#hong kong watch

[littlefankingdom]

Bruce died(?) again

Jason: Well, it's my turn.

Dick: What are you talking about?

Jason: Everytime Bruce is gone, one of you starts to act just like him, pushing everyone away, acting as only you can be right, and fighting anyone that gets in your way. Dick did it, Tim did it, even Cass kind of did it. So, this time, I will do it.

Tim: Isn't that how you act all the time?

Jason: Whoa, fuck you. You are so banned from historical drama movie nights.

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

you want a new kind of guy, fine, i raise you: the lady i was briefly roommates with in college who once smoked a blunt at a party and then spent an hour confessing earnestly to me that she genuinely preferred reading detailed episode recaps over actually watching the tv show in question

[365filmsbyauroranocte]

Made in Hong Kong (Fruit Chang, 1997)

[xinyuehui]

I never had a place that I considered home. But after coming here, I can sleep soundly until dawn. I don't want to leave again, I want to stay in the Walled City. This place will be torn down sooner or later. I'll stay as long as I can. The reason you can sleep soundly isn't because of the Walled City, it's because of the people inside it.

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (2024)

[tinyreviews]

Tiny Review: Chungking Express 1994. Lovely Feels in Hong Kong.

The one of the best experiential movies I have watched.

The melancholic mood, the setting, the quirks, the dialog, the letters, the eating place, all chef’s kisses.

I felt like I was in 1990s Hong Kong. I felt the hustle and bustle. Noise, smell, mood, dirt and grime and grit, savvy and sassy and culture of 1990s Hong Kong.

Chungking Express is a 1994 Hong Kong arthouse romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Wong Kar-wai. It stars Takeshi Kaneshiro, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung, Valerie Chow, and Faye Wong.

[kuehmiyue]

judith and holophernes

[dummerjan]

people complaining 4 minutes isn't being distributed internationally when it very much is, viu's availability just doesn't include europe and america ◔_◔

[allweknewisdead]

As Tears Go By (1988) - Wong Kar-wai

People like us don't have tomorrows.

[hotasfahrenheit]

before starting episode 3 of Sunset x Vibes i scrolled past some screenshots? gifs? from this episode and straight up thought it was pictures from one of Mos and Bank's travel videos, and now that i'm 15 minutes in to the episode i'm still not sure that that's not what i'm watching right now

a good portion of this show so far is them not even playing characters but just being themselves and in love but like i'm not even mad about that because they're so stinkin' cute together no matter what they're doing

[ceoul]

Made in Hong Kong (1999), dir. Fruit Chan

[romanceyourdemons]

we need to make more movies about wong fei-hung. there aren’t enough. we have to keep going. we can’t give up now. we need to keep feeding him. he hasn’t reached his final form yet

[mila-carat]

I was watching this Chinese variety show just to see Ricky and Zhang Hao but then I saw one of the hosts was Zhang Zhenyuan and now I want to cry… 😭💔

[humanrightsupdates]

Hong Kong: Quash Baseless Convictions of Activists

(New York) – The Hong Kong government should immediately quash a court’s groundless national security law convictions of prominent pro-democracy activists, Human Rights Watch said today.

On May 30, 2024, three judges handpicked by the Beijing-controlled Hong Kong chief executive convicted 14 activists and former elected lawmakers under the draconian National Security Law. Two were acquitted. Earlier, 31 other defendants had pleaded guilty in hopes of more lenient sentencing. The court will announce sentences, which could amount to life in prison, at a future date.

“Hong Kong’s mass show trial lays bare Beijing’s utter contempt for fundamental freedoms and democratic political processes,” said Maya Wang, acting China director at Human Rights Watch. “The Hong Kong government needs to quash the convictions of these activists and fulfill its legal obligations to protect the rights of the Hong Kong people, including their right to freely elect their government.”

In Hong Kong’s largest national security case, the authorities charged the 47 democracy activists across several generations with “conspiracy to commit subversion” under article 22 of the National Security Law. Those accused included former lawmakers, protest leaders, labor organizers, and academics ranging in age from 26 to 68. Many have been in pretrial detention since their arrests more than three years ago, in January 2021.

[intertexts]

wiwi costume....

[onenakedfarmer]

Currently Watching

DAYS OF BEING WILD 阿飛正傳 [Literal translation: The True Story of a Hoodlum] Wong Kar Wai Hong Kong, 1990

[lgbtally4ever]

BL SERIES I’M CURRENTLY WATCHING

* denotes current faves

Unknown & To Be Continued are my two, absolute favorites on this list.

City of Stars just ended. It was sweet, had a good ending.

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(Not too sure about Deep Night, but I may add Living with Him, At 25:00 in Akasaka, and Grey Shelter to faves—we’ll see.)

Addendum:

I’m also currently watching *Boys Be Brave (👍 I wrote another, short post, on this series).

On Rakuten Viki.

And now I’ve just found: *House of the Dark Shadows, on GagaOOLala, which is giving off a To Sir With Love vibe, like a costume drama, but this one had a horror backdrop, which is very different for the bl genre. I haven’t started watching, yet, but will post something when I do.

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OK—this post is going to keep growing, because I, also, found another bl series on YouTube, called Blue Boys, on the SukFilm channel (yes, it’s called suk film)

On iQIYI, My Stand-In, episode 1 has dropped.