In the process of watching, I have always been full of desire to swear. I understand that what this film wants to express is generally the same-sex love and sincere love, as well as the choice between love and life, helplessness and regret.
However, the screenwriter and director and ability are too poor. I know they should try their best, but talent and skill really don’t come from hard work. They tried their best to make such a bad movie, haha, I’m really helpless. The whole movie is full of hypocritical, rotten plots, and the artificial plot is simply made up.
Reasons for not giving one star:
1. The director's original intention is still good, and I also understand and accept the information he wants to convey.
2. The role of Laila Bang Yashu's sister is very pleasing and is the only bright spot in the whole film.
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"The Love Of Siam" (The Love Of Siam) focuses entirely on the comradeship of two boys, but the film does not just focus on this part, the struggle about sexuality cognition is just a touch of the water, After all, love should be gender-neutral, love is love There is no way! CHOOKIAT SAKVEERAKUL, who is also a writer and director, is very greedy. The 27-year-old talented director has exhausted comradeship, family affection, friendship, and love, exuding amazing "love" energy, forming a heart-warming and sad youth growth film.
The delicate touch that can only be found in Japanese dramas or Japanese movies in the past actually appeared in "Love in Siam". There were not many tear-jerking scenes. The director showed his ability and made you cry through images, details and dialogues.
Innately, several main characters are endowed with distinct images, such as MEW (WITWISIT HIRANYAWONGKUL, nicknamed PCHY) of loneliness and insecurity, TONG (MARIO MAURER) of outer rigidity and inner softness and hesitation, YING (KANYA RATTANAPETCH) of loneliness and insecurity Loveliness and no turning back, SUNEE (SINJAI PLENGPANICH)'s disguise and stubbornness, KORN (SONGSIT ROONGNOPHAKUNSRI)'s self-blame and involuntary, JUNE (CHERMAL BOONYASAK)'s mystery and loss, grandma's selflessness and love, make the audience easily enter situation.
Briefly explain the outline of the story:
MEW and TONG were classmates and neighbors when they were children. At that time, MEW had a grandmother who loved him, and TONG had a happy family with his parents and sister TANG. Everything changed after the disappearance of their sister. KORN and SUNEE, who lost their beloved daughters, decided to leave the sad place and start a new life. TONG left, MEW returned to the world where only grandma and music lived, and then grandma passed away, leaving him alone. KORN could not accept the fact that her daughter was not there. She used to drink alcohol all the year round to anesthetize herself. Even if her liver was seriously damaged, she still kept drinking. Sunee took care of her family, put away her grief, and took care of her husband and son. Reuniting after 6 years, MEW and TONG are high school students, each with girls who love them - YING and DONUT (played by ATICHA PONGSILPIPAT). The emotions of childhood did not fade away due to the passage of time, but evolved into love. TONG finally had to make a choice between love and family...
The two male protagonists, PCHY and MARIO, have blue-green appearances, in terms of newcomers , his acting skills are remarkable, and MARIO is slightly better. At the Asian Film Awards held in Hong Kong earlier, he was nominated for the best supporting actor (obviously the actor Orz).
I prefer PCHY, maybe it's because I love MEW from the bottom of my heart! His father remarried and abandoned him in his grandmother's house. He always felt that he was an unlikable child. He was indifferent to everyone except for his grandmother. The harmony of the TONG family was something he would never get. Grandma and little MEW (played by ARTHIT) don't have much space for their grandmother's love, but the subtle interactive scene deeply moved me. When she was playing the piano side by side with grandma, grandma said something very touching: "Grandpa will be very lonely if he doesn't see anyone when he comes back. Would you like to accompany grandma for a while?" Little MEW's heart was suddenly comforted , he's not a child nobody wants, Mamma needs him.
Friend AEX said: "You are my best friend! Why do you always feel that no one cares about you?" He forgot that the friendship never left him. Even if they knew that he liked boys, and the love songs were written for TONG, August Band never asked, nor did they alienate him, they all wanted him to be happy.
MEW and TONG have their own group of friends, and at the same time express the two mentalities of young Thai people. TONG's friends, partying, dating girls, going on trips, they seem to be very lost and won't talk about their future. MEW and his band, the August Band, live a normal life. Except for school, they all get together to play music. For the future, they look forward to developing in the music scene.
I will never forget the lonely conversation between MEW and TONG.
TONG: "MEW, how have you been in the past few years?"
MEW: "Very good. It's fun to play music."
TONG: "But you live alone, aren't you lonely?"
MEW: "Lonely so scared."
TONG: "What do you mean? Scared of being lonely?"
MEW: "Like when I was young, I was lonely because I didn't have many friends. Now that I've grown up, I feel more lonely."
TONG: "Why is this happening?"
MEW: "I don't know how to explain it. It all started in the summer of 8th grade. Dad took Grandma out for a few days, and she finally came back that day... (Grandma passed away) It's not easy, the longer Grandma goes, The more I miss her. So I wonder, if we love someone very much, what should we do on the day of parting? If parting is part of life, can you let it go? TONG, is it possible? We love so much Alone, but not afraid of losing them? I'm also thinking, can we just live forever without loving anyone? This is my loneliness. It's been with me for 5 years, and I know how bad it feels to be lonely! I'm afraid it will continue to get worse." I
liked the director's handling before and after the scene, TONG, who didn't go home and didn't bring his mobile phone, was so anxious for SUNEE that she searched for TONG everywhere to no avail. not returned. TONG listened to MEW's declaration of loneliness and hugged him into his arms, as if back to his childhood, TONG was also comforted by MEW.
When MEW woke up in the morning, TONG was gone, looked at his note, and hugged the pillow he slept on. As soon as TONG got home, he fell on the bed and fell asleep. According to his message to MEW: "You slept very sweetly in my arms, I don't want to wake you up."
SUNEE saw the text message that MEW sent to TONG, went home and looked at TONG who was sleeping, finally relieved, walked into the bedroom, KORN sat by the bed, it turned out that he was also worried, waiting for SUNEE to come back.
In addition to the emotional line of the two men, another main line of the movie focuses on the TONG family. When the happy family lost its laughter, little TONG (KAO) was overwhelmed, he wanted to go back to the past, with his sister to accompany him. After moving house, no one made him open up like MEW did. He was very lost. Even if he was dating the beautiful Donut, he didn't like each other and didn't have the joy of love, he continued to develop. He was not used to speaking his mind, he was worried that it would make others sad, and he endured it all by himself.
SUNEE can't accept the suffering of losing her family again. TONG is her biggest sustenance. She wants her son to walk on the right path that she expects. When she finds out her son's sexuality, she immediately takes action to find MEW for a showdown. SINJAI PLENGPANICH successfully interprets the role of a strong and vulnerable mother who bears the pain of losing her daughter, faces her husband's indifference to life and health, and has a son who tends to be gay. No matter whether it is a one-man show or an opponent's play, it is full of drama. With her outstanding performance, she almost swept the Best Actress award at the local film awards ceremony in Thailand, and she deserved it.
Lovers can be exchanged, there can be many, but family members cannot be exchanged, just those few. TONG can't let go of his family, his parents are his biggest concern, as long as they are happy, even if he loses something. That night, seeing his father's long-lost smile, his family, JUNE who pretended to be TANG, and MEW enjoying dinner happily, this was the long-awaited lost happiness.
When TONG hung the Christmas ornaments for his mother, he struggled to hang the doll. He quickly asked his mother's opinion, "If you don't like the one I chose, you will be sad again." After her sister was declared missing, little TONG secretly saw Mom was crying in her sister's room. SUNEE has mixed feelings in her heart. She did not expect her son to say these words. She is the epitome of a mother in modern society. "Choose what you like!" TONG chose a male doll, and her mother looked at the female doll in her hand and smiled back, she understood.
The choice of using dolls and dialogues as a metaphor for his son's sexuality was finally accepted by his mother, but the straightforward TONG did not know, he had already told his mother the answer firmly.
YING is probably the most popular character after the two male protagonists. The first time she saw MEW, she fell in love at first sight. Her feelings for MEW were the same as MEW and TONG, but MEW didn't realize that his love was love, and YING had long recognized him as Prince Charming. The laughing part of the movie is all from YING, KANYA RATTANAPETCH is naturally cute and very lovable, that book of love, that kind of silly things done for love, that kind of fulfilling attitude of not loving me but also wishing you happiness, provoking People love.
MEW asked YING Wu Yingyin about the meaning of the lyrics of the song "Mingyue Thousand Miles of Acacia". YING said, "As long as there is love, there is hope." She wants to continue to hold on to hope, but she can only be MEW's good friend forever. For whom MEW's love songs sing, she can only wish, the only thing she can do is to bring TONG back to MEW.
JUNE, who is a fan of her identity, is a big suspense in the movie. There is no clear answer to whether she is the missing TANG. Just like TANG, she is also a passer-by, but the departure of TANG caused their family to fail. JUNE's departure was to reintegrate the family.
"Sometimes we give too much love and we end up hurting each other, but I believe that over time we will agree that there is no such thing as [too much love]. Even if it's been wrong for a long time, anyway We've also tried to love and be loved. Do you agree? Life often gives us the opportunity to start over and learn from our mistakes."
This is probably the longest movie I've ever written, hehe. The first scene of the movie caught my attention, little MEW and Mammy reminded me of my grandmother and me as a child. MEW recalls the scene when Mamaw passed away at the funeral and my tears flowed uncontrollably. The scene where TONG fell asleep with MEW in his arms also reminded me of my own memories. I remembered that I was not asleep at the time, and stared blankly at the sleeping face of the other party. Even though my arm hurt, I was very satisfied...
Unexpectedly, Thailand was able to shoot To produce such an excellent commercial art film, a youth growth film, contains meaning beyond everyone's imagination. The director, script, actors, photography, soundtrack, songs (more on that in another chapter), and art direction are all above the standard. I haven't liked a movie so much in a long time, and "Love in Siam" even replaced "Blue Gate" as the best youth film in my mind.
The director said that this is a movie that can be directed to any audience, and that's true! Don't miss out on this great movie just because it's classified as gay.
Open the Pandora's box of fleeting youth, there have been struggles, hesitations, and helplessness, "Darwin" sings like this: "My youth / is not without scars..." (Xiaohan Ci) Actually, no matter what No matter how old you are, there will always be times when you need to make a choice. There is no right or wrong, just want to have no regrets, even if we know that the choice is not what we want in our hearts.
Seeing MEW looking at the puppet and crying, "Thank you!" My heart clenched, the puppet was finally complete, his love ended, and loneliness followed. But the story is not over yet, we have to continue to love and continue to live, because with love, we have ties.
TONG: "I can't be with you, but that doesn't mean I don't love you!" Remember your first love? And that girl/boy you love, love, love? Even if you are scarred and die, you still have to be grateful for the journey you have been on.
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If there is a business piece, it is also
a newcomer that is close to the perfect newcomer to pick up
the contour and depth of strengthening the story of the story with strength.
"Love is in Siam" not only It's just a young gay film.
In addition, this film is also paired with moving and pleasant music to market a new group
. The virtual group that was originally formed just for the film
has become very popular and has officially debuted
as a director and screenwriter. Chukiat Sakveerakul is only 26 years old
. His last work was the thrilling social criticism satire "13 Scary Games"
. He directed and adapted the original
work. He also wrote the "ghost dismemberment" of next week's champion...
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