Fall in live doesn't Matter Time. Trust and love eachoter
Long time I watched Heartwarming BL love story.I think plot is realistic. It my opion Toey character is very humble heartwarm person. Toey said some dialogue touch my heart very deeply . Firstly I thought Oat is very selfish person however he understood where the he hapiness. Both LGBTQ person married with someone because they can't show reality in social.But the injustice to the other person is very high. But why does the majority of the society not give the LGBTQ community the right to live freely? Many Asian countries have that problem. They are also normal people. They have the right to live freely. In this story, the society shows the situation as confidential. Oat character is heaheartbreak person he want trust and love .toey give to him love ,trust unconditionally .thats why finally they live happily .some scne has a unrelalistic but Overall this movie is very good .Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
A less popular perspective on love and marriage.
This was a very nice way to close off their story. The direction was a total glow up from the 1st part.The pain of Toey was kept evident until the very end. This must have been stressful for the actor to pull off, but did soooooo much to accurately portray how trapped he was with all that emotional baggage. 4 years of being stuck and emotionally stunted is no joke.
The entire cast is amazing. The scenery is breathtaking.
I wish the last 10mins of the film wasn't so rushed. Seemed as if they suddenly realized it's the last day of shooting and had to get a whole life packed into 10mins.
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Meh...
I've heard a lot of good reviews about this film. Unfortunately, I was let down. Though the cinematography was absolutely wonderful, especially during the water scenes, the story was melodramatic and too rosy-coloured to feel believable. There were several questionable plot points such as why would Oat give Namwan the password to his computer when he was cheating on her and knew that she could easily access his social media accounts? And for something as trivial as wedding photos? Like what?! Namwan's reaction to finding out that her husband was cheating and that he was gay was quite underwhelming and completely unrealistic also, being all supportive and understanding of Oat. On a side note, it was never really explained why Oat married Namwhan in the first place? Because she was pregnant? Hardly a good reason.I found the first film, though questionable in its own right, to be more grounded and realistic.
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hard No
my words came back to bite me in the ass - thank god not literally, not that watching this pile of horse·sh*t wasn't becoming extremely painful, so much so that after the ridiculous scene with Namwhan, i just stopped - Never Ever gonna watch this until the end -WTF was this??? i get as there is a follow-up movie to the prequel (i liked?!? find that astounding now) so it follows that Toey kept in-touch with Oat - otherwise no movie. but this seriously a plotline that anyone rooting for? yeah get Toey "got it so good" in Japan, he basically brain-washed and can't "see" anyone other then Oat, in spite of seeing Oat with his wife and child - but they a non-factor, as he just friends with him on FB ?!? and of course they keep in-touch and message each other - but that insignificant cause - love??? cause its innocent?? k
but he felt guilt and that's why he sent the message - well "butt" texted it - as he rather be the side-chick then no-one in Oats life. and the sec Oat came to him, he was angry not that he was treating him like the side-chick (he enabled that by keeping in contact with Oat, in the first place) but that it took Oat 4 yrs to finally come seek him out - that was the main thing that angered Teoy -
but he got the spiel down - acting like he cares so much for Oat's wife and child. if he did, he would've Never befriended him via FB or any other app. he for sure wouldn't go seek him out after pushing him away, or welcome him with open arms and invite him into his room - why no other rooms available?!? for sure wouldn't talk about "3 days of oblivion" and then back to reality - like what?!???
sorry but as much as i liked Toey in the prequel, i disliked him in this one - he was selfish and happily wallowing in self-pity, when he enabled everything - he was A willing participant - pretty sure Oat Never told him to wait or that he would leave his family and come seek him out - so who to blame, he wasted 4 yrs waiting - waiting for what? when Yumi called him out on it - he disconnected the call. when Jen called him out on what he was enabling in the present, he shut her down with some B.S about it being "love" - plz nah, this aint love - this is pure selfishness, self-absorption with little to no sensitivity or care towards anyone else feelings and happiness.
anyone arguing the fact that Oat is gay - yeah bad move to begin with - but he chose to go forward with the marriage bringing a child into a family - now that kid doesn't only have to deal with his dad being gay and what that means - but he has no family. and he will blame himself - considering how self-absorbed his father and his father's self-involved bf r - and Namwhan should be freakin anointed for sainthood, that was so far from logical it was mind boggling, if she knew then why keep up the farce? plz plz plz - this was a colossal let down - no love doesn't mean being this self involved, u destroy others just to pave the way to ur own happiness - waste of time!
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Near Perfection
I loved this movie as it presented the love between two men in a very realistic manner given the societal and cultural norms we have to live under (even here in the so-called free state of the USA). There is a message of hope here and this stories and others like this one plant the seed of change in more closed societies. (I live in California which is way more progressive that other parts of the USA).It is a continuation of Present Perfect but with a mature and more definitive approach to life and what constitutes a family. This is not your typical BL series and is quite a journey into what (gay) love is all about. It shows clearly that love is the determinant.
The acting is superb and the story is organic and literally is in the moment (present).
My full review of this great movie is at BLBliss.com. Leave comments if you like.
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Kéž by všechny manželky, které mají za manžely muže, co mají rádi muže a provalí se to a nebo to chce dvojice konečně řešit, byly tak vstřícné a chápavé, jako Namwhan. Po čtyřech letech Oat ztaťkovatěl a už mi nepřipadal tak tajemný a přitažlivý, pod nánosem kérek bylo vidět necvičené tělo, Toey je pořád kostřička a přibral jen v obličeji a tentokráte jsem více věřil jemu. Připadalo mi, že jejich fyzický vztah byl vyzrálejší, než v prvním díle a kulisa thajského ostrova (předpokládám, že to byl Lantau, když mluvili o mešitě) byla bezva. Rovněž osvěžením byly postavy Jeny a skutečného Japonce Kenta. V drobné roli se tam mihl Kham, jedna z hlavních hvězd nového seriálu Call It What You Want. Titulky od M.anon se mílovými kroky zlepšily a dalo by říci, že už jsou velmi solidní. Příběhu, i když zde skončil téměř pohádkově, si vážím, protože se věnuje tématu velmi citlivému a ať už k němu dotyční zúčastnění přistoupí jakkoliv, vždy to bude někoho bolet ...Rozhodně doporučuji před zhlédnutím tohoto filmu se nejdříve podívat na první díl z roku 2017 Present Perfect.
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Anusorn Soisa-ngim, the irreverent, the illusionist
Anusorn Soisa-ngim is a 35-year-old Thai man with a frank smile and happy eyes, a clean-shaven beard and modern pants and shirts as his clothing of choice, in which there is no shortage of the image of Britney Spears, which along with love is the other thing in this world that you believe in.He looks like a high school math teacher. However, sometimes I imagine him in another way, with a wardrobe of bright colors, an earring in his ear and a bohemian air, and in his hands a banner with a motto drawn in the colors of the rainbow, in the middle of a crowd, fighting for the right to equal marriage and the end of the discrimination to which LGBT+ people are subjected in their nation, or actively participating in other protests against harassment and marginalization carried out by executives in the Thai entertainment industry.
Perhaps this way, Aam, as he likes to be called, was more similar to his film work, because Anusorn Soisa-ngim is not dedicated to teaching logarithmic equations to inattentive teenagers: his job is to be a Thai iconoclast or, what is the same, one of the most unique authors of contemporary world cinema.
From his beginnings on the big screen as a screenwriter and director, Aam showed his ways as an original creator. With great artistic skills and indie creation, he says what he thinks and, above all, tells the truth.
Eternal nonconformist and controversial to the core, but never apologetic, few filmmakers can boast in their entire careers the significance of the titles they have delivered from 2012 to date. His debut was with 'Present Perfect', a short film made during his university years, in which he filmed a story related to himself, which would be taken up five years later in a film with the same title, with which he set out to bring back to Toey and Oat, his main characters, with the aim that the audience enjoyed his realistic perspective on what he believes about love, and with the key message that if you think in a new and different way, sometimes it is much better than you expect.
It would then be followed by the films 'Bangkok Dark Tales' (2019), and 'There Is No Space for Me' (2014), the three seasons of '2moons: The Series' (Mello Thailand, 2019), the documentary 'BL Broken Fantasy ' (2020), the feature film 'Present Still Perfect' (with which the cycle momentarily closes, but another installment is planned), the film series 'Call It What You Want' (GagaOOLala, 2021), which includes 'It's Complicated', and the film series 'Till the World Ends', the latter two from 2023.
Their creations share a taste for telling realistic stories that reflect their own lives, or about how they wish society was, how they wish people would treat each other. Despite the stylistic variations between each work, one cannot escape the feeling that they point to the same essences, convictions, fears, securities, philias and intimate worldviews of the author. As if Anusorn Soisa-ngim created a portal to his mind through his filmography, because the Thai director believes in the power of telling stories, in creating content that speaks to people, that makes them feel, think and question . He ultimately believes in being unapologetically himself, no matter what the industry says.
His journey has not been easy. After graduating in 2014, the filmmaker dove headfirst into the world of glitz and glamor that is the entertainment industry, only to discover that it's more about who you know than what you can do. But here's the kicker: Instead of following their rules, Anusorn Soisa-ngim made his own. And that provoked the anger of the hierarchy.
Inspired by real events, 'Call It What You Want' reflected the pressure of the BL industry on artists: plastic surgery, strict diets and, worst of all, the suffering to which young actors are subjected when they are harassed by film producers series, in addition to the need to keep the relationships between many of the protagonists of these dramas a secret from the company and fans. This meant an attempt to silence him.
Being banned from the entertainment industry has meant for him that he is not chained to having to follow guidelines, so he can break the rules and, although he does not have money for his creations, he has been able to push the limits and create art that really means something, without fear that it may generate controversy.
Aam's cinema has as many tricks as a conjurer. Characterized by telling real, raw stories full of passion, his works are about people, life, struggles and triumphs, and that is what makes them unforgettable. His creations go from laughter to horror as they reflect the sexual harassment of young actors by executives in the entertainment industry, or the promises that giving them their bodies would guarantee them entry to Earthly Paradise; but perennially having as its main theme the romance between boys.
Always trying to be himself and, at the same time, trying to understand what the fans really want to see.
Away from fiction, but about it, in the documentary 'BL Broken Fantasy' he addresses the behind-the-scenes of BL. Starring Bright and Win, the protagonists of the famous BL 'Still 2gether', Anusorn Soisa-ngim himself and a group of directors, producers, actors and scriptwriters of the genre, including Aof Noppharnach, Vachirawit Chivaaree and Metawin Opas-iamkajorn, try answer questions such as: Where does the BL series come from? Why are Yaoi fangirls devoting themselves physically and financially to BL?
Revered in 2022 as the best-selling BL sales director, in 2023 he was the Filmmaker of the Pride Month. He was nominated twice for the Asian Contents Awards, the first in 2020 thanks to '2moons: The Series', and then the following year with his second series, 'Call It What You Want', with which he was also nominated for an award. Content Asia, for "illuminating the struggles of independent filmmakers in the cutthroat entertainment sector." This series of films reveals, through the lens of Aam Anusorn, a tapestry of challenges, triumphs, and eternal perseverance.
Known for his unique approach to storytelling, drawing inspiration from his own experiences to create stories, Aam has made a name for himself in the independent film industry, and founded his own production company, COM'ME'TIVE By Aam, while still He was in his second year at Bangkok University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in Film and Performing Arts.
'PRESENT PERFECT' AND 'PRESENT STILL PERFECT'
Aam's most notable work to date is 'Present Perfect', which he adapted from the original 2012 short film. It is considered the first Thai film to receive funding from the government of Hokkaido, Japan.
The film revolves around Toey, a young Thai man who, after a painful breakup, decides to heal his broken heart in the Japanese city of Higashikawa, where he meets Oat, a man who travels to Japan to experience freedom for the last time in his life, because he is about to get married. From strangers to friends, romance blossoms between the two. Before returning to the "real" world, the two men have to pick up the broken pieces and rebuild them.
Starring Kritsana Maroukasonti as Oat and Tonawanik Adisorn as Toey, for her 2017 debut, Aam Anusorn Soisa-Ngim drew on him own experiences to tell this romantic story that will take the viewer on a moving journey as the characters follow the simple quest of love The encounter forms a beautiful relationship between two men, because each has his own trauma.
For the filmmaker, recovering these characters, especially Oat and Toey, was like seeing himself.
Produced by Nuttachai Jiraanont, Tanwarin Sukapisit and Chen Rong Hua, the film won the Best Film Award at the Amsterdam LGBTQ Film Festival in the Netherlands and was screened at many film festivals around the world, including the World Festival Bangkok Film Festival, the Serile Filmului International Gay Film Festival, Romania, and the Western Visayas Film Festival, Philippines.
Then, the film ended inconclusively, in the airport scene in which both young people have to separate. The director faced a dilemma, when one is about to accept or delete the other's friend request. And he chose to just leave it there, because he wanted people to create their own ending. "Those were those times, in 2017, when gay marriage was something we didn't talk about in Thailand," he told the press at the time.
While 'Present Perfect' is more realistic and intended to be true to life, 'Present Still Perfect', released on March 12, 2020, offers a more idealistic view of same-sex relationships in modern Thailand, while the A pair of former lovers reunites once again on the remote island of Koh Kood.
Four years after what is told in 'Present Perfect', Toey meets Oat at the airport and all his pain returns. In an attempt to cope with her pain, he decides to travel to Koh Kood where he meets Jane (Darina Boonchu), the guesthouse owner who recently discovered that her husband was having an affair, and Kenta (Ryota Omi), a traveler from Japan who was staying at his house.
The peace and beauty of the island brought Toey joy again, but he knew he couldn't ignore her feelings for Oat forever. Until one night he receives a message from Oat about how much he missed him. Toey responds by stating that he loves him too, because deep down being with Oat is all he wants, but he is cautious, knowing that his love is forbidden. The next morning, Oat appears on Koh Kood. Now Toey has to decide whether to follow his heart and rekindle his relationship with Oat or let him go since they can never truly be together.
'Present Still Perfect' is more about how Aam wishes society was. With his dream of getting married one day still unfulfilled, the filmmaker needed his dream to come true, at least on screen. For this reason, he did not hesitate to see his characters triumph in love. "I feel like I'm already married, even though that's not the truth. So yeah, the reason I keep coming back to these characters is because I want them to be successful in love, and ultimately they were."
The sequel to 'Present Perfect' makes a clear statement in favor of same-sex marriage.
And if on the one hand, the film has contributed to changing mentalities and making visible people from the LGBT+ community and their struggles for the legalization of same-sex marriage in Thailand, it also leaves another clear message: the act of letting go, the act of forgiving. If your husband is gay and you already knew it because you have been with him for years, you have to learn to let go and accept the truth.
In 2018 he did not have the budget to film the second part because no one supported him. Then one of his fans suggested, "Why don't you go to Indiegogo.com and then do some crowdfunding?" And after a lot of thinking: "Who is going to pay me the money? I'm a nobody. Nobody cares about me. Why do I have to?", he discovered one day that he had enough money to embark on that other trip. .
On the other hand, much of 'Present Perfect' and its sequel deal with cultural differences. In 'Present Still Perfect', for example, a Japanese character explains how in Japan it is considered disrespectful to let an old woman take her seat on the bus.
However, what is truly extraordinary is the cinematographic wrapping of these topics in films and series that leave the unmistakable feeling of being unique.
This, and no other, is the key to Anusorn Soisa-Ngim's exceptionality. If we look closely, the themes are not different from those of hundreds of authors, many of them also Thai, no matter how much personal quirks are sought in their work. However, his way of conceiving stories on celluloid has such a singularity that there is no other choice but to applaud and applaud him, like the magician who has just pulled a white rabbit out of his hat.
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Final Still Perfect
C'est un bonheur de revoir le couple ToeyXOat se reformer. Je n'ai rien contre les non happy ending mais celle de Present Perfect était vraiment injuste, mon petit cœur s'était brisé !Cette suite est non seulement attendue mais en plus elle est formidablement réalisée et jouée. Notre couple lead est formidable comme toujours et on retrouve le même style de personnage que Yumi en la personne de Jen, aussi déjantée, aussi rigolote mais qui sait parler sérieusement quand il le faut.
Le personnage de Namwhan m'a bluffée dans son acceptation et son attitude bienveillante et compréhensive, si plus de gens réagissaient comme cela, le monde aurait bien moins de problèmes. Ici, pas de discours sur : "c'est pas normal", "tu n'es pas normal", "depuis quand ?", etc... Les choses sont comme ça et on s'adapte.
Alors, attention, le film est particulièrement émouvant, donc n'oubliez pas la boîte de mouchoirs (même quand ça finit bien, si c'est émouvant, j'ai une petite larme). Il y a beaucoup d'émotions certes, mais aussi beaucoup d'amour et de l'humour ! Sans trop spoiler, la scène du geste hyper romantique (digne des plus grande RomCom) avec la course en scooter, la musique qui s'emballe et... c'est la panne, j'étais par terre !
Je conseille vivement de se faire les deux films à la suite car il ne vont pas l'un sans l'autre comme notre petit couple si craquant.
Maintenant, à vous de vous faire votre avis.
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My Unexpected Reaction
This sequel film gives us the ending we had hoped for in the first film, but I was left unsatisfied. While I enjoyed the first film, it did occur to me that Oat (Kritsana Maroukasonti) essentially raped Toey (Tonawanik Addison). He also told him several lies for his own selfish ends. Now Oat is back to fulfill his selfish needs at the expense of his wife and child. This makes him a pretty unlikable character. After four short years Oat's boyish looks have also faded. He's disfigured his body with excessive tatoos to the point that it's an unpleasant distraction. They should have reworked all the shirtless scenes to cover up his torso. A new character, Kenta (Ohmi Ryota), creates most of the interest in this long winded, padded epic. I began rooting for Toey to forget about unlovable Oat and get together with this new kid. Oat had made his life choices so he needed to take responsibility for them. Toey should have realized Oat was no good and when Kenta came along, he was the one to fill that void for a soulmate. Well, a work of fiction is whatever the audience wants to take away from it so that's the rewrite I've made in my own head. I am going to look for other films with Ohmi Ryota in them, but I'm done with Toey and Oat.Vond je deze recentie nuttig?
