scenophile

I enjoyed this one and all the warmth and bittersweetness that came with it. It’s beautifully filmed and I really like how purposefully opaque and unreliable the story-telling is.

Compared to the original Chinese movie, this adaptation does seem a little more buttoned-up and less raw, which could be a negative. But on the other hand, I also found it to be much less frustrating — so it turned out to be quite an even trade I guess.

Ultimately, I still liked this one; I’ve been in the middle of the book for quite a while and now I feel more motivation to pick it up again.