Just watched Handsome Suit. The issue I had with it is they made the reactions of the public to both Takuro and Annin so extreme that it was an objectively better choice to remain as Annin. The usual staple in this sort of movie is to establish that his normal-life friends are true friends, while the celeb friends are just vapid nobodies, but the latter revelation never occured - in fact, Reika showed herself to be a pretty good friend to Takuroâs friends long before the conclusion.
It took me a little while to get in to it, partly because all of the major players were introduced rapid-fire in a nighttime scene so I took forever to figure out who was who, but once the plot actually got going, it was pretty intriguing.
Just finished watching Wedding High, off some of the recommendations here, and thereâs Omi Toshinori making another surprise appearance. IMDBâs cast list for this film is very much lacking, which is why I didnât spot it when I looked up Omi-sanâs filmography yesterday. That guyâs definitely getting a bit typecast into the bumbling husband/father role, though.
Riotous fun the whole way through (with almost none of the cringe I was anticipating), though I wasnât entirely a fan of it almost ending on a poop joke. Made for a not-so-great mental image to take home.
maybe iâll try to watch this one
seems like everyone has been pleasantly surprised by it
itâs one of them i wasnât sure if i wanted to watch and thought well if i have time
once i finish the last 3 i had planned, if thereâs time iâll check this one out
I like to check the cast list for JP movies on TheMovieDB instead.
Itâs especially convenient since Natively has a direct link to them so I can just add the movie to my list and then click on the link to TheMovieDB
I just watched I Go Gaga, Welcome home, Mom and while I still liked BL Metamorphosis I agree that this is a great watch, especially if you appreciate documentaries. I think about how close my parents are to this point of life a lot. Itâs a bit of a tearjerker but definitely not a total downer if anyone considering it is worried about that. And I think as far as listening practice goes itâs a pretty low level probably (iâm still watch with subtitles level but I caught a lot)
That was a really sweet movie, Iâm really enjoying this festival because I would almost never choose to watch something heartwarming like that in my own time haha. Agreed with the other comments that it doesnât have much to do with BL and could pretty much be about people bonding over any manga genre/fandom.
I am so excited to have an opportunity to rewatch this. Iâm legitimately thinking of buying the Japanese blu-ray and just figuring it out now that iâll have seen it twice. I canât think of any ace rep outside the tv show Sirens that was this good.
I wouldâve been happy with the film ending with the pulling off of the ăźăȘăźăȘreception. I sort of lost interest with the thief/ex thread. But overall, I thought the comedy worked well. I love do or die Japanese service staff - wish tradesman here felt the same devotion.
Yeah, I thought that a bit too. The big triumphant finish of the plot was in the middle of the film. Perhaps they could have inserted the thief plot before the wifeâs speech to her parents, or somethingâŠ
During the wedding ceremony you can clearly see the ex-boyfriend entering the room. So the whole time during the reception, I thought that he would come out at any moment. Even got worried when the wedding manager threw the dadâs samurai sword behind the bar where he was last spotted. I enjoyed that we knew about the ex-boyfriend but didnât know what he was doing, was on the edge of my feet the whole time because of that, I think that was probably the point. Thought the reveal with the ex and the thief to be fine, except the popping scene on the face in the end, agreed on that that it leaves a bad taste.
Oh yeah, thereâs clues dropped all through the movie. The guy leaning against the pillar who doesnât work there. The groomâs missing suit. The hand pressed against the curtain which the teacher notices. The father shouting ăă«ăăăïŒ offscreen in the hallways. Even the two guys who offered entertainments but werenât added to the list came into play.
The big reveal just needed to come before the filmâs resolution, rather than after.
Though, when the bride dropped one of her shoes during the quick-change scene, I was half expecting thereâd be a Cinderella moment.
I had said I probably wouldnât watch any more, but based on @belthazar comments I thought I should give Kiba another try, and also Wedding High.
Kiba was good enough after I gave it a bit more time, and had some nice messages about the publishing industry. However I struggled with who was who and what their power balance was until the very end. It may have been my own problem rather than the movieâs, but a lot of the twists werenât quite as surprising as a result.
Wedding High was a nice surprise. Comedy+wedding is usually a combination I steer clear of. Iâm not interested in last minute doubts, family feuds, disruptive guests, self-centered brides and romantic reconciliations at all. Refreshingly, there was none of that. It was at its core a very Japanese movie about everyone doing their very best to achieve the best possible outcome for everyone involved. Nothing cringeworthy (until arguably at the very end, but not for the expected reasons). Iâm not saying you shouldnât miss it, but it was a very pleasant watch (again, disregarding some toilet humour at the end).
It was fine for me on Sunday and English subs work right now too - this is with a âUK locationâ.
Itâs a fine film, tugs strongly at the heartstrings.
However, there were too many songs in it for my liking⊠(not the âletâs burst into sung conversationâ kind, though⊠itâs not a musical.)
Wow, I had no idea Natively also covered films! I donât really use it because Iâm not at the âready to start reading an actual bookâ level
So do their difficulty levels match between the different types of items?
L30 for a film means its dialogue is as âdifficultâ as the content of a L30 light novel, for example?
I watched We Made a Beautiful Bouquet last night and it was amazing - it was exactly what I enjoy of Japanese films, with the perfect balance of slice-of-life, drama, romance, and realism. And I enjoyed the choice of showing the ending at the start - it made the film more impactful for me knowing that it was going to end sooner or later, and anticipating (dreading) that moment
If anyone has any recommendations for similar movies, Iâd love to hear them!
The positive reviews about this movie tempts me to watch it, but I really doubt Iâll enjoy a film centred on romance maybe if I have extra time Iâll give it a shot.