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Did I say anything about the identity of the killer? Did I say they gave it away or did I reference it in any other way? The scripting, as in WRITING, dialogue, etc., is stupid and sounds fake as hell. No, it's not an investigation or mystery movie. It's a BAD movie. If you think it's great, enjoy.

I read your stupid post, which is why I reacted to it. Locking someone in a room might be "false imprisonment" under the law, depending on where you live. It is not "rape."
ASKING for sex is not "rape."
If you ask and the person says "no" and you don't force them, it is not "rape," the word you have no understanding of.
If you ask and the person says "yes" and you have sex, it is still not "rape" -the word you're trying to water down-because they consented.

You think you're good at making shit up, but you're not.

Get a clue...dumb ass.

My god, why was I not made aware of this nearly flawless movie before?
As a refugee from the U.S. into the great Land of Asian cinema, Gay Asian cinema, and BL with only three years under my belt so far, I hope I never run out of spectacular films like this of which I am currently unaware.
A Frozen Flower will forever be my 10/10, #1-ranked historical dramatic film...this is now its 9.5/10 #2. I wish I could give it a 9.75 or 9.99 even. It's that good.
Of course, in the wasteland that is MDL, this near-peerless epic is rated 7.7/10. For fuck's sake...

BRAVO!

9.5/10

After episode 2: BRAVO!

This show has grabbed me by the cajones and won't let go; not that I want it to. Funny, sexy, interesting, well-written, cliches and tropes done with wit and style, off-the-charts handsome lead, what's not to love?

Hsiao Hung is a Fandy Fan Jr. and just as talented as he is beautiful. I'm already at work on a script featuring Hsiao as Fandy's younger brother in an incest-themed BL blockbuster. You know you want it.

Seriously, this show is excellent so far. Fluff and light under-girded with darkness and some angst, indicated by the president's inability to sleep well at night and why that might be the case. Looks like some nasty childhood shit went down.

Love this so far.

Of course, you don't. You're too busy watering down the meaning of the word "rape" to comprehend anything else. Gross.

Little slice of life, I guess, but there's no...anything, really. We watch the waiter act out his jealousy over a drunk girl, the clueless boss act clueless, another look of jealousy, then...it's over. LOTS of Matchbox/Strongberry shorts better than this one.

6.5/10

I'm out at 38 minutes. The police investigation and scripting were becoming increasingly silly, as though written by an amateur. I was bored and didn't care who killed whom.

Dropped. 1/10

lol :D

Well, who knows? Maybe you'll love it. :D But people below who have read the book, disliked it and I, who have not read the book, think it's terrible, so...uh, yeah. :)

Cinematically, it is a beautiful film and the acting is good for the most part, but what the actors are made to portray is so off-base and incoherent that their performances can't make up for the script.

Let me know what you think of it when you're done.

Does anyone know of a DomeVee cut of this series? I've seen some 3 or 4-minute cuts on Youtube but nothing that tells their story comprehensively and only. Their romancer, angst, chemistry, heat and acting are the only reason to watch this thing. The main couple is a snooze-fest, chemistry-free, bad-acting disaster.

I know. This is way too high.

Judging from what commenters below who have read the book have said, you either should choose not to watch the film, or go into doing so fully aware that very little about the characters or the plot match what's in the book, and what does match is poorly drawn.

As I said, I did not read the book, so I'm passing judgement on the film for itself alone. It's really bad. lol

I'm sure, or I assume, that you know the differences between a novel and a movie.

Also, you said the book "is quite famous," not that it's well-written. Is it? I don't know; I haven't read the book. Lots of "famous" books have been made into movies that differ greatly from their source material, and many great books have been made into terrible movies. Like this one.

Have you read the book? Have you seen the movie?

lol...omg, this is truly terrible but all the scenes of young men in speedos almost makes up for it. :D

Sometimes the responsible thing is to opt for abortion.

lol If you say so.

Don't do it! It's awful.

That's the longest apology for a terrible movie I have ever read. You are writing about motivations and feelings that are not on the screen. I love Reiko dropping in to schtup Watanabe as a "rite of passage," deeply meaningful in some way. What way? Reiko said she "thinks they should do it." Watanabe says "are you serious?" and seems to be objecting but of course he goes along with it because he has no spine and not many brains. Throughout the movie, over and over, he does whatever people tell him to do, especially very strange, unbalanced young women with boundary issues.

And then of course, it is never indicated how fucking made anything better for anyone But according to Reiko, Watanabe gave her "what I lost seven years ago." What? Her hymen? In that case, instead of going to the psych facility with no doctors or therapists she should have just fucked some random dude and been made all better way back then.

Haven't read the book. This movie is a disaster.

Your fear was well-founded.