Rifky Nobu Mitsuki
Ciamis
Unfortunately in terms of the story, it feels less evocative, Boom' motivation to send witchcraft to Pratan's ex-wife's family feels to weak, just to get Pratan's inheritance doesn't really make sense to me.
The atmosphere is also not tense, the same as what I felt when I watched another Tanit Jitnukul film entitled "Hell" which had an interesting idea but the story and execution were not optimal. A film like this is very suitable to be made as crazy and bloody as possible, especially using witchcraft, the death of the character can be made as creative as possible.
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Lolico get a lot of fans and job offer, then from what I see in the film, she seems to be working non-stop, there is even a scene where she says "I'm tired" that makes me touched. Eventually she's just a human, plus the wheel rotates when someone takes the spotlight from her, consequently her mind is also became disturbed, she's so messed up. But kinda heartwarming when Lolico's sister visit her in shooting set, suddenly changes the depressing vibe into calm.
I've come across to think that those idols who are required to appear perfect and good, experiencing the same depression as Lolicon. Aftet all that's life, it's not easy.
I want to give thumbs up for the really good production designs, the settings, the lighting, the colors, etc. looks magnificent.
The best Japanese film visually imo, and it looks like it's all from the taste of its director, Mika Ninagawa. I've look up her filmography, it seems they all have the same vibe as this film, depressing but the visuals are pleasing to the eye.
That's all I can type, it's always a little long and disordered when I do this right after finish the film, I just put out what I think without being compiled.
Thank you.
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Broadly, this film tells the story of Momo Adachi's love story which is full of conflict, pain and betrayal. That's what I want it to focus in, I don't know if this film is a manga adaptation or not, if so, it is too much, because it seems that there are actually a lot of conflicts but trying to be included in a film whose duration is not much. Sacrificing the development of the story & character here that looks not optimal, tends to be superficial, so it can't produce any attachment and emotion to me.
It should be make into series with improvements in some parts of the story.
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Do you want to see what death is like? - Ai Enma
It reminds me a little of Hellraiser, if the Cenobites are summoned if someone manages to solve the puzzle, then the Cenobites will appear, granting sadomasochistic pleasures, shows a great practical effect and take the ones who summoned them to hell.In this film, there's Ai Enma, the Hell Girl, a mysterious woman who can send someone who you have a grudge against to Hell in exchange for forfeiting your own soul to Hell once you die. But unfortunately the way she taking people to hell is not very satisfying, makes me say "Just like that?".
The other things in this film not making me interested, it's just a procession bringing people to hell that I can say just "okay".
I love you Koji Shiraishi-san, but I'm really not satisfied with your work on this one.
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You could say the film shows the daily life of office employees, from their difficulties, joy and fatigue at work; but what I like is when the characters are gossiping about other people or just discussing something, which the characters bring naturally and make it feel funny, I feel like I am part of their conversation.
This film is only about conversations between characters but it's not boring in my opinion and that's good.
There's a weird twist in the end but somehow explain why the main character is a woman but has a man body,
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A happy Sawada's family consisting of father, mother and 3 daughters; the first daughter, Sachiko, who's about to married; the second, Yukie is trying to live independently and the youngest, Mayumi is enjoying her high school life, and they are as a family look so normal and happy.
Until one night when Sachiko and Yuki went to Tokyo and by chance Mayumi decided to sleep in Sachiko's room, Sachiko's ex-boyfriend breaks into the house, enters Sachiko's room, and pours sulfuric acid on Mayumi's face, thinking it was Sachiko lying in the bed. He then kills Mayumi's mother before being shot dead by her father. Mayumi survives the ordeal, but is left severely disfigured due to the sulfuric acid. This is where life of Sawada's family starting to ruin.
A cruel social life, enough to destroy someone, it can be seen here how rumors and gossip destroyed Mayumi even her friends were reluctant to befriend her because her face became ugly and her slit-mouthed. Actually the remaining members of family embraces her but yeah eventually they're holding psychological burden, especially the father. He lose her wife, killed a man, and he actually heard the rumors for sure, his life completely destroyed and can't hold it all.
You could say the ghost in the red dress that was seen by Mayumi appeared because his father died, not directly related but psychologically Mayumi is getting more down and bring up sort of mental illness which later will get worse and the ghost or demon takes full control of her.
It's definitely different with the first film, even though this film seems like a prequel but it doesn't have anything to do with the first film, different characters, different approaches, different focus. I'll say this is better than the first, this is more well-crafted even as a drama or horror. Not like the first that I think pushing too much to horror slasher and has cliche horror script.
This film is drama horror and use Mayumi's story to scare and spread horror, if you follow the story carefully it will make you feel horrified and there's a jumpscare but it doesn't seem like it's meant to be the main weapon. Fortunately, Kotaro Terauchi execute the film very well so the drama and horror can blend well together.
Lastly, you know Kuchisake Onna famous line? the "Am I pretty?" even though Mayumi appearance not that creepy but for me when she asked it to Sachiko in the end was more impactful and horrifying than in the first film that kinda make the words sounds annoying and no more sacred.
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Actually the kill doesn't matter because from the story, how they build up the emotion was enough for make this film a bloody reunion but they take somekind like serial killer path, kinda disappointing. It's okay if they stay on their path, even though it will be predictable but it's still gonna be satisfying but then they insert a twist, sure it a little bit shocked me but then I felt the emotions that were built up very good, now feel useless.
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Time to get married...
Actually I was thinking in the first 10-minutes that I'm not gonna enjoy this because it's a black & white film. But when dialogue starts, this film like give me a rope that makes me slowly enjoy the film.The dialogue feels like a conversations between ordinary people in real life, and I like it. And the plot is great, pretty well organized, even though it was laid out slowly.
I like Chishu Ryu & Setsuko Hara chemistry as Father & Daughter, I can feel the emotion when the marriage topic starts to be cooked, Noriko's unwillingness to get married and leave her father, I understand why she's like that. And then Somiya go home after sent Noriko to wedding and sit in solitude, enough to make my heart tremble.
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I think only Nogizaka46 fans who's gonna enjoy it to the fullest.
The plot is like anime called "Haikyuu" where a new students in a high school join an extracurricular but instead of volleyball, in this film was Naginata (a kind of ancient martial arts reserved for women) and they tried to get into the inter-high competition.From the story I like it but not that good, and there's a lot of Naginata Battle but the execution feels lacking and can't make me feel the thrilled.
And lastly the very good things about this film was there's a lot of heartwarming scene, when they're smile, cry, or anything, it's make my heart warm, and I truly love that.
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I think this film was just too long or probably should changed the order of the scenes.I love how these bullies are nurtured for us to hate to the point that what they do exceeds the limit, so when our heroine who I believe in with everything that has been taken, really wants to kill the bullies, when she did it, it felt so satisfying. To be honest, when Nozaki killed Kuga it felt like it was nearing the end but I saw that the duration had not yet reached half.
Then later Nozaki kills again but there is a gap that makes the initial build up not feel effective anymore, plus later it will include an element of romance which in my opinion is very unimportant.
It's a shame, I think if only it's focusing on Nozaki taking revenge on her bullies is more than enough, there's no need for love between these characters that makes everything feel like the bridge is collapsing at the end. Had the order been changed maybe it could have been better.
Although implicitly, making this film only covers not many characters who are represent every kind of person involved in every case of bullying in schools is quite good idea; There are those who are bullied, the bully, former victims of bullying, students who stand up for the victims, neutral students, teachers who are not good at handling bullies, messed up families behind the bullies, etc. but I don't really care about it anymore since this film getting mixed up and draggy.
Oh yeah, there's a two twist near the actual end, at this point I can only sigh and almost crying inside because I don't think this film need it.
Potentially very good but why why why?!!!
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60's Parasite
The first Kurosawa film that I finished, last year I tasted Rashomon but it was only willing to watch it until the opening.In the first half, I think it will be just a normal kidnapping drama, rather boring and a bit annoyed by his wife and his driver, Gondo, there is something wrong because the money ends up not being used to buy shares (somehow annoyed).
After finding the driver, this film starts to feel exciting, hunting the kidnapper while diving to the slum side makes you understand the kidnapper's feelings too, especially while looking at Gondo's house from the slum, he wants to bomb his house.
I really like it when the police hold a meeting, I feel like I'm putting up a puzzle, it's fun.
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The story is quite interesting, stand into more traditional mystical folklore horror with the inugami, but there's more conflict caused by the curse that's actually quite dramatic and complicated, and it also has a moment of surprise.
It's not pure horror though; it has a romance that's actually the one that drives this film forward; it was quite normal, sweet, and sensual, before finally there's a reveal towards the end that surprised me.
As a horror film, those frightening moments came from intense meetings of the characters, the Bonomiya family, that led to digging more into this Inugami thing, and delivered by the actors' solid performances, it was great.
Once again, this film deserve praise for how beautiful it looked; precisely captured the sublimity, the calmness of the rural village of Omine and Yuki Amami's beauty.
I think that's all, thanks.
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The story itself, I think it's simply about a woman who kill to lower property prices to buy her Dream Home, other than that, if you look at the flashback, maybe because it was part of her wish since childhood or to fulfill a promise to her mother to buy a flat, but i'm still confused about her big urge to achieve it, is it because the canceled contract? i don't know.
This film has funny moments too, only briefly but "burst on to his face" made me laugh out loud.
i don't know what to type anymore. That's all. Thanks
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But...
They put a twist in the middle of the film, and I don't want to blame it at first for breaking the great momentum, but I did try to be optimistic. With the film becoming bad after that twist in this second half, I think I need to blame it; they just simply told the story I don't want to follow, even though it's still about the victim. Also, this second half looks like those generic trash horror films.
I really want to curse this freakin' film. Just damn, it's very disappointing.
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Probably, this film could be something like eat the rich but it ends up flimsy.
As a revenge film, it feels weird. I feel like the antagonist is anxious throughout the film about Amelie's best friend died while doing anal with him, but it seems forgotten by Amelie but still affects her in a way, with all the things going on in her life that she sees a guy as her oasis, then the guy become the reason she need to get revenge while the antagonist still thinking about what he did, that's what's in my thoughts tho.
There's bunch of flashback between Amelie and her father, quite touching but it seems like it just for setting up the ending, which is quite good.
That's all I think. Thanks.
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