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

[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...