Casualties of War

This is another war movie.

I believe this is based on what actually happened during Vietnam War.

Knowing that, watching this movie is a bit painful.

I think this is a good movie because it tells us what it would be like being in the field, yet it is not a pleasant movie to watch.

Something abnormal takes place normally during the war, which implies that war turns normal people into abnormal.

It was kind of scary to watch because this aspect of the was can be seen very clearly in this movie.

I don't really know how precisely this movie describes the war since I myself have not experienced the war, yet I think that fragile humanity is described very well.

It also says how important it is to have a faith.

I was glad that there is still a good aspect of human in this movie lol

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Super 8

This is not what I expected at all!

I knew that aliens are somehow involved, so I thought this would be alien movie like any other.

But the aliens rarely shows up on the screen.

Of course, this story is about the aliens, but this movie does not focus on alien.

Its focus is more on human, which I really liked.

Since this does not focus on aliens, it allows us to see what humans are.

I know you might know about humans well enough, but everyone is different, right?

People have their own stories.

I really liked how the setting of the characters influences on the story.

Also the acting is amazing!

They did really good job!

They show the struggles they have in their life, which is very realistic.

This might be categorized under panic movie or alien movie as I thought before watching it, but I would say this is more like drama in different setting.

I also liked that they are making film in the film because this made me think Steven Spielberg might have been like one of the kids.

I really liked this movie though I don't usually like alien movie or SF movie.

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Lo

It was very interesting, but I'm not sure of this is horror or comedy lol

The story is very simple, but there are a lot of twists.

One of the most interesting feature of this film is the characters.

There are a few characters only, but they have very unique personalities.

Especially, the devils are totally different from the ones we expect lol

I have never seen the demon eating popcorn or singing!! lol

They do have sort of scary aspects, yet they are like little children who see things from different angles without any stereotypes.

And the story is very enjoyable, which surprised me.

The initial thought I started watching this movie is that this is one of the cheap movies.

Yes, this is one of the cheap movies, but it does not have typical story.

It isn't scary, so you might be disappointed if you expect to be scared, but I think this is worth watching this movie!

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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

This is the war movie, yet it is not as violent as typical war movies I have seen.

This movie focuses on the friendship between the boy whose father is the soldier of Nazi and Jewish boy who is in the camp.

Since this movie approaches the war from different angle, it gives us different impression of the war, which I believe is very important because this approach asks us a moral question.

I was very impressed by how it structures their difference.

What is the difference between Jews and the others?

What makes Jews evil?

We wonder as Bruno wonders.

However, framing and camera angles do create difference between them.

We see two boys the way adults see and the way Bruno sees.

These two different ways of seeing things explains things we do not see visually, which is emotions.

I also liked the acting.

Two boys did really good job.

There is tension between them, which seems very natural and explains their positions.

I do recommend to see this movie.

This movie can be a moral lesson of the war.

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Stand By Me

I had not seen this movie for a long time!

God, this movie is great!

This is the movie about four kids going to explore to be heroes.

I know it's very brief, but I guess it's good enough to tell you that there are some dramas between them lol

And you can instantly guess that they grow up through this exploration trip.

What I liked about this movie is that four kids have their own problems already.

They face their problems in their ways and suffers.

They do not live like adults think.

But they try to enjoy their youth time at the same time.

These complex emotions are described very well since the acting is good.

Although they are very young, their acting is very impressive.

This is filmed 25 years ago, yet this movie is still worth watching it.

It might give you nostalgic emotion.

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Catfish

I really liked this movie.

This movie is supposed to be a documentary film, yet there is a discussion going on whether this is a real documentary or not because this movie is so well made!

I do not care whether this is a real documentary or not; I enjoyed this movie, which is the most important thing to me lol

This movie has a story, which is quite realistic in a sense.

I suppose people wonder whether this is a real story or not because people know that this can happen around them.

I really liked that this movie points out how involved we are in the Internet.

The Internet is necessary for us today to communicate each other.

This movie criticizes its credibility, so I think the form of documentary fits extremely well in this case though it causes the discussion as I mentioned.

If you have Facebook, Twitter, My Space, or Google+, you might want to check this movie out before this can happen to you lol

Or you might not even want to know whom you are talking to on-line lol

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An American Crime

This move might be the one that made me feel worst after watching it.

What makes me feel that bad is the fact that this movie is based on the true story.

There are a lot of movies like that, but this movie is a bit different because this movie does not give us any hopes in the end.

You see how people get involved in the crime.

Those people are all children; you don't feel like blaming them, yet this movie does give you a sense that they should have a sense of justice although they are young, which I though is interesting because I thought that be independent is one of the characteristics people seeks for in the United States though this could be merely a stereotype.

So, it is kind of ironic to see how they commit a crime altogether without knowing what they are doing.

I thought it is interesting that the title implies that there are a lot of problems in the States because this is "An American Crime"; it is singular, which means that this is one of the crimes that happened in the States.

It is not the typical or only one crime.

I really like the implication that there are a lot of crimes that identifies the United States and this is merely one of them.

This movie might depresses you a lot because it isn't a happy story at all, but there are a lot of good elements in this movie.

I was very impressed by the casting.

I believe that the casting makes a lot difference in this movie because they fit the setting quite well.

Also Ellen Page did really good job in this movie.

Every facial expression she makes is very realistic as if she had experienced all the pain.

I really liked the mood that almost forces you to know both sides of the story.

I also liked that this movie gives a sense that there is only one victim, and everyone else is not a victim though they might seem like one.

It does mean something here because this isn't the crime you do not get involved.

This movie makes you think what is right and what is wrong, and when you should make this decision.

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