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I have no idea what I just watched but let me explain

Now, before I begin I just have to say that I do not fetish shame and when I read the synopsis I thought, "hmm, this looks like an interesting short film." However, after watching this I am truly wondering what the fuck did I just watch.

The idea is there but was poorly executed with the lack of dialogue or monologue in order to understand the main character. I understand that sometimes one's fetish does not need to be understood by others, maybe that was the director's intent, however, it leaves the audience, such as myself, wondering if I truly wasted 14 mins of my life watching this and thinking, "okay?".

We get a scene where he is at the dentist and the dentist tells him how horny the main lead left him which then the later scene proceeds with the ML groping the dentist THEN NOTHING. There is no continuation or explanation as to if there is an affair between him and the dentist, or what was the purpose of that besides the ML's fetish with teeth. I was also left confused as to whether his fetish for teeth is for his own, his boyfriend's, or if he groped the doctor because he touches other people's teeth.

the director seemed to have tried to portray the main character's internal dilemma with his own fetish by, obviously, concealing it from others and not finding any sexual satisfaction from sex with his partner.

I gave it a 3.5 because a lot was left up for interpretation and when I say a lot I mean the entire thing since there was not much to work with besides a scene WITH A LOT OF FLASHING, which I would have appreciated a warning because my brain was stunted for a while looking at all those flashing lights to which I did not even understand the purpose of.

I would not watch it again and if I do, it would be maybe to determine if there was a hidden message somewhere in those 14 mins. If you are watching it because its rated, "R" then there are some scenes (3?) but that is all it is and maybe some more development would have made it better.

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Stinks

I didn't have a hard time following the story because I read the manga a long long time ago so I had an idea where it was going, this doesn't change from the fact that this: sucked ass.

I don't remember if I even liked the manga to begin with, but oh my...this..this stinks.

People are really writing essays on this when really, this drama doesn't even require two working brain cells to understand the message. Because in actuality there's nothing powerful or inspirational about it. On the contrary, the narrative is soooo vapid, toxic and frankly very immature. This has as much depth as a an angsty wattpad book written by a 14 yr old. Also, all characters are deeply unpleasant. And don't get me started on the cinematography, nothing impressive just cringy superficial shots with no intention behind them.

If this is art to you, I beg you to widen your horizon.

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A movie low on plot and character, but high in visuals and style. There was a raw yet dreamlike quality about it, making it work beautifully as a mood piece.

This was the age before CGIs, so the production team got very, very creative. Watch for the tree demon and underworld battle sequences. These scenes were designed not just to wow, but to look as realistic as possible. This was exactly the kind of special effects that can withstand the test of time.

The acting was good all around. Leslie Cheung was, as always, a natural. Next to him, Joey Wong seemed to be trying a little too hard, but she was beautiful nonetheless. The love story was much too rushed and shallow for me. The comedic scenes were pure genius and more than made up for it. That outrageous Taoist rap had me laughing so hard I nearly fell off my chair.

You can't talk about this movie without mentioning Leslie's rendition of the theme song. There will never be anything quite like it. And there will never be anyone quite like Leslie Cheung.

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Amazing

Overall this movie was fantastic. This movie had an incredible story and was produced amazingly. I felt the the effects and effort put into CGI portions of the action scenes was well developed as it didn't look cheap or overdone.

The performances of the actors and actresses were phenomenal. I recognized the lead actress immediately and I think the rest of the crew was right on par with her to bring the story to life. Lastly I loved the mix of action, comedy, and drama. I felt like script was well developed and nothing came off too typical or corny.

I would 100% watch again! Great job! I am so excited and hopeful for a part two.

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Fluffy Romance with Screaming Silence

This movie is pretty much the typical, girl has a bad day, meets a cute boy who helps her up and they start spending more and more time together and just like most rom coms end up falling in love.

The girl seems to have good hearing while the boy is deaf, leading to the people around them being skeptical towards their love , add to that how society often teaches people to pity the deaf resulting in hearing people either feeling sorry for them, getting annoyed/ showing 0 consideration or having hearing people only come near them to make them selfs feel good... Leading the male lead to be scared and scared shitless when facing the possibility of falling in love with a girl who can hear. This was done pretty ok.

What was done well was turning the sound as well as translation of sign language on and off giving us a window to how it can feel to not understand what people are saying.

The leads had really good chemistry, with great (HOT) dance scenes. The over all focus was on finding solutions to the problems deaf people face in their day to day life. The male lead is also shown as a competent human being which is always a plus.

It does still ave some issues but it was a decent movie, with a lot of cliches and pretty shots.

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Started as a full on alien sci-fi, 10 minutes later turned into a modern investigation and then Indiana Jones like adventure. When the male lead got on top of an alien and started punching it in the face I figured out the type of a movie I am watching. A mess.

Here’s the thing - I truly believe this could be a decent movie about the parallel universes collapsing into each other and male lead trying to figure out how to stop it. Edit out all the alien monster flick scenes and tweak the plot slightly, and you get a good sci-fi mystery with nice aesthetics.

Instead we’ve got cheap halloween costume type of aliens running around, barely developed plot and ridiculous out of the blue romance.

Overall, I kind of got what I expected looking at the poster, and yet cannot stop myself from feeling disappointed, because I saw glimpses of potential as I was watching.

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"is your love bigger than the love i give?"

just let that sentence sink in for a moment...

"is your love bigger than the love i give? tell me, what's the difference between your love and mine?" no sentence has ever made me feel more than this sentence did. i am an avid reader, i've read more than 300 different books since 2020. on top of that, i usually go for whatever will break me the most - and yet i've never been more impacted by a sentence than this one. i think that says a lot, about this movie (or perhaps about me).

i watched 'your name engraved herein' for the first time, the day it was released - i had been sitting waiting for it to show up on netflix, and i was not disappointed when it came - quite the opposite actually. i watched it three times within the first week, just because i loved it to a point, where i wanted to make sure that i had seen it all. i think i've watched it 5 times since then (probably more), and i still find something new to unravel every time.

i can't tell you just why this movie means everything to me, but perhaps, it's because i see parts of myself in it.

i showed the movie to my best friends just a few days after it came out, on new year's eve - and i was bummed to say the least, when the only scene they found interesting was the shower scene one .-. i think it saddened me how they missed the whole point of the movie. they saw it as something light, something that's easy to forget (which i don't blame them for), i just wish they had looked more into the depth, and realized that this movie isn't just about two boys getting together, it's about the struggles of humans, finding your identity - and being free to express the said identity. it's about religion - and the question of who's right when humanity and your beliefs collide.

also, the way my heart broke every single time jiahan had a scene with the priest - the way jiahan was so DESPERATE for birdy to accept him back - not because of the physical intimacy, but simply just because he loved him to pieces. especially the way he was just so desperate, and longed so much to be accepted, to feel normal that he literally said " help me go to hell, i'd rather go to hell now - don't all homosexuals deserve to go hell? maybe more people would UNDERSTAND me in hell." how heartbroken does one have to be, to wish hell upon themselves? how heartbroken does one have to be for a RELIGIOUS person to prefer going to hell? because that way, there might a slightly bigger chance of acceptance?

i cried as i wrote this, i don't think i'll ever be able to leave this movie behind.

thank you, if you read to this point - i hope you enjoy/enjoyed the movie <3

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What the actual Fuck?

just...WTF
didnt understood a thing. Maybe I'm just dumb.
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Wow just wow, boxer psj is back and his fighting (and body) are still as hot es always, without much saying this Movie is a masterpiece and i want more.
The acting is awesome, especially from the first demon guy we saw, wow i had goosebumps.

Also the villains of this movie is so hot it's no wonder he's a huge red flag.

Now I'm gonna cut short with a little tmi ? i actually bought the DVD of this movie at our local media store, ( i knew it before i bought the DVD) the only other movie where i did this was Parasite and Train to Busan.

So guys if you like psj, demons and some dark aesthetic watch this NOW

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Nostalgic emergency

This movie is everything!
I first watched it a few years ago and instantly knew i would rewatch on a weekly basis, wich i did for some time actually.
Then i watched the movie two times on my flight to Korea this October and almost cried from the nostalgic this gave me.
I just love the slowly melting heart of the Male lead and his kind of "dumb" and stoic personality, he would gladly gives his life if it meant just saving in more person, and as a medical perfessional i love that on him so much.
The female lead always annoyed me when i used to watch this movie when i was younge, i never saw the moment she actually liked him and did not try to use him to get her job back.
But now i love her, homegirl is a bit pushy but she knows what she wants and she has a really great heart.

Best extra is the side couple I'm not gonna lie i love these two. And of course my honey Ma Dongseok as the Captain, this was the first drama of him that i watched and from that point it was a down spiral.

Overall i just have to say this.
IF YOU THINK ABOUT WATCHING THIS MOVIE, DO IT. I WOULD SELL MY SOUL AND MY CATS ( SO U KNOW ITS THAT GOOD ) FOR THE CHANCE TO WATCH THIS MOVIE FOR THE FIRSY TIME ONCE AGAIN.

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I'm not going to bother with a synopsis because I'm not sure what to write. The best I can give is: a guy who's trying to get re admitted back into a weird cult-ish elite group.

You're pretty much just thrown into a world where there's gamblings and even weird murder games. The backstories are not particularly fleshed out, which is fine because it's a 2 hour film, but I would've liked to have seen more about Yokohama Ryusei's character's backstory.

One fault(?) I would like to point out is that it was too predictable. There wasn't much tension or suspense because of that. This film can be compared to many other dramas and films and those all have much higher stakes and had a much more interesting execution, for example, the card games played.

Not really sure how I feel about the acting to be honest. It was ok but sometimes felt like characters were doing too much to come across as cool. The blonde guy was cool though.

I have no recollection of there being any music but there might have been.

This might come across as a negative review but I still had a fun time watching the film regardless. The card games were fun, especially seeing Yokohama Ryusei's character calling other characters a liar. So, it's a fun time regardless!!

One last thing to add: I need more of Yokohama Ryusei with this hair style

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Cynically ambiguous--just keep in mind it's about mental disorder.

without reading the reviews, maybe i too would be devastatingly confused. but knowing the plot about mental disorder, every event is understandable especially in conflicting with oneself who's REAL. In the end, one may be invincible and beating every conflict except the "self" and there's no other choice but to let it loose. nice adult movie and good actors.

I would agree with other reviews that the movie is quite dragging. 2 long hours is really too long to build the other self and to be in conflict to the old self or which one is the REAL self. but the ambiguity of the plot really depends on the viewers' perspective. looking at the BPD mental condition, every personality has its own fears that haunts them. it also has its own personal desires that they want to consummate. yet in the end, when these personalities collide, they can conquer all their fears and desires but they could not conquer themselves. (could not kill one other personality).

I haven't known the actors, main lead or support alike. i just stumbled in the recommendation from The Untamed chinese drama. Still, the casts portrayed their roles well, including the "heavy" scenes. I have been watching kdramas and kmovies in a typical conservative acting. that is why i admire the casts for having been performing the explicitly obscene erotic scenes.

Rewatch value supposedly low (4/10) but like what other clamor for not understanding the movie, i set it to 8. although i did not watch it again because you can understand the circumstances if you think that its about the mental disorder. if i haven't read previous reviews, i myself would watch it again just to understand the story. beyond that, i will not spend another 2hours to watch it again.

Overall, it's really a good movie depending on your own perspective towards BPD. It's up to you to read between the lines of the story. Again, just bear in mind that it is the about the one with mental disorder. With the character's mental condition, (between "the thug" and "the mummy") it's up to you also which one is REAL.

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Magically Obsessed

MY TOP FAVORITE BL

I am still riding on cloud nine while writing this. It's been years since the release of the series but the feelings I felt during their airing days still live within me. And yes! Early this year, they announced that the movie version is coming out soon. I waited for years and months, and all I can say is that the wait is worth it.

Fluffy, a source of happiness, eye candies, charming, exquisitely appealing, tender, lovely, and all of the positive adjectives that perfectly suit this beautiful story. I am delighted that they presented a new flow of scenarios never seen in the series, as this is the continuation of their love story. The camping was too aromatic and the New Year celebration was pleasantly entertaining.

The plot was the couple’s long-distance relationship. I adore how supportive both of each other's achievements, despite knowing that it may hugely affect them. Once again, this movie allows me to question where to find a Kurosawa of my own. After knowing that Adachi has been in an accident, our best boy runs from Tokyo to Nagasaki looking pale and wet when he finds Adachi. I love this guy so much! The 8-months long distance relationship is hard to fight but the two finally conquered it. I am just disappointed that, the same with the series, they didn't give us an on-screen kiss but instead give us a kissing scene where they have to cut during the highlight. On the good hand, Keita and Eiji can pull out the whole show without being so intimate.

Soon later, they decided to live in one house. I am so overwhelmed with the amount of cuteness that Kurosawa has from this. From taking too long to eat the food prepared by Adachi since he's trying to remember it for the rest of his life, to taking several photos of Adachi wearing the clothes he bought for him; he is just so lovely!

Here we go, the plot twist of the movie, introducing one another to their respective families. But before this, I was laughing so hard when Adachi was presenting his resume and the written reasons why he is applying to be Adachi's partner. Overjoyed when Kurosawa was warmly accepted by Adachi's family. This boy has been secretly in love with Adachi for years and looks where he is now, approved by his boyfriend's parents. "I want to share my life and have a future with him." Kurosawa to Adachi's family.

One of the best things from this movie is that Adachi leveled up his game. After losing his ability to read minds, he became too real about his feelings and showed more affection to Kurosawa. I super love his lines to Kurosawa, "When you're weak, I'll be strong." Yes! Someone like Kurosawa needed these kinds of words to hear, especially coming from the apple of his eye. Congratulations to both of you for winning the approval of Kurosawa's family too.

The engagement at the ocean was a growth for them, from Kurosawa offering a matchy pen before to now that both of them wear an engagement ring, I am just so happy. And here we go, the finale that all of us want to happen, our KuroDachi is officially a married couple. The matching wedding suits are looking so great on them. This special moment literally bought continuous happy tears from my eyes. The look of everyone who is so important to them when the two walked down the stairs was just so heartwarming.

Cherry Magic! Thirty Years of Virginity Can Make You a Wizard?! has always reserved space for my heart even after how many years will pass by. The nostalgic vibes I felt from watching this movie brought me back to when I was so patient in waiting for each episode to air during their release. The original version is so great too, the manga has more scenes from the couple and I am recommending it to many as well. I guess I already said all the things that I wanted to write in this review after watching the movie. One thing is for sure, the cast, the story, and the characters, are always living gratefully in my heart! I love you all and I am wishing for absolute pure happiness in life.

Sincerely,
An avid fan that magically changes his world from your healing love story.

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Slow and Boring

This is one of the most pointless movies I have ever watched.

While the plot is interesting, the story is all over the place. The movie opens with the police chief having nightmares but we don't get an explanation for this until essentially the end of the movie. The whole time I thought she was having a mental breakdown and honestly she was but not for the reasons I thought. I also thought she was living in an alternate reality. The Chief 's daughter is a nuisance.

The main plot about prostitution is terrible and frankly, sad. The best part of the movie is actress, Lee Yeon who plays Yae Un, the girl who is allegedy being prostituted against her will. There could have been a better story here but there is not.

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Her meaning of love was slow motion but he saw her in fast forward

This two concept of slow motion and fast forward was an important element of this movie. It's really not about that how you saw it. If you are in love then it's just love.

This movie concept and story wasn't anything new but the self loving thing made this one a memorable. You don't need to make yourself beautiful for others you need to make yourself better for you.

Their love was simple. If you love someone you will accept their own self. You won't wanna change anything. In this concept I would say the love triangle was done right. They were made for each other and also ended up together.

At some point I did feel like I have watched this storyline before many times but it wasn't completely same. It had a different vibe.

It's perfect for a gloomy day to brighten up your mood.


~ 30/12/2022

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