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Binsenjo (2021)
Fun and entertaining, albeit a bit too cartoonish
I found it entertaining and quite intriguing. Though admittedly too cartoonish for my taste in too many scenes and characters to get a higher score. Don't know if it's overacting, sloppy directing or just trying to be an action comedy.
Also the male lead is genuinely charismatic and interesting, unfortunately unlike too man of other characters who feel far to one dimensional.
However! All in all and overall a fun watch. You aren't expected to think on your own - but enjoy the ride and forgive the sometimes somewhat peculiar plot twists.
And it has suspense, action, plot twists, romance, heartfelt moment and humor.
Interceptor (2022)
Don't waste your time
Bad acting, completely ridiculous script, no sense of story build up. In the end I rooted for the terrorists just to end it (even without getting any understanding of their motives). Decent special effects though.
Kung Fury (2015)
So epic it hurts!
This is an epic movie. So epic it hurts. It is well produced and you can really feel that it's a genuine dream project of the creator. The pacing works brilliantly, the soundtrack fits perfect with the action and theme, and the special effects is really high class.
Awesome in everything and just simply a great ride! It has laser shooting dinosaurs, kung fu, Vikings with guns, time travel, a Norse god, Adolf Hitler as villain etcetera etcetera. It is plus size extra everything crammed into 30 minutes. It's like riding a roller-coaster of 80s entertainment with everything from street fighter style fighting to a 80s flying credits. Plus, the director/writer/lead actor David Sandberg is strikingly attractive and works really well as the star Kung Fury. Good looking and bad-ass – what more do you need?
You think this review is over the top? Well so is the movie. This movie turned me from a 30- something movie critic into a little fan boy.
Pride (2014)
A true story of solidarity that will not leave you unaffected
Yesterday I finally got to see the move Pride, after wanting to since it premiered. What a fantastic movie! Everyone I know who've seen it has raised it to the skies – so my expectations was high. But still my expectations was topped. I was so moved that I had to wait to write this review in order to let the impressions sink in.
I must say that I have never been so taken in and affected by a movie as this one. Truly. I may be that the story resonate with me because I'm a gay socialist myself - many scenes hit straight into my heart. But I'm convinced that the deeper message of solidarity is universal. I've never seen a movie capture the meaning of solidarity on both a face-value level and an emotional level. Indeed the moral of the story is applicable to the movie itself come to think of it.
It's a warm film full of humor, despite the sometimes dark theme. If you're an activist, or ever been one, you'll get quite a few laughs out of recognition. It's entertaining but it also a movie that I predict will stay with you for quite some time. Thought provoking in a sense. Without giving away too much, I'd say what strikes me for example is the "dualism" of many aspects in the movie. One man is tearfully reunited with his mother after 16 years following a break up because she couldn't accept his homosexuality – at the same time another young man breaks with his family for the very same reason.
Many memorable scenes and an end that can bring anyone to tears. In conclusion: go see this movie.
Saving Christmas (2014)
Don't let your children watch this movie
I can not in words convey how awful this movie is. It doesn't work as a movie as it is not fun or entertaining in any way. It doesn't work as a documentary as it present extremely bizarre ideas as facts.
I would put a advisory GP-13 warning on this one. Parents should be strongly cautioned against letting their children watch this. The material may very well be hurtful and inappropriate for children under 13-years.
Apparently this movie managed to gross $2.5 million at the box office in a two week run - that is a depressingly high figure and sad testament to the society of today.
Ai no kusabi: Ai no kusabi 2 (1994)
Beautiful tale of love and power
Ai no Kusabi (both parts, to me it's one movie and should be viewed as such) is a story centered around the relationship between Iason Mink, a high-class "Blondie" and Riki, a black-haired "Mongrel".
The movie is a beautiful tale of love and friendship, of power, caste systems and class differences. As I've been told Ai no Kusabi means Wedge of Love or The Space Between.
Ai no Kusabi is rightfully seen as a classic movie of the yaoi anime genre. I must say it's the best best yaoi anime I've seen to date. But to "reduce" it to being a yaoi movie (as the genre seems to have a bad reputation) is doing it injustice.
It's a powerful movie refreshingly free of the "one dominant and one submissive" stereotype of male same sex stories. A futuristic movie set in a complex and interesting world. Artistically a piece of art.
I haven't read the novel, so I can't convey any insight on the standard book vs. Movie issues. I'm also not proficient in Japanese, so I can not say anything about the dialogue other than that having watched a fan-subtitled version the dialogue felt right and authentic.