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Avsar (Hindi) [Opportunity]

By Golu
This Hindi movie is a pretty straightforward slice-of-life story that tries to give a modern look at what it's like to be a single, professional gay man. It dives into how he understands who he is, the chances he missed out on, and the personal choices he’s made along the way. The director used three parallel timelines to tell the story, which honestly didn't make much sense to me. While the core idea was actually pretty interesting, I really feel like this would have worked way better as a short film considering the point it was trying to make. Still, it wasn't a bad watch. The plot centers on Rachit, a city professional, and his friend Shikhar as they hang out for an evening. Rachit is a polished, urban guy, while Shikhar has more of a "small-town" rustic vibe, and you can really see the contrast between them when they talk. As the night goes on, Rachit starts thinking back to some old memories from a long time ago. He remembers being an intern after college in ...
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Mermaid's Jade (Mandarin)

By Golu
This film was so confusing. There were a lot of scenarios and scenes put together without much of an explanation in between and the interactions and connections didn't make much sense at many places. I think I understood the basic plot but I am very sure there was a lot somewhere in between that just went above my head. Thankfully the whole Chinese fantasy genre is usually a delight to watch.

We are told that there are two kingdoms: one with prince and all whatever and the other ones with mermaids (or merman's.. whatever). The regular kingdom keeps mermaids as slaves to make silk from their body among which Jade (the color of their blood) is most popular. The people, ethically, are not allowed to keep mermaids. When Yuanshan, the chief military guy of the kingdom and friend of crown prince encounters the mermaid Yixia, things change. Ideally he should have killed him but he decides to save him since Yixia saved the military guys life. Before you know the two are having a roaring affair, thereby pissing the wife of military guy, who takes help of her brother, the prince. Some fights happen and I am not really sure what happens but then Yuanshan abandons Yixia for his own safety. A few years pass, things are getting better between the two kingdoms and the two men reunite for. Meeting. Yixia says he can never forget Yuanshan and decides to be his guard for life. He enters as soul inside Yuanshan's body which gives him almost an eternal life.

As I mentioned before, this film was very confusing. And I really don't think it has anything to do with cultural references or anything. The story and the characters were just not fleshed out properly. The film was just over an hour long. Unless this story is a common fable tale in Chinese culture that many people are aware of, this film is not easy to make sense of based on whatever you see getting unfolded on screen. On a plus side, we get to see some steamy hot sex scene and kissing scenes between the two men, which is not a common thing at all in Chinese gay movies (whatever little I have seen so far). The ending of the film was pretty random. Somehow it all turns out to be a film shoot and the two men meet again in modern life and be together, maybe. I was like WTF! The plot could hav been interesting but it was way too confusing to even try to make sense out of random events that were shot and just put together. (2.5/10)
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