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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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Gang chanee kap ee-aep (Thai) [Metro Sexual]

By Golu
Metrosexual is a term describing a man of any sexual orientation who spends a great deal of time and money on his appearance and lifestyle. However, in this movie, one might not be able to draw a conclusion on the theme of the movie by its English title as directly as an official Thai title "Gang Chanee Kap Ee-aep," which could be literally translated as "the chicks gang and a closeted gay man."

Pom, Pang, Pat, Nim and Fai are five upper-class best friends in Bangkok, Thailand. Fai is married with two boys, Pat is engaged to an older Japanese man, Pom and Nim, still hopelessly single. At one of their frequent dinners out, Pang announces introduces her friends to Kong, a man she has secretly been dating for three months, and who she has agreed to marry. Kong is handsome, cultured, fashionable and seems to know more about cooking and fashion than all the girls put together. The rest of the gangs think that the guy is "too" perfect. The paranoid of their lovely friend getting married with a "closeted" gay man looms in, thus the gang embarks on the quest for the truth. While they are in the process of finding out truth about Kong, they also have to deal with their own life and find that true love for themselves. This is a proof of love, friendship and self-actualization for all. As expected, they find out an old school friend of Kong who it seems were pretty close and are able to save the engagement. It turns out that it is not as of Kong was lying to Pang but he was lying to himself and is time for him to accept the truth.

The movie is not just about homosexuality, it is also about friendship, love and loyalty towards yours friends with homosexuality in the background. From acting perspective, everyone was alright. It was initially very confusing to get in the film with similar sounding names and similar looking faces but after about 20 minutes, it was fine. One big problem for me was that towards the end of the film, the shrill tone of voice of the characters was getting too much to handle and was starting to irritate my ears. The dialogues in the movie are full of sharp and quick-witted quotation.

It was pure entertainment and a good time pass. (6/10)
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dapin said…
i love to read your blog


thanks a lot
January 19, 2012 at 1:57 AM
Golu said…
You are welcome. I would love to read your comments/thoughts on the reviews that I write.
January 19, 2012 at 11:41 AM
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