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Serene, Authentic, Warm

I have always loved and in constant quest to find for slow, relaxing, peaceful and lighhearted movies and Little Forest fit each and every criteria of an escapism movie. This one nonchalantly lets you take a deep breath and just immerse yourself in the beauty of Nature, home cooked foods and love.

The cinematography is excellent. The way it potrays the such serenity in a rural setting makes you reminisce of the peace you felt staying at your grandparents place. Now I can’t help but to picture myself settling at a farmhouse too!

Definitely one of my favourite movies 🤍🌸🌻

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Not What I Expected or Wanted

Whenever I pick a movie I go into it expecting to love it otherwise why pick it?

The plot was my type; jerk rich guy who ultimatey falls for the girl he's treating like crap. The cast was ok but I actually didn't find the ML that attractive and the FL was actually too good for him IMO. That being said, I also feel like there was no real development for the 2 of them to actually fall in love. It seemed like the FL was in love with him from the get go and I did't like that. When she found out he was scamming her she challenged him and then immdiately backed down. I didn't like that either!! The ending was rushed and still didn't lead me to believe the relationship was real.

The disappointment ultimately falls on me. I thought the movie was going to be way cuter and I was going to root for the 2 leads but I really didn't like either one of them.

There are also, way too many gross out scenes 2 of the most agregious were the teacher and the booger and the girl who spit in 2 peoples face. That girl would have been dead where I come from!!!

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Nice samurai movie

An emotional story about a man who wants to keep his promise to his late wife, and an ended friendship.

Watching this movie somehow reminded me of the older samurai movies. Excellent performances by the actors and a suspenseful story of complicated treacheries among a han. I was really curious as to see who the killer of the father was.

My only complaint (well, not actually) would be honestly a nitpicking, and it is that there was lack of music. There was only a single piece - I presume it is by a violin that played through the whole movie. It doesn't really affect the experience though, I actually thought it added to it.

The fights were good too. I like seeing more realistic samurai matches in movies personally and was not disappointed. I don't know if it's just me but until the last ~20 minutes of the movie, there weren't much blood shown, but after that it was like bloodbath for some reason. That was weird haha but I'm not complaining.

It could be a little slow but it was a nice watch. I would recommend.

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Action-packed but fail to resonate

Action with disaster of different settings, satisfactory cgi and stunts. But storyline, characther building, camaderie and emotional payoffs lacking.

I havnt reviewed a movie in a long while. Watched this on a weekend with my kids. They were entertained in the rescue scenes. The ooohs and ahhs over helicopters, blast, sinking rig, aeroplane disaster etc etc.

There is also a need for suspension of belief. Personally I dont thk in real life situation rescue missions are carried out when it is deemed too risky, jeopardising rescue mission and endangering the entire team. So in 2 of the missions i did not agree with their call and that they would be given the greenlight to go ahead realistically.

The intro of one of the rescue member (played by Wang yan lin) and his fiance/wife and also male lead (eddie peng)'s son was part of the character building and part and parcel of setting up emotional scenes in second half and the climax. However the flow as well as the lack of depth in writing fails to give the audience enough time to form emotional attachment to them. The storyline is busy from the get go, original pilot leaves, new female pilot enters with her assistant co pilot, then assistant co pilot wants to leave too... blah blah. They com and go and failed to be important to me. The cutting and editing between mission scenes to dailylife scenes were also jarring. At times it felt like two different movies with similar actors trying to mesh together. The poor execution felt like you are forced to buy in with a promise of emotional payout that never comes. Even the ending mission also felt anti climatic. I do appreciate the peptalk and highlight on courage. But that's about it.

You can watch if you are an Eddie Peng fan or if you're in for an action flick on a rainy weekend. Just dont expect too much.

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This was below my expectations

I love action-comedies for the most part. I really enjoyed Midnight Runners a quintessential Korean action-comedy, but this movie is not an action-comedy. It was a mess (period). If you saw someone recommend this movie to you please don't have high expectations

The story itself was cliched, but that doesn't mean that I will give it a low rating. It was beyond the story it was the characters, the execution, and the messy plotline.

The beginning was quite entertaining but after seeing the plot circle back and loop around onto itself bringing me back to the same place, I realized that the writer did not understand how to push the plot forward.

The story essentially had no development for the first 105 minutes. The ending was the only revelation in the entire story. The characters did not enrich the story; there was 0, I mean ZERO, character or intellectual development. Sometimes I wonder what the writer was thinking. How can the background of these 2 characters create the 2 individuals I saw on the screen?

The one SAVING GRACE: Choi Daniel. Choi Daniel's portrayal and follow-through of his character in the plot was flawless (this might be relative) but it was truly so good. I think that his acting was the one thing that made this movie gel and feel, somewhat, complete.

I truly don't know why I completed this movie, but if you enjoy childish comedies where errors are abundant, please enjoy!

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I was expecting more

This movie was just ok for me. I really wanted to love it. The plot was really intesting and it reminded me of this American movie called The Girl Most Likely to... he similiarities end with the main characters being fat/ugly and then becoming skinny/pretty and end there.

I did like the cast and the music in the film but overall I think I was looking for something with more substance. It's a shame that if you are fat you ae considered ugly and don't deserved basic respect from the people around you. I hate this idea and it's a common theme in so many movies and tv series. So obnoxious but I digress. The movied wants trying to speak for all situations and was really about a woman finally realizing she is worth more than her size or a pretty face.

I really liked the best friend played Kim Hyun Suk but I was kind of annoyed when her character wanted plastic surgery too!!

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Just your usual gangster film, but worth it for the romance

Gatao: The Last Stray is a Taiwanese action-romance film directed by Jui-Chih Chiang and starring Rexen Cheng (The Victims' Game) and Nikki Hsieh (Meet Me @ 1006).

In many ways it's just another predictable gangster film, but the romance and great chemistry between the leads makes up for where the rest of the film is lacking.

It's worth watching this for the romance alone in my opinion, it's very sweet. The chemistry feels very natural and convincing and it makes the rest of the film bearable, even nice to watch.

The plot itself is very predicable and easy to follow, in many ways it lacks depth and could've used a more interesting and dark approach. The fights were underwhelming and unrealistic which took away the feeling of true danger for the viewer. I also think that the ending could've been more emotional to feel more satisfactory.

I recommend you to watch this without any expectations like I did. If you're after a good gangster flick then you should probably look elsewhere.

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A Gem of a Movie

OMG!! What a great movie about friendship and finding it again. I really enjoyed everything about the movie. The cast was great and they worked really well together. Kang So Ra as Ha Chun Hwa and Shim Eun Kyeong as Im Na Mi were really great. I mean the whole cast played their parts well but these two were the standouts for me. I loved the actresses that played the older versions of them too; so shout out to Jin Hee Kyung and Yoo Ho Jung.

The movie brought back so much nostalgia for me. I had a core group of friends in highschool and we did so many things together. I had a blast my four years of highschool and this really made me remember how much fun we all had. The movie also reminded me of the movie Now and Then. I'm pretty much a sucker for good movies about female freindships.

This is really just a genuinely good movie with a great cast!!

Thanks for the recommendation @suckerforhappyendings! You made my afternoon.

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A nasty story that leaves you both loving and hating it.

This is a movie that gets you really hard if it is your first time watching it. It has a nasty plot that leaves you both loving how it plays with your emotions but hate it because of the same reason. The emotions I felt after watching was not complex. It was simply wtf, wow, and sad at same time. Because of that, it is one of the few movies/dramas that I felt really deserves a rating in my view (I watch a lot of dramas/movies but only bothered to rate a handful because most are really generic. Most of the time it isn't because it wasn't good, but just that it wasn't surprising.)

The plot twist is simply well done. For most of story, you will think that a boy worked hard to change how he looks, does things, etc. to finally find the one for him. It was sweet and emotional. The most you would think would happen was that they will end up with a bad ending because of an unforeseeable event. The plot twist teared all this down. It was one nasty plot twist. It is not only nasty because it got me but because it really feels like it can happen in reality. There's really nothing preventing this mess to happen in real life. I also feel sad how all of these relationships that showed up in this movie could've been nice ones but none of them end up being nice ones. It's a pity. It is also hard to say who is more wrong than the other, but at the same time you feel that there should be that one turning point or reason that sticks out.

Like most others described it, it was a roller coaster of emotions.

Honestly, the music wasn't memorable to me. Rewatching it will not have the same effect as the first time. If it isn't the first watch, you will probably start seeing all the "hints" of the twist about to occur. Everything else was awesome, but not exactly in a good way.

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can't rate it - good acting but tough subject

watched a few movies about "cleaners" but usually the plot line is criminal - as in someone uses them to cover up a murder, or force them into cleaning up a crime scene and get rid of evidence, then they have to find a way out of the mess - alive etc... more action and thriller then drama - here its a totally different vibe - more depressing. as it basically deals with loneliness.

its sad, but this is the new reality, cause a lot of people (world-wide) rather live alone. yeah there r a load of old-folks homes and assisted living residences, but majority of people want to keep their independence and live a "normal" life - in a house that's got history. so this was an interesting take on this issue - guess its also to open the eyes of the general populace - considering there was a lot of info about communicating and reaching out to family member's, and people in general - and the fact that most of the old-folks were totally alone - almost abandoned was an indicator that people r so involved in their own lives, that they forget that reaching out to their parents or an elderly neighbor, is important and a life saver. let alone that they would be found earlier when the time comes, then rot for months on end

on the other hand we have the cleaner Oikawa, who cause of his job is questioning his choices in life - or regretting them - or was it desperately trying to correct them? u can debate who is right/wrong - even understand his choices, as a lot of people - when young don't think about their actions and r too focused on something they deem important, and think that something like children or family is something that is always around. so it can be put to the side and dealt with later - like with his daughter, cause of his wife getting custody he just assumed when she by law turned into an adult, he would then reach-out and be her father - life and people don't work like that - and that's why this was left open.. cause will his daughter show-up? and forgive him abandoning her?
like with Muramatsu - will his son come with his family to celebrate the festival with his father - or will he continue to exist in a void - bottom line a sad movie

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Nothing special, but so special.

There's nothing much to say about the movie since I already reviewed the TV series not long ago. It is the exact same story with just a tiny little extra content. A little surprise treat. Mind you, this version made me cry at the end.

More than talking about the story, I wanna talk about whoever the hell was the director and people editing this entire series because they did an excellent job. Every single scene flows so beautifully, it feels kind of immaculate. The storytelling through visual imagery had a lot of thought put into it allowing the viewers to immerse themselves in the world of the movie.

Looking back, there's not even a moment where I felt lost and I think it is because the story is simple and clear to understand. Even though the movie had extra scenes of content, it did not mean that the series was confusing either because something was missing and I like that. The extra content was truly, like I said earlier, a treat. It was like a gift to those who enjoyed the series.

Now, mind you, I did cry at the end of the movie. There's something about that specific type of scene that for some reason makes me tear up. It is a cliche scene but it always makes the same strong impact. It was truly beautiful.

Who can truly say what is normal? This movie shows you that every single human being has a different answer.

I could not recommend this enough. Watch the series first and then come and watch the movie for that well deserved extra content. This title is definitely up there on my list of best BL/LGBTQ+ works.

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Perfect watch for any Army

It is nice to peep behind the curtain every once and a whilst to see the full extent of all the work, sweat and tears that goes into the music, events and performances that BTS and big hit create, and this film was incredibly eye-opening as well as uplifting.

We see an awful lot of the public face of BTS and for a change it was nice to see behind the curtain. I feel like this movie helped BTS to be more open and honest about who they are and what they experience and has lead to a deeper relationship between BTS and ARMY along with a floodgate of further behind the scenes content through Vlive and Weverse.

I'll be honest, BTS have helped me through a lot of hard times and seeing this film made me gain a deeper respect for BTS as well as big hit but it also gave me strength to battle on in my own life challenges. This is definitely a film that I will watch again, and I recommend it to anyone or any ARMY who is in need of encouragement and uplifting. Whatever you're going through you are not alone, and you can get through it.

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LORD HAVE MERCY.

Girl what the hell. One part of my brain is absolutely hating this, but the other part is thinking "I have seen worse" trying to give it the benefit of the doubt. But I am NOT gonna give it to it!

First of all, I wasn't originally a fan of the anime and manga due the sexual assault situation, but I do admit that there were things about the anime that I really liked how they were portrayed. This movie destroyed ALL OF IT and I was left quite disappointed and upset.

My favorite part about the anime was the commercial. I loved the drama, I loved the momentum, I loved the expectation, and I loved the magic of it all. I still remember clearly Izumi bursting through the chapel's doors to meet his groom; It was such a shoujo manga worthy scene that truly made it a highlight of the anime for me. Well, bitch, that was not the case here. Every single thing about this movie was so shallow and empty of all types of emotion. It was truly a disappointment.

We were quickly glossing over "important" moments from the story, leaving with little to no time to grow fond of any of the characters or scenes.

The acting was questionable. And I'm being nice here, okay? To be honest, I have seen way worse. Japan has a weird way of making comedy series and the acting has always been quite cringey on those that seem to be based off of manga. The acting on this one seems to be on the better side, in my opinion. Still messy as fuck, not gonna lie, but better. I did find it a little more natural while in other live actions it usually looks like that lady from Avatar the Last Airbender that always goes "there is no war in Ba Sing Se" with the creepy dead smile.

The pacing was pretty bad too, like, they cut so much out from the story that everything feels like it happens in the span of two days.

Sis, this show has everything: terrible cast, terrible editing, terrible acting, questionable fashion choices, lack of emotion, sexual assault, and so much more for your displeasure. I do not recommend watching this, and I also don't recommend watching the anime due to attempts of sexual assault and actual sexual assault... well, maybe watch the first couple of episodes just for the commercial. The only thing that I liked.

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Great movie, you have to watch it

According to a lot of people there are a lot of nudity and explicit love scenes in this movie. I agree, there are some love scenes in it, but it is important to the story and the only thing you see are some naked buts. What you do see in the love scenes are the emotions and the passion which the main leads have for each other, and that is one of the things which make the movie so beautiful.

But before there are any love scenes happening, there has a lot of work to be done by the gay main lead because his loved one is convinced that he is totally straight, he is adulterous and married. It is lovely to watch how that adulterous guy is tamed and in the end realises that his guy friend is the one that he really wants. It sounds like a sweet, fluffy and fairytalish movie, but that is totally untrue. The movie is romantic in a raw and and realistic way because of the wonderful acting of the both main actors, who are very handsome and a perfect fit for their roles.

I never watched a movie several times except this one, the best film of 2020.

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