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My Partner (2023)
A Great Start for Hawaii
This was truly a breath of fresh air for me. I didn't know what to expect with this Hawaii/Filipino collaboration project but it was stunning. The directing was really good. The acting was solid.. the chemistry between the two leads really sold it for me and the plot was really strong and I really enjoyed how it focused heavily on the culture of the people and the love story felt important but also was not the center of the story. This was great filmmaking and I hope it inspires more people on the island to pursue the BL market as the talent is there and the actors are there as this was a really good cast of actors.
XO, Kitty (2023)
Korean Actors Shined
I must say.. I saw this one tik tok and wanted to check out the show.. did I feel like I wasted 4 hours of my life ? Sure yes... this plot is messy and all over the place. It's like they don't know where they want to land at any point of the journey... the actors playing Minho and Dae shined and the intricacies they added to their characters were something to behold. I found the weakest acting from the lead herself and even her potential love interest who plays yuri.. so many things were good about this show that made me want to like it.. but they constant plot changes were too much and Kitty's breakup with Dae made me sympathize with Dae not kitty.. and that's terrible writing if u want us to root for the lead girl.. I found myself instead rooting for Minho and Dae in the end.
The Eighth Sense: The Series (2023)
A MasterPiece
I'm enamored by how good this show was.. The European input was so evident in this Korean drama and made it even more special to behold. The actors were ACTING. The chemistry was there without being overtly provocative. Therapy was finally shown throughout an entire season of a BL. Real therapy to deal with real trauma. Everything about this coming of age show felt right and needed. I hope this show opens the door for more quality BL's to come out all over the world and I hope we continue to tell real stories that can connect to audiences worldwide in the same way this did to me. Highly recommend this to anyone.
The Eighth Sense (2023)
A Masterpiece in LGBTQ content
This is ACTING.. this is CINEMATOGRAPHY. This is chemistry without PUSHING it in our face.. it's subtle. It's unspoken. I grew up watching shows like skam and skins and despite me loving the fluff of Thai BL's... I love gritty lgbtq stories and I believe shows like this will open the door and kick it wide open for more Asian countries to do more lgbtq esque shows like this and what 180 degree longitude did a while ago as well. How are these actors ACTING without even speaking...they don't even need dialogue and it's so powerful between them that they don't even need words. Highly recommend it !
Prisma (2022)
Skam's Sibling - A GEM
If you loved the beauty that is Skam you would love this and it's not surprising that it has the same theme as the creators of Skam Italy are behind this.. and I must say I love that this focused on queer and gender identity and I love the contrast between marco and andre... but let me just say that andre and daniele have my heart.. the way their realtionship was felt so authentic and I think so many ppl from the lgbtqia community can connect to andre and hoe he feels in this world and if u take away the gender conforms that society has placed on us you could connect to people on a whole other level.
Di4ri (2022)
Bullying and Misogyny normalized ?
I must say I came into this expecting ''Merli'' but it is such a train wreck.. from bullying to misogyny to disrespecting girls for no reason. I felt it normalized a lot of stuff that shouldn't be... they had the right tools but they didn't use it.
The one redeeming story is that of daniele and mirko.. I literally just skipped to their parts.