Subbed: 舍不得星星 You Are My Lover Friend trailer 1 + So Close gifs

[halfcactus]

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I actually subbed this entire thing on my phone and then my phone crashed and I apparently lost my draft, so I had to redo it on my computer which was 1) faster, 2) srt-friendly.

Fun facts: Wang Yuwen and Zhang Xincheng are real-life childhood friends (I haven't been keeping up with their promos, but the ones I've seen have been a lot of fun, though unshippable because of the sibling energy), and Zhang Xincheng and Guo Yunqi are college buddies. And IIRC this is the one where the Young Blood cast has a cameo?

Also just rewatched So Close, which was gayer than I remembered, I guess because a lot of Karen Mok's character's moments flew over my head when I was younger. This movie was really formative for me in spite of me only having seen it once. Assassin sisters, all-woman cast with extended fight scenes, enemies to lovers... what's not to love? (Okay, the shot of Karen Mok in her underwear was unnecessarily male gaze-y as neither of the sisters was around to witness it.) (And they appear to have spent all their music budget acquiring Close to You because the BGMs are so repetitive... The clubbing scenes are dreadful.)

Anyway I made a bunch of GIFs.


Shu Qi gifsets (please appreciate her tear-away suit)


Zhao Wei x Karen Mok gifsets (yes they kiss)

Comments

[douqi]

I watched All About Love with Sandra Ng and Vivian Chow recently, which I enjoyed. Since I was going through a Sandra Ng kick, I also watched Portland Street Blues, which is basically an old-school gangster movie with all that entails (also features Shu Qi). I also, fairly recently, watched Cafe. Waiting. Love mainly for Megan Lai playing a lesbian, and that was quite entertaining in an absurdist way. Oh, and Peony Pavilion, which basically has Joey Yung and Rie Miyazawa as a butch/femme couple.

There are things I vaguely remember seeing bits of when I was much younger and would like to rewatch: New Dragon Gate Inn, The Heroic Trio, Tsui Hark's Green Snake, the He's a Woman, She's a Man duology, and probably more things that aren't coming to mind at the moment. I may do a deep dive into Brigitte Lin's filmography at some point because I'd like to find out how she went from doing the classic ingenue role in Outside the Window to... playing a super martial artist who just happens to be a trans woman in Tsui Hark's Swordsman series.

[halfcactus]

Thank you so much for the detailed list!

I've had He's a Man She's a Woman on my to-watch list forever, but I didn't know it was a duology! And I would totally watch Portland Street Blues for Shu Qi... and triad women for a change. I might also have to put Swordsman on my list (or at least the one with trans martial artist Brigitte Lin)...

[geraineon]

Brigitte Lin's Swordsman role is so iconic! Best DFBB!

There are so many movies that's only half remembered now because too long ago... Might be time for me to rewatch all the HK classics too.

[douqi]

Yeah, I watched a lot in a piecemeal fashion as and when they happened to air on terrestrial TV and as and when my parents/grandmother/aunts decided to watch them. I don't think that was really conducive to film appreciation!
I want to do a Tsui Hark filmography deep dive and a Yonfan one as well, at some point.

[geraineon]

Yeah, same. HK dramas were family time, so I just watched whatever they wanted to watch. Definitely not conducive for film appreciation (and memory XD)

[halfcactus]

I feel like that's how those shows/movies were meant to be enjoyed, though! And as a child I don't think I had any real ~appreciation~ or preferences for movies/TV/art yet...