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Fanatic Love (Mandarin)

By Golu
It was really hard to follow this film. The constant movement in two different time zones made it really hard to focus. Also , I wish they would at least show one full scene in one time scene. SO often and so fast were the switches that one scene would get completed almost in 3-4 cuts. At one point I was so confused.

Yue Yue has been in love with his best friend Su Yi since high school but he cant confess his love. However, Su Yi has hots for another boy Bai Yu, who doesn't reciprocate his feelings. Tired of seeing the person he loves suffering, Yue Yue makes a deal with Bai Yu in order to make him agree to go out with Su Yi, offering him money to pay for the medical costs of his sick mother. Bai Yu starts a relationship with Su Yi based on lies, but soon Bau Yu disappears without giving any explanation. Three years later, Bai Yu reappears and Su Yi tries to resume his relationship with him, much to the chagrin of Yue Yue, who has not yet managed to confess his feelings for his friend. Meanwhile, Yue Yue's younger sister plans with the help of Bai Yu to have her brother confess to Su Yi by having them participate in a new virtual reality game called "Fanatic", which was being developed by her company. Eventually circumstances in the game lead to Yue Yue confess his love for Su Yi, who is totally surprised but understandably the two lovers finally unite.

The whole idea of the game and virtual reality etc was a little too much to handle. There is only so much someone should go into the fantasy land. It would still have been ok , had they not made the sister become a man in the game. We see why Yue Yue made a deal with Bai Yu, but even after the end I am not very sure what deal did his sister make with him. Was it for him to disappear to allow Yue Yue to confess his feelings? Maybe! Acting wise Bai Yu was ok but Su Yi was so over the top, I almost laughed and rolled my eyes so many times. His body language was bad and loose. Its hard to explain. You will know when you see it. The film would have been much better had they gone into flashbacks only a couple of times, but the constant back and forth for such a narrative almost every 3-4 minutes was getting on my nerves. Yue Yue's sister was the only saving grace of the entire film. Rest everything was a little overboard for my tastes.

This is definitely not the worst film I have seen, but its not the kind I wanna see. The premise was nice and could have made for a very warm love story with the right screenplay. (3.5/10)
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