PLU Movies

13 August 2007 Monday

Ops..... long time no update blog... & kena complaint by people.... >.< .... It's a good thing... coz means got people visit this blog mar..... :)

Been very lazy lately.... 2 mths no go gym... 2 mths no go for facial.... just playing PC games at home & watch downloaded drama and movies :X

Here are some PLU movies I watched recently...

1) Juste un peu de réconfort (aka A Little Comfort) 2004

A fresh and original take on the coming out flick. Arnaud and Guillaume are best friends. It's their final year of school and the air is full of possibilities: for Guillaume (top in the movie poster), getting intimate with his girlfriend; for Arnaud (bottom in the movie poster), there's something else in the air. His sexuality emerges and with it his love for Guillaume; his desire to smell his underwear and touch his skin. Beautifully paced, the film is a perfect snapshot of those small moments in life when things can happen. Ultimately Arnaud discovers that the future is open to him in ways he never imagined.

A French short film ... just about 38mins ..... When I watched Arnaud smells Guillaume's underwear.... OMG... so bin tai .... >.<

2) Ja Lublju Tebja (aka You I Love) 2004

Two may be company, but three is more than anyone counted on in this outrageous comedy from Russia. Timofei is a successful advertising executive based in Moscow who is involved in a satisfying relationship with Vera, the host of a television news show; however, their relationship takes an unexpected turn when one night Timofei runs into Uloomji, an attractive young man of Kalmyk descent, with his car. Timofei finds himself strongly attracted to Uloomji, and when Vera returns from a day at the television studio, she discovers the two men in bed together. While Vera is quite taken aback by this, her love for Timofei is strong enough that she's willing to share him with Uloomji, which leads to an increasingly strange series of sexual misadventures for the threesome. Matters become all the more confused when Uloomji's parents arrive in Moscow and are appalled by their son's unconventional lifestyle.

A Russian film ....

3) Cut Sleeve Boys 2006

Mel and Ash are two British Chinese gay men who studied together. After attending the funeral of Gavin, a closeted friend from their university days, they start examining the crow's feet on their faces and questioning the meaning of the labels in their wardrobes.
Mel, an aging scene queen with the ego of Norma Desmond, believes life is a beauty pageant with him always the winner. He rejects the love of Todd, a provincial boy from the Welsh valleys who moves to London to be with him, in favour of quick-fix sex to fight his insecurities. But how long can he sashay down the catwalk when his eye bags are bigger than his Gucci bags?
Ash is tired of the jaded gay scene where steroid bodies and the Atkin's diet are the only offerings on the menu. He meets Diane (a.k.a Dan) a transexual from their college days with a butch, sexy and straight looking ex army boyfriend, Ross. Ash decides the only way for him to find a real man is to cross dress. Will his foray into the wonderland of tranny burrows and tranny chasers bring him his dream man?

A British production film..... but main cast is chinese... so weird.... :x ..... This movie is suitable for aging PLU to watch.... :x You will see some problems facing by aging PLU ... like hair lost... face looks old... :x

4) Wedding Wars 2006

A comic take on the issue of gay marriage, "Wedding Wars" asks the question: What would happen if every gay person in America suddenly went on strike? An argument between two brothers inadvertently triggers the strike, and it's up to the siblings to solve their differences before the entire country is shut down in this outrageous comedy that explores gay rights, equal treatment under the law, and what it means to be a brother.

See the poster already knew... this is a comedy .... but the movie does bring out some message about he gay rights issue....

5) Ethan Mao 2004

Ethan Mao is an Asian gay teen who is kicked out of his house after his step-mother Sarah finds a gay pornographic magazine in his room and shows it to his father. On the street, Ethan is forced to become a hustler for money. Soon, he meets Remigio, a teen hustler and drug dealer, and the two become friends and live together.
Ethan and Remigio plan to go to Ethan's old home over the Thanksgiving holiday (when Ethan knows everyone will be away visiting other family) to get money and Ethan's deceased mother's necklace -- which he feels is the only thing he has to remember her by. But when the family returns to the house to pick up a forgotten gift -- while Ehan and Remigio are inside -- they are forced to take everyone hostage.
The plan is to hold Abraham (Ethan's father), Sarah, Josh (Ethan's step-brother) and Noel (Ethan's younger brother) in the home until the next day when the banks open and Sarah can go to the safety deposit box and retrieve Ethan's mother's necklace. Everything goes smoothly until Sarah leaves for the bank and decides to call the police.
As the police surround the house, Ethan and Remigio are forced to make a choice about how everything will come to an end.

The movie is not taking us for sex, gay rights.... the movie wanna show us about understanding... understanding among the family members..... understanding among friends...

6) Masahista (aka The Masseur) 2005

Iliac spends his days pleasing men at a Manila gay massage parlor. Like most of his co-workers, he hails from the Filipino countryside. After finishing one particular night shift, Iliac ventures back to his family’s home for a somber occasion: his father’s funeral. But there are complex, unhappy emotions at work here between Iliac and his family -- emotions he must confront. Mendosa intercuts Iliac’s funeral day with his previous night’s experiences at work, notably a session with an author (Alan Paule, from the gay classic, Macho Dancer, seemingly passing the torch). While there is certainly a lot of young, scantily-clad eye candy on display here, Mendoza doesn’t skimp on art and atmosphere, cleverly and poignantly juxtaposing the funeral preparation with the boys’ ministrations to clients. A sexy, touching drama of a young man torn between two worlds.

A Philippine film .... I cant find this movie with translated subtitle.... but I still downloaded it... coz... ops... so shy .... wanna see how is gay massage like.... :x .... hehe.... & after watch it.... wow... definitely happening... if some one told u he went for gay massage just for massage only ..... he definitely cannot be trusted.... :X This movie oso won a few films awards....

7) Quinceanera 2006

Magdalena is 14 and anxiously awaiting her 15th birthday where she'll celebrate her quinceanara. Her world starts to crumble when she discovers her pregnancy after not being able to fit in her gown for her quinceanara. Soon, she's kicked out of her home, abandoned by her family, and abandoned by her baby's father. Magdalena is then taken in by her great-granduncle, Tomas and her gay, often-in-trouble cousin, Carlos. There she finds a new family and life.

Not surprise for the ending .. where Carlos married Magdalena.... coz the whole movie is moving towards to that.....

8) Innocent 2005

Seventeen-year-old Eric is forced to adjust to a new culture, school and home atmosphere when his family moves from Hong Kong to their relatives’ suburban Toronto. Although upset by this forced immigration and familial strife, Eric is soon distracted. He meets a middle-aged Caucasian lawyer while in the city one afternoon, and the pair soon commences a sexual affair. Yet this isn’t romance: for that Eric is more interested in a schoolmate. Complications soon arrive on all fronts, however, including from Larry’s possessive ex-boyfriend, who forces Eric to go places that extend beyond mere geography.

A lot of flaws in the movie.... parent din't inform their son & daughter about the migration to Canada.... & cheated them to aboard the plane.... izzit possible? .... b4 the immigration not need to be interview by Embassy ? .... The title of the movie is innocent... Eric is too innocent to believed his classmate will having a relationship with him (after Eric given his classmate a blowjob).... & Eric is too innocent to believe the cook assistant in his mum restaurant will run away with him.... atually the cook assistant only using him...

9) C.R.A.Z.Y. 2005

It's a story of two love affairs. A father's love for his five sons. And one son's love for his father, a love so strong it compels him to live a lie. That son is Zac Beaulieu, born on the 25th of December 1960, different from all his brothers, but desperate to fit in. During the next 20 years, life takes Zac on a surprising and unexpected journey that ultimately leads him to accept his true nature and, even more importantly, leads his father to love him for who he really is.

A Canadian film ..... a movie about family love, tolerance and self recognition ..... A movie that won a lot of awards in Canadian flims awards.... The movie title is crazy.... but the movie is not about crazy.... :x .... C.R.A.Z.Y. coz the father love a song by Patsy Cline "crazy" so much.... until he named his 5 sons as Christian Raymond Antonie Zachary Yvan.....

10) Le Temps qui Reste (aka Time to Leave) 2005

Romain, 31, a photographer, learns that a malignancy may kill him within a few months. Decisions: treatment? work? how to tell his lover and his family. He remembers the sea and himself as a child. He stares in the mirror. He's cruel: facing death, he pushes people away - what's the point? He visits his grandmother to tell her; on the way, he chats briefly with a waitress. He looks at old photos, visits a childhood tree house. He takes pictures. Returning from his grandmother's, he stops for food and sees the waitress, Jany, again. She makes a request. He returns to an empty flat - his lover has left. Can Jany's proposition give him a way to move past self-pity?

When you know you going to die in 3 months .... what you going to do? ... In this movie... Romain kick his lover out from his house (after their final sex :x) .... he humiliated his sister & he accused his father once not loyal to his mum .... he decided to face his death alone.... After that he decided just to let his grandmum know that he is dying.... his grandmum asked him why he just telling her this?.... the answer he given is she is old & going to die soon .... @.@ .... so cruel.... but actually is something else.... u may wanna discover yourself .... :)