It made me think, what would happen to japan if world war 2 didn't happen. There might be no anime and Godzilla wouldn't exist. It's just sad, but also fascinating to think, the events that happen resulted to them having such a strong pop culture.
Sex themed movies will always be viewed as negative here on MDL, hence the low rating. Yes, there's countless number of sex scenes in this movie, but it is just shallow to view it as a Softporn because this movie has meaning. The characters are the foundation of this movie, they are very raw. I love how they interact and their awkwardness at first leading to them opening up with each other (no pun intended). Ikematsu and Kadowaki are really great, they didn't talk that much but you could feel the chemistry by just simply staring at each other. The ending is a bit punch to the gut but also realistic.
Let's be honest the only reason why some people hated this movie is because they want cheesy romance between Shin Min Ah and Lee Byun Hun. LOVE is the theme, but ROMANCE is not the main point of the story.
Fast paced but it didn't sacrificed the development of the characters, everything just felt natural. Very entertaining and I love how there's no unecessary drama and over the top romance, everthing is just subtle. Ueno Juri owned this movie, by far the most fun character I saw her portrayed. I'm a big fan of her so it's nice to see one of her first movies, I'd say what a debut.
There's two types of people in the world the one who swings and the one who don't, but even if you don't like swing music you would appreciate this movie if you like "friendship themed film" and Japanese comedy.
This movie has brought something new to the save-the-humanity-doomsday genre, this time instead of finding a new planet they try to save the earth. They build thousands of giant thrusters around the world, propel the earth out of its orbit and set it to new star system lol, project was called "The Wandering Earth" which will last 100 generation. There's no heroic individual here, this is about everyone working together to save humanity. I guess it has something to do with chinese ideology, the difference in their approach, which is why they come up with this movie. You can tell this is big budget film the special effect is even comparable to hollywood.
Although with its fresh idea the movie felt it tried so hard to be a melodrama, it didn't even made me teary eyed because it was forced. The movie is also predictable if you're used to sci fi films. This movie has so much hype that made me believe it would be interstellar level but no it's not even close.
Performance of the actors are really good especially the main actress, Shinobu Terajima, she's really magnificent in this role of middle aged woman desperate for love. The film seems it's a culture clash comedy at first until it removed its mask and reveal its darker but human side. It is about people who are carrying their own burdens, people looking for a place(someone) to feel comfort, or just for a simple HUG.
The song at the end is very fitting to the theme of the movie like after you see what the characters went through the song would just cut deep. Very beautiful song, I love it when I discover great songs by just watching a movie.
So Sanada went from this to avengers end game? I hope he go back doing asian movies he's wasting his time in hollywood with that terrible typecasting they are doing to him.
Great chemistry between Asano and Kamiki, and finally I see Kamiki portrays a strong type of character, though sometimes he got picked or blackmailed by Asano's goofy character hahaha. The characters and the whole setting is cliche yet some cases and the themes tackled are fresh and also some clever twist. Supporting cast are great as well especially Yamamoto Mizuki, first time I can honestly say I wasn't annoyed by her character but maybe it's because she didn't talk in the movie lol, she played a mute character. One of the highlights of this drama are the guest roles, those are A class actors such as Sugasaki Hana, Fumi Nikaido and Odagiri Joe. The way the drama ended suggest there will be season 2 but I hope they just do a movie instead, the battle between Asano vs. Odagiri Joe would be an instant watch for me.
She aged faster than her contemporaries. I think hafu person aged faster than pure japanese, nagasawa masami, satomi ishihara, fukuda kyoko, ueto aya, aoi miyazaki look younger than her.
Tao shows again why she's considered as one of the best of her generation, dark characters suits her better and not those cheesy charactes she always portrayed in live actions. Same can be said to Yoshine Kyoko, she's not far from Tao in terms of acting in this movie, infact I think they are equals. And if that's not enough you have tadanobou asano as your supporting character playing that manipulative character, not just one of the best but the most iconic actor in Japan. I am thinking of giving this one an 8 but the ending song "Black Bird" by aimer just added .5 to the total score. Aimer is LIFE.
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There's two types of people in the world the one who swings and the one who don't, but even if you don't like swing music you would appreciate this movie if you like "friendship themed film" and Japanese comedy.
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Although with its fresh idea the movie felt it tried so hard to be a melodrama, it didn't even made me teary eyed because it was forced. The movie is also predictable if you're used to sci fi films. This movie has so much hype that made me believe it would be interstellar level but no it's not even close.
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The song at the end is very fitting to the theme of the movie like after you see what the characters went through the song would just cut deep. Very beautiful song, I love it when I discover great songs by just watching a movie.
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