Sing in Love (2022)

Yes im in pain and might need to get admitted in mental hospital later

Alright, so this was a movie that touched my heart and want to me to jump up and down all day, heck yes this is messed up but i like it, The ending broke my heart, also the backstory of Kai,, these made my heart break down, but at the beginning of the movie, i was actually getting crazy because it was too messed up, tottaly not worth watching because im mad human now?? ok maybe im no longer a human, but reminder: watch at your own risk of breakdown
now i need more messed up dramas, pls suggest me if u can and thank you for reading if u did, and tomorrow my last day here, im going to mental hospital

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Not really a BL but rather a strong, raw and brutal psychological story with a lot of trauma

This movie is very difficult to describe: it is about a very traumatic event happening to a school teacher as his life falls literally into pieces. It is raw, brutal and violent in addition of featuring a community of outcasts and a darker side of the Japanese society. It confronts the viewer to the ugliness of the reality of dealing with abusers and how it is difficult to receive proper help to heal as well as to find justice and peace. In term of story, I was pretty impressed by the choices made by the screenwriter. Pacing could have been a bit better, especially toward the ending.

The acting was good overall: especially regarding the two main characters. I would have expected maybe a bit more from the secondary casting who did ok but where in some case it could have been stronger (especially when comparing with what the main leads were providing). Even at the level of the two main male leads, it could have been even stronger but they did a very good job given the raw scenes in which they were acting.

The music is pretty central in a way to the film. It is super interesting to see how poetry, language and then rap and music are used to deal with trauma and as part of the healing process. The filmmaking was great: it had an indie vibe totally fitting the scenario, with some camera movements giving an angsty vibe which brought me shivers.

I would recommend this to people looking for a strong psychological story with a thriller / dark side and involving very traumatic events happening to the characters. It is completely gripping and gut-wrenching. This film is full of triggers, shocking scenes and very graphic: be mindful and check the tags (or even maybe the spoils if you want to make sure this is a movie you will be able to digest).

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An Ending That Feels Like It Was Just There To Shock You

I want to give a brief overview of this movie, because I did enjoy watching it, but there were a few key points that made it more difficult for me to watch:

Some points I liked:
- It shows an insight in how rape victims (try to) overcome the aftermath of being sexually assaulted. It feels painfully realistic, which makes this all the better. Do note that this can be triggering for some to watch, due to the storyline.
- This is one of the few instances where I can condone a teacher-student relationship, because the teacher had no idea the student was his student until the very end. It was very well made in that sense. No creeps in the main relationship.
- The storyline with the main character's wife is wrapped up in the end, when usually it is just left there to hang. It was nice seeing her again and that they parted amicably.
- The main actors acted incredibly well, especially considering Endo Kenshin (Kai) was 20-21 when this was made.
- The two main characters kiss well. I've seen a lot of kisses in dramas, both straight and gay, and these two actors kiss really well.
- Just in general; The two main characters had really good chemistry.

Some points I disliked:
- The ending. It alone made me take off half a point from my rating. As the headline suggests, I feel like it was more there to shock you than anything else. The ending didn't add any value to watching the movie. My suggestion: watch the movie until 1:50:25 and you won't be traumatised by nonsense.
- Jin assaults his wife, and it is not mentioned ever again.
- Jin basically ignores the fact that Kai did a background check on both him and his (ex-)wife after they get closer. It is barely an issue.
- A lot of the characters weren't very fleshed out. The only ones were the two main characters and even then I feel like Kai still has a lot of mysteries.
- For a movie that has rap as one of its key centre points, the rap in this movie was honestly subpar. Jin's rapping also felt more like slam poetry than rap.

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Not my cup of tea....

The plot was so confusing. It started out good and then the rap just make it worst.
I gather the story is about a teacher and he got violently r****. Then his rapist came to confront him, and then he told the MC to rap???? At the end, the MC died :(. The rapist never got charged and he cowardly ran away. Poor MC suffered and died at the end. Horrible script and plot. This plot is dark and no happy ending. The MC got divorced and then he might be into guys???

!!!!Do not recommend.!!!!!! Please do not waste your wasting time watching this, this bl sucks so much.
Edit: There were many details that went unnoticed, or ignore? I didn't get the movie and was so confusing. Definitely have to analyze and watch this to get what this movie is about. Below is a comment spoiler to make better sense of this movie :).

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What The F-ck, also ignore the last five minutes?

This is the most unhinged movie I have ever seen, nothing about it made sense for the first hour and still many of the interactions were weird. It felt like we were a bystander and you see 2 people that know each other talk about something between them, but for a whole movie. I dont really know how to rate this movie but I will just put some of my thoughts here.

A married school teacher gets raped by a guy in a pig mask. Three months later, he is still traumatized by the event and gets followed by 2 guys, one of them being a guy called Kai. The teacher thinks its the guys that raped him, and he gets followed and teased with more and more. Eventually, he loses his job and his wife, and his mental state is a wreck. He lives randomly just like everyone in the shit town.

SPOILERS

Turns out, the teacher was not raped by Kai, but by an older man who is the boss of the shit town. The connection and why he "protects and gives money" is confusing but whatever. It is nice that some of the questions the viewer has were answered, but it is still obvious that this movie is open to interpretation in many areas.

Kai probably kept an eye out for the teacher because Kai liked him since he was a child. He surveyed the teachers trauma responses and helped him face his trauma. Still, he ruined the life of the teacher, so it felt quite meaningless in my eyes. Kai acted mostly self-indulgent in my opinion. One thing i dont get is why did the big boss man decide to rape the teacher? I see the connection with the teacher and Kai but not the with the boss.

As for the ending, it was cool that the teacher ended up burning the boss man alive, and then made love with Kai. It was a fcked up story, but at least there is some sort of happy ending. Until the boss man (i think? his face was covered probably from the hospital but idk) kllled the teacher and he lies dead naked in the forest. Bruh. What even is this story. Kai manages to escape and god knows what he is thinking and plans to do with his life.

I dont know how to recommend this movie. Its somewhat of an interesting watch but super confusing and does not deserve a re watch in my opinion. Still, the acting was great and I recommend it if you like darker themes in general. Respectfully, I prefer soft and fluffy BLs (this one is not even a BL), and will be enjoying them instead.

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An Messy, Chaotic And Pretty Violent Movie

Sing In Love was a messy, chaotic, and pretty violent movie. The movie has some sensitive themes that I will not say. Because I don't want to spoil the movie for anyone. But I will say this. The plot was questionable. The acting performances, music, and dialogue were raw. The actors and actresses acting were realistic. The s*xual scenes were intense. There were some violent scenes in the movie that were too much for me to handle, but I made it through those scenes, plus the whole movie. The movie was good, but I dislike the ending. The ending was sad and tragic. If you can't stomach a messy, chaotic, and pretty violent movie with a tragic ending, then don't watch it but if you can stomach a messy, chaotic, and pretty violent movie with a tragic ending, then watch it.

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Heartbreaking

Honestly this movie really is dark. I didn’t quite understand why the YK culprit would like reveal himself and be like hey I’m the person who SA’ed you. The plot is really amazing. I didn’t expect Kai to be one of the students that he taught as an intern which means he’s like youngggggg. aside from that I get that he was very harsh but I still don’t understand why Kai was doing all those things like on the side, ruining his career, etc. I really should have stopped at 1hr and 47mins, it was so happy and then you see it change not even a second later. I hate that he got killed like they had there happy moment just let it be. I really did feel numb after watching that movie.

I’m heartbroken. He had such a bad life only to be killed.

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Intensa

La película, a pesar de tocar temas delicados y estar llena de personajes cuestionables, tiene un argumento que termina haciendo que todo encaje a la perfección.
Sus factores más destacables diría que fue el formato de cámara en mano que utiliza y la música, la cámara en mano queda bastante bien con el tipo de historia, vuelve más sencillo adentrarse en esta; mientras que con la música podemos entender más a los personajes, su situación.
Me gustó que al final todas las piezas encajen y no termine siendo lo que se creía al inicio.
La última escena de Kai con el encendedor la sentí bastante significativa, aunque aun con todo eso no termino de decidir si el final me gustó o no, pero lo que me queda claro es que la película se convirtió en una de mis favoritas.

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nem tudo é o que parece

o que me atraiu a ver esse filme foi a sinopse ser bizarra e ser +18 isso já me despertou o interesse, a bizarrice está ali logo no começo e ao continuar vendo você fica se perguntando o que estou vendo? mas depois que você consegue entender onde o filme quer te levar mesmo você não gostando pra onde está indo, você acaba se apegando ao principal e querendo o bem dele porque tudo é fudido e sem cuspe nesse filme, o final não aceitarei jamais PORQUE?? desnecessário total porém tem a mensagem por trás que entendo porém não aceito!

recomendo quem tiverpara quem tiver curiosidade como eu.

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A MAGIA DESSE FILME É SER INTENSO E CRUEL

Eu decidi assistir esse filme exclusivamente porque tinha dedo do mesmo diretor de "Dangerous Drugs Of Sex" que é um dos meus filmes favoritos de todos os tempos mas esse deixou a desejar.
O filme começa de maneira intensa e muito promissora, o estupro e as consequências dele na vida do Jin é algo arrebatador de se acompanhar e a maneira como o Kai e o Rap entram no meio desse momento fragilizado do Jin é fascinante.
Mas depois disso a história se arrasta bastante, é um filme muito longo e uns bons 20 minutos poderiam facilmente ter sido cortados, parece que você está vendo toda hora a mesma coisa.
A forma que esse filme termina me pegou de surpresa, visto que é uma adaptação de mangá eu não esperava tudo que aconteceu naqueles minutos finais (eu não tenho muito contato com mangá mas todas as adaptações que eu já vi tiveram um final feliz).
O final é extremamente cruel e realista, acho que essa é a magia de todo esse filme, ele é cruel e não poupa ninguém do sofrimento.
A história num contexto geral é boa mas a metade dela é muito arrastada e o final foi um banho de água fria (não estou dizendo que é ruim, simplesmente não faz o meu estilo). Apesar disso essa foi uma experiência marcante e esse filme merece atenção e sucesso.

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