A very beautiful movie and I think it’s wonderful really. All the angst and pain. Not as hitting as movies like Holding the Man but still significant.

I don't understand?? I can't understand... I don't understand!!!!WHY::::

Maybe I'm just tired of this type of plot, or maybe I was expecting too much from a Taiwanese movie, but the truth is, I've paused this movie so many times, or got distracted by something else, that it took me three hours to finish it. It adds nothing new to the genre, and it has been done a million times before (basically every country has at least a dozen of movies with the same plot) that it's kind of hard to stay on it just for the "cultural background", which actually is nowhere to be found most of the time, this is really a movie about these two boys, and even the supporting acts could've been easily replaced by an object, cause that's how meaningful they are to the history.

This movie was good overall but it was sometimes a bit complicated to understand the links between some scenes. I also don't understand the point of the shower scene : it doesn't look like it was consensual and I don't really see what it add to the plot.

[spoiler] I wish that they had ended up together! The ending isn't bad, but I think it could have been lovely to see them trying to start smth new, even if only a friendship. [/spoiler]

Such a delicate movie. Astounding.

This movie depicts the unfulfilled love story of Jia-Han and Birdy and while movies about the inability of two people who love each other to be together are usually heartbreakingly beautiful to watch, this one left a lot to be desired and failed to hit the mark as it should.

Many scenes were cut short, there were some abrupt changes, all of which kept me from properly immersing myself in the story. Another issue was that we begin by seeing Birdy more open with his feelings while Jia-Han is more reserved and then there is a sudden switch in the personalities which we don’t really experience with the characters so it felt a bit confusing, but maybe it is exactly how it was intended to feel. The shower scene with the lack of consent was also hard to watch.

Overall, it was a good movie but there was just something missing. My favorite scene is the photo booth one which truly depicts the pain both characters were going through and is very moving. The final scene of them just walking around and singing is also such a bittersweet moment coupled with the amazing theme song.