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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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Dicks: The Musical

By Golu
You have to set your expectations with a title like this going into watching a film. On abrogate side the barely 90 minute runtime of the film is a plus. But then this way over the top comedy is silly, trashy, vulgar but somehow funny at the same time in a weird way. Combining the basic plot of famous film Parent Trap with the phenomenon known as "twincest," wherein hot gay guys tend to hook up with other hot gay guys who look so much like them that any public display of affection between them grosses everyone else the hell out. Maybe this film takes it literally. And of course, it is a full on musical.

Craig and Trevor are two high-powered, noxiously entitled salesman who treat everyone around them in the manner suggested by the film's title. They're straight, sleep around with women and are strangers at first, but when their companies merge, they meet and eventually realize that they're identical twins, each raised by one of their divorced parents. The mom is played by my favorite Karen from Will & Grace (So that's something). They both decide to swap places to bring their parents back together. But, with Dad being gay and living with a couple of rat/human hybrids who are referred to only as The Sewer Boys and Mum having her own impediments to romance, this is not going to be an easy task. And during all this, the brothers fall for one another and kiss and make out and have raunchy sex.

I am honestly not sure who was supposed to be the target audience of the film. Most people have moved on from this over the top crass kinda humour, which more often than not doesn't evoke any laughs. And then with a stay like this, they took two actors who actually do not look like twins. The mom going on and on about how her vagina ran away and the dad living with his puppets, twins having sex; it just gets weirder. The absurdity of it all only makes the filmmakers' attempts to make the material make any kind of sense all the more disappointing. I didn't particularly enjoy any of the song and dance routine, but then I never enjoy those. The actors playing the leads actually try and give their 100% to the role and try and do their best to keep it going , but personally it is the kind of genre that doesn't sit well with me. Also, is this film queer? I am not sure. As the film says in the beginning, it stars two real-life gay men pretending to be straight for the film. They then act exactly like two gay men pretending to be straight, doubling down on the joke. My fav character was the sassy boss that these two men had. Besides this, there is absolutely memorable from this film for me. (3/10)
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