Reviews

Life in the face of death = (TEAR-JERKER)

"I want 2 eat ur pancreas", is a movie wid tragedy. It's abt an outgoing girl who has a pancreatic illness which she hasn't told anyone except her family dat she has dis illness. A boy frm her class stumbles upon her diary dat she left in de hospital & she comes back 2 fetch de diary only 2 realise dat he read it so she ends up telling him abt her illness. Due 2 this secret knowledge of theirs dat none of deir classmates knw abt, dey start 2 grow closer. It offers generic school settings wid rather superficial teenage characters.

VERDICT _ De movie tells a touching coming-of-age story dat celebrates life in de face of death, though a more subtle delivery would have made it a stronger film....I loved this movie &I cried my eyes out. We want 2 experience something dat will truly take us away frm our lives & make us feel something so strong dat we are moved 2 tears. This movie did just that.

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One time watch; Not bad or good

This isn't for everyone if I'm honest I feel like the message or the purpose of this movie is hard to perceive. I skipped around a bit too bc some of the dialogue and scenes were just fillers. It's pretty confusing why he quits school and why his sister is so nonchalant about it. I guess given his family situation he just wanted a break from all the stress and quit on a whim bc he was regretting after. It also seems like he craves love and security but doesn't know what it is and just chases whatever he sees first. Perhaps the movie was getting at sex does not equal love in that aspect. The girls story was her falling in love at first sight with someone who she knows nothing about and expecting him to like her back too. With her it might be that we tend to create fantasies in our heads about someone we're infatuated with without knowing them and when its crushed by reality it doesn't register easily. The ending is where that really comes out. Except what isn't sitting with me is that they had sex??? that kind of retracts the purpose I said before because he didn't even remember her so he just wanted to do it with someone who loved him but did he even like her back..I doubt. He used her to fill a void and she just wanted him to fulfill what she had in her head. It's the reality of some relationships too I guess. It's kind of sad but true. When you put this sort of real life thing into a movie I suppose it's harder to understand because we do things that we don't really have a reason for or we do things for twisted reasons that we don't let be known. Overall I give it a 6.5/10 bc it just wasn't a really riveting movie but you may like it so don't let me influence you completely.

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Silently Beautiful

This film has been on my radar for a while and I'm so glad I got to watch it.

Ainu Mosir is a coming of age story, not just for the main character Kanto, but almost also for the people in the town.
We see the townspeople trying to balance between preserving their culture and getting by in modern Japan.
I really enjoyed the scenes with Kanto's mother in them.
I think she was a really good personification of this struggle for balance.

I want to especially point out the use of sound.
This was so beautifully done in my opinion.
I've marked this under music but it's isn't really music, but rather the background sounds you can hear.
There are quite a few scenes were you lean in (metaphorically and physically) to hear the tranquil sounds of nature.
It's beautiful, breathtaking, and also sometimes sad.
I thought this was a really nice way to contrast between the sounds we hear in the town; repetitive announcements that feel disruptive, but have been accepted as a part of everyday life.

While the story is about Ainu culture, I think many people will be able to relate with the idea of balancing different 'identities'.

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How can you love someone when you don't even love yourself?

THIS. WAS. HILARIOUS!

I have to say for all my halal babes that the first few scenes contain rather explicit and nude scenes. But keep in mind, it is not a porn movie.

For starters, I freaking love Ji-Sung here. Usually, in this type of storyline, you would expect the guy to be the 'bad guy that has a douchy attitude. But surprisingly, the writers definitely pulled Ji-Sung off to be this cute man (that I adore so much). I really love the female ML too as her character really is a breath of fresh air!

Overall, I love the message that this movie is trying to give to the audience. Always prioritize and love yourself first before anything else, in order to love someone else. Their P.S relationship might be funny and scandalous, but through that relationship and dynamic, both of the main characters found their true self and finally starting to let go of old memories. If you're hesitant to watch it, please don't. It's very entertaining and of course, has the happy ending it deserves.

P.s I wouldn't rewatch this because someone might walk in me watching a raunchy movie. Don't watch it in the living room kids ;)

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It's easy to judge problems with a perception from outside the relationship.

I generally don't see anything that isn't rated above 8.5, but I decided to give this movie a try and the reviews with low grades of it are probably from younger people, who don't understand what communication was like in the 90s, or the lack her.
Things in life always seem simpler when you're looking at it from the outside. Conflicts with a complicated solution, for us, it's nonsense, a lot of rubbish.
But in life, when you are living this, everything changes, everything is different and everything is complicated.
So if you're reading this, like me who researches reviews before watching something, don't mind reviews with low grades from people who don't understand this reality. I think older people in their 20s and 30s are going to love it.

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The Missing Void in Life

Hsiao Chi does everything so quickly that she's always one step ahead of others. She works in the post office and a bus driver comes to post a letter every day. Hsiao Chi is turning thirty soon and longs for love. Finally, on the eve of Valentine's Day, a hot guy asks her out. But to her astonishment, she wakes up the next morning and finds that the Valentine's Day has mysteriously passed.

This is an interesting concept, of the common yin-yang relationship story. However they put two characters who are not of different characters, but one who is living faster in time while the other is slower in time. So how did both of them managed to get align in time, to make this relationship work?

I like how they convey their visual creativity. They uses the window as a portal to show what she fantasises like a bubble thought. It also shows how in the 1980-1990s, we use to listen the favourite radio channel night host with call-in game shows. Putting in an imaginary character, Gecko, just like most houses we have house lizards who knew everything that is happening in your life as you grow up. Showcasing each memory like a photo image, on an old school Mattel's Viewmaster toy. The frozen in time sequence is also notable, and surreal. Most probably had to secure a large perimeter for that to be done. While the dog should be digitally added in later. It has become a beautiful art.

This is a worth to watch show, unpopular but there is real meaning and a twist to it. You might be bored on the first part, but do stay on till the end. It has drawn similar reference to Amélie. This is told in a two story manner, focusing on each person background individually. It showed the missing void that we all have, we all has always been looking for that special someone in life. Similar to how she always been missing stuffs, without that maybe she won't also visit her mother. Only to find out that there are also guardian angels around us, just like her secretive mother who has been liking up her every post that she posted. Liu Guanting's acting so far hasn't disappointed me. He has portrayed multiple roles and has proven versatile in his acting skills. It has also showed lots of great Taiwan locations, especially the Chiayi Oyster Farm.

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你要好好愛自己, 因為沒有人愛你。

有人說，人生是由許多回憶組成的， 談戀愛就是在創造回憶，他的回憶有你，你的回憶有他，那是最好的。
但是很可能，你珍貴的回憶對對方來說根本沒有意義，這就是人生啦，不管是苦還是甜，有伴沒伴，明天情人節，好好地過吧。

所有的愛情都是自我催眠。

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A mother that wants to loose weight

I just watched this drama because of Jang Young Nam who usually play the role of villain... but this time she will portray the role of a mother <3
This short film depicts about a beautiful mother who wants to loose weight but keeps on gaining weight. During motherhood, it is common for a mother to gain weight because of her hormones and the food she eats are the factors. The mother doesn't have self esteem and conscious of her weight. She gains weight because of her family such as getting the food on the floor so that it won't end up being wasted and left overs by her kids will be ended up consumed by her.

I really don't see anything fat about the mother because she is still pretty and being loved by her family. One must embrace body positivity! Jang Young Nam is a pretty mother and I don't see any flaws from her!

I love this short drama!

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Amazing movie to watch easily again and again!!!

This is the second movie from Philippines I have ever seen and I loved it too!This movie dealt with some serious issues such as controlling parents and partners and life-threatening sickness but in a brilliant way. It was a simple and cute movie when I chose to watch it, but it was a great one after I finished it.
The movie shows how important it is to live your life for yourself and not the life others want you to live, because you never know when the end will come. Many times people try to protect us by controlling us, but they forget that everyone learns through their mistakes, so it is allowed to make some. We should live life without regrets, so mistakes are in the plan too.
Female lead was confused about which path she should take, but in the end she found her answer. The weird thing is that, while she was trying to get rid of her unwanted marriage, she was planning her real wedding with the help of the unwanted husband. If you think about it, it is weird, but this made her live the experiences other brides would have with their husbands-to-be, that she otherwise wouldn't have, because her husband-to-be was away. These experiences made them come closer and helped her see what her future with this man would seem like. I liked the way she fought for her freedom of choice at the end.
I would totally recommend this movie to everyone. It is appropriate for all ages too.

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world has got no justice

It took quite a while for me to be able to classify what "One Way Trip" actually wants to be and what its message is. To be precise i needed a good amount of patience, because only towards the end this becomes apparent.

VERDICT _ you can lose interest in this movie pretty fast. But if you manage to hold on until the end you will be rewarded with an exceptionally dark tone which leaves no doubt that the film could have turned out a lot better. Still, for its dark tone the drama deserves some praise....POOR SUHO

P. S I can't believe they made an entire movie just for Ji soo to cry in

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It's not bad but not good either

I watched this moview 2 years a go, skiping a lot, and I hated it but I forgot about what happned so I watched it again , maybe it was not with subtitles. and now I watched it all again with sub.

It is a simple sad story about a family , mothers, and homosexuality, one guy doesn't have a mom, the other one have
For me I feel the overall story is not new, the conflict of someone that doesn't have a family and enter a relationship from the son because of the caring loveing mom care
on top of that the same trop about the mother not approving her son being gay.
and it's slow and drag trying to be artistic,

To my point of view the producer is very influence by Kim ki Duk and trying hard to be him, but it's not working, Kim ki Duk is a genius and he tell a story wonderful and slow without too much of a dialog, you understand in a way his massage,

but here you understand but stay confuse all the way and there are a lot of moments you can skip, the color pallet is the same ,and the anviorment is very cold, it feels lonely we got it already, but life have some colorful moments too , the director is probably very depressed he doesn't see anything but the dark and gloomy moments

even when the guy that became a vagtable wake up it's depressing.

Overall I think that there is not so much of this movie, the producer or the script was trying hard to tell you that everything is gloomy, and you need to accept that it's life, but it's only his narrow prespective. if you go after Kim Ki duk at list you have some shiny moments, and some meaning behind things. what we got here exactly, did we get with some insight? no, you left without and 2 hours less from you life and sad

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"Dis game of truth is FUN - Its thrilling like catching a serial killer"

So glad it turned out 2 be a must watch film. It shows the reality of life & how honesty is really an important factor in any relationship. I was hoping the ending wasn't like that because I want 2 see de aftermath of de chaos transpire & yes I was mad because of all of de lies but looking back, I guess the ending was fitting.

Sometimes the mockery is gentle, other times farcical, and other times it feels like the universe is playing a horrific joke that only seems funny to us because we know the situation isn't as bad as it looks.

VERDICT _ Human nature is like an eclipse.You can hide it but it'll get revealed.

https://dramacool.pe/intimate-strangers-episode-1.html

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"Vengeance Brings the Dead to Life"

Ok, so wat exactly do we hve here. A mystery thriller? A horror movie? Or ultimately a movie abt self-sacrificing mothers? Well, all at once 2 b exact. Such a genre mix is in strong demand of sensitivity in order 2 work out.

Wat's interesting is de way de resurrected r portrayed here. A mix of zombies, ghosts, but @no time killing randomly, but acting with a purpose, namely taking revenge on their killers. Yet, there isn't made much use of those beings.

VERDICT_ To get to the bottom of the case can be quite thrilling at times, but apart from the mother the characters turn out to be shallow. All in all this movie is an uneven genre mix without knowing where it is heading.

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"You're doing the right thing, keep doing it"

SYNOPSIS _Go Gi-hwan is the actor who was starred in a large number of short films. However, he couldn’t get any dvd from the directors. He’s decided to collect his dvds meeting the directors who he used to work with, and he faces the fact that he couldn’t have known…

VERDICT _Dat's a good independent film.For me, the best scene was when he lost his bag , and the recovered paper bag was mixed with garbage in the room. A climax scene that shows the reality in which the joys and sorrows of the past have plummeted to the bottom. Do you hear everything about human life in the film? The message given by the work lasts.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9QzZ5hwDhA

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