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What we do for love

The Wedding Banquet showed what people will do for love--love for lovers, love for tradition, and love for family. The movie's title comes from a raucous and drunken wedding banquet that seemed to signal the beginning of a couple's life together. Problem was, the couple being celebrated were a sham and the real love was between a gay couple trapped in a show for one man's traditional parents from Taiwan.

Wai Tung and Simon had been lovers living together happily for five years in America. Wai Tung lived a busy, upwardly mobile lifestyle by all appearances assimilated into American life. Meanwhile back in Taiwan, his parents were ready for him to be married and producing grandchildren unaware he was gay. So determined were they that they set him up in an expensive matchmaking service. Simon decided Wai Tung should marry Wai's tenant, Wei Wei, a broke artist without a green card, to help her out and get Wai's parents off his back. The ruse worked well enough that Wai Tung's parents decided to come to America for the wedding. Cue the merry marriage high-jinks and misunderstandings.

The Wedding Banquet could have veered off into slapstick comedy or morose melodrama but Ang Lee managed to walk a fine line as Wai Tung confronted his life with Simon and the expectations of his family. The comedy arose more out of character and the situations these people found themselves in rather than random sight gags much to my relief. Wai Tung loved Simon and his parents and didn't want to disappoint either. He also felt responsible for Wei Wei who was obviously in love with him. Simon also felt real as he became the odd man out while the farce took place in his home. And Wei Wei ended up facing the emotional consequences for marrying a man who loved another man. Both she and Simon came to love Wai Tung's parents. Throw in the parents with their own complicated emotions and what could have been a trite story turned meaningful and heartfelt.

The actors were all quite capable, with Gua Ah Lei giving a truly complex performance as a mother wanting her son to be happy, preferably within the confines of their traditions. Winston Chao and Mitchell Lichtenstein brought their characters to life as they bickered, loved, and fought to be together.

1993 was a different time than today. In most states gay couples were not readily accepted and marriage was out of the question. New York, for the most part, was more open-minded. This movie, without resorting to being preachy or patronizing, showed a loving gay couple working through their problems, albeit with some hilarious and heartbreaking moments. The relationship felt real and consequential. It was also a time when cell phones were as big as WWII walkie-talkies and were used for the sole purpose of a phone and to make the occasional call---minutes were expensive!

Made for only $750,000 Ang Lee poured more heart than money into this film. Even with a few rom-com contrivances, I found myself rooting for all of these people. I desperately wanted them to have their happily-ever-afters. The Wedding Banquet wasn't perfect, but it was perfectly funny and heartwarming and romantic. In the end, everyone learned a little more about love and acceptance even when they didn't come in the package that was expected.




8/4/22

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Darling, I Slept with another man for Money

Life is like a waterdrop which is about fall from a edge of a leaf. You can't say when will your life going to be a messy, Now you are living happy life but who knows what will happen in next second of time.
This story is like that. Happily married and live a happy family. Husband got fired for being honest. They had to pay a super huge price.

SO WHAT HAPPENED , LONG TERM SHORT ---------------> WIFE DECIEDED TO SLEEP WITH A ANOTHER MAN


That's IT ..

You know HUMAN'S ALWAYS SEEKING FOR A OPPORTUNITY TO FULFILL THEIR OWN LUSTS...

This appears for YOU , ME , we all are humans. That's what happened here.

When a old school classmate who is FUCKING BASTARED offer the wife to sleep with him, to give her money..

so what happened ? she was so depressed about her children , offered herself...



SIGH...................................................................... SO SAD .....................

YOU WOULD SAY SHE SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT,
WHO KNOWS THIS WOULD HAPPEN TO YOU, ME IN ANYTIME,
IF WE LOOSE OUR MIND JUST FOR A SECOND, YOU WOULD MAKE A CHOICE LIKE THAT...



SO , WHO TO BLAME?????????

NO ONE, IT'S YOUR FATE



THAT'S MY CONCLUSION...

AH ! You would be wondering how is the end,
What would you do? would you abundant your wife or Husband for that ?

What if this happen to me? Will I forgive? Actually , I DON'T WANT TO EVEN THINK ABOUT THAT, WHO KNOWS?

If I were him, I would do the SAME , OR ..........................STILL CAN'T IMAGINE !!! , IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO THINK IN HUSBAND'S SHOES..

BUT ONE THING SURE, I WON'T DO THINGS LIKE THE WIFE DID.. 100% SURE ABOUT THAT, HOW HARD IT GETS, I WON'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT..
I DON'T WANT TO BRAKE THE GLASS OF TRUST EVEN I HAVE TO BE A BEGGER IN A STREET..


Forgot,
Wife disappeared for a time period , I think like 2,3 days. Then One night when husband came to home, wife was sleeping with children.



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AT THE END !!!!




P.S. - MONEY, MONEY , MONEY
WHO DARE TO SAY MONEY IS NOTHING BUT """"""" LOVE ''''''''''''' IS POWERFUL,
IT'S NOT ON THIS EARTH,

M O N E Y ,,,,,,,,,

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Dreams are meant to be fulfilled!

Rebelling against loved ones and age itself, a group of 17 elderly motorcycle riders (average age 81) banded together to drive the 1178km / 732 miles around the outer edge of Taiwan in thirteen days. Short on sentiment but long on spirit, Go Grandriders was an engaging documentary of fulfilling one's dreams.

The Grandriders included retired military, civil servants, policemen, a pastor, and a housewife (who had to pass her driver's exam to join). They were all in average shape for octogenarians with a fair percentage suffering from hypertension, diabetes, or cancer. They all had their own reasons for taking the trek, most often boiling down to---if not now...when? Despite family members and loved ones trying to dissuade them, they stayed the course to show that just because they were old didn't mean they wanted a life without something to do and look forward to and those things were worth the risk.

The Hongdad Senior Citizens Welfare Foundation provided resources for the trip, including a bus for riders to rest on when they needed to, medical assistance and providing places to stay along the way. As the director said, in our 20's and 30's people are marrying and raising families. When people finally have time to do the things they want they are told not to leaving many elderly alone and lacking purpose. The documentary showed how people find that life isn't much fun being left alone without something to look forward to and this trip was the spark and rejuvenator some needed.

Taiwan's roads provided challenging situations with dangerous traffic, falling rocks and washed out roads from a previous typhoon. Police escorts joined them on various legs of the journey to give a measure of safety.

Grandriders didn't delve into sentimentality when allowing the men and woman of the trip to talk about their lives and reasons for undertaking the difficult journey. Men on different sides of different wars shared a moment of peace and unity as soldiers. A kamikaze trainer's tale of training young men to die was particularly moving as was a husband's story of taking his wife for "one more ride, honey" with her picture on his handlebars.

The shots of riders on harrowing roads could become monotonous, broken up by shots of sunsets on the water or mountains. Trips to nursing homes with the bikers sharing cheer with the residents or children on the sides of the road cheering them on were heartwarming.

Go Grandriders could have benefited from a more deft hand with the photography and traveling shots so that we could experience the ride along with them more. The heart of the of the story though came from the courageous and adventurous senior citizens reminding us that they were still capable and energetic and that one's dreams give us motivation and reason for living at any age.





8/4/22

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a story about love, friendship, lost and acceptance.

this is the one movie if you have a child and wants to adopt a pet. no matter what pet, this one is a good reference. teach them how to love, be responsible and also about how to deal with losing the loved one.

love is universal, across humans and animals, no age boundaries friendship.

in this movie, it has good scene, soundtrack, also good instruments too. slow paced story line yet very touching.

a good family movie for the weekend with your children or the love one.

two hours peaceful movie, a bit sad, but it teach us many things to overcome.

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Overrated

The movie is overrated. The scenes were too weak and does not excite people to continue watching. storytelling is too shallow. Although I appreciate the effort in putting up a film, I felt the lack of substance in the scripts. Cesar Montano and Ella Cruz is okay. I felt Ruffa still has a long way to go in acting. If they could focus on one main storyline, that would have been slightly better. Also, If they could highlight some of the scenes and make it look like it’s not rushed, that would be better as well. I felt like I watched an amateur movie. Surprising that there are a lot of people who still watch this. Hence, my headline of being overrated. Overall, I am not satisfied with the movie production, cinematography and storyline. It’s not the actors’ fault that the story is too shallow.

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Don't watch this shitty movie! It should not considered as a film, because films are art of expression. Art should provoke and disturb, but it should not distort facts and history.

I feel sorry to my fellow Filipinos, the great history where we fight for democracy and end the dictatorship has been ruined just because of being a fanatic to politicians. They just "moved on" for that tragic experience of our ancestors. But the family who made the country worse become now their 'hero.'

One more thing, this whole film is from a rude director, that should not be considered director in the first place.


Pustahan, may tatahol....

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Gigantic suspense through skies and clouds

The scale of this movie is so gigantic you wouldn't be able to imagine how they were able to build a story development in such an impressive way. The suspense just keeps on rising like climbing through skies and clouds, accompanied by best of class soundtrack that heightens every stakes. The airborne action scenes are of course groundbreaking, but what's more surprising is the depth of its story is so powerful, it's equipped with a lot of factors on a global level, especially in the latter half of the movie it puts human principles into test, spanning across every possible behaviors when they're pushed to their limits. Given its constructive ending, even how ugly humanity is sometimes, they're suggesting a glimpse of hope that we all deserve during a catastrophic situation we faced everyday.

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Feel good with a right ending

Good story.

STORY - nice story about a lawyer that is killed by mistake in heaven and, to return to her rightful place, has to take the place of the mother and wife in a family. She has to endure a completely different life, but in the end, she understands that love and be loved is the best thing she can have.

ACTING - good. All is done with competence

MUSIC - Did not pay attention to the OST

REWATCH - if I stumble with this I can watch it again. However, it will not be in my rewatch list!

OVERALL - good story. If you like light feel good and a little comedy this is good to watch. The ending is good, because I have in my mind the follow up...

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FUCKING Storyline ... FUCK

What's this movie? I'm still burning up like hell. She got married to a man and then she fall in love with another man and married that man too.
THEN, She booked days for her Two husbands and went both homes at the due dates, What a fucking story is that.
You would say it's a funny movie. I have nothing to say , Only words that cursing for the screenwriter is only. What kind of story is that.

Then She had a baby and the story goes like crazy to find who the father is. Then Her second husband's cousin write an article saying the daughter is his cousin's . So the First husband got a DNA test and show it to her.
WHAT THE FUCK !!!
Then she disappeared because of that, getting angry at him cause he did a DNA test.



THEN, ANOTHER FUCKING TWIST...

The Second husband told , First husband that """" THEY USED BIRTH CONTROLERS ''''''''' WHEN THEY WERE FUCKING....




WHO THE HELL IS THE SCREEN WRITER?
IS THIS SUPPOSED TO BE A FUNNY STORY?


WE USED """""""""""""""""""" BIRTH CONTROLERS """"""""""""""""""""""""""""""'' FUCKKKKKKKKK,,,,,
...........................................................................................................................................................................................KISS HIS AS#


IF YOU WANT TO BURN WITH ANGRY, I RECOMMAND THIS TO YOU...


FUCK ..........................................................................................................





9 HOURS LATER------------------------> UPDATING THE REVIEW...

Don't mind my rude words in the review, I was so angry at that time , cause what the hell is that? I completed 150 + Kdramas and Yesterday started to watch that kmovie because I was curious what's that about.
I really hoped this isn't what I'm thinking of , She is lying to his husband. NO, There should be plot Twist after that.
I was really hoping that. Then when she disappeared with the child after the first husband shows her the DNA result,

THEN The Second husband Said" WE USED BIRTH CONTROL WHEN WE WERE HAVING SEX..

I completely loose myself after hearing this line. That's the time I started writing the review...

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Not gonna lie this movie was a lot!

I did mostly watch Sky of Love for the Mr. Miura Haruma because I really like his acting. I loved the very very beginning of the movie because it was going so great but I didn’t expect it to escalate as it did at all. Like the rollercoaster hit a LOT of bumps in this movie. Life got hard in the movie real quick. I can say I really liked the emotional and sentimental things that happened because it taught me things about life that I didn’t really think about. It may have been a sad and stressful movie but I’m glad a watched it. Overall the movie wasn’t bad it’s just a lot to take in.

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This was not what I expected at all!!???

First and foremost I thought I was crazy for watching this because of how the cover looked. I definitely knew some stuff was bout to go down. I also really only watch this to see Junyoung act in something else again because I really liked his acting in Imitation. As I started watching the movie it took me a while to figure out why it was called Love and Leashes in the first place. A while later I would figure out why. I still thought I was crazy as I countinued to watch the movie but it got interesting and I started to really like it. When it came to the end I thought it was a great funny and cute ending. Overall it’s a good watch and if you wanna watch something interesting and outta the box this is the a good movie for that.

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idk what people thinking

I watch this and I don't know what people thinking and why don't they understand it (probably they have sold their minds) why they all call this movie boring, wth does all we watch is fighting scene. that is a good movie..
if you have 2 hours and wanna watch something then give it a try, i even don't like stranger things and I thought I won't like it either but I stuck with this.
looking forward for part3.

acting is so good.
story was simple yet interesting.

and I watch it cause of I like the witch part first and for all those hate comments.

I enjoyed this series and if someone find it boring ?just get a brain wash treatment..

those who don't like this movie calling me
tasteless, like do I even care about them.. ?

(I recieved hate for watching this like "u wasted your time" "you pretending to like it just for Lee Jong suk". "yeah you like cause you don't have any taste").
that's why I write this review in fit of rage :)

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Based of true events

It's been a while since I've seen a Korean historical film. This movie was heartbreaking at times but worth the watch in my opinion.
Loved seeing familiar faces and learning more about this time period in Korea ??

This is a story about hope during a dark time in history.

⚠️Content Warning ⚠️
This story is based of true events and people during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea so there is
Violence, abuse, shooting and strong language
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Synopsis:
"The true story of famed cyclist Uhm Bok-dong, who became a symbol of pride for Koreans when he defeated Japanese cyclists and won a bicycle race which took place during the Japanese colonial rule of Korea.

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Beautiful movie with strong writing and great acting

Loved everything about this movie. I looked it up because I was so impressed by Extraordinary Attorney Woo and this was the only other thing the writer had written, and I was not disappointed. They are not similar stories and this is not a younger Woo Young Woo, but the writer has a deft, sensitive and thorough hand with how she writes her characters and the plots they're in, and this movie is a lovely piece of work.

Ji Woo is her very own character and there is something lovely about how she is not a foil to any other character around her, she's a whole person with her very own personality and beliefs and strength and she isn't there to just provide character growth for the male lead. Kim Hyang Gi was great, as was Jung Woo Sung, whose partly jaded but mostly trying to find his path Soon Ho grew in the most mature way. I liked the cleverness of the plot, the nuanced touches of reality between the mains and all the secondary characters. Also, it's always a pleasure to see Jang Young Nam and Lee Kyu Hyung, they never disappoint.

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