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Today's film was one long veil of tears.

On the other hand, it is one of the most beautiful films that I have seen in a while.

Poj Arnon / Bangkok Love Story (2007)

We must adjust for the genré and the culture here. Things go from bad to worse. But such is true love.

The fact that this involves two gay men is not so much the source of trouble. It is extra marital, one of the guys is a hooker, one is a successful business man with a beautiful wife and home. And so on.

I liked it a lot. But I won't be buying it or seeing it again. Too much tragedy for me. All in 90 minutes.

The love relation and the love scenes are beautiful as is the rest of the film. It is almost a travelogue of Bankok. Sunrises, sunsets, rain.

I found my self strangely unmoved by the tragedy. Perhaps because the arc is so apparent from the beginning. Doomed lovers.

It does not seem that this is one of those "they deserve" it films at all. The gays cannot find love. These guys find love and more. It is just that the lovers have found themselves smack dab in a crime film with a lot of passion that isn't going to go anywhere with the guns and violence surrounding them.

I will give this a 3 out of Netflix5.

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