jae
CA
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A very sweet movie
I've never written a review but I wanted to talk about this movie. I think I had a bit higher hopes than what I experienced, but I'm not too upset about it.
My biggest issue with the plot is the cliche "I'm leaving you to protect you" thing. I hate it, a lot. Probably a pet peeve of mine and doesn't bother others as much, but yeah. At least it's not a huge portion of the run time.
Another thing is the message. From my understanding the message is about loving people not for looks but for what is inside. But I feel like they only show her interacting with very handsome men when it comes to anything relationship wise.
Obviously I am NOT asking for her to kiss really old men, children, grandmas, etc. I understand that would just be uncomfortable, and in this hypothetical relationship there would be days where any intimacy comes to a screeching halt.
But why not more intimacy with average men? Women? There are definitely some scenes with that, like her holding his cheeks in that one scene. And most importantly the kisses she shares with women at the end! That was a nice surprise. You might even count the encounter with him as a Japanese woman.
But at the same time, I understand depicting something that looks like same sex love can be hard to get permission to do (especially in 2015 i would assume?) and this seems like, overall, a simple and easy to digest film.
Also, perhaps the impact was saved for that final montage right before the credits roll. I loved it so much! That part definitely singlehandedly raised my rating of the show. It was just so sweet.
The female lead is just so beautiful. I think their romance is depicted well, both of them feeling like they just clicked. I got the sense both of them had a very... romantic taste? Like the music they enjoyed, their sense for furniture. I think they meshed well without them having to spell out "he likes her because [__] and vice versa".
I also felt really bad for both of them at certain points. I felt sad he could never form connections, but later I felt sad that she was going through so much. Of course I was frustrated with them at points too, but I'm always like that. And it was never too bad.
Overall I would reccomend it. It definitely didn't feel 2 hours long to me. It was sweet and left me in a good mood. A very warm feeling movie!
My biggest issue with the plot is the cliche "I'm leaving you to protect you" thing. I hate it, a lot. Probably a pet peeve of mine and doesn't bother others as much, but yeah. At least it's not a huge portion of the run time.
Another thing is the message. From my understanding the message is about loving people not for looks but for what is inside. But I feel like they only show her interacting with very handsome men when it comes to anything relationship wise.
Obviously I am NOT asking for her to kiss really old men, children, grandmas, etc. I understand that would just be uncomfortable, and in this hypothetical relationship there would be days where any intimacy comes to a screeching halt.
But why not more intimacy with average men? Women? There are definitely some scenes with that, like her holding his cheeks in that one scene. And most importantly the kisses she shares with women at the end! That was a nice surprise. You might even count the encounter with him as a Japanese woman.
But at the same time, I understand depicting something that looks like same sex love can be hard to get permission to do (especially in 2015 i would assume?) and this seems like, overall, a simple and easy to digest film.
Also, perhaps the impact was saved for that final montage right before the credits roll. I loved it so much! That part definitely singlehandedly raised my rating of the show. It was just so sweet.
The female lead is just so beautiful. I think their romance is depicted well, both of them feeling like they just clicked. I got the sense both of them had a very... romantic taste? Like the music they enjoyed, their sense for furniture. I think they meshed well without them having to spell out "he likes her because [__] and vice versa".
I also felt really bad for both of them at certain points. I felt sad he could never form connections, but later I felt sad that she was going through so much. Of course I was frustrated with them at points too, but I'm always like that. And it was never too bad.
Overall I would reccomend it. It definitely didn't feel 2 hours long to me. It was sweet and left me in a good mood. A very warm feeling movie!
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