was ok too. I got along with the characters and they at least saved the four points for the story of the second season, some parts were too long for my taste and I was refreshed by the symposia Roy and Bogs.
Note: while staying (2022) in the southern hemisphere, I turn on the TV and Jerome Ponce jumps out at me on the Novela E Plus channel (probably for southern African countries) in the English-dubbed series A Soldier's Heart (gay character, but 110 episodes) and we can look forward to the continuation of the gay love from this series in the newly prepared project PhilJie's Heart with Jerome Ponce and Yves Flores (Stuck On You).

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The series starts very slowly and it seemed to me that perhaps the first episode has the most unnecessary scenes. But that usually happens before we get to know everything. Those who persevere will do very well, because a slow start eventually turns out to be a real ball, and the romance turns into a big complicated drama about love and the pitfalls associated with it. This is the beautiful message of this Filipino series, which stands out more clearly from the gray of the average, and it seems to me that the Filipinos have penetrated more in 2020 with the production of better quality BL projects. In their presentation, the template (especially in Thailand) of school-boys-love is not so prominent, but they have a much wider range of different variants. Most of the actors are straight, but they don't mind playing characters of a minor sexual orientation, because the biggest message of these series is LOVE regardless of gender.

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Even after the second part, I wasn't sure if I could finish this fantasy-fairytale story. Lilliputian girl twins with earrings, love-struck girl Love of small stature, looking 13 years old - the main character of the series, and when they changed her to a man, I didn't see a bigger monster with a cap on the head of a moron page cut for a long time, until I found the actor Teeradon less sympathetic to me sorry

All of this was balanced by the developing story and the other actors, who were no longer so monstrous, and the end ensured everything, even if it was completely different from what everyone expected at the beginning. Of the actors, Tangmo (Kritsanapoom Pibulsonggram) got me the most, for me the best and most convincing character, Vier as well and he didn't look like Thai at all and some of the other guys were good too.

But the message of the series is very nice (that's why my rating is above average) and even though it's not BL at all, it proved once again that love knows no boundaries, it doesn't matter what your gender or sexual preference is, because when you really love someone, you can do things, which you never thought about, you can sacrifice your own happiness in exchange for the happiness of the other person ...

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At first I thought that the story of Ae-Pete would continue to develop, but I was very wrong and in the first episodes I was a little put off by the fact that some scenes are repeated from the 1st season, apparently the creators wanted it that way. The second series is clearly dominated by the relationship between Tina and Cana, I wasn't very interested in those around them, and in the end the story develops nicely in relation to Tina's family, brother, father. I wanted to give a slightly lower rating, but the ending (episodes 11 to 13) was really powerful. And ... just as I don't need those young Asian girls with affines up to their eyes, there were also other types of young Thai men, and among them I was charmed by Hin right at the end, when the story of Tin's family unravels ...

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Since I also saw the movie Macho Dancer years ago, I wanted to see this one as well. Yes, actor Allan Paule goes from a young man selling his body to an elderly father in this sequel, and his son also gets involved in selling his body. Unfortunately, she gets involved with a sadistic criminal and you will see how it all turns out. You will also see how the poor Filipino lives, unlike most fairy-tale BL series, in which middle and rich middle-class people play ...
Since I also saw the movie Macho Dancer years ago, I wanted to see this one as well. Yes, actor Allan Paule goes from a young man selling his body to an elderly father in this sequel, and his son also gets involved in selling his body. Unfortunately, she gets involved with a sadistic criminal and you will see how it all turns out. You will also see how the poor Filipino lives, unlike most fairy-tale BL series, in which middle and rich middle-class people play ...

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It's an extreme movie. It was created during the pandemic.

On the one hand, comedy, "Asian comedy" - loud, affected, theatrical, convulsive, fake acting, you don't believe anything in the actors. Where Asians laugh, Europeans often just stare and those with less strong nerves turn off. I have to admit that in the beginning, even I had the urge to turn it off and forget about this pinoy idiot right away.

On the other hand, when you try further, suddenly a rather deep thought jumps out of the film "if I was already born this way and I don't change it, I can change those who perceive me to accept me as I am". And suddenly the film takes on a completely different dimension. I began to perceive the main character's acting performance quite well and also the fact that Maris Racal in the role of Nancy looks really good and does not remind me of an Asian woman at all.
I had to significantly increase the overall tone of the film because of the "message" that the film conveys, the acting and the music...

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It is not a simple film, as it might seem at first glance, for many it may even seem uninteresting. But I can do dance films, especially if there is a clear interplay between music, movement of different styles and "what the poet wanted to say". And here it is directly connected with poems (fables?), it is difficult to understand these sequences of the film perfectly. From minute 36 I thought one instrument was slightly out of tune, but that's part of it and that's how it's supposed to sound in East Asia. For the final dance, the music is already largely influenced by Indonesian gamelan. And the two young actors Paulo and Rocco, even without previous dance training, are very likeable (in my opinion, downright beautiful), they look good and they took on their roles flawlessly...

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The first two or three shots of the film will divide the audience into those who might give up or give the lowest rating, for example those from the local DP Club, and others who will begin to perceive the intention that the director is presenting, because none of the filmmakers would have made the film so easily and those who criticize have discovered America that it shouldn't or shouldn't spin like that. I already know the director, especially from the film The Greek (He Liu), which really hit me hard. Fifty-year-old Taiwanese Khang, played by the director's partner and younger Thai Non, providing erotic massages in Taiwan. City bustle and loneliness. Perfect loneliness, like somewhere "alone by the forest" ... There is no need to write more about it, every viewer will get their own picture of this piece.

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According to reality, the film probably has the greatest "value" in the story itself and what, in this case, a young person is capable of. After the actors, I was impressed by his visage, the symposer David (Sandino Martin) and the other two items - the sound was only yes - no, that means average and the weakest link in this movie was the processing, which often happens with older pinoy movies ...
I evaluated by looking at the overall condition of older Filipino films.
According to reality, the film probably has the greatest "value" in the story itself and what, in this case, a young person is capable of. After the actors, I was impressed by his visage, the symposer David (Sandino Martin) and the other two items - the sound was only yes - no, that means average and the weakest link in this movie was the processing, which often happens with older pinoy movies ...
I evaluated by looking at the overall condition of older Filipino films

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SOTUS S: This series is much different and even more interesting, and in my opinion it should have been listed here separately, as it is on more accurate Asian servers (eg kisskh), IMDb, "our role model", falters in this regard. The flaw remains for me - the boys like each other, but without touching, sex, and even after several years of relationship, the boys do not live together, and when one of them persuades the other to go to him once in a while, they look at books on the bed. But otherwise a much more interesting story, more variety, finally school and idiotic orders of mentors to their freshmen are left behind. Refreshing for me was my "sweetheart" Yong (Guy Sivakorn Lertchuchot), whom I already know from Tonhon Chonlatee and 2gether.

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SOTUS THE SERIES: In my opinion, some scenes of freshmen and mentors are far-fetched, downright embarrassing, reminiscent of the buzzing of greasers and pheasants in the army. And on top of that, university students in Thailand have to pay tuition, walk around like a herd of donkeys in uniforms and put up with these humiliating idiots. The "story" is somewhat stretched and the famous Asian naivety is also present. Therefore, my rating of the story is the lowest of all criteria, it is definitely not out of ten.
On the other hand, both main protagonists are very original and are the backbone of the series, which attacks the soul (heart) more than the physical (maybe there could be at least a drop of it). If I evaluate both actors, then apparently, unlike the majority, I lean towards the character of Arthit, who gave more space for acting skills, and in the last parts of the first series I enjoyed how suddenly Arthit "became mad" with an undisguised love for Kongpob, whose character is more unambiguous and my "suspicion" that Kongpob is actually older than Arthit in civilian clothes was also confirmed. But overall, good above average. Czech baalberith subtitles for the first series are very decent.

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