Good Story Line
This movie had a really good story line, but unfortunately for me it didn't come across, it was poorly excuted.The thing I liked the most is that I watched it solely for the romance factor but it turned out to be so much more than just that.
Where i felt let down was the timeline just didn't seem to flow and as we nearing the end it felt like it was being rushed, the begining of this movie started off a really good foot, and it definately touched on issues that are most likely happening today, but when it came down to it, it just seemed to have been rushed over.
Nagisa, he's the cutest character and his relationship with his daughter, you could feel the love he had for his daughter and how he wanted to be with her, and see the carreer mom, who is caught betweeen to loving her kid but also wanting to progress in life, the thing that I disliked the most was the fact, yes she was hurt by what transpired and possibly felt betrayed or lied too, but it just seemed that she wanted to get back at her husband for lieing to her by using the child, and unfortunately that is the very case in today society and all around us. she allowed her grudge to come between a father and daughter, and her mom who was not really present but seemed to have a lot to say.
Overall: This is a good movie, for me though I just felt there were important things that they should have expanded on and have more of understanding, as it did touch on some serious issues such as rights to raising a child.
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It's a weird set up and has so many kinks that really need to be worked out.
What annoyed me most was lack of story. What was there was a promising storyline BUT because the movie seemed to start like we were supposed to already know everyone and the plot seemed to be in the middle or better yet, a whole second movie, I had to keep checking to make sure this was even a standalone. I hate when movies do that. It makes me not even want to bother getting to know the characters because I don't get to see them develop.
Yet... there was something about this movie that once it hit the midway mark, despite my annoyances, it got interesting. Still plot holes from hell-- but interesting.
It's a bittersweet ending. I wish it would kinda explain more on that. Like, I can't be mad. But... I have way to many questions than I have answers.
So, no. I didn't hate this movie and enjoyed it a bit, oddly enough. Is it something I would tell my friends they needed to watch? Absolutely not. But will it help you pass the time? Yes. The only time I'll say you should watch this is if you want to feed more into your nine tailed fox addiction. Lol
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Beautiful and conflicting movie
I don’t know why this movie doesn’t have a higher score. To me it was visually such a beautiful film, but beautiful and heart-warming with its story as well. There’s such an interesting contrast between how this movie makes me feel, and what I logically know is actually happening. Beyond the carefree and found family surface is ultimately a crime film, so there’s an underlying current of intensity.The acting was excellent. It’s no surprise that Yoo Ah In delivered an amazing performance, totally using his expressions and no words. But the child actors were also very realistic and talented.
After watching this film I really didn’t know how to feel, and I had a lot of conflicting thoughts and emotions. But I really enjoyed it and wouldn’t change a thing.
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This movie gave bits and pieces of what could have been a badass story line..... buuuuut the execution was so awful. If there was a point to the movie, i clearly missed it. It was pretty much just action driven with forced random romance? If you can even call it romance.
If you don't like spiders, dodge this movie completely. I didn't understand the point of all of them, honestly. I felt like Ron from Harry Potter when he found out he was going to have to follow the spiders. Lol ugh it gives me the heebiejeebies.
None of this movie made clear sense to me. If anyone has a clue, I'm totally open to hearing theories or whatever will help shed light on this. Till then, it'll sit at 3 stars and that's just me being nice. I'd give it 1. Lol
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Watch for the Zombies Only
****I tried to include as few spoilers as possible!****I came into this initially excited and ready for some action as a zombie lover. Instead, I was mostly disappointed.
Firstly, why did this movie have so much potential? From the very beginning, I knew that this movie could have gone in an interesting direction compared to other zombie films. The zombies looked and acted quite different and new to how they usually are depicted (you know, just a regular human face with maybe some blood and wounds that walk mindlessly). They also included a half-zombie, which isn't something seen usually in the "zombie world".
However, that's pretty much as unique as it got. The storyline quickly got boring and fell victim to the typical tiresome tropes of the zombie genre. I couldn't care less about any of the characters and the half-zombie ends up doing nothing for the rest of the movie (a huge waste of potential).
I truly tried to enjoy this movie, but the only redeemable part of this movie is the zombies. If you want a quick movie to skip through for the zombie scenes, this is for you.
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this show has everything
in this show there is everything, horror, humor, you also get attached to the characters so much. it wasnt just a horror movie.and its the best zombie movie that i have watched.
the acting is 10/10 the little girl deserves an award ,the other actors too they all did a great job
that villain guy? i dont remember any other time where i hated someone as much as i hated him lol and it means he is a great actor too.
to anyone who didnt watch it i highly recommend it to you, this is my favorite movie
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Waste of time
Plot: I undestand the plot and the need to portray very harsh scenes to give the overall image of the prostitution world, but something was really unecessary.. the guy with the goat's fetish? I can't really think of a reason why put all this back-story to a passer-by character! So we have this kind of story but not the twisted final ending??? I get the first one, but the last one? Can't find a reason why sensei has to be so.. cruel? Overbearing in the most twisted way? He knew everything and above all he was plotting all along the guy's life? I can't even think of a insanely, passionate love, because he was always watching him with other men.. so why is all that?Acting: didn't see a good chemistry between the leads, but i appreciated Yuri more
Music: nothing to say about it!
Rewatch: no reason to do it.
If you are looking for a good one i'd suggest: pornographer (+ spring life) or cherry magic.
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good!
I felt bad to discover this movie almost 10 years later. The story is pretty good. The actors are amazing. I think they do a great job, the last scene was... speechless.... The beginning is good but It's not so easy to go inside and understand everything, what is understandable, It's because they head are such a mess, but this movie is so good, It's the type of perfect movie to watch in the sunset, It's short and complete, I really hope 10 years later they do a second movie, I know they deserve a more long movie and I'd love to watch their story with the guy in college or even working.Was this review helpful to you?
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As of 1:13:58 I've had to pause it to not put my foot through the screen, I'm so freaking annoyed. On what level is it fair that Sakurai got to say all he wanted to say (which was some dumb shit in the first place.) "If you were a girl" --Bitch, the fuck does that matter?! Because sex matters when you care about someone?Like I give him props to seeing their age difference and even he is trying to be like "errrr no. This ain't it" kinda thing, which I can respect. But I'm still super pissed off that Yoichi ALWAYS has to find out things from other people rather than Sakurai just telling him to his face. Not to mention back to what I was saying at first, he got to get everything off his chest but the second Yoichi tried to say something, Sakurai walked away. Are you kidding me? Why do you get to clear your mind on him but he can't say shit to you? Sakurai acts like such a fucking child, it drives me up the wall!
Fujimoto is just weird to me honestly. He comes in randomly then suddenly inserts himself into everything wanting to live in the house then suddenly it's "I'm in love with you Yoichi!" --Bro, WHAT?! Who even ARE YOU?! And why are you even here. Because when you first showed up it seemed like all you were about was the house. It feels like you loving Yoichi is just a "in" into the house to live there. If that's not the reason, my bad. But it's the vibe I get. And it's kinda creepy.
EDIT: Okay if he meant what he said that whole scene with Yoichi then I do kinda feel bad for him... Or maybe it's the tears. Maybe I have a soft spot for the tears. Lol but either way, he sounded like he really meant that he loved him...
All in all, it had it's cute moments, but not enough for me to really like this movie. Plus the pace drug ass, honestly. Wasn't much for me to like about it.
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Can we all just agree that the ending alone made us go "what the fuck?" LolI mean... It wasn't a terrible movie per say but it also wasn't something you'd really want to tell others you watched it. Lol
I'm still tripping balls over the ending. I really and truly didn't see that coming. Like I was sus about the relationship but I really thought he liked Ritsu. Holy hell was I wrong. Lol Dude though... how... how you gonna hide that? them flowers won't last forever.. I mean, I guess they will because you can tell they're fake but movie logic says they'll eventually rot..
Ya know... props to the writer. No, really. I didn't expect that and in normal cases I would be upset, I guess. Maybe sad even. But it took me by such surprise that I have no emotions except "welp. didn't see that coming"
I know I keep going on about the ending but if you've seen it, you know what I mean. LOL! Other than that even with the movie being choppy, it was interesting enough... just barely though. enough where you question if you should shut it off, then something would happen to keep ya going. Lol
The writers really said "this is getting to long and we don't want to do a second movie. Let's just end it here" LOL! I really want to know how the dad will react though... and will anyone tell Ritsu? O_O
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Honestly, The Ending was The Suitable Ending for This Kind of Movie
I am reviewing from the point of view of an audience who has not read the original manga of this film. In my opinion, this film brings story plots and themes that I myself have encountered many times, especially in Japanese novels or dramas, namely love between a teacher and student, I think the character development in this film is not good between characters and I also didn't see good chemistry between each character (for some reason like the closeness between each character is less visible), also the meeting of Sishio and Yosano at the beginning of this film is quite strange (honestly). Although i like the story in this film because in the end Heroine chose the right choice (in my opinion), because in this type of story, if the teacher is a winner in the ending, I think it's not fair enough, because the age difference is quite far between the two (quiet strange).Verdict, I think a film like this is very suitable to be watched at leisure time because it doesn't have a heavy story, although the story is a bit generic but, it is very interesting to watch because the setting of the time and place of this film is the school period which I think is very interesting when considering those times. 7,5 seems fine for the score because of all the shortcomings, I still enjoy the romance in this film and attach a little to how Heroine can choose the right choice in the end.
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Generic Story but Good Actor Chemistry
a short review of this film, the plot presented in my opinion is quite generic (because there are quite a number of films with this kind of theme) but the plus point in this film is that the cast in this film have pretty close chemistry with each other, thus creating a bond that is formed between The MC and Heroine can also be felt by the audience. Shoutout to Mei Nagano and Takumi Kitamura for being able to make this film whose story in my opinion is quite generic but their cast on the characters they play can make this film's story a lot more alive. For the music used in this film is descent but quite matched in accordance with the scene shown.For the disease that is shown in this film is a fictional disease (of course because this film is adapted from a romance fantasy novel), but there is a connection with the real world, one of which is when a patient suffers from a disease whose cure and cause is unknown (such as leukemia and cancer), the patient's sadness is the treatment they do nothing but makes them also as guinea pigs to find a cure for these diseases, I think this is quite related to what the heroine feels in this film.
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The mystery of actions
I think the most furstrating thing for me was that there wasn't really a reason behind him being a bully or taking his anger out on others. I mean he had two stable adult parents and what seemed to be a happy family. If what his father said is true in the court, which is that he also was bullied before and thats how he got that scar on his face, then i'd understand why he also goes on to bully others. Again this entire movie shows how bullying leads to bullying. The entire country joined in on making the boys family as messed up as possible. They became outsiders to society. Which i understand, he basically is a murderer. But the issue here is how the cycle never ends. One bullies one, and that person goes on to do it to someone else. Its as if each person just needs an excuse to vent or join in on the hype, even if its seen as morally wrong. Would've been really helpful if the movie kind of focused more on the depths of the boys intentions and reasoning, because we follow him through this journey but have no idea what he's thinking or what angers him. There's always something that will trigger a person, and i hated that this film didn't even give us a slight reason to build on. But again, that brings us to the consideration that some people don't need or hav a reason for the way they think or act. If we were to take psychos into thought, yes some have a history behind their actions but many are also just diagnosed to have been born like that.Overall, a great watch and really reminds you of the reality of society. Especially ones that are collectivist society like Japan.
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This movie was really, really good! And Satoh Takeru was absolutely mesmerizing as Aki. Aki's depression and his disgust with the whole music industry in general and with their manager in particular, the change in his outlook at life after meeting Riko and then his fall back into depression after the manager forced him to choose between his happiness and Riko's career... Satoh Takeru was so good!I think my favorite moments were the ones between Aki and Riko, and then between Aki and Shun. When Riko, a high school student, promised to take care of Aki after Aki fell apart in front of her... And Shun, so worried about Aki, prompting Aki to do what was best for him first, even if it meant leaving the country and them, their old friends, behind... That was so lovely!
But I have to say, if this tiny glimpse behind the scenes was even remotely close to what's really happening in the entertainment industry in Japan every day then... yeah, no. I would never even dip my toe into such a cesspool, thank you very much. The manager's behavior gave me honestly the creeps!
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