Hiiii sg land ^'^
@jacqueline @penny @missy
it's been a while since I wrote here, I hope you missed me ahaha except those who always see me in lives here 🙈😜
a lot has changed, new energies and experiences, new sets ... in this quarantine I was not able to do many things, I have taken the opportunity to review new movies and series, new music and especially take time for myself, if I love myself!
I confess that these are very melancholy days and full of love, and I wanted to share a little bit with you ❤
Something In the Rain
a D-orama to breathe and die of love hahaha, the series addresses the story of a couple in love and the personal evolution of each one because of this intense relationship. What makes their relationship complicated is not the age difference, but the fact that the two have known each other since they were little, and one is the other's brother's best friend. In a relationship that was practically familiar, no one expected that a relationship could break out. This is the main reason for the family's shock, except for Jin-A's mother, who is a traditional and rather petty Korean, who holds more economic value than moral.
our main character is marked by bad relationships and also suffers abuse at work, one of the things that I found most cute is to see her evolution in this matter of imposing herself as a woman of wills and owner of herself, and from there that love is a point initial for her to start seeing new things and having new attitudes for herself, or better, if she loves herself.
It is impossible not to fall in love with Joon Hee, the character is built in a delicate and gentle way. He ends up becoming the personification of the perfect boyfriend, caring, kind, understanding and above all who supports and takes care of those he loves.
It is not just romance that survives this drama. They gradually address sexual harassment within Jin-A's work. Not only the harassment itself, but also its consequences ... of those who denounce, those who are influenced, and the way it is exhausting for the victim. In addition, the protagonist played by Son Ye-jin has an ex-boyfriend who, after the breakup, turns out to be an abusive man. The construction of this character was very well done, slowly showing the evolution of an apparently common partner that creates an aggressive obsession with an outcome that unfortunately many real women are unable to have, but inspires those who assist to seek help and shows the importance of reporting these behaviors .
I don't even need to mention that it's already my favorite dorama ❤
The film opened in a much freer time, but its plot takes place at a very different time in Taiwan's history. It all started in 1987, right after the country was released from martial law and started its path towards freedom of speech and the press. Even so, despite this important process, at that time, relationships between people of the same sex were not well accepted by society.
it constitutes a melodrama in the most classic sense of the term: there is a lot of music, especially sad violins, plucked pianos and atmospheric saxophones, associated with a profound load of tragic twists. The characters cry for love, scream in the wind for love, attack each other for love, swear love in the rain, kiss on a deserted beach. Director Kuang Hui-Liu interprets passion as a symptom of eternal youth: even older, the characters resemble mischievous teenagers. In addition to a novel itself, a romanticization is offered, in the sense of idealizing the loving feeling, conceiving a destiny capable of gathering the heroes in a distant country.
Even though the narrative takes place in the late 1980s, when the repressive local society dealt with even greater violence against homosexuals, it is worth questioning the reproduction of this worldview in the 2020s. To what extent is suffering valued as a form of personal fulfillment? ? Is it still necessary to conceive the martyrdom of both parties to imagine a great love story? Now, there would be alternatives for a healthy adolescent relationship, without the burden of social and family pressures, internalized homophobia and toxic behavior on both sides. It is asked what kind of affective learning this work causes in the young LGBT public to which it is destined. Although it is important to rescue the mishaps faced by the community over the decades, the nostalgia for blood and tears of old times awakens an ethical conflict. There is an essential difference between learning from the struggles of past decades and resorting to the nostalgia of those “good times that never come back”, when one suffered, but deep down one was happy for the breaches of affection allowed between each beatings. While betting on a fable between two boys, the desire could shift to an experience beneficial to both parties. Non-destructive passions, you see, can also be remarkable.
Cinema becomes an escape from the real, something that, directed at a community still marginalized, can provide some escapist consolation. However, cinema in 2020 is able to emancipate itself from the multicolored sufferings of four decades ago. It would be important to incorporate, even in dreamy cinema turned to the past, a point of view consistent with the achievements since then.
the next two were indications of @lilxlith 💘
Sweet home
marked by strong and exaggerated scenes, giant and surreal monsters even for the scene itself, sweet home is very instigating, the plot takes place in a building, confined due to all these events and transformations of people into monsters, people are transformed into monsters and it is not a psychological condition, but something that acts as a curse. While some transform themselves into disgusting and dangerous monsters, others manage to control the monster that is trying to emerge from within them to preserve human conscience and try to save themselves from this problem, or at least try to keep those who are still human alive. Even though different, each surviving resident ends up acquiring a minimum of empathy for each other, using the sense of justice as a sense of survival as well. A point that draws a lot of attention is the female presence, which ends up stealing the attention of the protagonists themselves. Since women who are not overwhelmed by adversity. Amid the characters and their problems, we see that the transformation into monsters emerges as a fantasy based on their own personalities and the "monsters" they carry within themselves, who are personified in their own bodies as a form of this curse. This all brings us many twists and turns, either in situations and discoveries that appear over time, or in how the characters are being developed and revealed.
Alice in Borderland
The plot begins when, one day, three friends, strolling through the city, end up playing games that catch the attention of the police and hide in a subway bathroom. When they leave, they realize that the entire population of Tokyo has disappeared and only the three remain. As the hours go by and friends walk around the city to try to understand what happened, they discover that they need to play a game to survive. In fact, several games. They have no choice. They either play, or they die. They die with a laser coming from the sky directly on their heads.
Even though it was a live-action, the actors were styled in a similar way to the anime and manga characters. They even have silver hair. In addition, the story follows the flow of a HQ, with exaggerated reactions and special effects that do not disappoint. In case you didn't know, Alice in Borderland is a retelling of Lewis Carroll's story of Alice in Wonderland, but in a metaphorical way. If you pay attention, you will notice that Yuzuha Usagi is the White Rabbit, Ryohei Arisu is named after Alice.
Us and them
it is a real film, which takes us out of the comfort zone of the idea that romantic love is enough. Because it is not enough, contrary to what they try to put us in the head.
Colors are an important point of the film. Years after the breakup, the protagonists meet and propose a dialogue about what could have been, about the “what ifs?” that accompany us through life. The scenes of the past are colored, while the scenes of the reunion are in black and white. This is perhaps one of the many messages in the film. Have we lost the shine as life goes on? Do we lose ourselves so much in trying to become adults that we no longer differentiate ourselves, to the point of staying in the same tone? Are we finally homogeneous? To what extent are we swallowed (and faded) by the pressures that go through us - money, family, work? It is these pressures that contribute to the protagonists' relationship not continuing.
I hope you like it ^'^
XOXO ❤
