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Romansu dôru (2020)
Very creepy... but sentimental?? (Like me, you may be offended if you're a woman after watching this)
Not sure how I feel about this movie... the opening scene is of a dead woman on top of her husband - dying after reaching orgasm during sex - giving her husband "one last gift" (I won't say more as not to ruin the film)... I feel like the director made three movies and just put them into one (1. creepy pervy film (think Gozu), 2. funny, wholesome film (think Sweet Bean), 3. sad, terminal illness romance film (think A Walk to Remember). However, I mostly got weird Pet Sematary vibes from this film... Basically, the main character, Tetsuo works at a sex doll factory creating sex dolls. He doesn't have much of a personality - maybe just wimpy and passive but also dutiful. The main character, Sonoko is the "ideal" Japanese wife - passive, submissive, ready to serve her husband whenever, cooks the best food, waits for him all night, doesn't speak much (every otaku/white-guy-obsessed-with-Japanese-culture's dream girl)... she's basically a living sex doll - alive only to be used to "help" others. There are so weird "hidden cam-style" scenes in this movie. Eg., two sex doll workers pretend to be prosthetics makers so they can make a mold of Sonoko's breasts, but only talking about groping her the entire time... there is an over emphasis on breasts in this movie... (creepy mommy issues vibes). At the end of the movie, Tetsuo seems like he's going to say something profound about his wife and says "people didn't know my wife's secret, which only I knew.. my wife was nice and horny." WTF??
I will not watch again.
The Martian (2015)
Okay, movie. Nothing spectacular
Pros: Beautifully filmed Good CGI Awesome/very stylish costumes Easily digestible Extremely diverse cast Promotes international diplomacy Funny LOTRs reference with Sean Bean
Cons: One dimensional protagonist No sustained chemistry between the characters (spec. captain and crew) Generic 'lost in space' move - someone is lost somewhere... must go get him Overly masculine Protagonist acts like an overly optimistic bro Protagonist acts and is portrayed more like a US Army soldier than astronaut Overly simplistic Romanticizes space, science, and travel I don't like Matt Damon's face Chiwetel Ejiofor should have played the lead role as the protagonist - his acting is much better than Damon's
Peaky Blinders (2013)
Walker, Texas Ranger meets The Wire meets Downton Abbey
Just started watching this series... it's really dull. Cillian Murphy is extremely good looking, and he's the only thing that's keeping me going with this series. The characters and costumes are a bit annoying to me. The characters are not relatable - many are trying too hard to be cool and hip. Some look totally misplaced (bad costuming) ie., Grace Burgess. She looks like she's a girl from 2015 living in 1919 Birmingham. The hyper-macho bearded guys remind me of a lot of current- day Brooklyn, SF, or Portland hipsters. The 'gangster' haircuts are too well kept. Guys end up looking like Adam Levine from Maroon 5. The story is (from where I'm at) pretty generic - 'cowboys vs. Indians' style. Very 'American' in that way. The music is extremely annoying. Not sure why they feel they have to play Johnny Cash-styled music every time something's about to go down. Doesn't fit the era.
Ugh... I still prefer Downton Abbey.