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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.
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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