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Journey With You (Chinese Series)

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...

The Gays

When the opening of the film itself is so disturbing, you should know better whats in store for you. But, that was just a teaser. The rest of the film was so much more worse that in my wildest dreams I cant imagine and fathom why would anyone wanna make such an atrocious film, which is not funny by any means or standards. Agreed that the film doesn't take itself seriously, but I take offense to the fact when film makers take audiences taste and brains for granted.

The "Gays" are a family of four (Yes, their family/last name is Gay). A gay man, his transsexual wife and 2 gay sons, who according to the parents have been painstakingly brought up to be gay. When a new guy Kevin moves into the town, he meets the elder son Alex Gay who tells him stories about his family. The stories include how to seduce your friends into having sex with you, how to prepare your ass for fucking, how to sodomize, how to cruise in parks and streets and how never ever fall in love and much more. Their treatment is as disgusting and revolting, which is hard to write here.

Agreed this is supposed to be a comedy, over the top, but come on. No one in their right mind would have any reason whatsoever to watch this film. I can bet that no one can sit through the entire movie without wanting to just shit it off and just go away. I managed by continuous fast forwarding to see if something of essence would come up (not that I was expecting it). The gay stereotypes that are discussed and celebrated in this film are done in a very sick and raunchy manner thats hard to digest. The acting as expected form the film of this nature of over the top.

"The Gays" are in your face, doing stuff... with stuff... and talking about other stuff... using stuff. I am all about independent cinema and freedom of expression but this one just takes everything to a whole new level. (0.5/10)

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