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The trailer for this movie looks exciting and intense. But when you finally watch it, it's not as exciting as the trailer makes it look. It's definitely intense - you won't be able to fall asleep while watching, but it has lulls in the plot. Plot-wise, it's meant to depict the life of the last princess of Korea; as you'd expect, it's not a happy story. I might be able to argue it has a bittersweet ending, but not happy. There's nothing objectively wrong with the way the story unfolds, it's just not the kind of ending that I find enjoyment out of, so for me, it's not a higher rated movie.

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Quirky short musical with cute guys

Overall: This is one of the few artsy/quirky short films that I actually really enjoyed.

Content Warnings: very mild violence (and you may never eat candy the same way again :P )

What I Liked
- the music, round of applause to whoever wrote the songs and the singing was good
- unique plot, definitely haven't seen this before
- the outfits matched their candy counterparts well
- apparently I really like tattoos, even when it's the word "digestive" lol
- I liked that even in the darker scenes there was light on the actors' faces, too frequently I can't see anything

Room For Improvement
- I didn't at first like the first song the guy wearing black sang, but I think it was a style thing
- the animation when showing people looked a bit amateurish
- a small continuity error with the white band being ripped, but then not being ripped in a wide shot

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Sweet a bit too religious for my personal taste but I love this angele to it...

This movie is really sweet, the main couple is adorable and their story is pretty typical guy who thinks he is straight falls for another guy and struggles with it. Not much new to that but also something always nice to to watch. what I do love is the way they for once let gay people be religious. So yes I love the representation here, the way the religion is portrayed and even if I personally am not a big fan of the whole jesus loves you theme when it comes to my personal belief as an atheist, It is not really my cup of tea to watch. However the freedom of religion person within me is thrilled with this type of movie. It brought down the entertainment value but I am really happy this movie exists and hope many people will watch it!

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I didn't know what was the focus of this movie even after the end

I really don't know what to say about this movie. I am always on the hunt for hidden gems. I am looking for dramas and movies that are not so popular but deserve recognition. I am not sure if anyone would consider this movie a hidden gem. I don't know if I myself think so.
First of all the cinematography reminded me of the movie Amelie at some points which I liked.
The story seemed very interesting and rare, so I watched it. I still don't know what the story was about. Did they love each other through spending time together or did they just sympathized with each other? Was it love or loneliness and despair? The woman loved the man she stalked or she was just obsessed with him because nobody wanted to befriend her? I have so many questions. This movie didn't have a specific message for the audience in my opinion. Or if there was a message what was it?
I am so confused so I don't know if i would recommend it. Maybe some people like this type of movies without a specific theme or movies that you can't fully understand. I personally prefer the movies that are very clear and have a specific message to the audience.

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To start off, the plot was very underwhelming, especially for a sci-fi movie. The synopsis is literally all the movie was, a family trying to survive in the basement after a nuclear bomb goes off.

The idea of the story was pretty solid, but since there wasn't much going on it was quite boring. There isn't a whole lot of the sci-fi aspect and more of the anti-climactic parts of living basement since the bomb went off. I don't think the storyline was horrible, it was just very anti-climactic. That could be a huge turn off for people since people normally like sci-fi movies with a lot of action or science based or even actual drama. If you were expecting a thriller sci-fi like movie, you won't find it here. The most interesting parts of the movie are when they take about their situation and what to do.

The acting and the cinematography was pretty good if I had to be perfectly honest. Again, the story is where this drama really lacked it, but everything else was pretty good. For a low budget film, it was not the worst thing I've seen. Only watch this if you are not looking for anything in particular and go in with no expectations. I personally give this movie an overall 7.0/10.

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I watched this because of Arata Mackenyu

When I decided to watch this movie, it was basically because im a hardcore fan of Macken. Generally this movie isn't the type that i would watch or enjoy... but i still watched it and gave it a shot. In short, i felt like it had a stagnant plot. I was constantly waiting for something to happen but nothing really did. I understand it was more of a brotherhood type of movie, but in my view it was just... cars. And to be frank the racing scenes were the most exciting- at least something was going on, and it had you anticipate something...
I wouldn't watch it again., but one must praise the actors- they did a good job with portraying the frusrration and sadness, though it had no depth to it because of the story line...
Honestly it's a 5/10 but i added a 1.5 because macken :')

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I finally watched the first Rurouni Kenshin movie, staring Satoh Takeru, and it was so good! The perfect blend of character driven movie and an action flick, just the right amount of both.

And the action was honestly breathtaking. The speed at which they fought, the elegance of it! It was incredible. And seeing Satoh Takeru swinging a sword? Holy...!

Speaking of Satoh Takeru, he was ah-mazing here! The way he could go from cute and goofy to murderous in a heartbeat? Perfection. I've seen two dramas with him so far and he was really great in both but here? Here he shined!

One Rurouni Kenshin movie down, 5 to go, yay!

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Everyone is useless.

Minori does not shy away from telling what is on her mind. She never takes part and awkwardly laughs and smiles at someone's terrible views and jokes. However, she keeps questioning the way people around her behave and think. To her, the world makes no sense. Minori is fed up with everyone and herself, too. She doesn't know if she wants to live differently. But people keep trying to let her know what would be good for her. They label her, put her in boxes, and often don't really care about her opinion and feelings. There is so much going on inside her head, you can literally feel how she is about to explode. She wants to be helpful, be a good friend and not depend so much on others. Someone wrote in their review how her not smiling throughout the film affected their film experience and funny enough, it made me watch and enjoy this film even more. Minori, On The Brink, is a film that depicts society so well in just conversations and silences. Minori never calls herself cute, Minori wants to be left alone. Minori might be depressed.

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Family dynamics were meh

I like these kinds of survival movies, where people are stuck in one location. What makes them entertaining is suspense and character progression. Yet this movie had one annoying family.

Characters: Scriptwriters why did you make a mother and daughter such useless characters? Why was father the only one that was useful? I know that for some people this bickering would seem relatable, but for me, it felt like the stereotype "man is the head of the family". Do you seriously think that daughter and mother would be helpless during such a situation?

What's the worst was constant blaming of the father for everything. It was exhausting to watch.

Sound-design and music: It was alright.

The ending was anti-climactic. Rewatch value is literal zero.

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Not as good as its prequel

While I liked the overall vibe of these movies and how they were a mix between romance, life, and action, I just didn't connect much to this movie's plot. I wasn't a huge fan of Chungking Express but it was still better — I felt more invested in the stories and the characters had more personality to them. The stories felt more organized and I connected to what they were feeling more.

Even then, however, I have to give credit once more to Kaneshiro Takeshi, who had the most intriguing part of the movie and certainly did his character justice. I wish we saw more of his character.

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Tweaking de high-school cliches -

De film opens in high spirits in Wuhan, central China, in autumn 2008 – a pivotal year 4 de country, wid de Beijing Olympics, Shenzhou VII space launch & (more important for the teeny heroine) de seventh album by Taiwan boyband Mayday 五月天. De bubbly, totally generic tone is continued as she teams up with 2 other duncy girl-pals & ends up sharing a desk with a brilliant but arrogant male student for whom, after the usual spatting, she develops a serious but clumsy shine.

MEMORABLE LINES _ Do u remember de younger u back then? dat person back then was de best version of u; de person i am now is de best version of me; btw de best version of ourselves are all de years of our youth that we'll never able to catch again."
When I recalled my high school life after many years, I barely remembered much of it. It was like a running list with all trivial things, which was hard to salvage. I can't remember what we said and what we did but I remembered you -Geng-Geng.

https://dramacool.pe/my-best-summer-episode-1.html

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Trigger warnings for suicide and very stylized eye trauma.

I am not very familiar with the source material, either the web novel or drama. I watched some of the drama but only enough to know it wasn't for me.

The production design of this movie, specifically in terms of practical sets and costumes was pretty solid. The decision to put every actor and actress in miles of chiffon is one I agree with. From what I've read this is a director who is best known as a cinematographer and I think that carries through in terms of direction.

Where the movie falls apart for me is in terms of plot and narrative.

Without a Wikipedia plot summary, I'm not sure I could've followed along with this movie. There is a lot of information crammed into 2 hours, which while admirable is perhaps not advisable. These characters have lived thousands of years worth of plot relevant suffering and giving us a cliff notes version of those years is a good way to give your audience narrative whiplash.

The overall performances are fine.The rest of the movie is, in a word fine. l have never seen a more beautiful movie that I did not care about.

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Sluggish Justice 4 de Korean Corruption

A police woman & de kidnapper play a game of cat and mouse; dat's nothing new. De movie is abt corruption within de highest ranks & even if de heroine thinks dat dis can't be glossed over & go unpunished nowadays, de audience will probably doubt that. What's good is how de revelations constantly change de characters' interactions, though.

VERDICT _ Even though de tension is mainly created through de conversations & de danger in which de hostages are in, there are also some action scenes. Laudably, these don't drag on & fit well in2 de rest of de movie, even though we are clearly not dealing wid an action movie.

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