turtle9068

I've never played the Fatal Frame games so I'm just reviewing this is as a film.
It was well-shot and Morikawa Aoi was pretty good, but the story sucked. I'm not sure if the source novel was bad or if it's just a bad adaptation. The explanation for the curse barely made sense and there were a lot of unanswered questions by the end. I didn't find it scary at all either.
5.5/10

Yeah or even if one of the AI machines ran him over or dropped a giant ream of paper on him and there was no one to sound the alarm lol

It's a 3% difference from Letterboxd LOL get this elitist bullshit out of here.

MDL 7.9/10

IMDb 7.6/10
Letterboxd 4.1/5 (8.2/10)
TMDB 75% (7.5/10)

What are the other websites you're referring to? Your opinion doesn't mean more because you're older or don't watch K-dramas. You sound elitist.

MDL 7.9/10

IMDb 7.6/10
Letterboxd 4.1/5 (8.2/10)
TMDB 75% (7.5/10)

My theory is that movies are roughly 0.5-1 star lower than dramas. So good movies are probably gonna be somewhere between 7.5-8.5. I don't know why but I even find myself rating stuff that way and have to self-correct.

Your username is awesome btw lol

Firstly, I'm not attacking you, you just happen to be the most recent comment so I'm replying here lol.

I've seen this sentiment echoed often in movie page comments and I don't agree with it. You put it more fairly yourself, but if you scroll down there are a lot of people with elitist attitudes, as if no one here can comprehend "art". It's funny because we're all MDL users, but some speak as if they're on the outside looking in (or above looking down).

Here is the MDL score compared to a collection of external ratings as of the writing of this comment:

MDL 7.9/10

IMDb 7.6/10
Letterboxd 4.1/5 (8.2/10)
TMDB 75% (7.5/10)

The MDL score is essentially the average of what people seem to consider "real" film-lovers (Letterboxd) and normies. I myself rated it 8/10. I thought Decision to Leave was slightly better and I consider The Handmaiden to be his magnum opus.

I left a top-level comment further up with my ratings of the rest of his films if you're interested.

This must be true because I couldn't even figure out who he played in the film by looking at his photo lol

Great cinematography and editing. Great acting. Good story. I'm glad I went in blind, I think I would have enjoyed it less if I knew where it was going from the start.
With this I've completed watching all of the feature films written and directed by Park Chan Wook (starting from JSA which he considers his first). Comparing the two most recent films to The Handmaiden, I think I prefer stories where I actually want the protagonist to succeed. Here are my ratings:

No Other Choice (8.0)
Decision to Leave (8.5)
The Handmaiden (10)
Thirst (6.5)
I'm a Cyborg, But That's OK (7.0)
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (8.5)
Old Boy (8.0)
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (6.5)
Joint Security Area (8.5)

The host club scene at the start with all of the actors breaking and the barber shop scene with the top knot had me genuinely cracking up.

Edit: Damn I just learned Miura Haruma was dead. That would have made the Ito death scene more poignant.

This was a lot better than the first one. I think it could have been shorter, it felt like it dragged in a few of the scenes. There are a lot of funny moments though and the action is great.
7.5/10

This is worth watching to get familiar with the characters and references so you can watch the sequel, which is better. There were some fun moments in this but I mostly felt like I was just sitting through it.
6.5/10

The cameo at the end with the close-up on Migi had me giggling it was perfect.

I'm a fan of the anime but I think anyone could enjoy this. I love that they made it a spin-off that expands the world rather than just another adaptation of the same story. Season 2 please.
9/10

This is honestly one of the worst things I've ever seen. My eyes hurt from rolling so far back into my head the whole time. Please read the review by koo before wasting 1h 41m of your life.
This movie will make you believe in victim blaming - the smooth-brained FL makes increasingly stupid decisions as the movie plays out. The cops aren't much smarter either.
The writing is terrible. There are a bunch of things that happen that are just never addressed again.
Please reply if you agree. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills reading the positive reviews.
2/10

I liked it enough to binge the whole thing in one sitting. There are some frustrating moments and some annoying characters but it's so fast-paced that the next nice moment is just around the corner. I think it could have been even better if there were longer episodes so there was enough time to flesh out the side characters. Everything just felt a little shallow.
Kumada Rinka was adorable and I thought Mizusawa Rintaro was really good.
I watched this because someone recommended it as being in the same vein as NigeHaji. I would say this is like NigeHaji from Temu. Not because this is bad, just because NigeHaji is so good. It's funny that Takahashi Hitomi is the mother of the groom in both.
7.5/10

Very silly and not that funny. The metal song is a banger though. 5.5/10

This started off quite well but then devolved into the stupidest thing ever full of contrived bullshit situations with characters making nonsensical decisions. Hate-watched the last half at 2x and it got worse as it kept going. 4/10

When her mom slapped her and she slapped her back I almost leapt out of my chair to cheer her on.
I wish she had have slapped her co-worker that snatched Yoshida's phone and was swiping through her photos. Who tf does that?!

I loved this so much. It was so funny and heartwarming. Short and sweet too.
All of the main characters were so good. Kitashiro was my favourite. I hated the nosey co-worker and her manipulative, controlling mom!
The idea of being embarassed about your hobbies was so relatable. I'm glad it's a bit more acceptable to be a 'nerd' these days. The incoporation of the tokusatsu characters and themes was so good. It made me want to watch some Super Sentai.
8.5/10

If you can ignore the groomer subtext, this is so dumb in the best way. The characters and songs are really funny.
Itagaki Rihito did not come across as straight though lol I was shocked when his crush at school turned out to be a girl.

7.5/10