After episode 4: Increasingly has the feeling of an ABC After-School Special for intellectually handicapped teens. I don't buy for a second that the character Takara would be attracted to the character Taishin. Also don't buy this cutesy "Taishin-trying-to-figure-out-what-he's-feeling conceit, which so many lame BLs employ. A guy that age has a sex drive and presumably, a brain. He already knows he is attracted to Takara. This is where the intellectual handicap part of the plot kicks in.
Increasingly, I'm seeing Taishin as a mildly attractive, young Lesbian.
There is zero chemistry between the MC. At most, it feels like an older/younger brother thing.
The bias/stan subplot was super childish and lame. However, it made me realize that a truly twisted, obsessive bias/stan/stalker kind of subplot would work great as a BL subplot or even the primary plot. I mean dark and psycho to the point of kidnapping...would be awesome. It should probably be in a Kbl though; that's where the most intense/psycho kpop/actor stalking goes on. The stalker could start rumors about the idol and drive him to suicide, which happens about once a week in Korea anyway.
I'll keep watching for the beauty and hotness that is Takara.
If you love aalcc you should watch "bleak night" focuses on teenage struggles with powerfull storytelling
Interesting. I dislike AALCC immensely but Bleak Night is one of my favorites. It's all in the differences in HOW the stories are told. To me, AALCC is pretentious and impressed with its own artsiness, while BN tells an intense, dark story but is not obnoxiously artsy about it. There are some time-flips, but they're handled in a comprehensible way. Not so with AALCC.
The king did not love Hong. Don't confuse obsession and possession with Love. These are two poles. The king used…
I agree wholeheartedly, and you put it very well. The first time I watched this movie, and I have only ever seen it on my computer screen, I was gobsmacked with emotions from all directions in addition to being blown away by all aspects of the production, acting/direction/fight choreo/exterior, large-scale battle scenes/cinematography/everything.
That was four years ago and I have watched AFF at least four times. I am American and I had just discovered Asian cinema/gay cinema/BL, of which I was completely ignorant. Being a typical, insulated American, I had never even considered checking out Asian movies. They were totally off my radar screen.
But I'm an avid film watcher, so as I ran out of American gay films to watch (80% trash) I gradually began searching out European and Latin American films, mostly on Youtube. Then, once I'd accepted the concept of subtitles (I remember thinking my entire life before this that I would NEVER watch something with subtitles lol) and watched tons of those films, I stumbled across AFF on Youtube of all places; and it wasn't a censored version either. It may have been the first Asian feature film I ever watched.
I spent two hours in my armchair gasping and crying and freaking out at what I was seeing. My brother was in the same room watching TV and thought I was losing my mind. lol After that, I opened wide to Asian cinema and some dramas (I find most trashy and overwrought). Now it feels weird to watch an English film without subs. :)
Another great Korean short film starring the great Korean actor Kim Bum Tae. I can't believe this guy doesn't have a much longer filmography. He's remarkably talented. Please see him also in "Out of Focus," in which he is as effective a hilariously obnoxious film student as he is a melancholy, failed job-seeker here. It's on Youtube.
As always, the MDL rating for this film is obscenely low.
If you have a brain and a heart, this film will touch both profoundly.
This dude is hilariously excellent as the very drunk, and obnoxious, friend and fellow film student of the student director in the unique and hysterically funny short, "Out of Focus." It's on youtube. I gave it a 9.5/10 and this guy's a big part of the reason. He's the funniest, totally wasted character I've seen. Completely, horrendously obnoxious and yet also naturalistic. Bravo!
This guy is almost unbelievably hilarious and excellent as the obnoxious friend of a student-director in the absolutely unique short film, "Out of Focus." Check it out on Youtube. I've watched it three times now, and each watch is funnier than the last.
This is one of the funniest, most unique shorts I have ever seen. Just watched a third time and laughed harder than the two times before. :)
The three MLs are one hundred percent perfect in their parts. Great acting which means great direction...most likely. :D The student-director so accurately caught the feeling of having been up for all-nighters a week in a row, and yet still having to finish an important assignment/project. The "friend" who wouldn't leave him alone was hysterically funny in his casual obnoxiousness, and then the drunk guy comes down the hall and I almost wet my pants. lol The drunk-acting was right on the edge of being over the top, but somehow it worked. God, how funny.
Perhaps the best aspect of all is that these extremes of emotions and actions all seemed entirely natural and realistic, which is what made it so freaking funny. Nothing worse than amateur acting to kill a great story.
That staccato, irregular drum-beat was perfection as the only background music.
Naturally, and as always, this being mdl, the rating above is absurdly low. Ignore it. Piss on it. Reject it. This short film is a riot.
The promo posters are indeed queer-baiting.. The movie was even marketed as BL which it is not.. The name of the…
"human trafficker..." People like you disgust me. There is no unfounded accusation or rumored BS you won't sink low enough to repeat about a celebrity. You're the reason so many Korean celebrities take their own lives. F**k you. You're scum.
Pretty damn good thriller, though there were a couple aspects of the plot I don't understand. Hot men without shirts, and "killer" bare-ass naked are plus points. Great, intricate fight scenes that, despite their improbable outcomes, I found convincing. Nobody does fight choreo better than the Koreans. Jung Woo Sung is something else. One of my top five fave actors. There's nothing he can't do, and well. Great body too.
Sweet, sweet, sweet. Wow, the customer is drop-dead gorgeous. I love quiet shorts like this chock full of feels. One flaw: That woman manager. She was a total b***h to the customer.
Matchbox/Strongberry are the bomb. This early effort has a few rough patches, but the studio's trademark feels are all there. I like that they aren't afraid of melancholy/sad/open endings. This one reaches a low point for sure, but the coda with the boss on the riverside was a positive, hopeful wrap-up.
Anyone else think the customer was a tad bi-curious?
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Increasingly has the feeling of an ABC After-School Special for intellectually handicapped teens.
I don't buy for a second that the character Takara would be attracted to the character Taishin.
Also don't buy this cutesy "Taishin-trying-to-figure-out-what-he's-feeling conceit, which so many lame BLs employ. A guy that age has a sex drive and presumably, a brain. He already knows he is attracted to Takara. This is where the intellectual handicap part of the plot kicks in.
Increasingly, I'm seeing Taishin as a mildly attractive, young Lesbian.
There is zero chemistry between the MC. At most, it feels like an older/younger brother thing.
The bias/stan subplot was super childish and lame. However, it made me realize that a truly twisted, obsessive bias/stan/stalker kind of subplot would work great as a BL subplot or even the primary plot. I mean dark and psycho to the point of kidnapping...would be awesome. It should probably be in a Kbl though; that's where the most intense/psycho kpop/actor stalking goes on. The stalker could start rumors about the idol and drive him to suicide, which happens about once a week in Korea anyway.
I'll keep watching for the beauty and hotness that is Takara.
The first time I watched this movie, and I have only ever seen it on my computer screen, I was gobsmacked with emotions from all directions in addition to being blown away by all aspects of the production, acting/direction/fight choreo/exterior, large-scale battle scenes/cinematography/everything.
That was four years ago and I have watched AFF at least four times. I am American and I had just discovered Asian cinema/gay cinema/BL, of which I was completely ignorant. Being a typical, insulated American, I had never even considered checking out Asian movies. They were totally off my radar screen.
But I'm an avid film watcher, so as I ran out of American gay films to watch (80% trash) I gradually began searching out European and Latin American films, mostly on Youtube. Then, once I'd accepted the concept of subtitles (I remember thinking my entire life before this that I would NEVER watch something with subtitles lol) and watched tons of those films, I stumbled across AFF on Youtube of all places; and it wasn't a censored version either. It may have been the first Asian feature film I ever watched.
I spent two hours in my armchair gasping and crying and freaking out at
what I was seeing. My brother was in the same room watching TV and thought I was losing my mind. lol After that, I opened wide to Asian cinema and some dramas (I find most trashy and overwrought). Now it feels weird to watch an English film without subs. :)
I can't believe this guy doesn't have a much longer filmography. He's remarkably talented. Please see him also in "Out of Focus," in which he is as effective a hilariously obnoxious film student as he is a melancholy, failed job-seeker here. It's on Youtube.
As always, the MDL rating for this film is obscenely low.
If you have a brain and a heart, this film will touch both profoundly.
9.5/10
The three MLs are one hundred percent perfect in their parts. Great acting which means great direction...most likely. :D The student-director so accurately caught the feeling of having been up for all-nighters a week in a row, and yet still having to finish an important assignment/project. The "friend" who wouldn't leave him alone was hysterically funny in his casual obnoxiousness, and then the drunk guy comes down the hall and I almost wet my pants. lol The drunk-acting was right on the edge of being over the top, but somehow it worked. God, how funny.
Perhaps the best aspect of all is that these extremes of emotions and actions all seemed entirely natural and realistic, which is what made it so freaking funny. Nothing worse than amateur acting to kill a great story.
That staccato, irregular drum-beat was perfection as the only background music.
Naturally, and as always, this being mdl, the rating above is absurdly low. Ignore it. Piss on it. Reject it. This short film is a riot.
9.5/10 Highly recommended.
Great, intricate fight scenes that, despite their improbable outcomes, I found convincing. Nobody does fight choreo better than the Koreans.
Jung Woo Sung is something else. One of my top five fave actors. There's nothing he can't do, and well. Great body too.
8.5/10
Wow, the customer is drop-dead gorgeous.
I love quiet shorts like this chock full of feels.
One flaw: That woman manager. She was a total b***h to the customer.
Well done. 8/10
Anyone else think the customer was a tad bi-curious?