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Mideunaiteu (2021)
It's not that bad. In fact, I really liked it
People are really crapping on this film but to me, it was great. The acting is great and builds tension and the fact that the two main characters are deaf lets the movie use different ways of building suspense. An example would be the scene when the killer enters her house, and the noise activated lights start to blink, but the main character is turned away and doesn't see (of course). I also think it's great that those main characters DO get some justice in the end.
It's true that a lot of the other characters suffer from what is seemingly stupidity, but I think that more-so highlights their foolish dismissiveness of the daughter and mother's concerns due to their disability. They believe the killer isn't a threat simply because he's handsome and looks well put together. He acts a little bit like their caretaker in the police station and so they talk to him most of the time and give him respect he doesn't deserve. That justice aforementioned, therefore, has to be won by the main characters without any help due to everyone's unwillingness to understand until the very end. In addition to the anxiety built by the killer hunting them down, there's also added anxiety by a feeling of repeatedly reaching out and getting alienated to their situation in the process. It made me feel for the main characters and also want to cheer for them to succeed in the end. It also made me hate everyone else because their ignorance almost got the main characters, who WERE trying their best, killed. Very sad but horribly realistic picture of society in some situations in my opinion.
I also saw some comments saying the film portrays the main characters as "weak women" who can't do anything, but there's plenty of times that they had to fight for their lives - and win, especially the main character. The ending scenes really highlights this.
An argument could be made that the film is not realistic, but I think it's more of illustrating that fear of alienation, overwhelming knowledge of a horror others can't see, and endlessly running from that thing to others confusion. It also shows how that strength to overcome it sometimes has to come through yourself because everyone around you is metaphorically blind. It might not be Train to Busan or a five star k-drama, but for a 100 minute stand-alone chase thriller, it's great.
Z-O-M-B-I-E-S 3 (2022)
Still enjoyable
EDIT: I watched this movie again and liked it more than the first time. I watched the first two ZOMBIES movies before this. A lot happens in this movie in a short amount of time. There's also a ton of plots going on at once, and none of them get fleshed out. They present the problem and five minutes later, it's already solved. It's also true that Disney is being super woke in this movie, which might rub people the wrong way because they're covering a lot of controversial topics (sexuality, climate change, and gender identity to name a few), but I didn't mind it. There's not many DCOMs being made anymore and so of course they're gonna try to hit all the points in one movie.
TL;DR: Cute relationships between characters and likeable characters themselves, good songs and choreo, lots of possible plotholes, but if you can get past them, it's still an enjoyable movie especially with friends.
Vampire Academy (2014)
A bad adaptation
The two stars I gave this movie were for the costume design for the school uniforms and the filmography. I've never read the books, but the pieces I missed from the movie were the details that i'm sure the books included. The exposition is confusing and weak and it's confusing how some characters have powers and others don't. Why? Where did their powers come from? Why are the two characters connected? There's no explanations of why anything happens. It's painfully obvious the info in the books were chopped up and thrown into this movie, because the plot is so disconnected and yet seems so fast. I don't know what the main character's motives or past are besides their shared trauma and I agree with the reviewers that say there's no chemistry between the cast at all. None of the movie makes me want to figure it out, either; I don't care what happens to our main characters because they never established why we should. I'm sure the books were okay - I'm past YA fiction now but I can see how the plot could be convincing and compelling in a novel setting, but this adaptation is bad.
Zombies (2018)
Fun children's movie with a good message
Although some of the songs were a bit too long and some of the acting was cringey, this movie had some great moments. The movie is very much produced as if it were a stage play for kids, which is heavily shown through the main characters breaking the fourth wall to talk to the viewer at some points in the movie. This was the most negative part to me and is a little off putting if you're over the age of eight, but some parents or children might find it charming. The big dance numbers were really fun to watch and I even started bopping to one of the songs by the time the movie was over. The colors were super vibrant - sometimes the costumes seemed cheap-looking but for a Disney Channel film, nobody in the age bracket they're producing for will probably notice that stuff anyways.
The best part of the film was the message. Super relevant to today and a great way to teach kids about diversity and how to combat what they call "zombiephobia". The cast was also super diverse and also very likeable, which made me want to keep watching. Not the best, but definitely not the worst, and would definitely watch again.