I saw this film once when it was originally released. And I remember that I found it utterly boring, and of shoddy quality generally.
It was recommended to me again, so I watched it again with 15-years-older eyes. It still sucks.
We're given almost no back-story on any of the characters. The two guys we start with have a broken relationship, and it pretty much stays that way throughout. I've seen others refer to this as repeated a "abuse, breakup, reconcile" cycle, but I don't see it. They never really do get back together. There's always distance. Further, Ho has been been slut-shamed in comments, but although we do see in the film that he loves Lai intensely regardless of his (Ho's) actions, the story uses him as prop to tell Lai's story, rather than treating him as a human. Speaking of props: Chang.
A lot of scenes just seemed to be inserted, or extended with no action, for no particular reason. A good 15 minutes could be cut from this film without losing anything at all. And more people would be awake at the end.
I do think a better English title should have been chosen, rather than trying to rationalize some nonsense about reconciling oneself to one's past.
It was recommended to me again, so I watched it again with 15-years-older eyes. It still sucks.
We're given almost no back-story on any of the characters. The two guys we start with have a broken relationship, and it pretty much stays that way throughout. I've seen others refer to this as repeated a "abuse, breakup, reconcile" cycle, but I don't see it. They never really do get back together. There's always distance. Further, Ho has been been slut-shamed in comments, but although we do see in the film that he loves Lai intensely regardless of his (Ho's) actions, the story uses him as prop to tell Lai's story, rather than treating him as a human. Speaking of props: Chang.
A lot of scenes just seemed to be inserted, or extended with no action, for no particular reason. A good 15 minutes could be cut from this film without losing anything at all. And more people would be awake at the end.
I do think a better English title should have been chosen, rather than trying to rationalize some nonsense about reconciling oneself to one's past.