Diving Into Love (2021)

A cute but simple series with an even simpler story, where I would especially highlight the nice music and processing, where beautiful shots of Mindanao appear more often. Actors average but nice to watch, I was impressed by Axel Torres and Shan Vesagas. A rushed ending to how the story unfolded. For a pleasant afternoon, I advise those who can pinoy production.


Roztomilý, ale jednoduchý seriál s ještě jednodužším příběhem, kde bych vyzdvihl především fajn hudbu a zpracování, kdy se častěji objevují nádherné záběry Mindanaa. Herci průměr, ale bylo příjemné se na ně dívat, zaujali mě Axel Torres a Shan Vesagas. Uspěchaný konec na to, jak se příběh vyvíjel. Na příjemné odpoledne těm, kteří mohou pinoy produkci, dopoučuji.

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Had Potential and Then Took a Nosedive

Content Warnings: none

Overall: small budget production with a realistic story that had promise but ruined the ending

What I Liked
- the 2 main guys say what their sexual orientations are and their preferred pronouns (Sam is gay and Andrea is bisexual with an ex-girlfriend who is a trans woman)
- Sam and his ex actually have a mature conversation/resolution
- the beachy vibe/location
- for being low budget, the production value was decent, subs had some errors but very understandable with 1 exception at the end

Room For Improvement
- the pacing was a bit slow
- Sam's ex's stupid "plan" to get Sam back
- episode 7 doesn't make much sense since Andrei seemed very romantically interested in Sam, but then did a 180.
- the final episode (6 minutes and a large chunk of flashbacks) was very confusing. It says "1 year ago" but I think they meant "1 year later." We see Andrei driving and talking about going to a wedding of someone he loved so I assumed it's Sam's wedding, but maybe it's his ex-girlfriend's wedding??? Then Sam has flashbacks about how it was the wrong time then and he concludes by saying it's the right time now and the visuals are Sam & Andrei getting married? Then Andre has the happiness jar in the car and says 'maybe.' Finally, there is a scene where Andrei gives Sam the jar and they hug. WTH???? They should have gotten together in episode 7 and then done a 1 year flash forward with a nice wedding in episode 8.

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