Fortuna's Eye

What can I say but wow?

Fortuna's eye is the perfect mix between thriller and romance, meshing together to make an incredibly unique and moving movie. The acting was superb, and the script really packed a punch, to the point that'd I'd recommend this to anyone even if they weren't into romance.

A few things stuck to me with this movie that I greatly appreciated. One was how Shinichiro approached his ability, and the struggles he faced with knowing a person's future. The movie does not shy away from the difficulty one would go through if they could see when people were going to die and explores it in quite a bit of detail.

Two, the romance was incredibly well done. I admit that I am not a fan of romance, I find the genre to be full of really unhealthy and/or incredibly unrealistic. However Shinichiro and Aoi's relationship was really well done and added quite a bit to the story. It took an interesting premise and pushes it further, as Shinichiro sees Aoi start to fade.

Third, the ending. Now maybe I haven't watched enough Japanese movies but it caught me by surprise and was really moving. I would have cried my eyes out if I could! (Unfortunately a big earthquake happened during the movie so I was still full of adrenaline when the credits started rolling.)

All of this made for an excellent movie that I highly recommend watching!

The icing on the cake was Jun's acting - while he only plays a side character in the movie, he was absolutely phenomenal and I'm glad to see him get more and more roles.

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The story is quite simple for a supernatural, romantic, drama movie but I love where the movie focused on: character development. It's my favorite thing so the story gets a high rating for that. Aside from the premise, from there, the story is not the most unique one and it wasn't hard for me to figure out what happens. That's where I deducted some points because it was too obvious? They seem to reveal something as if it was the first time the audience will know about it but it's obviously what they showed before, they just make it more direct.

Acting 10/10 from the main and supporting characters. It was great! Whoever casted the actors knew them well and that they would be amazing as their characters. Shison Jun's surprised me the most because I haven't seen him play this kind of character. And I've always impressed by Arimura Kasumi's and Kamiki Ryunosuke's acting. They were very convincing even if some moments felt rushed.

Music was good too. Im giving it a 9 because it heightened my emotions especially at the end. A lot or all of the lyrics were in English which I found distracting at first but it was so sweet and matched the tone fine.

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Dis is a tale of a young man who knows when people are going to die

If u had the ability 2 see people’s fate, 2 know wen they were about 2 die, would you tell them? Even if it jeopardised ur own life? Dis is the quandary at @ de heart of Fortuna’s Eye, Takahiro Miki’s misty-eyed adaptation of Naoki Hyakuta’s bestselling novel. Kasumi Arimura, Ryunosuke Kamiki play star-crossed lovers in this fantasy romance weepie...
As the plot unfolds, it turns out as predictable as it is tedious... But I guess I'm at that point where I saw so many tearjerkers that any mediocre attempt to move me won't budge me at all.

MOVIE - https://watchasian.in/fortunas-eye-episode-1.html

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I decided to watch this movie for Shison Jun who played one of the supporting parts but I fell in love with Kamiki Ryunosuke's Shin and Arimura Kasumi's Aoi. Their love story was so beautiful - and in the end so very heartbreaking.

The main hero, Shin, can see people's fate. Those who are about to die he sees as transparent, splotchy, as if they are already not there. It bothers him but he's convinced that fate can't be changed and so he doesn't even try to do anything about it. Until he meets Aoi. When he sees her turn transparent, he decide to try to change the fate after all. And he succeeds. But he learns that saving people comes with a terrible price for himself.

The last third of the movie, I pretty much bawled through, it was so sad. And yet so incredibly beautiful. You pretty much know how the movie must end, it's inevitable, Shin's fate is inevitable. And even knowing that, you root for him. Because once he realizes what he has to do, he makes peace with the inevitable and he sets out to do what is necessary.

What floored me was the twist with Aoi at the very end. That I didn't expect at all and when all the important scenes were shown from her perspective, I was honestly left gaping. Wow. So heartbreaking!

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Is fate changeable?

The initial premise of this movie is a little out there, but it focuses on interesting topics. Topics such as Survivor guilt, life choices and living with purpose are all explored in the plot of this movie.

The way they weave together guilt and life purpose is mainly well done. The main character shin has a hard time deciding whether it was correct for him to be alive after a major accident. I liked that the movie used trauma in this way. For some of us we sometimes lack direction in our life, but Shin's had an extra layer of guilt for not moving forward because he didn't understand why he can. I think this allowed for some really good story beats in the movie. Aoi's character doesn't quite click until the end but you understand that she was a catalyst in the movie for change. They had semi decent chemistry in the movie and it did thankfully allow the ending to be good.

I must mention there was a little bit of dialogue concerning future couple plans that I found refreshing as it was not one sided in terms of "we must do this" There was collaboration in the chat and as a movie centered around a healthy relationship, that was something that caught my eye. In most Japanese movies there's always that expectation of steps taken in a relationship and this was a nice change from that.

I do think the ending was dragged a bit too long. There were multiple end points and that hurt the finish of this movie. It's always a gamble doing this type of ending were there was something we may have picked up on all along. When it's done correctly it's cathartic. In this instance it was a little too much and needed a edit down.

Music wise the film had a nice docile score. There's a sweet One Ok rock insert song that wasn't too distracting, although it's a little too simplistic compared to their other hits.

Cinematography was smooth and had a few nice scenic shots. Nothing too eye catching. The ending sequences were well shot and well planned ahead of time. The visual of disappearing bodies was done well too.

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" Fortuna's Eye " was, surprisingly, good.

They presented the whole story brilliantly, with the start being all mysterious and freaky and, in the end, everything came together and they explained the fantasy element and the other character's views. The fantasy element, moreover, was handled pretty well and the CGI were well made. The performances were good too. Finally, the ending was unexpected and interesting. However, I did found the final conclusion didn't do justice to the leading lady's characters and, even though they gave us a conclusion, that ending was just a bit frustrating.

So, overall, seven out of ten.

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[WARNING: the rating and review I give have the possibility to be subjective due to my preference for the genres, scenes or casts]

To be honest, I already knew what will happen at the 20th minute, but this movie is really worth to enjoy until the very end. The phrase 'there's always be a price to pay' is totally right. The bigger the matter, the bigger the price.

This movie will show you the true meaning of sacrifice and love. Even though I already predict the ending, but when it really come to an end, still my heart aching and felt empty ヽ(￣～￣　)ノ Especially the scene at the railway o(〒﹏〒)o The one I didn't see it coming is Aoi's condition. At the end of the movie, I finally understand the meaning of sad look on her face when she look at Shinichiro from her apartment window.

I know, I know, I made the spoiler, but don't you worry, the story is still worth to see. I also love to see Shison Jun here although he's just a support role (^_^) His growth of personality shown clearly and I really happy that in the end he's no longer a villain (^_^)

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