Sukitomo

Last night my mom asked me to put a movie on, so I rummaged through my computer to find something she hasn't seen. I came across Sukitomo and remembered I had downloaded it from a BL website. So, I'm like, BL tonight, yay!

No. No yay. Because this movie is not BL. This is a story about a girl dealing with her feelings for her brother. Yes, her brother's best friend is in love with him, but the focus of the movie isn't on their relationships. We follow the little sister to school where she waits to here good news about her brother's boxing match, into her room where she complains about Yoshiki and makes a confession to her friend, and to the boxing ring where she cheers her brother, Tomokazu, on. Yoshiki does get a few moments here and there and we get one of those "oh noes I must protect you by throwing my body on top of you, oh, hello thar" scenes, but everything will inevitably lead back to the sister. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, but you know how when you're expecting something to taste one way and than you get thrown off because it ends up being something completely different? That off kilter feeling can be a bit off putting.

Okay, there was no real boy/boy lovin' in this movie but snatches of it, so how did the movie fair overall? Sukitomo is every shoujo cliche tied up and wrapped with a bow. So, if you like seeing something you've seen a hundred times before, then go watch this on youtube right now! You'll love it! But everyone else might want to pass on this. Aside from the eye candy that is Saito Takumi, this movie is forgettable.

The Best Type of Crush

Spring break is in two weeks! Unlike the small minority of people who go out partying, I’m part of the majority and I go home to chill. I plan on renting a few games to play with my brother, but I’m also looking into getting some movies. Now, I’m not a big movie person. I don’t go to watch’em in the theater, I very rarely rent ‘em, and I almost never buy ‘em. But I recently came upon a site that sells gay and lesbian movies and found a title called Schoolboy Crush. It has intrigued me.

This is a Japanese movie that follows a teacher who pays to sleep with a teen boy prostitute but, oh noes, the same teen ends up being a new transfer into his class. Sounds like your typical yaoi, doesn't it? The acting looks horrible and the guys are meh looking, but I have a weird love of all things terrible. I do, however, think the movie looks breathtaking. And I was all ready to purchase it until I fell upon this:

Bangkok Love Story is a movie from Thailand and it looks like a lot of fun. And that cover image, you gotta admit, is hot. I'm leaning more towards this one just because the plot sounds more interesting (and the guys are hotter). But I'm going to do more research on both films before I make a purchase. But in the end, it will probably come down to what my family will want to see.