Naprosto něco jiného. Tři mladíci představující obrazně tři druhy sušenek, a to celé zabalené do krátkého BL muzikálu. Ani mi nevadilo, že zvuk se postupně mírně rozjížděl s obrazem i s titulky. Nápad bezvadný, písně se mi moc líbily, kluci herecky vypadali trošku neohrabaně, ale kdo má rád muzikály, tak ví, že je vždy upřednostněn zpěv na úkor "hry těla", která je více obrazná, jak skutečná. Dokonce se tvůrci strefili i do mého vkusu. Melounovou sušenku bych si asi také nekoupil, ale tu čokoládovou bych nejen koupil, ale hned i "snědl". A na konci až malá slzička v oku ... Roztěkancům a věčným nespokojencům se tento projekt líbit nebude.
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Pro mě moc hezký niterný korejský krátký film, kterému by jistě slušelo přeložení, nicméně angl. hardsuby byly tak titěrné a průsvitné, že jsem měl v mnohých pasážích problém, škoda. Možná jiný divák dílko zatratí za to, že příběh je mírně metaforický až absurdní, ale jsme vůbec schopni hodnotit, co za myšlenky, představy, vzpomínky či přání je ukryto z nezměrných hlubinách lidské duše? Herci to zahráli moc hezky, cítil jsem z toho ty emoce, co prostupují "ven" z nitra a nedávné minulosti, pomalé záběry moc vkusné a hodily se do celkového konceptu. Silný zážitek ...
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Na filipínské poměry velmi dobrý film, zajímavý příběh zasazený do ještě zajímavějšího prostředí, výborné zpracování a herecky na výši. Samozřejmě kromě krásné Abby mě zaujali i Jason (Paolo Gumabao, hraje i v dalším filmu zde na GT uvedeném Lockdown) a Dennis (Vince Rillon, hraje hlavní roli v sedmém příběhu mixové skládanky zde uvedené s názvem Unlocked). Nebylo tam přehrávání, křeč, ani žádné šklebící se transky, které se hemží téměř v každém pinoy projektu a příběh neodbíhal od hlavního děje. Moc hezké, uvěřitelné.
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Kraťas je především o Jonginovi, kterého hraje velmi sympatický Yoo Kyung Seon a na příběhu z Hanyang University si cením především toho, že nedělá rozdíly mezi hetero vztahy a vztahy se stejným pohlavím a řadí je na stejnou úroveň. Co mi trošku vadilo byla v mnohých záběrech roztřepaná kamera, což alepoň mě nedávalo žádný smysl. Celkově ale v součtu nadprůměr za to poselství, které snímek přináší.
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Cute
This very short movie is nothing to write home about but it's really cute and sweet. Both the FL and the ML are very charming and had great chemistry together. Its a simple story of mistaken identity and falling in love and then having it all blow up in your face.What I really liked though, is that it was a straight forward movie with no pushback. I also loved the scene where the ML was dancing in the mirror at his house. It was a copy of the scene from the movie What a Girl Wants, staring Amanda Bynes and Colin Firth. The scene where Colin Firth's character does the same thing after spending time with his daughter.
It's a cute movie to watch once and it's only 66 minutes long.
12/17/23
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Light, Easy watch, Reminisce
I like to watch this type of light Youth romance, brings you back to the days where all you think about are school, grades, extra-curricular activities and young love or crushes. This is a welcome break from heavy dramas out there. It’s a movie that you take at its face value, and not to over-analyze the characters and their psyche. These are high school kids, trying to understand themselves and the world around them. We were once in their shoes and at one point in time, we can identify ourselves to any one of them. Enjoy watching!Was this review helpful to you?
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A colorful epic.
Zhang Yimou not only creates a colorful epic, he owns the entire martial arts genre with this historic achievement. With film art's most beautiful color palette, he shows that style can sometimes both be and enhance the content.There are films that are beautiful, films that are so dazzling in their imagery that it hurts and then there is Hero. As Zhang Yimou seriously ventures into the martial arts genre that was given new life by Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, he continues on the same track as the Taiwanese, but adds something all his own, a color scheme that beats everything in theaters now and, probably forever.
Because when Hero after a rather black introduction explodes into its scales, there is no one with fully functioning color vision who cannot drop their chin. Like when Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung fight in green, or when Jet Li and Donnie Yen spar with sound and water in greyscale monochrome. Or the most beautiful of all: A passionate red fight among yellow leaves between Zhang Ziyi and Maggie Cheung. Right then and there, I am inclined to declare this the world's most beautiful experience.
But there is an action too. A rather unexciting one. It revolves around the unnamed hero played by Jet Li. In a long conversation with the King of Qin, an assassination attempt on him is played out from three different points of view. All in different colors and with different intentions. Once the truth is revealed, both the hero and the king reveal sides that have been hidden until now in an emotional climax that may not be entirely politically correct, but in the context makes perfect sense.
However, the journey there is colored by Yimou's imagery. And what imagery! There is not a single frame in Hero that any other director would kill to be behind. Sometimes it becomes almost distancing to see scene after scene surpass each other in terms of creativity with composition, sound and message. The problem with films like this is usually that it can all become a bit too much style instead of substance and there are times when Hero comes dangerously close to not being much more than a pretty tableau. That's where the actors come in.
The under-the-radar couple Maggie Cheung and Tony Leung have made about ten films together, which is evident in their undisguised chemistry. It absolutely sparkles around the duo, who instill warmth and believability behind their color-changing outfits. Even the wooden goat Jet Li copes excellently in a subdued role and Chen Daoming is as beautiful as any in the role of the King of Qin. The only one who sadly doesn't quite make it out when all the kicking, sword-slapping and betrayal is over is actually Zhang Ziyi, the exclamation mark from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but that's more because her role is a pale copy of the one in Lee's film. However, she is still beautiful as day.
It would be very easy to argue that Hero is not much more than a pretty surface that sometimes drags out a bit well with its long fight scenes. That statement is also true when rating the film, but what makes Yimou's film a modern classic is that the surface is what makes the film interesting from the start. A story where colors tell more than dialogue. A film that stretches gravity to achieve a new aesthetic. A masterpiece.
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My heeartttt
This movie was a unique experience that left me feeling a range of emotions. The movie began on a light note, with scenes that were playful, humorous, and full of life. The characters were full of energy and kept me entertained throughout. However, as the story unfolded, the tone shifted, and the scenes became more serious. The characters faced more problems and the direction of the movie became increasingly clear. The cute moments between the characters were heartwarming and showed how their relationships began to develop and grow as they spent time together. The heartbreaking scenes were so well executed that they left me feeling emotional and connected to the characters, but it was the ending that shattered my heart. It was a perfect blend of all the emotions that the movie had elicited in me. I would highly recommend this movie to anyone who loves a film that is full of life, emotions, and great storytelling.Was this review helpful to you?
Frog-like laugh
Your husband / wife should not only make you happy, but also make you angry. Going together through laughing and yelling, through romance and fighting make for the best partnership and this movie shows it. This romantic comedy is fully with unique characters that provide many unexpected funny moments and it made me laugh a lot. The actors all did a great job, but i especially liked the absurd frog-like laughing from the male actor Kang Ha Neul. As with others movies of the same genre, the comedy serves to highlight the message of love that survives all the challenges. here it is presented through a reset of relationship which was used well for both the comedy and romance.Note that there are post-ending gags, and an credits scene and also a post-credit scene. Everything in the movie is made for the enjoyment and i did have a fun Sunday night with it. Hope you will too!
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IT was Greed of wanting more the what you have
what is story shows is a shameless woman wanting more and moreher greed toward what she can't have while Ignoring what she already have
Grass is always greener on other side
i don't get those who call this beautiful or love story
it appear like that on surface
they did not act according to there age, a grown ass woman 30+ acting like she is a toddler while having a affair in front of her husband without a thought
it not love its there self centered thinking that what they do is right thing
believing to be hero in story is delusion
every hero is a villain in someone else life
i wanted to give - rating.....
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Gay couple at the center of controversial drama.
Hong Kong-produced drama from 1997. Happy Together is about a Chinese gay couple who have sought love in Buenos Aires. The film is controversial for being Asian: The opening scene shows the two men intimately making love to each other. The plot revolves around Po-Wing and Yiu-Fai's relationship. They seek to find out whether they can live together with each other. Yiu-Fai is more determined and strong who often takes care of the other and wants to move on with the relationship while Po-Wing is the carefree and easy-going one, always ready for new adventures.In order to get away from the city and find some peace and quiet for a while, they choose to go on a trip to the countryside over a weekend. It doesn't quite go as planned: Instead, they end up wrong and become spiritually further apart. Back in Buenos Aires, Yiu-Fai leaves his partner and takes a job as a doorman at a nightclub. However, he thinks about him and wants him back, until one night he sees him with other men.
This is a strong and well-made drama with convincing acting, which was also awarded for best director at the Cannes festival the year it was released. Buenos Aires nightlife and tango traditions are captured beautifully through the camera. It is a prime example of new film noir: Happy and decadent on the surface, heavy and sad in the depths and as the plot progresses. The feeling is also enhanced by the fact that the film is mostly filmed in black and white.
The closing scene is appropriately accompanied by the 60s band Turtles' smash hit Happy Together. Wong Kar-Wai, who is responsible for directing, is today considered one of Hong Kong's foremost directors.
Leslie Cheung, who plays the easy-going Po-Wing in the film, was one of Hong Kong's more popular and openly gay performers before he took his own life by jumping off a skyscraper.
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I was afraid of the movie, but it's okay, Everything is done with exaggeration and completely different from what we expected. Comedic, nice, Korean. From a country I wouldn't have expected such a piece from... we've already moved to CZ, greetings jiri.twist from the Czech Republic
"Jsme tady a budeme tu navždy"
Filmu jsem se bál, ale není čeho, Vše je uděláno s nadsázkou a úplně jinak, než bychom očekávali. Komediální, pěkné, korejské. Ze země, ze které bych takovéto dílko nečekal ... už máme i přeoženo do CZ, zdraví vás jiri.twist z české republiky
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Comedy Gold
A gang attempts to rob a gas station, finding no cash on hand, they decide to work as station attendants to make a score - forcibly confining anyone who gives them trouble. Comic hijinks ensue, then escalate.A true hidden gem, highly entertaining and fun movie, and unlike the other crime/comedy movies the main characters were not "trying" to be funny they were just funny and they didn't have to act like clowns to do so. they were "funny in a cool way"
and the other great thing about this movie is how random and unpredictable it is.
i will definitely rewatch it in the future
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What the heck?!
I put off watching this for the longest time because I had heard about the ending. I decided to pull up my big girl panties, suck it up and give it a watch. Well, I do have to say that the ending really affected my rating.The concept for the story was cute. Bo Ra's best friend has a crush on a boy and wants Bo Ra to find out everything she can about him while said friend is in America. Bo Ra's detective work was very cute. She was certainly creative in the means that she used to glean information! In the process, Bo Ra starts to like Woon Ho. When her friend comes back, she finds out that Woon Ho is the one she actually likes. This is where the power of friendship was displayed very well, between Bo Ra and her friend. It was sad, you could feel the emotions of the girls, but their friendship was beautiful and strong.
Kim Yoo Jung as Bo Ra, and Byeon Woo Seok as Woon Ho were terrific. They made such a cute couple. Bo Ra beginning to feel the emotions of love that her friend had described to her, her journey of discovery in her first love was a treat to watch. And I thought that Woon Ho was written really well. His emotions just showed on his face every time he looked at Bo Ra, he didn't try to hide it, he was feeling the feels, and he went with it. I can't count the number of times I was taken with his beatific smile. There was no hidden agenda, no game playing, it was just there for the world to see.
So, for three quarters of the way through the movie, I was thinking that I was probably going to rate this pretty high, such was my enjoyment of it. Though there was one head-scratching moment early on, I probably could have overlooked that, but the other two points, just no:
1) There was mistaken identity because Woon Ho had worn his friend's school uniform. There is no way he could have worn his friend's uniform, Woon Ho was about a foot taller!
2) Why in the world did they feel the need to have a different actress play Bo Ra as an adult? That ruined the flow.
3) And the WORST? A ton of time goes by, and she finds out that Woon Ho died years ago!?!? The first thing out of anyone's mouth would be to ask how he died. That is never explained, and it remains this huge clunky rock of disappointment to an otherwise good movie. I mean, just why? There are certainly more satisfactory ways this movie could have ended. I'm just mad.
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A visual piece of film.
From Asian latitudes, Chinese director Wang Xiaoshuai serves serious family drama with the classic father figure at the center. Although heavy on symbols, it is coolly performed, well played and a whole that feels magnificently composed.The points of contact are many and emotional as Father Lin returns to the family he once abandoned. His son has died in a hostage drama and the loose ends of the past are exacting their toll.
Absent fathers, also known as the ultimate pigs, have long been a constant companion. It seems we all suffer from the loss that only an absent father's embrace can cause and the question looms, are all fathers pigs? The setup here is already clear and rather it is about a human exploration in the art of abandonment.
In this way, Chongqing Blues is far from an innovative film, possibly more sigh-inducingly boring. But despite many prejudices, this is a beautiful film, not only on the surface but also in content. Admittedly heavy on symbols where Xiaoshuai seems to want us to read way too much into a look, movement or thing, bordering on sentimentally careless but by all means, it works.
The portrait of the father who has left his wife and child is brilliantly done by Wang Xueqi as he tries lostly to collect the rubble of a life. Neither over-the-top nor explosive, a strong ensemble overall succeeds in conveying a touching story through deep if not always long-lasting characters.
The visual composition is very similar to the narrated core of the film. The further you get, the more impressive becomes Xiaoshuai's slickness in terms of cutting and eye for picture details. The cross-cut flashbacks in particular send pleasant shivers through any movie buff.
And the interest in a not entirely original film is sustained by concrete content. It is thoughtful and purports to be an exploration into parenting and confession. It will hardly be to everyone's taste, Asian father drama, that goes without saying, but Chongqing Blues is a visual piece of film that is worth your time and attention.
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