Not sure what else to write. But I feel the story is very mundane, sometimes the movie gets very boring. The chemistry between the leads was none existent.
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There will be a little bit of spoilers, but not a whole lot so you can read this with your discretion. This movie is a slice of life and is pretty slow. It also isn't a romance, so I know this movie isn't gonna be for everyone.Story:
The movie centers around a girl named Kotera and her passion of rock climbing. Some of her classmates admire her passion of climbing and look for things that they want to do and are passionate about. One of her classmates named Kondo watches her from afar and admires her. Kondo is part of the tennis club and watches Kotera whenever there's practice. He doesn't know what he wants to do and that's one of the things he admires about Kotera.
The plot is quite uneventful. It's a slice of life, so I wasn't expecting much things to happen. I personally think there was a few plot holes that left me confused. The movie also didn't really establish if Kondo likes Kotera or admires her because she is passionate about everything. There's also the other people that were introduced in the movie that I don't really understand their importance. Not that I didn't like their characters, I just didn't know why they played a role.
Again, I don't really think this movie is for everyone and one might even say it's boring. For what it is, I think it's watchable and I didn't think it was that bad. I never read the manga either, so I have no idea what could be missing.
Overall:
This movie isn't bad, but it's not the greatest. Again, this movie isn't really for most people. It's a slice of life so there's nothing much going on and it's slow. I didn't know if I should've given the movie a 6.5/10 or a 7.0/10. I ended up giving it a 7.0/10 overall.
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The Life of a Mobster
I went into this movie completely blind, it came up on my feed on Netflix, and I thought I would give it a try, and boy, was I hooked. It's a movie with the least amount of dialogue between the male and female leads, Park Tae Goo and Jae Yun, but their body language was more than enough to captivate me. I think the one line in the movie that best described it to me was when Jae Yun told Park Tae Goo he was a dead man walking because, in a way, everybody in the movie was a dead man walking. To me, it encapsulated the sheer hopelessness and cutthroat underworld life of a gangster— a hard and high-stakes world fueled by fear, the survival of the fittest, strongest, and the fastest to betray or be betrayed, and, of course, mass murder. But when one has lost everything that ever meant anything to them, and there's nothing left for them to lose; what could they possibly be afraid of; absolutely nothing. I will admit I am not familiar with Uhm Tae Goo at all, this is my first anything for him, and I was blown away with him. And the same goes with Jeon Yeo Bin (she was brilliant), Cha Seung Won, Lee Gi Young, and Park Ho San. I loved the movie's slow pace, the unlikely connection of two lost souls with nothing left to lose, and most importantly, the banging end -- well done!Was this review helpful to you?
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Fantastic Adaptation
I absolutely adore this adaptation. The characters are perfectly portrayed in the film. I’ve reread the series and watched the movie so many times now. Due to time constraints, much of the angst in the plot is skipped over however it still maintains the flow in such a natural way. It’s a beautiful story. Overall I can’t recommend it enough.My only big issue is with Ninako’s characterization. I’m not sure if it’s a cultural thing but when reading the manga, she seemed more energetic & silly. The movie portrays her as more reserved and sweet. I personally saw her as being someone neurodivergent in some capacity, but I’m not sure if characters like that are less likely to be seen in Japanese media, especially dramas. (I’ve seen “My Little Monster” as well, which was incredible, but obviously things are different when women are acting in ways similar to that) I know the countries & cultures are different but I was imaging Ninako to be more like Kim Bok Joo than a cute & kind protagonist. While I do adore those as well, it wasn’t what I was expecting from the movie.
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This was almost non-stop Kaiju battles as monsters from the previous 50 years showed up to do battle with Godzilla, including the abomination from the US Godzilla (1998). A who’s who of monsters from the Godzillaverse---Hedorah, Rodan, Kamacuras, King Ghidorah, Manda, the aforementioned Zilla and many others. Mothra even showed up to bat clean-up with Gigan.
There was a lot to love in this movie. The humans were the most interesting of any of the Godzilla movies I’ve watched. It had aliens and mutant humans and futuristic weapons. Kitamura Kazuki as a bad alien with even badder guyliner was over the top. He looked like he was having as much fun making the movie as I had watching it. Don’t expect Oscar worthy performances, it’s not that kind of movie.
How could I not love a Godzilla movie that included my second favorite niche genre-kung fu in it?
Yes, the story could be a bit of a mess, but was easy to follow. The director unashamedly included a lot of the science fiction fads from previous years, the Matrix, Star Wars, Independence Day, Alien, and Jules Verne, among others. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn’t. No doubt there were moments of pure cheese. They also must have spent most of their money on the monsters, sets, and CGI because the music sounded like some guy hitting random notes on a synthesizer. The non-stop action from beginning to end could be draining and there were times when Godzilla was absent during a lot of the action with other monsters and the aliens. However, when Godzilla did appear, he showed why he was a force to be reckoned with.
Godzilla: Final Wars features guys in rubber suits and miniaturized cities and vehicles, just as the Godzilla Genie intended them to be from this era. On Godzilla’s 50th anniversary and retirement, it was appropriate. Final Wars was a monster mash that was fun and entertaining from beginning to end.
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The plot is a pretty typical one, I've seen it quite a few times but still, this movie got me in a way that I was NOT expecting. It's the first time I'm seeing something with the FL and I quite enjoyed her acting, and the ML, Hyun Bin, was amazing like he always is!
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The movie was Explorative, but the plot seems displaced
The story concept was actually good, it raises issues of daily living (such as trust and betrayal, domestic violence) beside focusing on romance, and has potentially interesting characters (nail artists, cheese maker, widow)But regretfully, the plot aren't so nice, too much screentime are wasted for unnecessary scenes, repetitions and flashbacks. On the contrary, scene's that are required to make the plot tie together are missing, hence the overall movie felt displaced and aren't flowing smoothly
The characters and chemistry between them doesn't seem to develop enough, the romance wasn't there. It seems like the movie only focus on the ending and not the process
Perhaps if the movie has more screen time (or was made into drama series), it could have been developed into a better work of art
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You'll Melt More debut movie
For those that don't know this is the debut movie of the j pop group "You'll Melt More" featuring said members kind of like how AKB48 creates movies with their idols in it. There wasn't much reviews on this movie but the one I did find basically said don't waste your time and I'd say that is correct unless you are a fan of the group like me.Without spoiling, it's only an hour long and one striking thing that made the movie bad is kind of how convoluted it is. It kind of didn't know what direction to take it and it seems to be jumbled up when at the end it just ended up being some generic vengeance movie more then a thriller or some introspective movie on suicide.
Acting was not good but I expected that since these are just idols. Movie was also obviously low budget, the fight scenes were hilariously over the top along with the plot being absurd with the whole resurrection and how the characters casually talk about everything even serious topics.
Music was sorta okay. The bad part was there use of stock music (which itself isn't bad) but I felt they got the scoring wrong or the music just didn't fit with the scene to the point where it made it feel awkward. Saving grace is obviously the OST that the group made. Specifically the theme song of the movie "People are not Serious" is actually really good
And also everyone is cute of course.
Still a bad movie but it is quirky and absurd that makes it kind of cute so you decide whether to watch.
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for anyone who had the same worries as me the two boys are very much in a mutual, loving relationship which is exactly why this film hits as much as it does - the acting from all parties is brilliant, all the character's are real and human as are their relationships.
the story itself gets quite a low rating from me simply because i'm not too fond of the disapproving parent trope (i know it's realistic to a lot of people in society but that's partially why i don't enjoy seeing it redone over and over - i tend to lean more towards lgbtq+ stories where any issues that arise are completely seperate from their sexuality. however once the plot moves on past that it's a beautiful story about people coming together for their love of one person.
this leads me on to the end of the drama which broke my heart, it was so quietly sad but it's never explicity stated as to why (it's not a bad ending i wouldn't say, but it left me feeling empty afterwards when you consider what the character's have gone through to end up there.
overall it's a beautifully made film that i absolutely recommend watching but i would never be able to rewatch it again simply because it does its job so well by hitting so hard.
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My kind of love story
Indeed...it's my kind of story. Love Yang Mi and Li YiFeng in this simple and sweet love story between Su Xing Yu and Tian Xin. They both fallen in love in the beginning of their career - a humble 'instrument tuner for a rock band with the band's assistant'. They got separate because Su Xing Yu went to England for further education while Tian Xin pursued further her dream job as an artist manager, Tian Xin broke up with Su XingYu over the long distance phone call because she thought she hold him back. 5 years later, they met again when Tian Xian applied a new post as artist manager where already famous XingYu's office representative, so happened he had dispute with his manager Mei and choose Tian Xian (who new on the job) to be his manager instead to proved Mei that Tian Xin would do a better job in managing his most interest in music.They rekindle their feeling after plane turbulence and got pictured by a paparazzi. Mei, the ex manager, bought the pictures from the paparazzi to save them from scandal with the conditional that Tian Xin quit from the job. Tian Xin agreed and left the job, home, town....left the man she loved for the sake of XingYu's reputation. XingYu once again heart broken and devastated with their second separation (broke up). In the award, he gave a very touching speech in how much he miss his love and ask her to meet him in their 'long ago promise' designated spot. They met and live happily ever after.
What critics don't know...this kind of love story is very enjoyable as we hope to have our own happy ending with the person we love. As critic said this was'plot a "mediocre pic" that was reduced to an unrealistic romantic dross' we don't want to other complicated serious drooling bore of a love story. So, I love it.
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It is 2021 still relevant.
I watched this movie in 2005, I liked, the plot starts like black comedy, after gets serious. Those things really happens. People die, disappear, wakes up without liver. Because there is a market. Some countries like the US if you are rich enough you don't need to go in waiting list for transplant.In the 80s in Brazil they discovered children they thought were being adopted were killed for their organs.
It is serious.
The time I watched this movie only Song Kang Ho and Park Chan were famous. After watching Beyond Evil I wanted to watch Shin Ha Kyoon in others dramas, I was surprised to see another of my favourite actress was in this movie, I love Bae Doona. She and SHK were promising since their early 20s.
What is amazing this movie still relevant. Good thinks doesn't get obsolet
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Zhao MoSheng and He YiChen - film version
I love Yang Mi and Huang Xiao Ming in this romantic love story between Zhao Mosheng and He YiChen. This movie was way much better than the drama version. The powerful lawyer authoritarian He YiChen character is better with Huang XiaoMing personality than Wallace Chung on which he naturally very tight lips. The wrecker was He YiMei, He YiChen foster little sister, although they share same last name they weren't any blood relation but just closest family friend. Because of dispute in both family and some misunderstanding, they're separated ocean away to lead their own ways. 7 years later they met again by coincidental run in. Still single, He YiChen tried to pursue her again and tricked her to marry him. Who knew MoSheng was a divorcee and He YiChen tried to deal with that fact...he thought that MoSheng wasn't really love him and faithful when she's in the US (because marrying another man) without wanted to listen to her explanation. He met MoSheng's ex husband after collage's reunion and finally found out the reason MoSheng marriage and divorce. He YiChen also dealing with Pei FangMei (Joan Chen as Mo Sheng's step mom) as he believed she's the reason why his dad killed himself and ruined his family.They finally got the happiness they deserved after long wait journey. I love it...beautiful ending.
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This is the story we need
You need to watch Seven Days: Monday-Thursday first, and then Friday-Sunday. I hope that they put the two together sometime because it should be watched as a longer movie. I'll be referring to both movies as just one in this review.This is not your typical BL story, and that's good. What this is, instead, is an exquisitely and breathtakingly beautiful story about two young men in high school who, almost accidentally, realize a love that they didn't know existed or was even possible. There isn't any fanservice here, thank goodness, only phenomenal - and age-appropriate! - writing and acting. They actually act and speak like high school boys and their shyness, embarrassment, and halting actions were all backed up by their inner thoughts, which the audience was thankfully privy to. We got to listen in on their doubts and lack of self-confidence even when their outer appearance was the opposite. I had never seen either main lead before and my goodness, they both delivered 100%. Also, the OST was the perfect accompaniment to the story, and it was shot really well, from lighting to the filming angles.
But the importance of this story lies well past how well-done it was. It lies in the fact that two people, who happen to be the same gender, find a love in each other. Yes, most of us have seen BL stories before, and many of us have seen a lot of BL before. And reams of type have been dedicated to the more problematic aspects of BLs, like the lack of consent too often portrayed as normal, the often-toxic nature of the relationships, again portrayed as not only normal, but expected in these relationships, and the ways BLs cater to the female gaze, making that more important than the other stories of LGBTQ+ men and women that deserve to be told. So we need more stories like this (and maybe less problematic BL!)
The beloved LGBTQ+ folks in my life experience the same kinds of fears and hurts as straight folks do in relationships and many of them want to get married and have a family and live a stable, settled life with their love. And they deserve that chance. Hopefully stories like these Seven Days films, Life-Love on the Line, and others, will help change public opinion enough in Japan to help pass marriage equality laws and normalize LOVE. Because that's what it is. #lovewins.
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We need more stories like this!!!
You need to watch Seven Days: Monday-Thursday first, and then Friday-Sunday. I hope that they put the two together sometime because it should be watched as a longer movie. I'll be referring to both movies as just one in this review.This is not your typical BL story, and that's good. What this is, instead, is an exquisitely and breathtakingly beautiful story about two young men in high school who, almost accidentally, realize a love that they didn't know existed or was even possible. There isn't any fanservice here, thank goodness, only phenomenal - and age-appropriate! - writing and acting. They actually act and speak like high school boys and their shyness, embarrassment, and halting actions were all backed up by their inner thoughts, which the audience was thankfully privy to. We got to listen in on their doubts and lack of self-confidence even when their outer appearance was the opposite. I had never seen either main lead before and my goodness, they both delivered 100%. Also, the OST was the perfect accompaniment to the story, and it was shot really well, from lighting to the filming angles.
But the importance of this story lies well past how well-done it was. It lies in the fact that two people, who happen to be the same gender, find a love in each other. Yes, most of us have seen BL stories before, and many of us have seen a lot of BL before. And reams of type have been dedicated to the more problematic aspects of BLs, like the lack of consent too often portrayed as normal, the often-toxic nature of the relationships, again portrayed as not only normal, but expected in these relationships, and the ways BLs cater to the female gaze, making that more important than the other stories of LGBTQ+ men and women that deserve to be told. So we need more stories like this (and maybe less problematic BL!)
The beloved LGBTQ+ folks in my life experience the same kinds of fears and hurts as straight folks do in relationships and many of them want to get married and have a family and live a stable, settled life with their love. And they deserve that chance. Hopefully stories like these Seven Days films, Life-Love on the Line, and others, will help change public opinion enough in Japan to help pass marriage equality laws and normalize LOVE. Because that's what it is. #lovewins.
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Concerning my opinion, I liked this movie very much, as a history lover and more particularly about the Empire of Japan, I couldn't miss it. What I appreciated in this movie is the global atmosphere, we accompany the characters in all their emotions by passing through all their emotional phase, we quickly put ourselves in the place of the soldiers between their different decision. This is what I appreciated the most while watching this movie, I really liked the music, there are obviously a lot of military songs which reinforces the immersion in the scenario.
In addition this film seemed a little long, indeed we will find few action scenes and many scenes of reflection of the characters on their past and future choices. It's really at the end that the film becomes interesting and that we understand where the scenario wanted to bring us.
In short, I strongly advise this film to history lovers, to the others I advise you to pass your way otherwise this film will not please you and you will have the impression to have wasted your time.
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