Forma is on the slow side of Japanese cinema. This is not per se a bad thing, if it helps adding to the mood, but Forma celebrates its slowness for unknown purposes.
About halfway through the movie, it is obvious how the cold drama will end. It doesn't keep Sakamoto from telling us the same story from different angles, even introducing new unnecessary characters. The 26min long climax scene starts off nice, but after a while it feels repetitive and boring, telling the audience over and over again what everybody knows already. As a consequence, the lengthy "shocking revelation" had people start laughing.
Sakamoto needs more than two hours to tell Formas thin story, one hour less and it would have been an average movie with an interesting style- concept. But as it is, it's just painful to watch.
About halfway through the movie, it is obvious how the cold drama will end. It doesn't keep Sakamoto from telling us the same story from different angles, even introducing new unnecessary characters. The 26min long climax scene starts off nice, but after a while it feels repetitive and boring, telling the audience over and over again what everybody knows already. As a consequence, the lengthy "shocking revelation" had people start laughing.
Sakamoto needs more than two hours to tell Formas thin story, one hour less and it would have been an average movie with an interesting style- concept. But as it is, it's just painful to watch.