In Between Seasons (2018)

I went into this film during a long weekend I spent watching a lot of films and was pleasantly surprised by how I felt about this. The story was captivating and had a very powerful message from my point of view. I liked how I could relate to both of the main characters (the mother and the friend) during the journey. I almost expected this ind of ending and yet I was again pleasantly surprised that it did not end 100% the way I thought it would.
I have to say that if you're coming to this film for steamy BL scenes, you'd be disappointed. BUT if you're looking for a film with a strong family message and family-doesn't-have-to-related-be-a-family story you've found your film.

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The slow story about the fates of three people can seem a little confusing at first, because it does not unfold in one timeline, but constantly skips a little in time. The gay relationship between the son and his friend is apparently not the main thing in this film and is portrayed very subtly. The film is primarily about waiting, about hope and about the love between a mother and a son and between two young men. About how to sacrifice yourself for a loved one and take care of him during a difficult time in a coma and not knowing how it will end. The conclusion is more or less obscured, indeterminate, and each viewer takes and guesses his own, when the son lies down on the carpet after one lost year of his life between two beings exhausted after a year of caring for him and says to himself... "I still have them both here next to me two" ...


Pomalý příběh o osudech tří lidí může ze začátku vypadat trochu matoucí, neboť se neodvíjí v jedné časové ose, ale neustále se malinko v čase přeskakuje. Gay vztah mezi synem a jeho přítelem zřejmě není tím hlavním v tomto filmu a je vykreslen velmi decentně. Snímek je především o čekání, o naději a o lásce mezi matkou a synem a mezi dvěma mladými muži. O tom, jak se pro milovaného člověka obětovat a starat se o něj v těžké době komatu a nevědět, jaký to bude mít konec. Závěr je takový víceméně zastřený, neurčitý a každý divák si vezme a domyslí to své, kdy syn uléhá na koberec po jednom ztraceném roce svého života mezi dvě po roce péče o něj vyčerpané bytosti a říká si .. "mám je tady vedle sebe stále obě dvě" ...

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It wan not a movie, it was a whole journey

which is more painful? the agony of a mother who almost lost her son in an accident and now in coma or the agony of the lover who was in the accident but survived . this story drives into many directions and open up new ways of seeing and accepting the reality. the situation they both face might not the same , the pain, the regret and guilt is the same. the mother and the lover both taking care of one person they treasure the most ,only hoping to see him open his eyes and smile again. this journey is not only about the son but also how the mother accept the lover and support them throughout .

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Engagina and Compelling

I've seen several people recommend this film when people asked for BL film recommendations. And I'm glad that I watched it! An engaging, compelling, subtle film about unconditional love, acceptance and time. Seeing Mi Kyung learn to accept Yong Joon's homosexuality was touching. Exposure leads to acceptance. Like many others, I am slightly disappointed by the ending in which Yong Joon and Soo Hyun are not together, but it is understandable. Feelings change. Time goes on. I do hope that Yong Joon and Soo Hyun will learn to love one another again though. *fingers crossed*

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Disclaimer: My review is a minority. Just because it is not my cup of tea, doesn't mean you shouldn't watch it.
Please watch and judge for yourself.

I have to admit, I hated this movie. Maybe it's just me, but there I said it and I'll say it again: I hated it. Even that is an understatement and I am being nice already to give it a 2.5.

Story: I normally read reviews before watching any movie or drama, and since this movie is really new and only had 1 amazing review, I decided to give it a whirl.
Bad decision on my part. Good news is: it only wasted less than two hours of my time. The story was so draggy, I fell asleep that I had to rewind again to see what I missed.....nope, I didn't miss anything apparently. It's like watching those daytime soaps where a scene of somebody slapping can run from a Friday episode to next Monday's. That's why I don't watch daytime soaps, and I shouldn't have watched this movie.

Acting/Cast: Despite my bad review, we have some pretty decent acting over here. I was only able to finish watching this movie because of the eye candy provided here. The mother's acting was poignant, and but not good enough to feel her pain.

Music: I fell asleep....was it a lullaby? I couldn't tell.

Re-watch Value: Once is enough. Unless I'm a masochist, I won't watch this ever again. EVER.

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It's not bad but not good either

I watched this moview 2 years a go, skiping a lot, and I hated it but I forgot about what happned so I watched it again , maybe it was not with subtitles. and now I watched it all again with sub.

It is a simple sad story about a family , mothers, and homosexuality, one guy doesn't have a mom, the other one have
For me I feel the overall story is not new, the conflict of someone that doesn't have a family and enter a relationship from the son because of the caring loveing mom care
on top of that the same trop about the mother not approving her son being gay.
and it's slow and drag trying to be artistic,

To my point of view the producer is very influence by Kim ki Duk and trying hard to be him, but it's not working, Kim ki Duk is a genius and he tell a story wonderful and slow without too much of a dialog, you understand in a way his massage,

but here you understand but stay confuse all the way and there are a lot of moments you can skip, the color pallet is the same ,and the anviorment is very cold, it feels lonely we got it already, but life have some colorful moments too , the director is probably very depressed he doesn't see anything but the dark and gloomy moments

even when the guy that became a vagtable wake up it's depressing.

Overall I think that there is not so much of this movie, the producer or the script was trying hard to tell you that everything is gloomy, and you need to accept that it's life, but it's only his narrow prespective. if you go after Kim Ki duk at list you have some shiny moments, and some meaning behind things. what we got here exactly, did we get with some insight? no, you left without and 2 hours less from you life and sad

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Confusing till the very end

*outline*
Honestly, the title of the movie really didn't fit. Even looking at it metaphorically, I couldn't see any link between the movie and its title. The movie isn't even as sweet or as blissful as the thought of transitions between seasons. It's probably the exact opposite. The title and the poster really had me fooled. However, in one way the story did fit the title. The transitions and skips will tell you how.


*analysis*
STORY : I have never rated the story lower than everything else, no- anything else, in any drama or movie before. However, the mass amount of time skips going back and forth just confused the heck out of me. The skips explained what was happening and all but it wasn't even clear that a skip in time had happened until I noticed some things that seemed weird and out of order. If only the skips hadn't confused me so much, maybe the story rating would've been a ten. The overall story was really good too, and definitely well-written if you ignore the time skips.

ACTING/CAST : The actors did so well in playing their own parts. That is one of the things I'm most confident of. No scene was over dramatized and it really felt like the main leads knew what they were doing and how they were meant to play out their characters. Usually BLs in Korea aren't 'normal' or, at least, what you'd find everyday. Especially because it isn't widely excepted yet like it may be in the West. But everything between them felt real, except for the parts where they seemed more like friends rather than lovers. There was only one scene which made me realize they are actually in love but that can't be blamed on the characters. That was really all on the director or the playwright.

MUSIC : The two tracks I remember were so good. The fact that they were very subtly placed into the movie was so well done. It's just really unfortunate I couldn't actually find the tracks but I'm sure if I looked hard enough I might be able to.

REWATCH VALUE : Because of the large amount of confusion still playing in my head about the movie, I was wondering whether to give it a high rewatch rating. However, it was definitely worth the first watch and rewatching it would definitely explain each scene must better so I gave it a 9.5 anyways.


*recommendations*
I personally think Thai BLs about couples in college and stuff would be a good watch but that totally depends on your own liking. Visit my Custom List "Asian BLs" which includes Korean, Thai, and Taiwanese BLs to see some of my watches. I don't actually give very low ratings because I believe every story has a moral and that every love is shown in its own way which may be what romance directors attempt to portray. If you're like me then definitely check them out !! ^.^

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gosh so i watched this after it kept popping up in my recommendations on here, and i was a bit dubious at first because the synopsis and the trailer make out that the story is about one boy's unrequited love for another and so i wasn't sure i would enjoy but that's not how the story goes.
for anyone who had the same worries as me the two boys are very much in a mutual, loving relationship which is exactly why this film hits as much as it does - the acting from all parties is brilliant, all the character's are real and human as are their relationships.

the story itself gets quite a low rating from me simply because i'm not too fond of the disapproving parent trope (i know it's realistic to a lot of people in society but that's partially why i don't enjoy seeing it redone over and over - i tend to lean more towards lgbtq+ stories where any issues that arise are completely seperate from their sexuality. however once the plot moves on past that it's a beautiful story about people coming together for their love of one person.

this leads me on to the end of the drama which broke my heart, it was so quietly sad but it's never explicity stated as to why (it's not a bad ending i wouldn't say, but it left me feeling empty afterwards when you consider what the character's have gone through to end up there.

overall it's a beautifully made film that i absolutely recommend watching but i would never be able to rewatch it again simply because it does its job so well by hitting so hard.

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