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Journey With You (Chinese Series)

By Golu
I've always had kind of a love hate relationship with Chinese historical BLs. Some are genuinely excellent, but then there are others that cram in so much plot that keeping track of all the layers of betrayal and scheming gets exhausting, and I end up checking out mentally. Part of the issue is also just how much content is out there in this space, so something really has to stand out to keep me hooked. In this case, the production value is genuinely impressive, top tier stuff, but story wise, I just couldn't bring myself to actually care about these characters. There's a ton of political scheming and backstage manipulation running throughout. Somewhere in the middle of all that chaos, a hostage ends up falling for his own Prince Charming. The show runs eight episodes, each around 50 to 60 minutes long. After spending three years guarding the border, Fifth Prince Yin Qi gets called back to the capital because of a secret letter, only to end up walking straight into a deadly...
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I Don't Want To Sleep Alone (Malaysia)

By Golu
What the f*** was this film. An almost 2 hour film with barely any dialogue, this film really tests one's patience. I recently saw a lot of gay asian cinema and liked it but this was torture. Actually this was not even a gay film.

2 stories run parallel. There is this young waitress who is taking care of this old paralyzed or in coma man. Her life is very boring. On the other hand, there is this group of Bangladeshi immigrants who one night find this Malaysian man beaten and passed out. One of the guys takes very good care of him, nurtures him back to health and sleeps next to him. This homeless man met the waitress and share the feelings for each other by following each other around in the neighborhood. The film ends as randomly as it started.

Most of the time it just seems like a hodgepodge of random (and meaningless) ideas pieced together. The relationships depicted here are so unclear (there's nothing apart from lust), and I find the characters hard to sympathize with. Please don't serve us anything in the name of art.

God help. Stay away. (0.5/10)
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Unknown said…
hello to whoever made this site and bravo, I have a film i'd like for you to review could it be possible it's from near Malaysia,it's a short film thank you
October 5, 2014 at 6:47 PM
Golu said…
Hello. Sure I would love to watch and review . Could you please prove a link or something?

And thanks for all the kind words.
October 11, 2014 at 11:25 AM
Unknown said…
hello Golu what's your e_mail ? lol
November 22, 2014 at 11:45 AM
Unknown said…
Hi ok just sent you the film thanks.
November 22, 2014 at 3:39 PM
Unknown said…
hello happy new year did you get a chance to look at my film,cause you need a film from Brunei lol

thanks
January 9, 2015 at 11:10 PM
Golu said…
hey buddy. My apologies, i haven't seen it yet. I will see it soon and review it here the first chance I get
January 10, 2015 at 5:17 PM
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