Reviews

Ah, what a fun movie! I am 100% sure i will watch this movie again AND AGAIN,it was that good! "Can't Help Falling in Love" is a film to move the hearts of all ages,especially us romance lovers! Its stars Philippines beloved sweethears Kathryn Bernardo and Daniel Padilla. My heart is still beating HARD in my chest...and i am so touched and moved by this amazing lovely tale of Dos and Gabriela. Daniel haven`t before portrayed a character quite deep like Dos. (and Dos is darn sexy too) Dos is a carefree spirit who takes everyday like it is his last. He is a adventurer and a dreamer...and he falls utterly and completely in love with the woman he married by accident one year ago, Gabriela. Gabriela struggles to fulfill her mother`s and boyfriend`s expectations.She also knows that by marrying a total stranger by accident due to a drunk night out may destroy the "perfect" image she has created for herself so therefore she needs Dos help to get a annulment. It will be a crazy journey that will change her life forever. I have to repeat that i absolutely LOVE Kathryn`s and Daniel`s on-screen chemistry,they create magic in every scene together!

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At a loss, but ok.

You could say I watched this movie by accident. And I have mixed feelings, on the one hand, the slow development of the action discouraged me, and on the other hand, the plot interested me. And yes, in a few minutes I stopped watching and after a few minutes I went back to it again. It is certainly not a banal film, but that does not mean that it is an outstanding film for me. It moves on many levels, blurs the boundaries between reality and dream, between desire and realization, between superpower and impotence. But it just so happens that nothing is free. Especially when you reach for something illegally. Vice breeds vice. Does the hero settle accounts with himself? The end is in fairly bright colors. Money, quiet work in a bar with a beloved girl, but does that end the nightmare? In the last scene, Sang Yi is in the dark again. Lectures on the multidimensionality of time, id, ego, superego blur the picture even more.
When it comes to acting, I appreciate Darren Wang, although here his performance in moments of weakness and breakdown of the main character did not appeal to me. On the other hand, it made sense to me to give the character of Hua'er a seemingly expressionless, such overwhelming calm.
Good visuals, matching music and non-disruptive viewing are also pluses.
In summary, the film deals with various aspects of the human psyche and leaves the viewer confused. I will end with a cliche; so what was the author trying to tell us by that?

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The movie that represents life as it is, and not just in a drama form.

Loved the realness of their interactions, like real friends, and real life, not just a film/drama. I love this kind of real representation of life movies and series, they're the ones that touch me the most and leave me feeling as I was told a story by a friend. I f you like that kind of movie/series as well than that's for you.
The not very defined ending as well, such as life, we don't know how thing went but we chose to believe in how we wanted to go. Loved the music, the actors, the story line and the design of the film in general, the cinematography and photography where on point.

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Take That You Dinosaur!

Godzilla vs King Ghidorah is the third movie in the Heisei Godzilla series. Big G gets an upgrade and Ghidorah has a new origin story. The gullible humans once again fall for any story people in a spaceship tell them, much to their detriment.

The aliens in this movie turn out to be from Earth's future, called Futurians, because...well, why not? They arrive to tell the people of Japan that Godzilla who up to this time has been a somewhat protector will turn on the them and destroy the island. Back into time the Futurians go with a handful of 1991 characters to try and stop Godzilla from being created. The crew arrives on Lagos island during WWII where a dinosaur helped the Japanese there rout the American fleet because, well, why not? The dinosaur would mutate into Godzilla after nuclear bomb testing in 1954. Godzillasaurus, I kid you not, is transported to the 1991 Bering Strait so that he can't mutate. Of course a Russian nuclear sub starts the whole mutating cycle again. The Futurians turn out to not be the good helpers they originally appeared to be and now have King Ghidorah under their control.

There are plot holes galore in the timey wimey travel stories. Suffice it to say that Godzilla comes back bigger, badder, and madder.

Godzilla's weakness is nearly always the human stories. They weren't all bad in this one and there is a strong female lead who isn't military or a reporter who continually needs rescuing. Miki Saegusa is back as the ESP expert and per usual I am unimpressed with her one facial expression.

I'm never one to criticize guys in rubber suits, I find that to be part of the whimsical fun of these movies. The problem I had with the special effects were the ones unrelated to the monsters. They looked more 1976 than 1991. I was also saddened that they replaced Ghidorah's familiar shriek.

Ifukube Akira's score is a highlight to most Godzilla movies and this one was no exception.

Godzilla Vs Ghidorah was packed with a lot of story. Characters went back and forth in time. There were multiple monster issues and fights. Yet somehow, much of the first hour was dull, the characters were not nearly as compelling as the writers thought they were. Big G didn't stomp onto the scene until the final third of the movie. Godzillasaurus was interesting in his short scenes early on but even he was not what I came to see. It was the battle royale between Godzilla and the King, which turned out to be okay. The battle scenes ramped up as the credits neared making the movie worthwhile to watch. My biggest complaint in the final fight was that the good guys caused a lot of collateral damage and building destroying. It's one thing for monsters to do it, another for humans.

Big G vs The King is entertaining as long as you don't try to make too much sense from the convoluted story.

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I wish it had more "horror"

I bought this movie randomly at a gaming store because the cover looks pretty cool and I thought it would be a scary movie about dolls and a psychological thriller. Even though it wasn't what I thought or wanted it was pretty predictable and a bit boring at times.

I liked some of the ambience, some of the main lead spiraling scenes, and they did good in making me think what they wanted me to think. I wasn't confused by the end. My favorite horror scene was with the giant doll, it was really creepy and slow but I couldn't look away from the screen during that scene. I honestly wish they would have done more scenes like that or built on that doll's creepiness.

I didn't like how predictable it was. I've watched a lot of psychological horror movies, it's actually my favorite genre of horror, but I felt like I was five steps ahead of the movie at all times. I also really didn't like that the movie told us what was wrong very early on and didn't really leave us guessing or figuring it out ourselves as viewers.

Overall I liked the idea but it could have been better. It's not a very long movie and has a couple of good scenes. I think it's a good movie to just watch once. But there are definitely better psychological horrors out there that are easier to find.

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the movie itself isn't bad plot wise - but the acting isn't good, very amateurish and makes one wonder about the directors experience, cause everything is more student movie, then artsy short film. also seeing a few of the cast that were in another short movie (Broken Youth) same type vibe, i think this very low budget - using drama students, with little to no experience. again the plot was good, so i didn't think it was boring. subs could've been better, as a load of the times i felt like there was something getting lost in translation, which is a shame - but it is what it is.

ironically the description is spot-on in one aspect, Qin Nian does grow-up in the blink of n eye lol... one sec Chen Min (about to give birth) is rushing to her dead husbands body and the next it's 17 yrs later - that was "funny". this like Broken Youth might be tagged BL but that isn't the main plot point - the relationship between mother and son, his own self-hate cause of how, "...on the day he came to the world his father died, so he a bad omen..." - so yeah we got gay character's but it aint Only about being gay. his opening up to Liguang as he's pretty distant from his peers , but he opens up to Liguang and they become fast-friends pretty quick. he even opens up about stuff i doubt he talked with a soul. and Liguang is all understanding and accepting. they get close pretty quick which could be kindred spirits or soul mates - but it felt like Qin Nian finally found someone who would accept him warts and all. maybe that was also what touched his heart, as u notice that Qin Nian has fallen for Liguang.
Liguang i couldn't read - yeah he cares and is a great friend, but i never felt "more" and then when he accepts Lianxing's confession rushing to date her, while denying having any affection towards Qin Nian other then friendship - left me thinking, maybe it's was one sided?!?

but that's not the case, as Liguang admits in his sleep - which makes Lianxing go ballistic - unjustifiably so she spews venom around her. taking out her anger on anyone and everyone - lashing out at Qin Nian as if he trying to take her man - but it screamed insecurity - as everyone her, Xiaoyanjin - everyone in that group knew(!), that Qin Nian had feelings for Liguang and that it wasn't one sided. so just to get Liguang she manipulated the situation(?) as she put Liguang on the spot (when she confessed to him), either he admit he has feelings for a guy (i.e he gay) or date her. so her every move after that, was to push her relationship in Qin Nian's face and insert herself between the guys. but when she heard Liguang true feelings, she lost all control - (would've been great to know how that was concluded, but left blank...)
but the instant Liguang didn't come to Qin Nian defense (after all that venom she spewed his way, even going so far as trying to slap him - all this on his B-day), idk i wished Qin Nian turned to Xiaoyanjin (who i felt from the start had a thing for Qin Nian all along). but that like the conversation between Liguang and Lianxing goes nowhere and we just get Liguang trying to get back his friend. which i get and yet after everything that happened, wasn't satisfying in the least -

the rest is a bit rushed but this ending was interesting, well it's positive so that's a huge plus - as it leaves enough time for both guy's to grow into their own, and as Liguang asks Qin Nian to "wait for him" - it was great. so yeah, not perfect but considering a load of other movies this wasn't boring or frustrating to watch - for sure would rewatch (just hope the subs would be better) (●'◡'●)

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Worth your time!!!! Also its on Netflix

Was keeping an eye on this as to when it would come on any online platforms, luckily it came on Netflix.

There is this instant chemistry between the leads, they are too good. I loved every millisecond of the movie. This is not that regular coming of age movie, this has the very realistic ending.

Leo is such an all rounder, he looks good, his acting is out of-the world and yayyyy!!! we happen to witness his first onscreen kiss. Words fall short to describe this young talented actor. I was instantly drown towards him when I first saw him in cross fire. I didn't know he was there in the industry since he was 5-6 years old. His acting is so effortless.
Coming to the actress, she has done a good job as well, she looks like a highschool kid, so big shout out for the casting director.
All in all, movie is worth every minute of audience's time. Watch it. Writer/Director has beautifully laid out the story.
"Its a miracle if the person you like, likes you back"..I didn't know this line had such a deep meaning...lol...as all the kdramas/cdramas have spoiled me thinking if one of the leads likes the other person then definitely he/she is going to get him/her. Well!!! In reality it is not the case.....he he he he which is true......so, watch it and don't let the comments or reviews stop you from watching this amazing movie.

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A story about a disabled person who finds love and gets his happy ending? A sight unseen! But lo and behold, it really does happen in this movie. I'm kinda not used to this!

Iwata Takanori plays the male lead and he's ah-mazing. He's one of those actors who, when they smile, you can hear angels singing. I'm exaggerating, I know, but seriously, there's simply something about him smiling that gives you warm fuzzies. And in this movie, he's the embodiment of sunshine and unicorns: warm, kind, loving, sweet... That's why his character's story, the obstacles he has to overcome and all these little frustrations that he meets every day, all that hits you where it truly hurts.

And then there's Sugisaka Hana as the female lead and she's as cute as a button and the way her character sticks with the ML, the way she supports him and goes through all the hardships together with him because for her, it's all worth it, he is worth it... yeah. I bawled.

If you love whump there's some really good one in this movie, too!

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Magic, Pain, Dreams and a Love-Story that unfolds in the exotic city of Barcelona where the main-leads Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo once again shows us what true love is and how to pick yourself up again and fight whenever you think you have failed. Through the characters of Ely and Mia it is easy for us youngsters to relate to the personal character developement they go through. Ely thinks he is unworthy of love, the hardships he go thorugh mentally is so much more than the heartbreak of losing his fiance...but it is also about the emotional trauma of being abandoned by his mother in such a early stage of his life as a child. In Mia he meets a kindred spirit. She was the one to push him forward and to face his fears...finally moving on and and eventually find the courage to love. Mia has such spirit, who also could crumble whenever she thought of her past and the reason why she came to Barcelona in the first place. She also learn how to be hardworking , responsible and brave throughout the harsh conditions life have given her-but ah what a lost cause she would have been if it weren`t for Ely,who always helped her pick herself up again. There are so many beautiful moments in this film, one very memorable moment is when Mia dances for Ely and he films her while being captivated by her moves and beauty...she eventually come into his arms and he can`t help but kiss her ! Ah,i just love romance !!!

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Love its imperfection

this movie is not perfect, time gaps, the reasons, the sudden conflicts felt too fast or... left questions that weren't really answered as the film continued.... but why the fuck do i love it? the music was great, acting on point.... yes i love crying at times that i need reasons to tell people why my eyes are red not just because i want to off myself... except the fact that i love kim go-eun and currently simping for jung hae-in, the satisfaction of them getting a happy ending was something that made me feel.... hmm? something that i can't even explain, it was heavy yet not with sad nor happy feels... it was merely satisfaction. maybe because i'm a teen who's currently curious how and why do people fall for other people? why love is complicated and stressful yet many want to experience it... so yeah, my point is i can't explain the reason... i just love it and the feeling it left me. plus, go enjoy what you want to, watch what entertains you, as long as it doesn't harm you or other people.... enjoy... its your life anyway and if u have the power to choose what u want then why not?

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My heart aches

Ahh I must say the movie is very well made , the actors are v good I usually don’t really watch movies/series without skipping at least one scene but I didn’t skip any scenes sooo must be a good movie!! I was soooo invested in the story but the ending !! I cannot be any more heartbroken , I thought they were going to end up together low key thought he died at one point lmao but vvvv good movie , realistic ending I guess? I feel like they should’ve made it a drama cause I feel there could be so much more to the story like his relationship with his father?
Also I want to want to go to an electronic festival now lol looks so much fun!!

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