Category: Romance

Two Weddings and a Funeral

On By randomfanreviewsIn 15+ - Teens 15 or older, 2012, Baek Jae Ho, Choi Il Hwa, Comedy, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, Jang Se Hyun, Jo Wan Ki, Jung Ae Yun, Jung In Ki, Kim Dong Yoon, Kim Joon Bum, Lee Seung Jun, Lesbian Character, LGBT+, Married Couple, Min Kyung Ok, Park Jung Pyo, Romance, Ryu Hyun Kyung, Shin Hye Jung, Song Yong Jin, Yoo Yeon SeokLeave a comment

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A gay man, Min Soo and a lesbian, Hyo Jin are both promising doctors at a general hospital. The colleagues agree to marry so Hyo Jin can legally adopt a child with her lover of ten years Seo Yeong, and Min Soo can please his parents while maintaining his closeted lifestyle. While secretly living with their respective partners, who move in next door, Min Soo and Hyo Jin appear to be a happy, “normal” couple. They enjoy all the benefits afforded to heterosexual couples and are also able to ward off public scrutiny and parental disapproval. However, Min Soo’s intrusive parents begin to get a bit too involved with the couple’s life, threatening their scheme. (Source)

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Two Weddings And a Funeral is just the movie to enjoy if you like comedy and to have a sober plot/theme. The film held my attention from beginning to end. It shows to the western audience what the LGBT+ community sometimes has to do to satisfied their parents or get them off their backs about getting married. It shows how the LGBT+ community comes together as a family. I like how it had characters from both the gay and lesbian sides were acing as a family. I believe, like most of the time, when you have any movie with the LGBT+ community in it, they focus on one letter. But that doesn’t mean we got a lot of screen time from the lesbian couple; the main focus was the central gay couple. It still makes me smile to think about how the couple that got married acted more playful and cared with each other. The cast was wondrous with showing the emotions that the audience needs to feel. I will say that the actors/actresses weren’t the best at some moments, but they still got feelings for the scene. This film had several important messages throughout the whole thing. One of the biggest ones was that you couldn’t run away from your problems and face them. How they played out the main characters facing their issues of being outing was realist, sometimes something terrible has to happen to give you that push to make you suck it up and face it no matter the effects it will have on your life and others. The other theme or lesson based on the famous saying if you love someone, set them free. If they come back, they’re yours. The saying showed wholesomely once you understand where the character is coming from because of their past. The film is just something you can watch and learn from to apply to your life. Would you watch it again? I think most likely, yeah, because it made me laugh and smile most of the time. It just gave me that feeling of longing for a comfortable place to belong. Also, the ending is the best; it what I think how some straight people think a gay wedding goes. 2 out of 5 stars

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Oppressive Love

On By randomfanreviewsIn 1 out of 5 stars, 2016, Action, China, Fantasy, Gay Character, Interspecies Romance, Mystery, No Actresses Names Available, Peck Ratthapoom Khainark, Romance, Ryan Yuan, Supernatural, VampireLeave a comment

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Ah Nam is a transfer student who has a strange nightmare, which bothers him from almost one year. For some reasons, he meets Chang Ru Hao, who then tries helping him fight with his nightmare. However, Ru Hao’s family conceal the secret which is combined with Ah Nam’s nightmare and tragedy of his little brother. (Source)

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Oppressive Love is a movie based on ghosts and supernatural themes. I feel like this movie was a mess. It does have a Bl theme, but there is no process of how they got in their relationship. The acting was messy at time. It had good music for scenes. The plot was chopping and didn’t flow throughout the film. But this could be based on the fact that it was supposed to have a second movie but couldn’t due to China’s ban. I feel like the closer you find videos or TV shows that made, produce, or released close to the banned end up not having all the components that planed to have at the beginning of the plan. I don’t know if this is the truth or not or just something I have noticed about any Chinese movie or TV series made in 2016. Would you watch it again? No, the movie was a mess, and I felt like it was missing parts or just not connecting right.

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Bite Fight

On By randomfanreviewsIn 15+ - Teens 15 or older, 2 out of 5 stars, 2016, Chen Lu, China, Fantasy, Gay Character, Interspecies Romance, Mystery, No Actors Names Available, No Actresses Names Available, Romance, Supernatural, Vampire, Yuan Xin, Zhao Xu DongLeave a comment

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After being in an intense bar fight, Ai Fei gets bitten by Thomas, a vampire, to save his life. Ai Fei is then confined in Thomas’ home as he will slowly start to turn into a vampire over the next 3 months. While Thomas goes on the search for the ‘Vampire Bible’, so he is able to obtain a power to fix something that happened in the past. Unfortunately, he has to avoid demon hunters. At first, Ai Fei wanted to leave Thomas’ house. But over time they start to feel something for each other. But will Ai Fei be able to cope if he finds out what Thomas did in the past? (Source)

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Bite Fight is a movie that centers on vampires and love. I will warn that this movie is tough to find due to copyright complaints. I could only watch the cut version, and the cut part is still somewhere float on the internet. I think the only real way to find the cut scenes is to look at fanvids. This movie has an excellent plot summary and trailers, but when you finally watch the video, you see how badly made it was. This movie, I think, would do an excellent job of being remade. You can tell that the budget was small. I don’t know since this took during the year that China did it Gay banned if it just got piece together at the last moment or it lost its budget for the boy love themes. I just have a feeling that the trailer came out before the ban, and the crew had an ” Oh Shit ” moment when the ban got enforced. I will say this is not the best of the best. The acting is particularly terrible at parts, and the CGI is something you expected in the 20 century. However, having all this downward spiral of issues, it kept my attention. I wish this got remade to fix the problems that it had. It really could even go as a short tv series too if they pushed it. I think because it had plotted the kept your attention, and the plot summary is unique at the time, it does an excellent job of being a good movie. Would I watch it again? If I could find all the uncut and better clarity of this movie, oh yeah. The plot just had me, or I am still living my supernatural boy love for these kinds of TV series and films.

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Sleepover

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2004, 3 out of 5 stars, Alexa PenaVega, Alice Greczyn, Alison Martin, Allister, Amy Caron, Brett Wagner, Brie Larson, Brooklyn McLinn, Cassie Townsend, Colleen Wainwright, Comedy, Courtnee Draper, David Daskal, Douglas Smith, Eileen Seton, Evan Peters, Family, High School, Hunter Parrish, Jacob Gray, Jane Lynch, Jeff Garlin, Johnny Sneed, Kallie Flynn Childress, Katija Pevec, Kelsey Wedeen, Krizia Vega, Kyle Lewis, Laura Monteiro, Mageina Tovah, Martin Pierron, Max Van Ville, Mika Boorem, Mike Leverence, PG, Robert Alesandro, Romance, Rose Davidson, Ryan Slattery, Sam Huntington, Sara Paxton, Scoot McNairy, Scott Murphy, Scout Taylor-Compton, Sean Faris, Shane Hunter, Steve Carell, Summer Glau, Teen Drama, Thad Luckinbill, Tim Rogner, Timothy Dowling, United States, Ursula WhittakerLeave a comment

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Desperate to improve their social status, four best friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school. (Source)

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Sleepover is a 2000’s teen film that any girl wanted to have a moment of telling the popular bully that she isn’t better than anyone else due to her having a high school boyfriend when she just became a freshman in high school. I love how I remember knowing I had watched this movie in my past and told my sister to watch this movie. The longer we watch this movie, the more we more actors that are popular now, in the past ten years or just in your childhood. This film is just so funny. The writing is cheesy, but at the time that it got released, it was good. I recommend this movie for anyone who grew up in the late ’90s to mid-late 2000’s Disney. I love the fact that the main guy didn’t get about them stealing his underwear. This film is just something I was laugh pretty much throughout the whole movie. Would I watch this again? Yeah, this movie was just a nostalgia film that you come to love and enjoy.

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Ai no Kotodama 2: Sekai no Hate Made

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2010, Drama, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, Japan, Joe Hyûga, Kawai Ryunosuke, Mina Shimizu, Not Yet Rated, Romance, Saito Yasuka, Seiji Nakamitsu, Uenobori Makoto, WorkplaceLeave a comment

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Hirofumi and Shinji are colleagues at the same advertising agency. Hirofumi works in IT, and Shinji is on the company’s elite fast track. The two start off completely on the wrong feet, but as time passes they find themselves falling for each other.  (Source)

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Part 2 of Ai no Kotodama

Ai No Kotodama

On By randomfanreviewsIn 1 out of 5 stars, 2008, Adapted From A Manga, Friendship, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, Japan, Junko Ookura, Masashi Kagami, Matsuoka Rinako, Not Yet Rated, Romance, Saito Yasuka, School, Tokuyama Hidenori, Yui IwataLeave a comment

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Ootani and Tachibana have been inseparable since high school. Now that they’re in college, they live together, they’re happy and everything seems prefect. But their little world is disrupted when they meet an old high school friend, Yuki, who seems to have a crush on Tachibana, making Ootani feel jealous and insecure. Will Tachibana really choose him over a pretty girl? (Source)

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Ai No Kotodama is about Ootani and Tachibana, who have been boyfriends since high school. They happen to reunite with Yuki, a girl who is a friend of their high school years. I think Yuki was just someone who had a crush on Tachibana and just kind of a groupie of Ootani and Tachibana relationship because they are always together. Yuki kind of puts a wedge in Ootani and Tachibana’s relationship due to Ootani knowing that Yuki has a crush on Tachibana, his boyfriend, causing Ootani and Tachibana to fight, which like always has a lack of communication and hearing the other out. This film was not the best I have seen; it was alright. But I did like the scene where Tachibana and his friend are talking about what they love about their boyfriends; they say the thing people would think to be negative things that they love. It was different to see that. I am giving this movie a better rating only because I had to pause multiple times due to being interrupted, and I’m fighting some illness. Also, I did enjoy the character growth for Yuki to realize she wasn’t in love with Tachibana, but they want to have a romantic relationship like Ootani and Tachibana’s relationship. Would you watch it again? No, not really. The film felt rush for the plotline.

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Part 1 of Ai no Kotodama

A Frozen Flower

On By randomfanreviewsIn 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity), 2008, Bisexual Character, Choi Seung Il, Do Yong Gu, Drama, Forbidden Love, Gay Character, Go In Bum, Goryeo Dynasty, historical, Hong Jong Hyun, Hyun Woo, Im Ji Hyun, Im Joo Hwan, Infidelity, Jang Ji-won, Jo In-sung, Jo Seung Yoon, Joo Jin-mo, Jung In Hwa, Jung Sung Il, Kang Dong Gyun, Kim Choon-gi, Kim Ki Seok, King, Kwon Tae-won, Lee Jong-goo, Lee Se Rang, Lee Sung Woo, Love Triangle, Mature, Min Ji Hyuk, Noh Min Woo, Nudity, Park Min Gyu, Romance, Sexual Content, Shim Ji-ho, Son Jong Hak, Song Ji-hyo, Song Joong-ki, South Korea, Star Crossed Lovers, Tragedy, Yeo Jin-goo, Yeo Wook-hwanLeave a comment

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Under the pressure of the Yuan Kingdom, the King of Goryeo is pressured to produce a successor to the throne. But the king is in love with his loyal general Hong Rim. After seriously pondering the issue, the king asks his lover Hong Rim to sleep with the Queen, with unexpected consequences.(Source)

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A Frozen Flower is a movie that I think you can only honestly watch once. I will warn you do not watch this if you are under the age of 18, around loved ones, or someone you would not want to watch sex scenes. The movie has sex scenes and a lot of blood and violence. The acting was astounding. The actor for the king made you feel that love and passion for Hong Rim. Hong Rim’s actor made you feel that passion for the queen for he fall in love with her. The queen was a character you feel sorry for in the movie. She is married to a man that is entirely not interested in her at all for many reasons. The main reasons are she is female, and the king is already in love. I will say how the king and his guard meet is the standard time the movie takes place. However would not be acceptable in western and now, for it can be portrayed as the king is grooming his guard for the age is 7- 10-year-old taking care of the king who 13- 17 years old. So many people feel like Hong Rim was groomed, I see their point of view. I feel like if you look between the lines, you could see in the more adult time as Hong Rim having Stockholm syndrome in away but could be a loyal servant just doing as his king told him. The king’s word is law at that moment. However, the only way we could say that Hong Rim had been groomed or just complete loyal to his king is if we got more scenes with them growing up and see the relationship developed to what is their adult lives. But I do want to talk about the ending scene. In the scene, the king asked, did you ever love me? And Hong Rim says No, not at all. I do feel like Hong Rim was lying to do what he thinks he had to do at the moment. I mean, I can see Hong Rim being borderline Stockholm syndrome. Hong Rim being the most trusted loyal servant of the king, you are going to know things that little to no one would know. In the beginning, we know that the king and Hong Rim have a brotherly bond that grows to be sexual. You are going to be in love. I feel sorry for all three characters because all don’t get what they want at the end. Would you watch it again? No, the movie is alright, and acting is excellent. The film is about two and a half hours long and just stretched at moments and scenes that are not needed. 

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Before I Love You: Mek x Mork

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2019, 3 out of 5 stars, Full Nontiwat, Gay Character, Golf Burapa, LGBT+, No Actresses Names Available, Not Yet Rated, RomanceLeave a comment

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Often love is not a coincidence. But it is caused by friends of friends! (Source)

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Before I Love You: Mek x Mork is a short story about two friends trying to set up their friend Mork. It is sweet that they were thinking about their friend. But there are a few flaws like they didn’t even know if Mek liked guys or was trying to date anyone. The acting is cheesy. The music was the same soundtrack for the rest of Before I Love You series. I think this needs more time to developed by like 5 minutes. Would you watch it again? No, it just was not something I would watch it again.

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Episode 3 of Before I Love You Series

Before I Love You: Rain x Storm

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2019, 3 out of 5 stars, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, LGBT+, No Actresses Names Available, Not Yet Rated, Postcard Phanukarn Rattanasuk, Romance, Thailand, YouthLeave a comment

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Believe that university, aside from being a learning center Is also a learning center (Source)

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Before I Love You: Rain x Storm is the beginning story for how Rain and Storm became a couple. The story is a little over 10 minutes long. Rain does do somethings we would call crazy stalker things like drinking from the same bottle. But Rain also does sweet stuff like buy Storm food. It was a good clip to watch. The music had a great choice, and the actors did an excellent job. Would you watch it again? Yeah, it was short and adorable.

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Episode 2 of Before I Love You Series

Before I Love You: Phu x Tawan

On By randomfanreviewsIn 2019, 3 out of 5 stars, Friends To Lovers, Friendship, Gay Character, Gay Relationship, LGBT+, Meen Nattakrit Hamontri, No Actresses Names Available, Not Yet Rated, Quin Zedlerd, Romance, Thailand, YouthLeave a comment

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Believe that friend zone almost penetrates every molecule of love, but Phu and Tawan will take us out of that zone. How? (Source)

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Before I Love You: Phu x Tawan is about how Tawan and Phu became a couple. This video is part of a series, film-like episodes are seven minutes long. This episode is all puppy love, and the first crush, which is just adorable and fluff. I would recommend it. Would you watch it again? Yeah, it short and sweet, and the company itself posted it on YouTube, which is very helpful so that other countries can see it.

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Episode 1 of Before I Love You Series