Good Movie But Lack emotional Depth
As The Title says, Colony Movie is a great One time watch movie but the story lack emotional Depth and I think it's should have been a series cause there were many things to explore they just somehow showed quickly, Zombie Scenes Was Really Well-done, Plot Was Decent (Had Huge Potential) The Main Strong main of this movie was acting, My god!! What a Performance by all the leads spacially JCW and His Sister . In the end It's Didn't live up to it's Hype Fully. A Good Watch .Was this review helpful to you?
More camp than girl scout cookies
gurrl, i need General Ouki to tell me what lipgloss he's using, 'cause hubba hubba!What starts out as a classic martial arts quest for revenge quickly becomes a perpetually-subtextual BL, and I am fully here for it. The choreographers, make up artists, and colour graders make this movie. Like yessss, give me beautiful fight scenes AND longing gazes!
If Hollywood's The Mummy (1999) made you bi – Kingdom is going to make you well... more bi! Qin king is hot. Mountain tribe chieftain is hot. And our plucky protagonist is the naive goofball trying his best :)
As much as I love Cdrama – let's be real – nothing like this would ever pass government regulations lol. It always feels a bit weird when Japan does Chinese history stuff, but hey, maybe we do need more camp Warring States era cinema.
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Emotional rollercoaster
This is the first review I’ve ever written, so please bear with me.To begin with, I didn’t have high expectations for this movie. I mainly started watching it just to have some background noise while doing other things, although the cast did look pretty good. The movie also started off rather slowly, following an ordinary gamer who suddenly finds himself in the middle of an apocalypse.
What I really liked was how the main character pulled himself together for the sake of his family. I also appreciated how the film showed his regrets about their relationship and gave emotional weight to his actions. I do not want to go too deeply into the story itself, but rather explain why I ended up giving this movie such a high rating.
I honestly felt like this was one of the most realistic apocalyptic films I have watched when it comes to human emotions. The movie constantly balanced hope and despair. Just when everything felt doomed, hope would appear again, only to disappear and return later. That emotional cycle continued throughout the entire story and kept things engaging.
Another thing I liked was how unpredictable it felt. I genuinely could not tell whether the main character was going to survive or not, which made the tension feel real. Even with the slow start, the movie hooked me surprisingly fast.
Also, props to the movie for not unnecessarily killing off every main character just for shock value.
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gambare !
how can people that are constantly burdened with loss and pain want to live?the movie doesn't answer the question but it shows you how does it feel.
it's like dark fairy tale, will the protagonists succeed in their quest, or will they just survive it?
it's a pathetic, sad, crazy, surreal coming of age movie. you will remember how it made you feel even if you didn't understand it
incredible acting, beautiful soundtrack, wonderful photography,
don't watch it expecting a plot, it's just about witnessing their life
I found the different endings of the manga and the movie to be and amazing addition to this story.
when you find out both you decide what happens, was the last part in the movie symbolic? why is it that the only moment he finally starts rooting for himself, is the moment after he gave everything up?
is there really redemption for him? does he actually believe that turning himself is enough to atone? can he finally see the love around him? is he finally at peace?
do not watch this movie expecting it to make sense and to finish all its lines and arcs, don't expect explanations of why they act that way and how they ended up so. don't expect a plot, because this is just about witnessing a bit of despair, hope and uncertainty
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Truly a great teenage romance movie
Portrayed the teenage love perfectly. It could have shown the other characters more, but they preferred it not to be protracted, and I liked that.......................................................................................................................................................................Was this review helpful to you?
"I'm still too young to give up"
Director Ichikawa Jun’s inaugural film Bu Su (1987), reminded me of Blue Spring (2001) only without the violence. Set around disillusioned high school students with no great prospects for the future it relied as much on mood as it did plot.Morishita Mugiko travels to Tokyo by train alone to start a new life as a maiko while also attending high school. Her aunt runs the house and renames her Suzume. At school, Mugiko silently slides into her class, observing instead of interacting. She walks through the new town filled with unusual people and places. She is demoted to running after the rickshaws when her aunt finds her inability to look up frustrating. During the planning for the school’s 100th anniversary talent show, Mugiko is manipulated into presenting a geisha dance by the class queen bee who has grown jealous of the handsome boy’s attention toward the new sullen girl.
To be called Bu Su was a derogatory name meaning physically or emotionally ugly. Tomita Yasuko was definitely not ugly so it could only be a description of Mugiko’s withdrawn personality. Head down, hair over her face, Mugiko rarely interacted with anyone until one day she stood up for another bu su. Ichikawa captured the isolation a teen could feel when thrust into a room of strangers, knowing teenagers were judgmental and cliquey. Like an alien with three heads and purple skin, Mugiko, attempted to blend into the background as much as possible. We’re told she’d had a rough time in her small hometown, but never learn the source of her difficulties with her mother, school, and father’s death. She slowly made friends with students who were considered odd. What she found was that others were also scared and lonely. She didn’t have a market on insecurity. Her new friends were also seeking meaning in their lives. Was this all there was to life? Despite the social advertising for them, the teens had seen that marriage and jobs weren’t necessarily the answers to happiness.
Ichikawa relied heavily on Tomita’s expressive eyes to sell Mugiko’s emotions. There were times his extreme closeups could be disorienting. Yet this first-time film director also had a flare for beautifully framing his compositions. Tokyo was explored, the parts that tourists see and the parts people avoid. If you like Japanese pop music you might enjoy the “modern” score for the time. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention Okusu Michiyo as the geisha madame/aunt. She gave a lovely performance as the woman who offered Mugiko/Suzume a chance and also watched as her own daughter chose a life outside their world.
Mugiko chose to perform a scene from the kabuki about Yaoya Oshichi who started a fire (or sounded a false alarm for one) for a chance to see the boy she loved. To master the puppet dance Mugiko had to learn from and rely on others. And she had to learn to look up. Unlike a Hollywood picture, everything didn’t end in cheers and medals for Mugiko and her friends. But even in their failures they gained insight into themselves. Sometimes the past has to be burned down in order to smile at the future. Bu Su wasn’t a perfect film and my score was around a 7.75 which I rounded up to 8.0. I found it flawed and yet also entertaining.
22 May 2026
Explanatory note: Suzume was the FLs maiko name. Much of the film took place with her school friends so to keep things simple in this review I used the name they addressed her by which was Mugiko.
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Emotions are okay
Emotions at 18 are the strongest, and sometimes they can lead young people into bad decisions. Therefore, it is important to find a way to express them and put them in the right place. This movie centers on a class of female students and their new teacher, who tries to approach them with friendship. We see how negative emotions influence the students, and we are reminded that it is hard for teenagers to understand life from an objective perspective. At the same time, it is also difficult for adults to understand the youth. In this movie, the teacher is the one who manages to break down the walls of emotions and truly understand her students’ hearts. In my opinion, she stole the spotlight and became the real main character of the film.The acting was good, but I wouldn’t say it was excellent. The male characters weren’t very good, and I think the movie would have been even better without them. I didn’t see any real need to add the foreign boy into the story because he just vanished as if he had never been there. As far as I know, he wasn’t either in the original novel on which this movie is based.
Since I am in a Korean book club, I will suggest reading this book there. I’m interested in connecting with the characters on a deeper level because I really liked the topic and the movie simplified it. The church setting served the story well, as did the beach. All in all, it was a nice movie about being honest with your emotions and finding someone to share them with.
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Pink Is Not the New Red
By naming itself after one of the greatest ballet films ever made, this movie didn’t do itself any favors. It really bothered me at first that the shoes were pink. However, it turns out the original Korean title translates to "Pink Shoes", so I won’t hold the translation against it. The premise of a woman finding haunted shoes was interesting, but the execution left a lot to be desired. The writing could have been stronger, and the repetitive plot made the film drag on, making it hard at times to stay engaged.However, the visuals were definitely stronger than the rest of the film. What made them so interesting was the use of vivid color, especially the focus on the bright pink of the shoes contrasted against the neutral colors in the background. While it had entertaining moments, and I don’t regret watching it, this is not a film I would revisit.
Overall: 2.5/5
Quality: 3/5
Enjoyment: 2.5/5
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A warm and soothing movie
A beautiful movie, in a very calm pace. It's about mutual respect and being able to make sacrifices for the sake of a child.Also how to be honest about your feelings and your sexuality.
The movie had good visuals, it had only background music and that fitted the movie well.
The acting was very good and the mains had good chemistry and the kisses were good.
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trash
so is it cancelled? i hope it is. if they keep doing adaptions on our beloved web noels that would just ruin our entire imagination about it. i hope that whoever wanted to do an adaptation on webnovels would be more careful next time knowing that there are millions or thousands of people who's imagination are already set. i hope that they are forced to cancel it and to gie us justice change the entire cast and director to someone who likes orv by heart knowing how passionate the fans are and takes good care of the novel.Was this review helpful to you?
This movie made me angry… in a good way
I’ve been seeing Shin HyeSun everywhere lately, both in dramas and movies, and honestly? I’m not complaining because she keeps delivering every single time. Brave Citizen shows another side of her again. It’s funny at times, frustrating most of the time, and weirdly satisfying in a “I know this is wrong but also… deserved” kind of way. The situations in the film feel upsetting because they’re believable enough to reflect someone’s real life nightmare, and that realism makes you root hard for the victims.The story itself isn’t some groundbreaking masterpiece plot-wise, but it works because it feels relatable. The bullying, abuse of power, and helplessness hit close enough to reality that the emotional payoff becomes satisfying. And yes, logically speaking, answering violence with violence is bad… but I’d be lying if I said seeing bad people get a taste of their own medicine didn’t feel cathartic. Sometimes fiction just lets you release that bottled up frustration safely.
I’d say the pacing leans on the slower side since it spends time building things up, but once it gets going, it becomes a really engaging watch. It made me angry, entertained, stressed, and weirdly fulfilled all at once. Definitely worth watching if you enjoy stories that feel grounded, emotionally charged, and just a little bit rage-inducing.
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A battle of wits and stunning proses!
What an interesting movie that was!A battle of wits, a dialogue-heavy two hours feature and not one second of boredome. The exchanges kept me on the edge of my seat and sure, some of the wittiness and stunning proses gets lost in translation but the delivery is so magnificent that you can, imho, easily move past that. The writing is quite unbelievable, the dialogues are so enticing and grip your attention and some of the proses are actually explained furthermore, which is nice. It truly felt like watching a battle of wit, a battle of words and I was genuinely fully into it. It rought certain subject up and will make you think after your watch, about ideas and opnions shared throughout their verbal tiki-taka.
The acting was very VERY good, the chemistry quite palpable, I mean what an incredible duo! Yuki Yamada surprised me by how great he was and how well he faced Sato Jiro! Bakudan is not for everyone but if you enjoy proses, study of characters; feature that leave you with thoughts and heavy dialogues, you will absolutely love this and I genuinely recommend it!
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my babies
the cinematography was TOP-TIER. i love how it portrayed society's view towards lgbtq+, the different perspectives of minato's mom, their teacher, and minato himself showed a lot about how we humans see the world from different points of view. just because yori seemed "girly" and "gay" in his dad's pov, his dad keeps saying that he has a "pig's brain" like wtf that pissed me off so much and since that's what his dad calls him, he started to think that he is wrong for being different. the scene where yori said "i'm cured now, i'm normal now.... i lied," then his father just grabbed him aggressively back to their house made me cry so bad.. another scene that made me cry was the trumpet scene with the principal, the line "if only some people can have it, that's not happiness. happiness is something anyone can have."Was this review helpful to you?
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What Remains
After hearing that Park Jeong-min won Best Actor for this film, it became hard to pass up. The plot is straightforward yet engaging, following a son uncovering the “ugly” truth behind his mother’s disappearance 40 years ago through a series of interviews.The ending feels unsettling and somewhat disappointing, raising questions about the overall moral of the film. While the protagonist lacks many redeemable qualities, Park Jeong-min’s raw and emotional performance completely captures attention and stands out as the film’s strongest aspect.
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Strong Racing Scenes, Simple Story
I went into not really caring about race cars, but it actually turned out more interesting than I expected. The racing scenes were easily the highlight, with a lot of energy and intensity that made the sport way more engaging to watch than I thought it would be.What stood out most was that the story is more about brotherhood than anything else. If someone is going in expecting romance, it’s better to skip it because that’s not really the focus. Trailer made me think there was romance, boy was I wrong. The film centers on two brothers with a strained relationship, shaped heavily by the death of Hiyama Atsuhiro’s girlfriend, who was also Hiyama Naozumi’s first love. That shared history creates a lot of tension between them, especially since it affects how they view each other and themselves. Even though it uses a familiar setup, I wasn’t tired of the trope where the younger brother is in love with his older brother’s girlfriend, she passes away, and it leads to resentment and emotional distance. It’s something that’s been done a lot, but it still worked well enough here because of the racing backdrop and the way their rivalry plays out.
That said, I do wish the girlfriend had more presence in the story, and it would’ve been more impactful to actually see her relationship with Hiyama Naozumi. It would have added more weight to his behavior in the present and made the emotional conflict hit harder.
Overall, Over Drive was surprisingly engaging. The story is simple and familiar, but the racing scenes and the brother dynamic made it more enjoyable than expected.
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