K-Drama 
Anime Supremacy - I'm not sure what to make of this. On the one hand, I feel like there must be a lot I didn't understand. But on the other hand, I'm not sure it was really in there. Didn't get on with the first hour at all. Business pressure + ratings competition = could not care less. The whys which eventually emerged from the FL were poignant, but scant and cliched. Endings of the animes were moving, some of that was from the stories, some from music & reactions of those watching. Acting was excellent. I agree with your review, the women characters were much stronger and fleshed-out than the men. Did the great male director have any reason other than being a lonely virgin outsider when he was young?
I *think* part of my ambivalence is that the meaning and significance was 'told' more than it was 'shown'. But I'm tired now, it's worn me out more than any other film so far, so maybe I'll realise something more about it later.
Would be nice if people would also write something on the respective movie pages, it doesn't even need to be a full review, just a short note in the comment section, so others could see it in the future.i watch too many dramas:
With ALL the places I'm dropping thoughts and mini-reviews to encourage people to watch, that's the one I forgot. D'oh. Thanks for the reminder :)
I like them more than coming-of-age, school or family settings.
Thinking about it, you know what's missing in the line-up? A good mystery film.
Yes, you're right. They could easily have dropped a comedy for a mystery IMO. There was more range of feel in the independent cinema-focused JFF+ last year.
The two listed as coming of age that I've seen (Lines & Special8) are technically coming of age but they're really more about finding a voice through art with CoA themes of figuring yourself out subsumed into that. Could have easily been told as other ages.
Do you want to choose the one after "The Zen Diary" for me? We haven't known each other very long, but I'd be curious what you think I might like.
Oh, interesting. Especially as I've leant more towards the tags you specifically mentioned as not liking :D :D :D We Made a Beautiful Bouquet is the best I've seen so far and one I'd encourage everyone to watch because it's so well done. Quiet, realistic slice of life story of a relationship.
I'm thinking either Kimba (classic animation) & Baby Assassins (they're shorter) or The Zen Diary tomorrow, depending on how I feel. Right now I want a certain flavour of intelligent Thai nonsense so maybe that will happen tomorrow instead.
Dreamy-Nali:
I forgot to leave a comment but I wrote some reviews and share on the feeds! Hope more people will notice and watch some because I feel like everyone is mainlywatching Korean or Chinese dramas.
I did better than I remembered. Wrote 3 reviews along the way and left comments on a couple others which already had good reviews, only slacked off for the last couple and that was easily sorted.
Yes, it's really lovely to be amongst people who share this interest and have some breathing room from the K- and C-dominance elsewhere. K- is like low high low high low higher high lower low highest high lowest low high end and C- is like low low low high high low low watch me soar you were happy for 15 minutes now we're going to be miserable for 3 eps because of a misunderstanding.
Anywhere people might see it is good. I think maybe you crossed getting us in Hottest Discussions (which we are currently, go JFF Fans!) with posting to Feeds. I don't use Feeds much (I don't have all that much of a useful circle here) so others can share what they're doing with them.Elisheva:
I don't have useful circle either (I only have two friends in my list), but just clicking at MydramaList button, I was able to reach 13 people at least according to the amount of likes in the post about the film.
I found The Night of the Milky Way Railroad free as an e-book yesterday. Going to read it while the film is still fresh in my mind. Part of me thought, oh this is so romanticised and idealised but Miyazawa was an idealist so it fits.
You mean the story of the film or something that inspired the film?
The two other films I've seen so far which deal with arts and creativity (The Lines That Define Me and Special8) also echoed aspects of the art form in how the films told their stories. This was clearest in Lines. Also makes sense in Special8 as it seems to be at least somewhat autobiographical - watch for the filmmaker's early works in the end credits.
I got interested when I saw them in the festival (if I'm not mistaken I only added after I saw there) so I'm planning on watching when I can.
You mean the story of the film or something that inspired the film?Not a Camellia:
The two other fil
The film is bio of a poet/writer and his family, with focus balanced between the writer and his father. Night on the Milky Way Railroad is the title of one of his books.
That's the one I did *not* put on my list. Now I feel honour-bound to watch it.
Sorry, I forgot that you stay away from het romance. I'm careful in what I watch that way and initially We Made a Beautiful Bouquet wasn't high up my list. A J-drama fan I follow on social media had seen it before and I liked what he wrote about it so I gave it a go.
It doesn't do the things I dislike about most het relationship story lines. FL isn't cutesy or ditsy. Shared enthusiasms are central to their dynamic and the framing is also balanced between their POVs. It's one of the most equal relationships I've seen. There's something else I want to compliment it on but that would be a spoiler.
All in all, it's an excellent film. Solid writing and acting so natural I managed to forget I was watching a film during some of it. Oh right, this isn't happening. If someone said, "I'm willing to watch one het love story this year" this is one of two I'd suggest.
Need to cut this short right now but will be back to pick up more of the topics brought up.
... good idea, I should have done that. I just posted as "public". Maybe next time.
After the first hour when started, I shared without clicking the button too, I only understood days later when I shared about it again
The film is bio of a poet/writer and his family, with focus balanced between the writer and his father. Night on the Milky Way Railroad is the title of one of his books.
Ah I see, the film's name is from one of his books.
Very convincing and beautifully written! Would you consider putting your words on the movie page, so they'll be saved for posterity? If they were able to convince me, then they will be able to convince others too!
Thanks. I'd been struggling to find adequate words since I'd seen it (2nd day) until I framed it that way for you. My brain is fried (I think from the effects in Anime Supremacy. I'm photosensitive and they weren't enough to pre-seizure but they seem to have done something adverse) so I can currently write in a very narrow focus but am struggling to follow more. Will put this on the page.
