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Perfect Propose (2024)
My New Favorite Japanese BL
I loved this. Short and sweet. Definitely one of the better ones I've seen and may even be my favorite Japanese BL. It was well-written and well-directed. The casting was great: two actually good-looking actors with great on-screen chemistry. The acting was good, too; there were still some awkwardness here and there, especially in intimate scenes (BL guys just never quite know what to do with their hands, do they?), but overall, it was some pretty solid acting from the whole adult cast. I made the mistake of reading the manga halfway through the series run because I got impatient with the weekly release. It was a mistake because I robbed myself of the otherwise worthwhile experience of going in blindly and being pleasantly surprised by all the good things that a well-done show can offer. While I loved the manga and this faithful live action adaptation, I really think I would have enjoyed this a lot more if I didn't have the source material in my head as I watched it. Nevertheless, I loved the series and I can't wait to rewatch it in one sitting this time.
The Zone of Interest (2023)
The Vines Will Grow and Cover It All
A family bathes in a lake. They have a baby and servants and a dog. They live in a big house with a paradise garden and a pool. The husband calls home to his wife to tell her the news of his promotion. He is very good at his job. He thinks the ring crematorium is definitely the answer and he's looking to have it patented. He decorates the entire camp with lilacs. He wants his wife to tell the children he's coming home. He reads the little girl her bedtime stories, a fairy tale where the evil witch gets cooked alive as punishment for her horrible deeds. The wife - the Queen of Auschwitz - takes good care of the children, the house, and the garden. It's all her design: all the planting and everything, the greenhouse, the gazebo at the end. The ash in the fertile soil makes the flowers bloom in full color: yellow as sun, blue as sky, red as blood. She has tea with the wives in the kitchen. They talk about an ermine fur coat, a dress from Canada, a little dress that wouldn't fit, and a diamond in a toothpaste. She gives dresses to the servant girls, too, but only one each. Her mother tells her she's really landed on her feet. The husband and the wife are living how they dreamed they would since they were seventeen. Out of the city finally, everything they want on their doorstep. Living space in the East with clear blue skies, cold bodies of water, clean air. There is the black smoke from the chimney, the bones in the river, the screams and gunshots sometimes, but the family agrees that the life they enjoy is very much worth any sacrifice. The vines will grow and cover it all. After the war, when everything is over, they will farm.