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I started this series when it came out. Stopped at episode three, decided to catch up on this series today, only to realize the finale was today. This was my first Philippines BL that I have completed.Story-7.5/10
It started off different form the usual series that I watched. Also, in episode six when Christian met his dad, that got to me a bit. And eventhough Christian and Zach broke up in the end and reamined friends, it is still seen that Zach still cares for him. However, I do not like that Zach and Wolf kissed, cause Christian totally did not deserve that.
Acting/Cast-6/10
This was the actors first time acting. They did thier best with the script that they were given.
Music-8.5/10
The music was truly the saving grace for this series. It was truly beautiful and moving. They did a good job in respect of that.
Rewatch Value-4.5/10
I can safely say that I am not in any rush to watch this series again. It was okay, but not something that I will watch again.
Overall-6.5/10
It was an okay story, giving us a different view in BL.
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1st Impression: When I first heard it, the series had me going for a conservative guy in the church, having this defining and enabling moment to pursue a love that goes strongly against in what he believes in and what he's molded to be by his family. All the while this boyfriend of his would enable him to push further and create a place that they'll grow without prejudice.Realization:
This series is more of a statement or pandering of messages than what you would normally consider a normal or typical BL Drama. The story it's trying to tell is meaningful and enabling for those who do capture it, but for some reason it gets lost in the scenes it should have the most impact in. I would've wished to see more of the main couple's struggles instead of having the side characters push the story for them. I'm learning and intrigued by them more rather than the main CP which is in every thumbnail or poster promoting it.
Characters:
Zach - He has the best portrayal of his character. He enables every situation that would help push him and his partner forward. He gives you this determined guy that would blindly put his reputation or life on the line to pursue his goals and that one defining moment of love. The dialogues for him though, I partly disagree because they could've used his character so much better than just a purveyor of being blindly in love with a guy.
Christian - I have never experienced a monotone actor before and if I had a list, he's up there. The emotion he's trying to put out is so out of place in scenes where you have an argument, nervous, excited, embarrassed or do I need to go on? At the start I was hoping for some conviction to his faith, a certain wall Zach as to get through but it just took a quarter of Episode 2 & 3 that has like no wall breaking moment to crumble the conservative structure for someone you expect to be so closely tied to a church. I'm still trying to root for him and the best moment I saw is when he was crying to say I love you.
Antagonist: Wolf - He portrays his jealousy really well and engages in arguments dramatically to the piint I believe his stance on the issue of love for Christian.
Side Characters - The foundation of the series and the constant push of how the story progresses in an episode.
Setting: It takes place in a Church institutionalized school that would have been to be expected more conservative and strict in policies that battles the LGBTQ+ (which in all honesty was the hope for me that this series is trying to battle)
Story: It skips parts of the story you would expect a character development for the main couple. The side characters have more depth and layers that would put viewers more interested in their story. They could have approached this way better because you're telling a serious topic about religion and sudden realizations without emphasis or basis on how they got there just puts a lot of wondering and people being left to their own interpretation on how they got there.
OST - Good soundtrack and well engaged in the scenes.
Overall, as I watch the series go further, I'm hopeful that they won't skip the progressions and developments. We need that emphasis on the message that you can't let anything push you in a box and stay there for the rest of your life. I really need them engage with some of the expectations of the viewers, because its just so frustrating to see the potential be snuffed out by bad acting, skipping plots, and unbased story progression or character development.
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Absolute rubbish
This is such a waste of time. NOT recommending.Before watching the series, I was excited because this would have been a slap in the face to the Roman Catholic church but naah It was absolutely rubbish!!! I can hear the church hyprocite church people laughing their asses off!!! If this is the thing you use as weapon against the church, then nevermind, I'm having second-hand embarrassment due to the low quality of this series, very low at that.
The only saving grace of this series is the soundtrack which is not even original to them. Pfft!!!
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It's boring BL
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Prometeu tudo e entregou nada
Já fazem dois anos do lançamento, e sakristan segue sendo uma das minhas maiores decepções em BL's.A série já foi muito esperada no mundo BL, e assim que foi lançada já ficou imersa em polêmicas, pois o diretor Darryl Yap já tinha sido acusado de exploração sexual de menores, que desencadeou uma onda de hate por quem discrimina esse gênero de série, validando a opinião negativa dessas pessoas.
A proposta era muito inovadora: A primeira série no gênero BL das Filipinas (eu já tinha visto 6 séries de lá, mas o gênero era LGBT, outro formato), justamente a primeira, seria ambientada dentro do meio religioso, lembrando que a Filipinas é o único país oficialmente católico da Ásia. Tinha todos os elementos para ser maravilhosa, bons atores no "núcleo principal" (isso é raro em séries desse país), boa produção (mais raro ainda), boa fotografia, uma ost simplesmente perfeita, e simplesmente um péssimo plot, roteiro odioso e o final foi uma catástrofe!
A série trouxe um lado negativo da religião: a hipocrisia de pessoas que são LGBT e se escondem por trás da religião, enquanto agem de forma preconceituosa com quem se assume. Também mostrou um lado lindo, pois existem pessoas na igreja que amam e acolhem sem julgamentos.
As famílias dos dois protagonistas tinham envolvimento com os dois mundos, se é que é necessário separá-los. A família de Zach, ele e seu irmão, ficaram sozinhos para que seu pai seguisse o sacerdócio. A família de Christian, ele e a mãe, foram deixados pelo pai que não conseguiu mais esconder que era gay. Em meio a esses dois mundos, em meio aos julgamentos e o amor, simplesmente Christian decide que mesmo sendo gay quer seguir o sacerdócio e reprimir seus sentimentos. WTF! Como assim? Qual o intuito de uma série BL que tenta mostrar a hipocrisia, o sentimento de amor puro que nasce independente de gênero, que Deus ama independente de sexualidade, e no final me apresenta um final desse???
Enfim... não perderia meu tempo vendo esse BL de novo, nem se fosse obrigada.
Também não indico, a menos que vc pretenda perder tempo passando raiva.
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