An emotional rollercoaster of a movie
Yes, you will feel the whole spectrum of emotions while watching this 2-hour-long movie. From happy, sad, elation, frustration, you name it. It is all in this film.
I liked everything about the movie, from the casting to the camera angles, and even the theme music was good. I Give My First Love to You is now under my recommendations of movies to watch. At first, it was like your ordinary "I promise to love you forever" type of film, but it quickly shifted to addressing the problem in the movie, which was the struggle of both Mayu and Takuma. "How can I love you if I'm the reason you're hurting?" One of the questions in the movie. "Why don't you just let me love you?" Another question. It's a romance film within a tragic film within a romance film.
I was close to shutting my monitor off halfway through the movie when I thought it would go somewhere I would've hated it to go to. Luckily, my predictions were wrong, and I'm grateful it was because it panned out better than I hoped it would. Inoue Mao (Mayu) at first lacked the sadness I thought she should have, but right at the halfway mark, she showed why she was cast as the lead, especially in the last 30 minutes of the film. Okada Masaki (Takuma) did well to show that chill, laidback attitude of someone who just wants to keep loving the person he wants to be with.
Like in any Japanese movie, symbolism is as important as the cast, and I think it was shown well in the film. The stairs, the rooftop, and the clover all played an important part in showing the dynamics between Mayu and Takuma.
I gave this an overall score of 9, but I would understand if someone gives this as low a grade as 8.5. Any lower than that, well, to each their own. But this film, I would say, should be at least in the top 15%, if not, 20% of movies a person has watched, especially if you like romantic movies. Definitely would watch it again just to see if I missed anything.
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I liked everything about the movie, from the casting to the camera angles, and even the theme music was good. I Give My First Love to You is now under my recommendations of movies to watch. At first, it was like your ordinary "I promise to love you forever" type of film, but it quickly shifted to addressing the problem in the movie, which was the struggle of both Mayu and Takuma. "How can I love you if I'm the reason you're hurting?" One of the questions in the movie. "Why don't you just let me love you?" Another question. It's a romance film within a tragic film within a romance film.
I was close to shutting my monitor off halfway through the movie when I thought it would go somewhere I would've hated it to go to. Luckily, my predictions were wrong, and I'm grateful it was because it panned out better than I hoped it would. Inoue Mao (Mayu) at first lacked the sadness I thought she should have, but right at the halfway mark, she showed why she was cast as the lead, especially in the last 30 minutes of the film. Okada Masaki (Takuma) did well to show that chill, laidback attitude of someone who just wants to keep loving the person he wants to be with.
Like in any Japanese movie, symbolism is as important as the cast, and I think it was shown well in the film. The stairs, the rooftop, and the clover all played an important part in showing the dynamics between Mayu and Takuma.
I gave this an overall score of 9, but I would understand if someone gives this as low a grade as 8.5. Any lower than that, well, to each their own. But this film, I would say, should be at least in the top 15%, if not, 20% of movies a person has watched, especially if you like romantic movies. Definitely would watch it again just to see if I missed anything.
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