gyepi
Italy
Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy (2019) is adapted from the manga series “Hot Gimmick” by Miki Aihara.
When Hatsumi gives a pregnancy test to her sister Akane who is being late on her period she gets caught by her neighbor Ryoki. Ryoki Tachibana decides to make a deal with Hatsumi; he’ll keep the whole matter a secret in exchange of the girl becoming his personal slave.
Azusa, Hatsumi’s childhood friend who used to live in the same building, suddenly returns to his old apartment to live with his father. Spotting Hatsumi’s problem with Tachibana he takes her side to safeguard her.
“For the first time in my life, I’ve become stupid.” Well, that’s my line after watching this movie. Why?
Let’s start from the characters.
Hatsumi is presented as an irritatingly slow protagonist, typical of romance-themed Jmovies, who lets Tachibana to freely blackmail her.
Tachibana appears to be a rude narcissist who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid and uses insults and mean ways to state what he thinks about the girl. The approach is wrong but the given message is not. She has no personality of her own and lets to be deceived by other people’s behaviors, ending up running in circles in search of herself.
Didn’t like the acting of the two guys, it results too forced and flimsy, typical of romance-themed Jmovies. #2
Their parts are carried through in a way too dramatic way.
Visually pleasing film, still found quite difficult following properly at some points as the scenes got constant zooming in, creating a trailer-like effect.
The plot overall was quite intricate creating a bit of confusion and leaving me with the following question: “What was the story again?“.
Can’t say I got bored while watching this, still not recommending it due to previously listed points that bothered me too much. Again, I didn’t expect too much from this movie having discovered it through Netflix.
When Hatsumi gives a pregnancy test to her sister Akane who is being late on her period she gets caught by her neighbor Ryoki. Ryoki Tachibana decides to make a deal with Hatsumi; he’ll keep the whole matter a secret in exchange of the girl becoming his personal slave.
Azusa, Hatsumi’s childhood friend who used to live in the same building, suddenly returns to his old apartment to live with his father. Spotting Hatsumi’s problem with Tachibana he takes her side to safeguard her.
“For the first time in my life, I’ve become stupid.” Well, that’s my line after watching this movie. Why?
Let’s start from the characters.
Hatsumi is presented as an irritatingly slow protagonist, typical of romance-themed Jmovies, who lets Tachibana to freely blackmail her.
Tachibana appears to be a rude narcissist who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid and uses insults and mean ways to state what he thinks about the girl. The approach is wrong but the given message is not. She has no personality of her own and lets to be deceived by other people’s behaviors, ending up running in circles in search of herself.
Didn’t like the acting of the two guys, it results too forced and flimsy, typical of romance-themed Jmovies. #2
Their parts are carried through in a way too dramatic way.
Visually pleasing film, still found quite difficult following properly at some points as the scenes got constant zooming in, creating a trailer-like effect.
The plot overall was quite intricate creating a bit of confusion and leaving me with the following question: “What was the story again?“.
Can’t say I got bored while watching this, still not recommending it due to previously listed points that bothered me too much. Again, I didn’t expect too much from this movie having discovered it through Netflix.
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