Reviews

" If you weren't the bully , than you were being bullied "

Girls be crying over a boy , I be crying over this movie .

This movie is a masterpiece. It's a story about the cruel reality of bullying we are living in. It's a story about two people who are hoping for better days after suffering so much. It's a story that should be heard and should be understood .

Both lead characters are so amazing and talented that you could feel their emotions, happiness, sadness, or whatever feeling right in their eyes and facial expression.
Even when they are having their happy little moments you will cry cause they are enjoying the days . i love this movie it delivers a simple message in a deep way; stop bullying. this movie spread awareness of bullying and informed me of many things that i did not realise happens when you get bullied; the story mainly goes through the pov of the victim getting bullied and shows her thoughts, unfortunately it did not really show what goes through the bullies thoughts which would be interesting to see if that happened it would probably try to make us feel sympathetic but i would have liked to see an extra where it shows the bullies side of story.

Before watching this i did not realise the harsh brutality of what these victims of being bullied goes through especially the amount of stress that they have to deal with studies is overwhelming enough i couldnt imagine getting bullied myself so throughout watching this i just felt extremely lucky that i dont get bullied at school. i love the cinematics in this, many scenes made me cry especially that one scene where the boy was pretending to rape the girl and when the cops seperated them they were both crying but not for the reason reason that they think- yeah that part just blew my mind and made me realise the the point of view can make a huge difference.

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A touching story

So basically I feel that this movie is so UNDERRATED! I feel so upset that it doesn't get more attention that it deserves! Ok well some of the relationship between two characters, like the ghost lady and the scholar male lead, wasn't nicely developed. They spent a night reading some story and the lady was playing the pipa, and he wants to marry her already to free her from the resentments of the human world. Well I get that part but what I don't understand was how he fell in love with her so quickly. The dialogs when he was proposing to her was good, but I just don't feel any chemistry between them. However, the chemistry between the two male leads are just BAM! Their friendship is pure despite the fact that the fox, only tagged along with the scholar because he needs something, a white elixir from him that could cause the scholar's life so that he could be a nine tailed fox immortal. And when that time comes, the scholar gave it without hesitation to a person who's pretending to be the fox ML. His fox friend obtained that elixir, which the villian thought was just a normal black elixir. A plot twist happened which I'll not mention, but the fox gave up immortality to save his scholar friend, and was reduced to a normal fox. His scholar friend's memories was wiped away, but his compassion remains. When his scholar friend saw that fox that was badly injured, he took him in. And thus, the two friends spend their lives together. Meanwhile, somewhere at the start, there's this taosit priest that stabs paintings to cure people, and IT WENT SO SMOOTHLY. The blood oozing from the painting is just amazing! I hope you'll give this movie a chance

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Some of you might get confused but thats why you have to focus and stick around the whole film.

The thing that I have learned from this movie is that you don't really need many actors so It would be a good movie .

Acting was absolutely superb. Very believable performances from everyone involved and amazing work to show changes of the emotional and psychological states in the main characters. Jeon joon seo & Park shin hye played a brilliant role here. Young sook's laugh still give me chills! She played a real villian man!! Hats off to her character.

There is one thing I noticed, The cliffhanger ending that is supposed to shock us but ultimately doesn't fulfill any form of surprise or dread. No, that ending doesn't work at all. Let's just say it made no sense that our villain, wouldn't be found after what happened to her. I know cliffhangers are fun, but at least make them believable.

I liked how the relationship of mom-daughter changed in the end, when from the start Seo-yon towards her mom wasn't in good terms at all, maybe she thought her mom was kinda selfish of herself [doing her nails and such to make beautiful] but the twist of the plot showed that a mother will do everything just to protect and save her child no matter what. Seeing Seo-yon smiles at the end proved her how her mother loves her very much.

Overall, a very well done film that, throughout has you at the edge of your seat

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Don't judge this "book" by it's "cover."

That's exactly what I did. I was very reluctant watching this because of the mixed reviews and simply because the cover photo turned me off. I'm glad I told myself to stop doubting it and to watch at least the first 30 minutes. 30 minutes turned into an hour, and hour to 2 hours, and so forth.

I was moved down to the core significantly from the cult-like ominous groups that corrupted Yu's family. It has made me realize that even today groups like this exist. Personally, I grew up forced into Christian beliefs and had to put up a fight to state my own opinion against it since I'm even still under the age of 18.

The acting the actors portrayed could've carried this movie if the storyline wasn't good. These actors amazingly outdid themselves and I will DEFINITELY watch more productions in which the main cast has starred in.

It wasn't really until the ending that made me show emotion, though. when Yoko realized that all along she was in the wrong, and when Yu was in the psychiatric ward, she went to do what he tried to do for her.
This movie is so hard to explain emotionally, you REALLY have to watch it yourself to see what I mean by all this.

Worth the 4 hours.
10/10 from me.

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BEST MULAN!

I think this movie is the best Mulan compared to other Mulan-related movies, especially the Disney ones. This is not child-friendly, obviously, but every scenes are much more logical. Mulan wasn't instantly become the best fighter. She had to practice and went through ups and dows, even had a depression period when people around her died. The battle scenes also were shot perfectly.

One scene that successfully made me cry a river is when she was pushed to kill her own horse, the one that had went through numerous battles with her, "In the next life, we will switch sides and you can kill me". NOOOOOOOO

Btw, THIS MULAN hates war. She hates it even when she won any battles because she knew that war never worth human's lives.

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Reviewing this piece....

Finding the reviews on here almost made me pass on this short film. Still, I've been noticing thoughts focused overall picture rather than the actual purpose of the message hidden within the story. It is crucial to consider different genres; in my opinion, a strong message of family values is very relatable. Before looking into the reviews, keep our views in mind but try to be the judge and see if you enjoy it. So open your mind to endless possibilities as each story has its uniqueness. Another word of advice is graphic +18; it might be hard to watch; otherwise, I hope you can find the message.

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Suda and team pull off another one! :)

Being an ignorant American, I had never heard of GreeeN until now but I'm glad I have. I enjoyed this film very much. Hated the dad. Didn't even realize til more than halfway thru that the doc at the hospital and the monster at home were the same person. Night and day.

Matsuzaka Tori's way with a pair of black pants made it difficult for me to focus on the plot but I did my best. lol I am not familiar with him but will remedy that situation immediately. Fine actor. As for Suda Masaki, once again he delights and amazes. I really do think he is a collection of particles of light in human form, sent to this Earth to spread joy amongst humanity with his angelic presence and gritty charisma. There is clearly nothing he cannot do as an entertainer. I love watching him onscreen just for who he is and what he brings, but he is also a very talented actor who is entirely whatever character he is portraying. He frequently brings tears to my eyes with seemingly minor or small things such as the humble/real/heartfelt emotion with which he apologized to his GreeeN fellows and asked to come back. The japanese are maybe the most emotionally restricted culture I've encountered, but nobody does apologies more beautifully than do they.

The relatively smooth grace with which the older brother made the necessary mental/emotional adjustment necessary to assume a role in life he had not previously imagined was beautiful. That is something I will be thinking about in my own life the next few days.

This is yet another Asian flick sitting in my to-watch list for ages that I kept putting off. When will I ever learn? I am much more likely to be surprised by and love something that gives me pause for whatever reason when it comes to Asian cinema. This flick was so much more than I anticipated from the poster. I really need to ignore posters; they are so often a complete failure at conveying the essence of a film.

Bravo to Suda a crew once again. 8.5/10

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The only thing that is clear is the darkness

This movie is one of those movies that starts off making you oddly confused and may not keep you on your toes but will definitely keep you wondering and confused all the way till the end...

The filming is dark and beautiful the angels, the locations, the colors very artistic beautiful and dark, dark, so dark... At times a bit disgusting too but mostly dark...

Though I am still confused about what I watched the acting was very convincing and yep they made me confused... but in a talented kind of way....

There are not a lot of lines in this movie and the general feel is more fear and outcast than love and passion even if it has a steamy kiss and fuck scene or two there is not much longing or sweetness, this is more a straight forward, mutual outcast pain kind of relationship in an otherwise very confusing and dark oh so dark setting...

So what can I say, the entertainment value for this one is not very high but my appreciation for the details, the blood, the confusion and the high quality acting makes this worth a watch, but it is definitely not a movie for everybody, and if you have seen it and are not confused the least bit feel free to explain it to me in the comment section, just mark it spoiler.

I am probably keep analysing this for a while to figure out what I actually watched.

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A Classic

When watching, I felt a strange sense of familiarity about this movie, and it wasn't until I reached the couch scene when it hit me: I had seen this movie years ago, but blocked it out of my brain due to the ending. Back in the day, I was a traumatized little gay guy in college and, during that time, I watched so many Asian BL movies that were so tragic I couldn't help but to force myself to forget them all. Nowadays, I noticed that I actually liked this movie the way it is; a beautiful yet tragic story.

First of all, WAY better than the drama series. BY A LOT.

~Story:
This has to be one of the works that established the BL genre in Thailand because it has EVERYTHING that makes up a BL today. This movie is what you would call a "classic." When you look at it from that perspective, you realize the plot is quite simple, but what really makes it good is how complete it feels. All the important things have been laid out on the table for you, leaving nothing behind. This is one of the things a lot of dramas today are missing and it is a shame. Everybody is trying so hard to come up with a super complicated plot that doesn't amount to anything at the end, when instead, you should just get to the point without beating around the bush so much.

~Cast:
I don't have a lot of complaints. The older movies always seem to have a questionable acting, but this one was a little more decent and enjoyable. Let me talk about some of them, though:

-Golf: He was pretty okay, I think. He was, for the most part, believable, but I did notice his acting was a little restrained whenever he was yelling in anger. That part felt quite fake, but everything else was passable.

-Bank: It's so funny to me how the actor made no difference between his roles as Bank and Pharm from "Until We Meet Again." You can tell he has this specific way of acting, which is not bad, but I want to see him expand a little more from the usual.

Now, I do wish the script had more dialogue between characters. Watching the movie felt as if the director was letting the scene speak for itself, but I needed some more dialogue to fill some gaps.

~Pacing, Editing, and Direction:
Like I said earlier: this is a classic. The vision was there and the director and screenwriters were able to tell a visual story that was cohesive and nicely flowed. All the classic element of BL are here for you to enjoy.

Sis, this show has everything: Love, hate, highschoolers, school drama, conservative families, ass grabbing, truths, lies, and so much more for your enjoyment. I totally recommend this over the drama because that one was absolute garbage of a production.

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WHOA!

This is my first Korean movie in months! I’ve been in a K-drama/K-movie slump for such a long time and I didn’t know what to watch to end it. Until yesterday, a friend told me about this brilliant movie she just watched, “Forgotten”. When she told me that “the plot twist was amazing”, there’s no way I wouldn’t watch the movie! Plot twists are always my favorite!

This movie was super unpredictable. I thought I could’ve guessed the plot twist, but dang… I was so wrong! The acting was spot on! Kang Ha Neul and Kim Moo Yeol deserved awards for this movie! Just. Brilliant. The music was suspenseful and everything was just perfect!

I would recommend this to anyone who’s searching for a suspensful mystery/thriller with DOPE PLOT TWISTS! Overall, 9 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Charming and sweet romance

Liza Soberano and Enrique Gil are a charming pair. The pair perform better here than their slightly problematic "Just the Way You Are" though they're still relatively green here. However, they easily coast through the movie on their undeniable chemistry. It's no surprise that these two are a couple in real life. Gerald Anderson has a stand-out performance, despite being in a coma for the majority of the movie.

The story and characterization feel weak at times in the movie. We're told a lot of details about the characters but not shown. Enrique's character in particular is not fully fleshed out. I think the film shined in its portrayal of Audrey's (Soberano) and Tristan's (Anderson) relationship. Some of their scenes towards the latter half were definite stand-outs.

Overall, this film was not my favorite from the Liza-Enrique pair. However, it's still worth a watch for fans as are all of their films. Their performances in "My Ex and Whys" were quite good, though the story was a bit iffy for me. "Alone Together" is their best film to date and would recommend it to anyone.

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A holey drama with Zombies.

I don't think that this movie knows what it wants to be. It wants to be a zombie movie but not enough time is spent killing zombies. They are a dangerous element that exists outside but not much of a threat indoors. Although the characters are forced to go outside eventually, the build-up to that decision happens much too quickly. The whole thing just left me with more questions than anything. How do you survive 20+ days with barely a week's worth of food and no water? How does one watch the news on their television with no electricity? How do you post videos online when there's a network outage and simple messages aren't even coming through?
Anyway, as far as zombie movies go, I would say that this movie is okay.

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Stressful

This movie requires a huge leap of faith to be taken seriously. There’s just so much of illogical reasoning which made the movie seem draggy and unrealistic. To me, that is a huge flaw for a thriller/psychopath kind of movie. It could’ve been way better had the writer put more thought-out ideas in the script.

If we look past the questionable writing, the only saving point is the acting. The actors did a wonderful job, portraying their characters. I loved watching the scenes, just because of their stunning acting. The leads were perfect and I would love to see them act together again.

The direction is good too. The scenes are well-shot, creating suspense and dread within the watchers. The concept on paper seems good too but the execution was poor.

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When arms can't reach, mind can

The final installment of the Mothra Rebirth trilogy set Mothra on a collision path with King Ghidorah. The Elias-Moll, Lora, and Belvera-played a bigger and more important role while the children’s element was toned down. The Elias discovered that the Elias Triangle of courage, love, and wisdom would compel them to set aside their differences when the world was threatened by King Ghidorah.

An ominous meteor heralded the King of Terror’s return. Ghidorah wasted no time in stealing children and depositing them under a dome in the woods. One teenager was left who worked with Moll and Lora. He wasn’t the focus of the story as the children were in the two previous movies, an upgrade in storytelling for me.

As with the other two Rebirth movies, Mothra 3 was heavy with CGI and lower tech special effects which can look dated to modern eyes. Still, there was enough glitter and rainbows to make it interesting. There was time travel involved as Mothra went back to the Jurassic period in an attempt to stop Ghidorah from becoming so strong. The dinosaurs didn’t come across very well, Stephen Spielberg’s Jurassic Park had no competition from these toylike dinosaurs. It was fun to watch Ghidorah have a T-Rex for an afternoon snack though. Fortunately, there wasn’t a butterfly effect caused from Mothra going back in time as the movie had stated that Ghidorah was what had destroyed the dinosaurs.

The action was close to non-stop, using a variety of settings and timelines. Mothra developed new abilities and was back to being called a female. King Ghidorah is always a formidable and menacing opponent, and they did a good job of making him nearly invincible.

The Elias and the humans displayed courage and sacrifice as they dealt with the Dome of Children and what was required to send Mothra to the past. The Elias also found some closure to their combative relationships with each other.

Of the Mothra Rebirth movies this was probably the strongest as the children’s storyline was not the major emphasis and the childish humor was kept to a minimum. Though still obviously aimed at a younger audience, the stakes were higher, the tone a little darker, and the emotional payoffs greater. There was not the usual environmental message many Mothra movies have. This was a full-scale war against the deadliest of the Kaiju enemies. Mothra acquitted herself well in her battle with Ghidorah something that should make Godzilla think twice about taking on the beautiful Kaiju in the future.

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