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A BORING ONE

For only main actor ,i had seen his two three drama before watching this movie . I like his acting that why i chose this one but a big disappointed. a girl got admitted to a college where she met a boy who was awesome in his study and girl was weak in hers . then he helped her to move forward . Both were enjoying their pace but a incident happened and they had separated . After seven years they met in their college reunion party wher his entry by saying that was she forgot him and they met each other as a casual friend then she asked her why he left him ,was he liked her? and he refused her and left from there . here i don't understand whey he left her . if he wanted to left her then why he joined reunion party with saying was she forgot him . mean what is this ? if you avoid her then completely avoid her. the last part movie was horrible literally.
A Big No.

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Culmination of an addictive master-servant BL Story

I truly enjoyed the movie which is the culmination of the story of Hira and Kiyoi. After two seasons which I definitely appreciated, I was left really wanting to see more of them. The movie was highly satisfying therefore as it reaps the rewards of all the build up done by the series.

The story was well paced and encapsulate pretty well how their relationship as evolved while keeping in a kind of poetic way an S&M undertone with the subservient vs. dominant aspects of their dynamics. It also approaches (even if not that deeply) interesting topics around the entertainment industry and its darker aspects regarding fans and excessive idolization.

The casting did a good job. I still think that Hagiwara Riku is the main highlight acting-wise. The way his expression can shift and his eyes darkens at some points were properly shivering and kind of captivating. I will for sure be looking through his body of works to see more of him ! Yagi Yusei has improved compared to the two seasons of the drama: I think he made real progress in showing and expressing feelings in his role.

The film-making and production value were very good. There are a lot of scenes beautifully filmed that leaves a lasting impression on the viewer. Some of the darker sequences had a big impact and the romantic moments were really lovely shot. The music is not overly present but the few songs were nice and kept the same ambiance as in the series, doing the liaison between the drama and the movie.

I would recommend this to people that loved the series. It is the culmination of the love story and is pretty satisfying. I still feel that I'm left wanting to see even more of them, so that they can even go deeper into the psyche of the two main protagonists and the evolution of their interesting dynamic. I'm a bit sad that it is probably the end of the road with those characters... But still what an enjoyable ride ! I think I am going to read the novel if possible !

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semi - Aksi ; kriminal ; horror beraroma BL.

Menurutku film ini punya cerita yang unik, walaupun disuguhkan dengan durasi yang sangat lama yaitu dua jam ; namun entah kenapa selama menonton aku tidak merasa ada di fase bosan. Setiap scene membuatku penasaran sehingga memacuku untuk terus menonton film ini hingga akhirnya sampai difase aku merasakan keseruan dan menariknya film yang satu ini. Mengisahkan seorang polisi pria yang secara tidak sengaja harus menikahi seorang hantu pria. Walaupun terlihat punya cerita yang sederhana, namun film ini tidak hanya memberikan cerita semudah itu, film ini memiliki banyak sekali life meaning yang bagus. Dari segi warna ; film ini punya saturasi yang rendah, seperti film horror. jejak CGI masih terlihat, namun cukup bagus, dialog dan alurnya mudah difahami. Penokohannya saya suka walaupun ada beberapa scene yang saya tidak menyukainya, entah kenapa mungkin beberapa scene memang "it's not my coffee" aja gt. Overall film ini sudah cukup rekomendasi untuk ditonton.

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It’s an okay movie

I don’t often watch movies or shows that aren’t korean but i decided to switch it up today since it kept getting promoted on netflix.

The movie wasn’t BAD per say but it wasn’t that good either (in my opinion).

I feel like this movie was so exaggerated and so many things kept happening at once that I think at some point during the movie I just completely forgot what the main plot was or what the hell was happening at all?.

Though i can’t lie it was extremely funny at times, some scenes had me giggling so it made it watchable.

The acting isn’t that bad either so that made it a bit more bearable as well.

Overall it isn’t something I would watch again but if you’re a fan of these type of movies or these actors then you might like it a lot.

On another note i’m glad I tried watching something else for once. Might’ve not been my cup of tea but I finished it so that counts for something!

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First thing to say: I know this is a 2004 movie, and I have to take this into consideration, but there are old movies that are always good and new movies that are bad. It depends on many things, but the plot is important.

The story on itself is ok, a bit clichê but is nice. The acting is ok too.

But the relationship between them, a very weird and kinda toxic one I have to say, plus the fact the girl is too young for him (it's illegal, bro), and the master plot that the fact she assigned a contract to be his SLAVE, makes me feel strange watching it.
The romantic scenes are nice, but the context in those this "couple" are, again, it's weird.

And in addition, the very very huge trash humor almost make me stop the movie and cancel watching it a lot of times.

I scored it 6/10, but I'm not sure if this show deserve this classification, cause it's one of the worst things I have watched in my life.

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What if they don't have time loop like the drama

I read somewhere, someone says that this version film is a continuation the series. So i decided to watch the series first then the film version. And Yes. So many parts that you will not know about what happened if you're not watch the series version. But I think I would say the parallel universe..... Because if you seeing deep on the character, it slightly different. I watch this film version right after the series, and i hope something that missing in the series will be shown in this movie. But then again it's adapted the series not continuation So i slightly dissapointed about the plot but if you want watch the film ver, I suggest you to take a break from the series to the film ver.
And I'm so in love with Mo Jun Jie, but in the film ver i feel like he is an extra :(

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A good movie

It is one of those movies that have a higher rewatch value on my list and I’m not much of a movie person. This movie tells a story revolving around the theme of following your dreams vs. reality. And it tells the story pretty good. It doesn’t go deep into emotions but there are scenes that have it’s display of heavy emotion happy and sad. The dance and movie effects revolving around how the dancing was showcased was pretty nice. Some of the routines or moves were somewhat cringy. There are dance routines that were pretty nice and cool that showed in the movie. The music they chose for the routines were okay. The bgm of the movie was okay. Nothing very standing out but not bad. Acting wise everybody did pretty well. I liked seeing the real street dancers taking on their roles. I am a casual fan of Yibo and he was really cute and precious in this. And I am a huge fan of him dancing so it was really nice seeing him dance in this movie. To be honest this role has got to be the closest to his true nature than any role he has every acted. And Huang Bo was the best. His roles and acting never disappoint. I love his movies.

I was expecting the movie to be funnier but the jokes were kinda dry at some places (and I’m a native chinese speaker). I’m not saying all the funny parts were like that but some were and some you need to wrap your head around what they’re going on about really well to get the joke. I was also expecting some funny scenes in the movie to appear from the spoilers posted on their social media but some never showed up so I guess those were bloopers scenes.

Overall though this movie is one of those that I would definitely be willing to rewatch and recommend everybody to see.

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Love is a solution or a problem?

When I decided to watch the Substitute, the remark I noticed most people give in comments was "low budget" so I was a bit worried. I should not have been! This movie is a proof that one does not need huge budgets to make a good movie. More than good, an excellent movie.

Han Lu is a girl but her mother is convinced she is the reincarnation of her brother so she dresses her as a boy and makes her do everything her brother would have done. Han Lu follows the adventures of Ni Ke on line. She is an openly gay sporty girl. They meet at a sporting event and sparks fly between them. But when Ni Ke unwittingly takes away an opportunity to be an actress and is asked only to be her understudy, Han Lu is disappointed and abandons everything. Ni Ke suddenly disappears and the acting offer goes back to Han Lu . Three years later, Han Lu is a famous action actress and they meet again on a set where Ni Ke is a stunt woman for her.

The movie is split into two parts featuring one of my least favourite tropes: time jump. The first part is drama heavy. The relationship between Han Lu and her mother is poignant. Han Lu wants to be recognized by her mother for who she is but the woman is so lost in her grief that she does not want even to consider her daughter might not be her brother. Han Lu is fascinated by Ni Ke and admires her for the adventurous spirit and open mindedness and her "devil may care" attitude. When they meet the attraction is mutual but Ni Ke's character appeals to the producer more and he gives her the role intended for Han Lu who is disappointed when she realizes that she had lost the chance to flee from her mother.
This first half deals with grief (mother) and how the family copes with someone who refuses to accept the reality. The pressure of the customs and habits are to heavy for someone as insecure as Han Lu to break free so she just folds, every time.
Ni Ke is for her a symbol of freedom. When she disappeared(the reason is a bit unconvincing), Han Lu gained that freedom but at the expense of losing a person loved deeply.
This first half of the movie is amazing: the acting and the cinematography are excellent, the hand held camera filming was just what was needed to enter the inner worlds of two women and show their emotions. Perfect!
The second part takes place three years and is less interesting. They meet again, they clash since Han Lu is still hurt because she was abandoned three years earlier. Now Ni Ke is the substitute. Han Lu's costar is a macho who feels humiliated when Han Lu rejects his come on and when he realizes that the two women are in love, he keeps making homophobic remarks and tries to get Ni Ke hurt physically. The women eventually kiss and make up. This part of the movie seems to have a different camera operator: the colours are cold and everything is gray, empty and morose. The story itself is not sad, but the sets give that feeling.

How does it feel to be a substitute for someone else? This movie answers beautifully this question.

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A Good Unique Take

I enjoy time loops dramas. This isn't the best but it's certainly an interesting one. Unlike most time loops shows and movies that I've watched, the thing that stood out the most is it is not one or two people that are stuck in an endless loop. It's the entire office. In the sense that one by one, all of the office members are working together to figure out what caused this them to end up in this predicament.

Although there is no great murder mystery or life they need to save, it is still good enough to make you curious. And it's fun to see how each person goes around trying to convince the other about the time loop.

I was at a tad disadvantage as none of the text nor the scenes of the manga pages were translated. Although it was visually beautiful, I was watching quite cluelessly. If there are more complete subs in the near future, I'll attempt to rewatch the portions I missed out on and adjust my review as well.

It's not a long film and if you enjoy time loops, you can certainly give this one a try.

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What Eye? There is no eye!

Eye Of the Storm is set in a Taipei hospital that has a SARS outbreak trapping employees, visitors, and patients alike within. It starts off pretty quick introducing all of the main players, while also showing us some suspiciously ill people. The eye of a storm is placid, calm. No one and nothing in this movie was calm. We barely see any time before the SARS outbreak and none after. Can you say poorly named?

The cinematography and flow of the film reminds me of movies from the mid to late 90s when the Coen Brothers were at the height of their popularity. (I've never been a fan of the CBs.) I think it was supposed to give the movie a more realistic and serious feel. Personally, I think that was a failure. It's a hospital with an outbreak. The plodding slow nature of the movie doesn't work. The story is insufficient. It does not concentrate on any one aspect of the story line. There's the treatment of the sick and people on lockdown which is barely explored. The investigation into where the outbreak came from is lacklustre. What's interesting are the main characters and how they navigate the outbreak. Unfortunately, that aspect is not sufficiently explored. Somehow the director managed to take all these skimmed upon topics and made a fairly watchable 2 hour movie. Here's the spoiler... ready? It doesn't end. There is no tidy little ending. No rainbow after the storm. We have no clue as to the fate of the lead characters. We have foreshadowing, but no real answer. END SPOILER

The cast sells the story. They do a great job at emoting and make you care for their characters. Out of our 3 leads: the overly caring nurse, Tai He An (played by Jing Huaa Tseng), the spoiled/selfish surgeon (Edison Wang - never noticed he kind of looks like Gong Yoo), and our intrepid investigative reporter (Simon Hsueh), nurse An is my favorite. I found him admirable and An great a job with this character.

I rarely rewatch, but I can't see anyone wanting to watch this twice. The music was good and supportive.

Eye Of the Storm is not your normal outbreak movie. It's not action pack. Hmm maybe the placid title. It's a character driven hospital drama that does not delve fully into any aspect of it's subject. I don't recommend this to anyone seeking anything like the move Outbreak or even the level of excitement from a typical hospital drama. For all others there's nothing to like or dislike. It just is. It's 2 hours of something if and when you need it.

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Digging so deep into the humanity hell

The script was able to dissect multiple levels of depth regarding humanity, when there's competition to limited resources, how would humans handle a fair distribution of the wealth, while some are just hoarding resources due to psychological needs just because they can, or those fighting for scattered leftovers who are struggling to survive. When humanity is put into the test, human beings will have to choose between action with conscience, or survival at the cost of moral values. We can't deny that this is the raw human nature no matter how we try to conceal it or constraint it, because we were once a beast that scavenges everything we could to survive this shitty world. The movie has paid an incredible amount of attention to details into this concern, and the post disaster survival theme setting fits right into the situation it needed to achieve such a chilling effect. The cinematography and acting are of course top notch, pacing also helps a lot to hold the storyline together, this is really one of the most ironic dark humor Korean movies ever made.

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Brilliantly done!

Honestly this is sooo good. It had me laughing, eye rolling, and even crying.
The story is unique and fun. I loved Mao and how he shot him down every time with his gay stereotypes. The mole was a surprise too which was good and the dad at the end ?
The two main leads worked so well together and I was so glad when Ming Han gave Chen a piece of his mind. I think he loved Mao in the end in his own way.
I could totally watch this again too, it was funny and that’s always a plus! Also despite knowing it’s impossible you stop find yourself hoping there’s a way around death for these two ?
It was such a good watch you need to go try it.

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