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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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Depravity (Mandarin) [Break]

By Golu
Just when I thought I have seen all kinds of weird films, here comes this one. I saw this film (thankfully just an hour long) and I really have no idea what I just saw. The plot was confusing as hell. Constant jumps between current. Time, past time and the film shoot made it even more confusing and the fact that the actors look so similar to one another was not helping at all.

Fang and Lin were sort of dating in college but things didn't go down well for them. Fang is now a film director and somehow manages to get Lin to act in his period film about two secret male lovers. Lin is now seeing another guy Hesen, who is also been signed as the other lead of the film. Fang records all Lin and Hesen activity including when they are making love. When Hesen finds out about this, he tries to kill Fang but Lin saves him and dies in the process.

I am really not sure if this was in fact the story line of the film or not, but this is as best as I can summarize. Even the title of the film makes absolute no sense to me. Also not sure why the two names for the same film. The official synopsis of the film that I have read everywhere means absolutely nothing to this film.This film is really bad. The screenplay is done so poorly that you just don't know what you are seeing. At least most times you know what's going on and then you say you didn't like it. But this was a completely different ballgame. This movie is totally avoidable, unless you think your and make sense of what the film is trying to say and show. Why do I keep wasting my time? People please give me good recommendations. (1/10)
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luigi43 said…
Their ( Asiatic movies) problem is they don't know what films editing means.
May 31, 2021 at 4:11 PM
Golu said…
Not just editing, this film was probably flawed right at the scripting stage. What a mess !!!
June 1, 2021 at 8:22 AM
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