In “Gameboys the Movie,” the impact and uncertainty of the pandemic take center stage.
Prior to this feature-length spin-off, the Filipino web series Gameboys (later airing on Netflix) adapted the manga-popular Boys Love to confront how the pandemic is taking its toll on relationships. I was using genre. The show will livestream his gamer Kylo (Elijah Kanras) and his one of his fans, Gabriel (Cocoy de Santos), to introduce viewers to the audience, the two of whom are dating during the Luzon lockdown. We found each other and socialized online in extreme isolation. In this film, their relationship moves from virtual to face-to-face realm.
And like many pandemic pairings, when the two live together, they’re forced to deal with the more uncomfortable parts of being together (excessive attention, when to shower, etc.) . When bickering quasi-lovers Terrence (Kyle Verino) and Wesley (Miggie Jimenez), and Gabriel’s conservative Aunt Susan (Angie Castrenk) crash into a pandemic house, their evolving dynamics It gets complicated.
Directed by Ivan Andrew Payawal and written by Ash M. Malanum, GAME BOYS: THE MOVIE does not take and execute comic situations. Instead, it starts off with a teenage soap tone and structurally feels like a series of episodes smashed together despite being billed as a movie. ) to switch between FaceTime or Live Streaming movies with characters and simple movies. But it’s at its best when the harsh reality, especially the sacrifices that people in love have to make, disrupts the more predictable and adolescent impulses.
gameboys the movie
Unrated. Tagalog and Filipino with subtitles. Running time: 1 hour 47 minutes.rent or buy apple tv, google play and other streaming platforms and pay-TV operators.