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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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Shoshana Halutz Merkazi (Hebrew) [Kicking Out Shoshana]

By Golu
I am quite sure that this film likely got popular just because of Gal Gadot. I was also quite excited to see it but sadly she is just as much a prop in this film, as in many films the actresses are. A sports comedy film, it tells us a story of a popular soccer player who is forced to pretend to be gay and everything that happens after that. Honestly the film neither evokes laughter nor does it really address the issue of homophobia.

Soccer player Shushan is the dream of Jerusalem team. One night when he tries to flirt with a girl Mirit, he has no idea that she is an unwilling moll for ruthless gangster Mr. Black . To save face, Mr. Black tells Shushan that he must publicly announce that he is gay, if he wishes to live. Of course the guy has no choice. Right after the announcement, he set how homophobic his team players are and also the management of the team does not support him. The worse is that even fans give up on him and start calling him Shoshana. Rest of the film is about his Shushan and his agent make the best of Shushan’s publicized homosexuality. He is hired by an agency who is being paid by US to support the gay cause of Jerusalem (none of t is really important). In between all this Mirit decides that she likes Soshan and would rather be with I'm than the gangster. She finds him attractive but also is scared to take any action against the gangster. The film ends with eventually Soshan coming out with his real truth professing his love for the lady and everything back to 'normal'.

This film was actually quite bad. The film is loaded with political incorrectness in the name of comedy. The characters were uninteresting and you really didn't care much for anyone, not even the lead. I really can't believe Gal Gadot would agree to do such an inconsequential character. There were some jokes which made me smile, sometimes even laugh, but for the most part the jokes weren't funny at all. Plus most of them were very homophobic. Ok, so the gangster forced the guy to announce he is gay. But he could easily have confided in his team about the truth! Even the activities he does for the non-profit are so boring to be honest like meeting school students or addressing a a group of students since the rabbi is progressive. The acting by everyone was good but when the intention behind the film itself is likely not good, everything else came off as just plain bad stuff. I was just so bored throughout the film that even while writing this review I feel like why did I waste my time. Avoid (2/10)
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