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On The Sea (UK)

By Golu
This one's a beautiful, tender, quiet romantic drama with a moody atmosphere, set in a tight knit Welsh fishing community. It's a touching story about a man waking up sexually in the middle of his life, and how he, his family, and everyone around him deal with it, which makes it emotional and sentimental without ever getting over the top. The slow burn plays out against a landscape that's as bleak as it is gorgeous, where quiet, closed off men are stuck inside rigid ideas of what masculinity should be. Some people might be reminded of "God's Own Country," but I think both films are lovely in their own way. Jack is a middle aged guy who co-owns a mussel farm with his rough around the edges brother Dyfan, and the tension between the two of them is simmering under the surface right from the start. Dyfan's three sons all help out with the work, while Jack's sulky teenage son Tom keeps skipping out. Jack's been with his wife since they were both 16, and...
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Qingse ditu (Cantonese) [The Map Of Sex and Love]

By Golu
OMG! This film made absolutely no sense to me at all. It was slow and very hard to follow. Half the time, I had to really focus heard to understand what was it that the makers are even trying to say. The film too forever to come to the point.

A Manhattan-based filmmaker returns to Hong Kong for the purpose of documenting the opening of a new Disney theme park in Hong Kong, but instead finds himself mining his own displacement as a queer expatriate. In the process he meets a deceptively controlled gay dancer and an isolated shop girl who are drawn to his questioning nostalgia for a country that may never have been. Eventually, the trio goes on an expedition to Macau to find out whether the filmmaker's father helped launder Nazi gold during World War II. 

There are so many issues being covered in the film, without making them explicit that I am not even sure which one WAS the main plot. There are lots of freeze frame and slow motion and random bath house visits. Had the film only focused on the two gay men, it still had some potential for viewers but throwing in a curveball without proper handling of the story of the girl, takes this film Deep South and nosedive. I will not be recommending this film to anyone. Please let me know in the comments if you have seen the film and am I missing out something here? (1/10)
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Gerald from France said…
I will not watch and help you find out what you may have missed, I am pretty sure this one is just one of the very bad ones..
I searched for your review of addicted, the chinese BL drama from 2016 and was very surprised not to find it.
If you haven't watched yet, add that on your list. You know how picky I can be, this one is awesome.
March 7, 2021 at 3:21 PM
Golu said…
Yeah. I have not seen "Addicted" yet. I wasn't sure of its really a BL series. I was under the impression that its more of a bromance kind.
you recommend watching it?
March 7, 2021 at 8:36 PM
Gerald from France said…
It's a lot more than a bromance, that's why the chinese government banned the director and forbade both leads to ever appear together again. Also season two was cancelled but rumour has it it was shot in Thaïland and a trailer is even available.
Can be watched on yt, just search for an uncut version to enjoy more.
I am sure you will like it a lot, like 8.5 at least
March 8, 2021 at 6:17 AM
Golu said…
wow!! don't make my expectations go up so high.. I will add this to my list now
March 8, 2021 at 8:43 AM
Gerald from France said…
It would probably rank 3rd or 4th in my updated list. It obviously deserves an even higher position but hey, lists can be sorted so differently depending on what you value most.
Favorites are like husbands, they are not perfect but you'd chose them over any other man on Earth.
Addicted is perfect. Original script, beautiful location, great directing, top-notch acting, minor flaws and maybe one disturbing scene, you'll know when you get to watch it. The closest BL it can be compared to is no other than I told sunset about you, with more straightforward characters though.
Actually, it is just genuinely good.
I really look forward to reading your review for this one.
March 8, 2021 at 5:34 PM
Golu said…
It will be a while before I get to actually watching addicted, but surely will soon.
I also realized from you all's list that I also haven't seen 'Love By chance'; so I need to see that as well
March 9, 2021 at 8:26 AM
Gerald from France said…
LBC is one of the good ones, if you leave aside the high school stuff and the issues with one of the actors... Will not say more. 1 it's a classic and 2, a good Friend of mine keeps watching it over, don't want him to tease me !
March 9, 2021 at 3:24 PM
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