It's just bad
I genuinely can't believe anyone actually liked this movie.
It somehow manages to be bad at both the drama and the romance. The only genuinely good thing about it is Yamashita, who looks absolutely gorgeous with those smiles of someone who knows exactly how ridiculously handsome he is.
I could say I'm just too old for this kind of movie, but that's not even the issue. There's simply nothing good enough here to make the experience enjoyable. Maybe the cinematography deserves some credit, but that's about it.
The characters have no charisma, the romance is completely underdeveloped, and neither his nor her feelings are explored in any meaningful way. The female lead is the stereotypical stiff manga heroine who might work on the page, but completely falls apart in live action. She doesn't feel natural for a second. Her shyness goes so far beyond believable that it ends up feeling painfully forced.
Yamashita does bring some charisma to his role, but the story is so empty and his character is so shallow that it ends up wasting all of his potential.
And honestly, if this were just a silly, mindless movie, I could probably still have fun with it. The problem is that it has no foundation whatsoever. The dialogue is dull, the characters have no personality (or they're defined by a single ridiculously exaggerated trait), and every single aspect of the story lacks proper development.
In the end, it's just bad.
It somehow manages to be bad at both the drama and the romance. The only genuinely good thing about it is Yamashita, who looks absolutely gorgeous with those smiles of someone who knows exactly how ridiculously handsome he is.
I could say I'm just too old for this kind of movie, but that's not even the issue. There's simply nothing good enough here to make the experience enjoyable. Maybe the cinematography deserves some credit, but that's about it.
The characters have no charisma, the romance is completely underdeveloped, and neither his nor her feelings are explored in any meaningful way. The female lead is the stereotypical stiff manga heroine who might work on the page, but completely falls apart in live action. She doesn't feel natural for a second. Her shyness goes so far beyond believable that it ends up feeling painfully forced.
Yamashita does bring some charisma to his role, but the story is so empty and his character is so shallow that it ends up wasting all of his potential.
And honestly, if this were just a silly, mindless movie, I could probably still have fun with it. The problem is that it has no foundation whatsoever. The dialogue is dull, the characters have no personality (or they're defined by a single ridiculously exaggerated trait), and every single aspect of the story lacks proper development.
In the end, it's just bad.
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