For Love, We Can (2014)

I just love this movie so much! I'm guessing it's sort of an independent production and low budget, but it's still really good. It does such a good job of telling the stories of the characters and makes me really care about how they will end up. There is loads of fluff and love in here, but there's some sad parts as well, so if you are sensitive, prepare those tissues.

Now, the music had it's awkward moments when I just could not understand what the audio director was thinking, but that to me is pretty much this movies only flaw. Well that, and some painfully awkward "my mom is in the room next to us and the walls are papper thin but let's have sex" scenes...

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The story was good and cute, but still serious.
it seemed interesting and worth to watch those 48 minutes.
some places were a bit rushed though.

The actors were good. I don't know them from anywhere else than this movie.
But they managed to show the feelings of the characters well. And daaamn they were handsome too ;)

The music isn't something that stays stuck in my mind after watching. It was just background music that was alright and fitting for the mood.

I think it's wort to rewatch. And it isn't so long, so it doesn't feel boring or tiring to watch it again ;)

Overall it was a good movie :)

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Very beautiful!

What a heavy topic... but it's a very beautiful movie :)
It had melo vibes and a very great message. I have lots of thoughts about it and it also made me do some research.
What I liked the most were the characters and the story. The only thing I didn't like was that it was too short.

● I have a kinda splitted opinion on the HIV topic. It surely hits very hard getting this diagnosis. But I also think it's sometimes a case if irresponsibility. Just because you know someone really well doesn't mean you can assume he is clean and healthy. Thats got nothing to do with each other. And especially not with trust. !Please guys, always use protection! On the other hand I feel really bad for them... so... I'm not sure how I feel about this topic.

● The characters:
The MOM, OMG Jun's mom! I loved her and I wanna give her a hug. She was not like most parents in BLs at all. She clearly didn't like her son being gay... but she didn't say anything and just let him be. And this was also kinda sad. Jun is more the rebellious and impulsive character so he did his own thing and they didn't really communicate. And this of course makes it hard for the mom to understand. Her social environment wasn't the best either. Her friend still thought there is a cure for homosexuality. As we saw, this is all a matter of education and understanding. But looking at Jun's character, he probably didn't take the time to slowly talk with his mom. How can she understand then? So they were just living past each other, both not being happy.

And Michael was the opposite of Jun. Very kind and understanding. He took the time to actually talk to Jun's mom and treat her as family... this was so heartwarming! *sobs*. And this was what changed her... what she said in the last scene to Michael.. really brought me to tears. <3

And since Jun and Micheal are so different from each other - they match really well together. Giving each other what the other is lacking. :)

●The only thing I didn't like was that the movie was too short. It started more in the middle of Jun and Micheals relationship so I didn't really feel the depth of their relationship... like.. how serious, how far they are. I'd also love to see the whole story of them, how they met, etc. And also I would have loved to at least see some flashbacks of Jun's childhood with his parents. There seemed to be going on a lot. And in this movie the relationship between mother and son would be extremely interesting. So it's sad they didn't show any of that.
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● The ending:
Very happy ending :)...under the circumstances that is. Showed a lot of tolerance and development.

And because I'm also just a simple girl: daaaang, Jun is so hot xD

● All in all it was a very beautiful and touching movie! Wouldn't have minded it if the movie was a few hours longer.^^ I'd definitely recommend.

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I've seen this film multiple times now, I figured I should write a review to express why I like it that much.

So I think the first thing to say is that this is a low budget production, so don't expect those neat Thai BL lakorn, but for such a low budget the overall production was rather acceptable: as it has already been mentioned, the music is so so but the rest is very enjoyable. I do think that the low budget production is on the contrary what makes us feel closer to the characters.

The main advantages of that film are the touching characters, the great actors and the important issues that are treated (mostly homophobia in China and AIDS). The story may lacks clarity sometimes, but honestly it won't be too difficult to follow.
The images are also sometimes really pretty, with beautiful lights, and one more thing to convince you: it's not too long (~45 min) and you can ealisy find it with eng subs on YouTube.

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sorry but i don't get anyone giving this a high rating - to each their own of course, but watching this i didn't find anything likeable in Jun - who is the MC. his attitude is reckless not rebellious, and we taking an adult here, not a teen - so rebellious really? against whom?!? his dead father or meek browbeaten mother?!? or the worse - a loving understanding partner that didn't and doesn't deserved what he got, in return for his love or trust.... so nah this not worthy of 5 stars, let alone 7 or more

if this was supposed to serve as a cautionary tale, to everyone not using condoms then good - cause the "i like to feel closer..." argument is moronic - closer to death more like - even though as the nurse pointed out, with medication nowadays u can control the disease and live a normal life - but lets face facts, if u sick no matter what u have once u have to live with it for life, it wont stay the same - it morphs and effects every aspect of ur life - let alone when u consumed medication regularly its side effects (that r usually warnings) take effect after a decade or two - that's unavoidable - so "normal" is subjective....

also i really felt sorry for the mother, who is not a mean - bad person that deserves her son disregard and disrespect - he staying with her and treating their house like a love-motel and i don't care what ur sexual orientation is, if ur not married and u bring every tom, dick and harry back to ur home to shag while ur parent's in the other room, that's down right disrespectful and deserving of u getting kicked out, let alone getting a scolding. but she did neither - just kept quite and suffered in silence, no matter what her son did. and she the bad guy?

but Jun's logic is off as he the one who went to meet his ex and then brought home trouble, making a show out of the whole family from the neighbor's to talk about (any Asian's worse nightmare), and if that's not enough he gets mad at the mother and runs off - even after the test he doesn't think it's right to contact his new bf - here Michel the one running around looking for this spoilt ass - why? heck Michel was a better son to Jun's mom then Jun and he understanding on top of it all, considering he also infected?!? this was sad, not sweet or lovely. Jun is selfish and undeserving of Michel's love.

he might hate his dead father but he off the same mold, and the mother had to suffer one when he was alive- now she got another version to take care off in her old age - donno this was kinda depressing and still can't get all the positive reviews regarding this movie.

the only positive i found - dude playing Michel - hella good looking - and i guess the acting was good. so one off

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