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doomed yuri will always hurt

live action nana will always have a place in my heart. I prefer the anime, but the cinematography and aesthetics of this movie is just so fucking beautiful, and it's casted so well. however when you don't think of it in a lesbian way, it's definietly less enjoyable to watch. It just feels like I'm writing about the anime because they're not that different, just not everything included which I'm fine with. It's less explicit than the anime also, and more suitable for preteens than the anime, because I watched it only a couple years after it came out and I was 11 so WAYYYY too young and didn't know lesbians existed and I panicked when I saw breasts and yeah. BUT ANYWAY WATCH IT!!!

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Not sold on this one

I am still on a teen movie streak, LOL.
But sadly this one fell short for me.

Since they are not blood related, I had no issues with them growing up as siblings.
But with the rest.

Zero chemistry between the lead actors.
As a viewer you should be able to perceive some level of pull toward each other and yearning between these two (it’s a romance after all), but there was none.
The ML characterization didn’t make much sense either:
Seemingly stoic and no issues with using random girls to distract him from his love to his stepsister, but a softie and an instant cryer during that break up scene with fake Mina. Huh?!
The 2ML was subtle creepy most of the time with his swarminess. 😐 When niceness comes with an agenda. Eww.
The only positive point in this movie was the female lead and the best friends.

The fl actress did a good job. And while Minato’s actions aren’t exactly stellar, they were relatable and without malicious intentions.
Which brings us to the story.
I have no high expectations regarding storyline, when watching a teen romance. But that doesn’t mean, the plot should be without any depth. There are movies out there, which are easy and fluffy, but are still wholesome and carry some kind of underlying meaning.
Not this one. Why was the cleaning quirk of the fl not a touch more explored and as a healing process more woven into the story? It clearly related to her brother.
No.
No recommendation from my side. There are better options out there to watch.

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“Not bad, not amazing just quietly pleasant”

Love Untangle actually pretty nice but it’s also not something I’d call amazing. I enjoyed watching it mostly because of the cozy atmosphere and the nostalgic 90s setting. It has that soft, warm vibe that makes it easy to sit through and the leads have sweet, natural chemistry that feels genuine. The friend group and school life moments are also cute and comforting.

That said the movie plays it very safe. The storyline is predictable and you can guess where things are going pretty early on. While it tries to touch on themes like self confidence and fitting in it doesn’t really dig deep. The beauty related message especially the focus on changing appearance feels a bit outdated and could’ve been handled better which makes the message less impactful.

I wouldn’t say the movie is bad at all it’s just simple. It’s the kind of film you enjoy in the moment but don’t really think about afterward. If you’re in the mood for a calm, light romance with a nostalgic feel it works. If you’re looking for something emotionally deep or memorable it might feel underwhelming.

Overall, Love Untangle sits comfortably in the middle: sweet, watchable, flawed, and quietly forgettable.

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Hair Untangled

This movie was actually pretty good. I watched it with my dad, and he's the one who put it on and made me watch it with him. The cast was great, i think the directors did an amazing job with picking each person to play their part in whatever role. It's crazy seeing the ML get better and better roles. I get what the script was trying to do with thinking curly hair in a place where everyone has straight hair can make you feel ugly, but idk how to feel about it. I like how she left her hair alone after she permed it. I'm struggling a little to remember why I rated it a 8/10 at first, but i think the movie was good not great. It was just a goofy movie, maybe not as deep as others. Overall, it was good.

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Xiao Zhan Was Asked If He Had Advice For The Real Mo DeXian What Would It Be. He Said He Protected..

Xiao Zhan Was Asked In An Interview, Did He Have Any Advice For The Real Mo DeXian, Instead With A Sad Face, Sad Eyes, And Almost Tears In His Eyes Xiao Zhan Said That He Did His Very Best To Protect His Family, And He Kept Them Safe The Best Way He Could. Xiao Zhan Had No Advice For Him, All He Had Was Praising For Mo DeXian In How He Did Such An Amazing, And Great Job, Keeping His Family Safe!!! All Xiao Zhan Would Mention Was How Mo DeXian Did So Well, And Good, And Kept His Family Out Of Harms Way. In Other Words, The Way That Xiao Zhan Is Putting It, Is That This Man Mo DeXian Did Everything, And Anything In His Power To Protect His Family.
In Every Interview With Xiao Zhan Or When Xiao Zhan Is Promote This Movie, You Could See The Sadness In His Face, And Eye's With Almost Tears In His Eyes Everytime For This Movie. Xiao Zhan's Sadness Is Real, It Is Not Fake, And He Is Not Acting. He Is Genuinely Sad For Mo DeXian, And His Family, Because My Xiao Zhan Is Real, And Has A Heart! My Poor Xiao Zhan The Trama, Stress, He Must Have Went Though For This Movie!!! PTSD!!! OMG!!!

I Have To Admit, I Really Didn't Want To See This Movie, Because Of What It's About. I Honestly Have To Say I Didn't Think I Would Like This Movie, Because It Is About War, So I Almost Didn't Even Want To Watch This Movie, But Because I Love, And Adore Xiao Zhan So Very Much, I Had To At Least Watch The Movie Once To Help, And Support Him. (I Was Kind Of Sad Because Usully They Show YiBo's, And Xiao Zhan's Movies At 2 Thearters Out Here, And They Stay Out For About 2 Months, This Came Out Christmas Day Of Last Year, And They Took It Out Of One Thearter Already. I Was Lucky To Find The Showing For Today!!! It Was Very Tricky Find The Showing For Today, But I Found It!!! THANK GOODNESS!!!)

I Finally Saw This Movie GeZhi Town Today...
And Shockingly To My Husband, And To My Suprise We Were Really Shocked, Because We Both Really Ended Up Liking The Movie. Both My Mom, And My Husband Love Xiao Zhan Too... So Naturally I Brought My Mom With Us. My Mom Really Didn't Say If She Liked The Movie Or Not. Which I Understand, Because Unfortunately My Mom Really Did Go Though Or Lived Though WW2. One Story That Stuck In My Mind Was The Air Raid, And How Her Whole Town Would Have To Hide In An Under Ground Cave To Not Be Affected By The Bomb! It Was When The Japanese Took Over Taiwan. She Has Told Me Many Past Memories Of WW2, And None Are Pleasent, So I Really Didn't Ask Her Or Prye Wiether She Like The Movie Or Not.
She Did Comment On How The Little Boy Is Bad, And I Said Yes He Is, He Doesn't Listen. This Little Boy, All He Kept Doing Was Running Around, And Totally Misbehaving, And Hiding. His Mom, And Dad Had To Go Into Danger Looking For Him Once Or Twice While The Japanese Were There. I Just Wanted To Wring This Kid By The Neck!!! My Mom Said He Does Know Anything About Living Or Dying. Which Means He's Never Seen Death, So He Is Not Scared Of Death, Which Is So True!!! Funny Part Though He Kept Asking His Great Grand Pa How Come He Doesn't Die. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

Anyways In All Seriousness, And In All Honesty Though, My Mom Knows How Much I Love And Adore Wang YiBo, And Xiao Zhan, So She Would Never Say Anything Bad About Them, Or Speak Ill Of Them, Because She Knows They Are My 2 Most Favorite People In The World. (Amongst Other Actors) Plus She Is Always Telling How Xiao Zhan Is So Cute. 🥰 So Even If She Didn't Like The Movie, She Would Never Tell Me. (She Has Seen No Name/ Hidden Blade, The Legend Of Condor Heros: The Gallants, And This Movie, She Has Never Said Anything About Any.)

The Music Was Very Strange, Sounded Like From The Olden Times, Like Old Antcient Chinese Music, And A Lady Kept Singing It, I Didn't Really Care For It Or Liked That Music At All. There Was Even A Song At The End That Kept Repeating The Words Congadtutaltion To You, I Guess Because They All Servived, But It Was Like The Most Inappropriate Time To Play That Song.
The Only Reason Why I Gave The Music A 9.0 Score Is Only For ONE Reason, And That Is Because The Ending Credits Song That Xiao Zhan Sings. THE 9.0 IS FOR, AND ONLY THE ENDING CREDIT SONG THAT XIAO ZHAN SINGS!!! I Am Guessing It Was Especially Made For This Movie! Xiao Zhan And His Bad @ss New Song. I Love His Voice, Talking, Or Singing, I Love His Voice Both Ways. He Has Such A Beautiful, And Angelic Voice!!! At Least That Is What My Husband, And I Think...

The Movie Started Out Strange In Black, And White, Then Switchs To Color, And Switches Off Back, And Forth Though Out The Movie, And Vice Versa. I Will Say This, One Thing I Didn't Like Was It Was In A Different Chinese Dialect. It Wasn't Even Cantonese, I Don't Think. It Was Spoken In Mandarin Chinese Rarely, Which Made It Hard To Understand The Movie, And It Wasn't Very Enjoyable. The English Translation Is Always 99.9% Wrong, So I Never Read It. It Had 3 Diffrent Languages, Very Little Mandarin Chinese, A Strange Dialect, And Japanese... So Expect To Hear 3 Diffrent Languages. I Think The Unique Dialect Is From Where Xiao Zhan Comes From Chong Qing, Because Both Characters Him, And His Wife Were From There In The Movie (It's So Strange, Because Xiao Zhan's Other Movie Legend Of Condor Heros: The Gallants Was Spoken In Mandarin, Mongolian, And I Believe Cantonese. What's Up With The Different Languages??? Even YiBo Too... His No Name/ Hidden Blade Had Mandarin, Cantonese, And Japanese! Informed Police Unit Had Mandarin, Cantonese, And French! WTF??? Intresting, But Kind Of Bazzar At The Same Time!!!)

The Movie It's Self Is Very Stressful, And Very Tramatizing At Least To Me It Was, Because Thoughout The Movie I Thought To Myself Xiao Zhan Would Get Hurt In Real Life So Many Times Screaming, Yelling, And Cringing, Because Of All The Things Going On In The Movie Even Though It Was Filmed Some Time Ago. I Always Get Scared, And Worry With Crazy Stunts Like In This Movie, Because It's Scary. I Know Xiao Zhan Did Get Hurt On His Check One Time, But Thank Goodness It Didn't Leave His Pretty Face With A Scar. Owwww, I Was So Mad When I Heard About Him Getting Hurt In The Face, Because The Movie Or Drama Production Team Are So Careless.

Let's Just Say In The Movie Mo DeXian Is Very Lucky, Because He Could Have Died 20 Times Or More, And Over Again. Be Shot At Repeatedly, By Mustkets, And A Tanker, Or Bombed At. Actually I Don't Know If He Is Lucky Or Not, But I Think Great Grand Pa's Praying To There Ancestors Worked, Because Even Great Grand Pa Got Away Unskaved. Fighting With The Japanese With Just An Axe, Or Cleaver, And Being Shot At, He Never Once Got Hurt. Actually I Think That Big Black Pig Is A Luckiest Of Charms, Because If It Weren't For The Pig, Great Grand Pa, Would Have Never Left The Rock On The Tanker, And It Would Have Never Gotten Stuck Or Wedged Between The Tanker Gun, And Tanker. Great Grand Pa Trying To Corral The Pig Back To His House Was Like A God Sent.

As For The Movie, And The Most Part, This Movie Itself It Is Really Gorey, Graphic, And Very Tramatizing, I Can't Believe How Disgusting, And Brutal The Japanese Were. 3 Japanese Men With No Care In The World, But With One Mission To Kill Every Chinese In Sight. They Stabbing The Chinese With A Knief Attached To A Musket Once, Twice, Or Over, And Over Again, And Again With No Care In The World That They Just Murdered And Or Just Killed Another Human Being, AND OR JUST SHOOTING THE CHINESE AND LEFT DEAD. (When My Mom Talked About WW2, I Believed Her, She's Told Me A Memorie She Had, And It Was That She Saw A Japanese Soldier Tie Up A Dog To A Pole, And Just Start Slashing The Dog Into Pieces With A Katana Sword, I Was Always Like Why, She Said Just Because He Didn't Like The Dog. Anyways After Watching This Movie I Believe Her More Then Ever Now, Because That One Japanese Shot The Dog That Was Running Away, For No Reason. 😡)

I KNOW YOUR THINK HOW COULD MY HUSBAND, AND I HAVE REALLY LIKED THIS MOVIE, Well... For One Of Our Most Favorite Actors Whom We Love, And Adore So Very Much Was In It! TWO, As True To What Xiao Zhan Said About Mo DeXain, And Him Keeping His Family Safe, He Did, And He Did His Very Damndest Too... Even If It Meant Risking His Own Life, And Dying, He Didn't Care, The Most Important Thing To Him Was His Family, And Keeping His Family Safe, And Out Of Harms Way.
I Will Only Reviel This One Spoiler At The Very End Of The Movie Mo DeXian, And His Family Were The Only Ones That Servived The Whole Ordeal, Everyone Else Had Died, All The Chinese Soldiers, And All The Japanese Soldiers All Died, Maybe One Or 2 Lived, But Other Then That Mo DeXian, His Wife, Great Grand Pa, And There Son All Servived.
I'M NOT GOING TO LIE, I THOUGHT MO DEXIAN WOULD DIE, AND I WAS GOING TO BE PISSED AS HELL, BUT HE LIVED, AND LET ME TELL YOU THE ENDING WAS TERIFFING, BECAUSE... I Already Revieled The Spoiler, So Your Just Going To Have To Watch What Happened.

Started Writing This On January 4th, 2026 From 8:38 P.M. To January 5th, 2026 10:38 A.M. From Writing One Review To Falling Asleep, And Deleting It, To Writing Another One, And Deleting Half Of It, (THANK GOODNESS FOR COPY, AND PASTE), To Now This Review... Added A Lot More Stuff... Like About My Mom, And WW2!!!
AND YES MY MOM REALLY WAS IN WW2, AND SERVIVED IT!!!

Posted At 11:12 A.M.

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Ultraman Zero The Movie: Revenge of Belial. What a light-hearted and genuinely fun movie. It’s a shame I didn’t watch it earlier, considering how positive and hopeful its message is. It’s not as well directed as Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends, but it’s still quite competent at what it sets out to do.
Is the narrative execution a bit shallow? Definitely. The level of plot conveniences is almost funny, like the heroes slipping inside a cave and suddenly being teleported onto a spaceship. Belial is far less interesting than in his previous appearance. On the other hand, the CGI effects are noticeably better.
Overall, it’s a very fun movie, especially to watch with kids.

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Start as an increíble movie but ends as an average one

Cesar Mariscal (Spain) and Joost Marcus (Holland) were playing the role of Portuguese bodyguards of the Pirate Chief in the Pirate Cave headquarters. We had great time with the main actors, village honorable people playing as extras abd all the friendly crew. This movie was an ambitious proyect to achive the N1 movie in Thailand ever. But production constant cuts became in a mix of qualities. We can see at the end of the movie worsenen the quality of editing and lack of material, with very poor special effects in those years (special effects were added at the end when the production cuttings were severe). All actors and crew reduced their salaries and worked hard beliving in the project. Sadly the movie shows a very heterogene quality, from a superb begining with a good midle part and a surprasing low quality last part. I was there, so it is first hand opinion. All my thanks to all crew and actors as well as friendly director who gave their best for this movie. I have never seen such a cast suportive family before and after. It has been a honor to play a role in this movie, even better behind the scenes with such a friendly and sacrificed Staff.

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A perfect 10

I absolutely loved this so here's a list of everything I loved!
-As someone who loves dance already, I think this movie did such a fantastic job of showing the art of different dance styles off!
-The cinemaphotography in this was beautiful as well! I think they did some really cool and beautiful shots.
-The sets, especially the ballrooms & the one studio were gorgeous!
-The costuming was pretty as well. The way the dresses sparkled at the competitions were stunning.
-The chemistry between the two guys, as well as the two girls, was great. I feel like you could feel the chemistry between them right away.

I feel like so much story was told in two hours without it feeling rushed either. It was so well done. You really got to know the main characters, their relationships with each other, as well as their relationship with dance, in only two hours and that can be hard to pull off so well and they did. I liked the ending too. It surprised me a little, but I really liked it.

I would love to know how much training the actors had to go through for this because I think they all did incredible. Maybe they have dance background already, but either way it was incredible to watch! Major props to all of them!

Highly recommend, especially if you love dancing!

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This film brings nothing particularly new to the table, the plot is predictable and the message clear. At times it's sentimental, as these films are wont to be, but it's not too on the nose, luckily.
I also feared that this would be one of those films that romanticise country life to the point of making it almost unrecognisable. It's not the case -- yes, the hardships are mostly glossed over, but at least all of the locations and tools are real, and there are a few hints to how difficult it is for organic farming to be recognized by the old guard.

I would have liked to see the women shown as more than "kind and supporting their men", especially after that impressive first scene, where a woman dramatically arrives in a snowstorm at the milk farmer's home and is proposed to immediately. It's unfortunate that this has no impact on the story whatsoever (and I don't think we ever get to know why she came there at that time) -- and I wish the writer (who is also the director) had been more honest and either written out the female characters entirely or given them more to "do". It's especially jarring as each and every one of the five farmers get a unique character and an interesting backstory.

Overall, despite the shortcomings, it's not a boring film, which is mostly because of the the beautifully filmed landscape and the outstanding performances of the high-class actors.


Was it good?
It was a good representative for its genre, not too preachy and with beautiful landscapes and excellent acting.

Did I like it?
I'm not a fan of the genre, I admit, and if not for JFF Theater making this available, I wouldn't think to seek it out. That said, I enjoyed it for what it was.

Would I recommend it?
If you like films about community, good food and a beautifully filmed country side, then this is absolutely a film not to be missed.

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DISAPPOINTED!! :(

Since it is a spin off of "THE PRIESTS" movie, which is one of my fav horrors, I expected this movie to be as good as that but DISAPPOINTED!!
Theme is same for both movies -- Two Priests trying to save a Possessed Gal by performing exorcism there and the same here but Two Nuns and One Possessed Boy.

Wanted to see Song Hye Kyo in a different role like this -- A Nun perfoming exorcism but unimpressive :(

*** WHAT I DIDN'T LIKE:

Interesting in the beginning of the movie but it got completely CLUELESS, No Clarity of what is happening for almost 3/4th of the movie.

Building the background to the Story (perform exorcism to save the possessed) itself took more than half of the movie and made me think of dropping it
(but didn't bcz of my "Watching Tradition" -- Not to drop a movie/drama, once I start watching).

Pacing is Super Slow -- A Test to my patience !! :(

That constant struggle to understand what is happening in the movie and its lack of capturing the interest, actually made me irritated.
Usually, I enjoy any type of Horror works, until unless it is very bad and unfortunately, this is one of them :/

*** WHAT I LIKED :

Loved the blend of religions -- Christianity Exorcism n Shaman Rituals.
Perfoming both rituals together to save the possessed, only those scenes in the last 20-30 mins of the movie are Superb.
(Out of those 30 mins, some exorcism scenes too, are slow n unimpressive at times but not very bad, just tolerable :/ ).

Possessed Boy - his Acting n Makeup are VERY GOOD

There is a reference of the priests from the parent movie and there is a cameo of
Dong Won from the parent movie.

*** RATING:

Since I love horror movies, usually my rating will be 7+, unless the movie is very bad or uninteresting.

This is just 6 / 10.

Whoever watches this movie first n not the parent story ("THE PRIESTS"), might enjoy n find this interesting but not the other way.

Just a One Time Watch!

(Check out my Review for Parent movie "THE PRIESTS" too:
https://kisskh.at/profile/KeeShaMDL/review/433126
)

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Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy Legends feels like The Avengers of the Ultra universe. Honestly, considering it was released in 2009, there’s a lot of good stuff here. Koichi Sakamoto, as always, is especially talented when it comes to directing tokusatsu (and is currently being wasted by the damn Toei on mediocre Sentai and Rider productions).
Most of the famous Ultras, with the exception of Tiga, have well-handled appearances. The production clearly put care into the heroes’ suits and the settings. The environments are fully CGI, with a very PS2-era look; however, they fit the story’s tone (even if they are quite dated, but hey, it’s tokusatsu).
The plot, despite forcing in characters from the extremely boring Mega Monster series, introduces a villain who, while not very well developed, has a unique charisma. Belial truly comes across as a major threat by defeating nearly all of our favorite Ultras, especially those from the Showa era. It then falls to the remaining heroes to band together and face Belial.
It’s a shame that the character who most deserved the spotlight only appears from the middle to the end of the film, Ultraman Zero. Even so, he is another extremely fun and charismatic character, now positioned as a the main hero.

Overall, this movie is essential viewing for Ultraman fans.

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Spooky enough to entertain but safe enough to sleep!

This has an interesting setup: a guy so committed to chasing fame that he voluntarily moves into places literally advertised as haunted. Not might be haunted, but guaranteed haunted.

Where the movie absolutely wins is the overall vibe. The settings are well chosen, the spaces feel eerie without being overdone and the aesthetics are genuinely good. The movie understands how to build atmosphere with silences and screams (when needed), empty rooms, unsettling framing. I did get startled a few times.

That said, I wouldn't say this is a pure horror watch, it’s… not that scary. Even with my very limited horror experience, the tension never fully crosses into "I regret watching this alone" territory. It’s spooky, yes, but more in a controlled, curated way. We have a bit of everything - horror, romance, comedy (very unintentional) and the classic Japanese slice of vibe too.

The ML Kuwata Yahiro is painfully oblivious though. Not in a subtle, endearing way. More in a 'sir, the ghost has announced itself three times already, please get scared' way. And honestly, it became unintentionally funny. At some point,l just accepted that common sense is not part of his skill set. But he does get better as we proceed.
Haruhara Karin was also an important character here. She felt like she was in the supportive role all along but then at the end it all tied up together.

I also liked how they navigated to different locations and each house has its own backstory. It prevented the movie to be repetitive and even though it was predictable at times, it wasn't boring.

The acting across the board was fine. No one was embarrassing. Though Watanabe Shota has improved quite a lot from the last time I saw him.

Overall, this was a decent and entertaining watch if you are looking for haunted settings, moody visuals, and not a  terrifying and nightmare inducing movie.

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