The Blue Hour (2015)

The only thing that is clear is the darkness

This movie is one of those movies that starts off making you oddly confused and may not keep you on your toes but will definitely keep you wondering and confused all the way till the end...

The filming is dark and beautiful the angels, the locations, the colors very artistic beautiful and dark, dark, so dark... At times a bit disgusting too but mostly dark...

Though I am still confused about what I watched the acting was very convincing and yep they made me confused... but in a talented kind of way....

There are not a lot of lines in this movie and the general feel is more fear and outcast than love and passion even if it has a steamy kiss and fuck scene or two there is not much longing or sweetness, this is more a straight forward, mutual outcast pain kind of relationship in an otherwise very confusing and dark oh so dark setting...

So what can I say, the entertainment value for this one is not very high but my appreciation for the details, the blood, the confusion and the high quality acting makes this worth a watch, but it is definitely not a movie for everybody, and if you have seen it and are not confused the least bit feel free to explain it to me in the comment section, just mark it spoiler.

I am probably keep analysing this for a while to figure out what I actually watched.

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The film that a movie lover like me will likely love.

"The Blue Hour" is one of the movie that I put on the same category as "Atonement" (2007). It has become one of some of my favorite movies. I don't know about you guys but foe me, I already know after the first watch about the mystery that evolve around Tam. And then, for the second watch, I start collecting and understanding the information hidden from the scenes in the movie (the mold, the dumpster, the drowning scene, the dust flying in the sky) and I realize that the producer and writer of this movie is indeed a genius.

A superb acting from Gun and Oab. I always admire these two acting skills. They can do any genre like for real.

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Read it only if you don't get what the movie is about after watching it.



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Phum is not real and the movie is about Tam, his psychotic episodes and the wrong deeds that Tam did without being 100% conscious about it.

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to anyone actually reading my review…PLS IGNORE ALL MY TYPOS !!!

so this film actually took me a solid day of reflection to understand. maybe it wasn’t the MOST exciting movie but this is a (low-budget) masterpiece. i’ve heard really negative things about this film but i think a large part of that negativity simply comes from people not understanding the film. i actually kinda hated it right when it ended, but, fast forward a day…i’m obsessed.

STORY:
genius. incredibly confusing but it a great way. it starts out and u think it’ll be a little high school romance, but about half way through, the confusion hits and then u have no idea what’s real or not.
i strongly believe tam has some kind of identity disorder or has schizophrenia. he himself has no clue what all he’s done. throughout the film, from tams POV (also the viewers) he is the victim in this story. but at the end, i think it finally hits him that he’s the reason behind everything.
my theory: i unfortunately believe phom isn’t even real. i think he is some typa hallucination or tam’s “alter ego”. one reason i think this is because the only time phom is shown is with tam. phom doesn’t exist without tam. and i actually believe tam realized this in the very last scene but i don’t think he cared because i think as long as he got to be with phom, he was happy.

CAST:
gun atthaphan. sooo obviously it’s a 10/10…i don’t even think i need to say any more.

MUSIC:
ok so the soundtrack was basically non-existant but the silence itself was able to say more than i think any music could’ve. it also just made the movie feel incredibly realistic and i think it was a genius move made by the production team.

i doubt anyone is actually gonna read this lmfao but i just needed some place to sort out/ share my thoughts:) bye bye now

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Not a typical story

The first part kept me interested, but it actually mislead me into labelling it a certain way and have expectations of what the movie should be, when in actuality it's a story with a lot of symbolisms. I appreciate it for what it is and usually this kind of stories are within my tastes, but with this one I didn't manage to connect all the way. Maybe, the way it was presented didn't do the trick for me. If you watch it once you'll certainly need to give it another try to interpret the scenes.

The scenery, was beautiful and the acting worth watching.

I do not recommend the story to someone who expects a regular movie formula. If you are into more unconventional movies, then check it out, otherwise you'll get tired.

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Not for me...I found it boring and difficult to connect with the story

Unfortunately, I was disappointed by this movie. It is for sure pretty slow and does not commit to one obvious genre. It is not really a BL, not really a queer coming of age story, neither a thrilling horror film...It is not really a default to be ambivalent in terms of genre but here really it is super strange and I'm still not sure what I have seen or if I really understood the intentions of the screenwriter.

It does not help also that the film has a really contemplative feel with the camera really taking its time...It feel super slow and I think it takes 40 minutes for something midly interesting to happen. It has a strong indie feel but not necessarily in a good way: the characters are litteraly living through miserable sets: the decors for sure have a purpose in the context of the story but their poverty really does not entice more the viewer...

The casting was okay overall. I watched this movie for Gun and he is good in it. Not as great as in some of the later series I saw him in but it is already very clear how skilled he is. His presence elevates for sure the movie. I would have loved to see even more from him (especially in the more frightening scenes) but he does a good job. I was not particularly impressed nor dissatisfied by the acting of his counterpart.

I would not recommend this to people. Maybe if you are in the right mood or if you are a fan of Gun, it can be interesting to watch it...I also think that a second watch might really help to understand some of the layers of the scenario and better grasp the intentions of the screenwriter. However, even if that is the case, I will likely never watch it a second time because clearly the entertaining factor was totally missing for me...

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Un bon film qui sort des habitudes

On retrouve ici notre cher Gun, bien loin des rôles qu'il incarnera plus tard tel que Rome dans Puppy Honey ou Third dans Theory of Love.

Le film est malaisant, anxiogène à souhait, même si, à certains moments, nos amoureux se créent leur petite bulle de bien-être et de bonheur, même au milieu d'une décharge qui n'est pas seulement dangereuse à cause de la foison d'ordures diverses qu'on peut y trouver.

La décharge, ici, fait office de toile de fond de la vie de Tam, du genre : La vie c'est de la m**** mais en plus si t'es homosexuel, je te dis pas ! Mais dans cette vie qu'il subit plutôt que d'en profiter, il y rencontre Phum, qui n'a peur de rien ni personne ( si ce n'est des acrobaties façon Parkour dont Tam est capable ) et il va lui montrer comment faire un pied de nez, même dérisoire, au destin.

je pense qu'il faut avoir le cerveau bien accroché ou totalement débranché et ouvert à tout pour voir ce film. Je l'ai vu une première fois et, premier constat ... j'ai rien compris ! Là je me suis dit : "Faut pas baisser les bras, tu VAS comprendre". Je me suis repassé certaines scènes plusieurs fois et je dois dire que j'aboutis à une théorie :

ATTENTION
Cette théorie, c'est celle du film Fight Club, je pense que Phum est une création de Tam, une autre personnalité qui fait les choses à sa place quand il en est incapable, je m'en suis persuadé.e quand Phum, dans le dernier acte, parle avec des mercenaires / tueurs à gages et dit de Tam qu'on lui a "volé sa terre", alors qu'il le dit de lui-même plus tôt dans le film.
FIN DU SPOIL

Concernant la fin, elle reste sibylline à dessein je pense. Ce sera à chacun de se faire sa propre opinion sur ce qu'il advient vraiment de nos héros.

J'ai beaucoup aimé ce film, même avec le flou dans lequel il nous enveloppe et j'ai aimé aussi voir Gun dans un rôle différent de celui où je l'avais préalablement découvert.

Maintenant, à vous de vous faire votre avis.

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