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BL Compilations
4 people found this review helpful
Feb 1, 2022
Completed 0
Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 7.0

a cute short movie

Overall: a writer is told his poem? script? isn't honest and his friend tries to help him

Content Warnings: internalized homophobia

What I Liked
- there was some nice piano music
- come cute moments

Room For Improvement
- it isn't clear what their relationship is at the beginning, I guessed that they were platonic friends but that could have been made more clear
- I wasn't sure if everything we saw actually happened, or if some of it was in his imagination
- some of the lighting was too dark
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Marija Dolly Milosevic
2 people found this review helpful
May 10, 2022
Completed 0
Overall 8.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 7.5
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May

It is short, sweet, and well executed, it might be a little gloomy and a bit confusing, but I think this is what is making this movie even more artistic.

How often do we have a story with a happy couple (long term happy couple)...with normal lives, striving for perfection, reaching their dreams...supporting each other, etc
And yes I understand being scared to tell your story. We all come from different backgrounds and many factors affect us. I think this short movie made me think about myself, 20+ minutes made me think more than I have imagined. I tried so many times to tell many stories, but never my own. Why is that?

This is why this is a good movie!

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Giuca
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May 7, 2023
Completed 0
Overall 9.0
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 6.0
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Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

A writer is told his scrip was not honest enough so he asks his actor friend to read it. The actor decides to enact the script and incite the writer to be honest about his feelings!

What a beautiful short movie telling a story of a couple of friends afraid to take a step further in their relationship. The question is asked: what does it mean to be honest to yourself? The actor recites Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 (written for an anonymous young man known as Fair Youth) as his confession of love. The writer realizes he needs to accept himself for who he is and be open with his feelings in order to be happy.

This movie is a bit on the gloomy side: the colours are subdued, the lights for the most of the movie, are dimmed: we only see the light of the day once they are honest with each other. The music is just as gloomy: a series of classical piano waltzes.

And yet, it leaves you feeling happy and optimistic: if you are honest enough with yourself , you can grab your own happiness with both hands!

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jiritwist
0 people found this review helpful
Dec 29, 2023
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Overall 8.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 8.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.0
Two young men coming to terms with the love they feel for each other. Quiet, fragile, lyrical, but sometimes emotional, the film is well above average in all evaluation criteria for me. Not just because it's Korea...
Two young men coming to terms with the love they feel for each other. Quiet, fragile, lyrical, but sometimes emotional, the film is well above average in all evaluation criteria for me. Not just because it's Korea...



Dva mladí muži, kteří se vyrovnávají s láskou, kterou k sobě vzájemně cítí. Film tichý, křehký, lyrický, ale někdy i emoční je všech kritériích hodnocení u mě vysoce nad průměrem. Nejen proto, že je to Korea ...

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