For movie night we watched The Lychee Road (orig. 长安的荔枝) (2025), directed by Da Peng.
The movie was falsely advertised to me as a lighthearted comedy about a hapless government official trying to fulfill an impossible imperial decree (somehow transport fresh lychees from Lingnan to Chang'an in time for a consort's birthday). It started with us giggling and ended with my partner and one of my friends sobbing, and me getting really angry about the United States.
All the manpower. The resources. The money. The deaths. The injuries. The damage to nature. The enslavement of entire populations and for what? To get CHEAP FRUIT on our table? CHEAP FRUIT WE WON'T EVEN NECESSARILY EAT?? I'm like getting so angry and pacing in the living room, like we are so disgusting. We are a vile nation. Just a massive machine of pain and blood and anguish all in the service of shitting out treats
I got so mad I forgot to comment on the movie itself. Liked it sure here's an apt review
















