Human Cetipede

I was little disappointed when I saw this movie like cheap horror movies, but wow!

I was very surprised!

I have no idea who the hell came up with this idea lol

This is a really silly messed up story, but still I am very impressed lol

It was an interesting movie in a sense because you definitely remember this lol

Of course, I don't say this is a good movie, it is just interesting and different.

I don't think everyone enjoys this movie, but I'm pretty sure certain kind of people will love this movie!

I cannot even believe that there is second one.

I don't think I am one of those who love this kind of movies, but I'm very curious what the second one is like.

Anyway, as I said, this is pretty fucked up.

The acting and the mood of the movie are just like horror movies you have seen, I would say.

I think the creepy mood is well created, but there are a lot of movies like that.

Especially, there are a few characters, which somehow made me feel watching cheap horror movie.

Also the setting is quite similar to other horror movies.

Nothing really special in this movie, but the idea.

This movie follows the "rules of horror movie", so it is not too special, which I expects to be better somehow in the second one.

I was impressed by the idea, but I was not impressed by the movie as a whole.

I guess it is a good movie to talk about with you friends because it is so messed up, but I would not watched it again because nothing makes me want to watch it again.

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The Kids Are Alright

As usual, I did not know what this movie is about lol

I expected that it would be a normal family drama like a ordinary family gets into some troubles, they solve the problems somehow, and they reconfirm they love each other.

My expectation was betrayed in the very beginning because they are not normal family.

The parents are lesbians.

So, they don't have a father, which interested me for a while.

The setting was very interesting just because it was new for me.

But that was it, to be honest.

If you have watched enough movies, you can predict the ending.

It isn't too complicated.

Probably that is what the movie trying to tell us; they are not different, they only have a different form of family.

I think the acting was very good, so you still enjoy this movie unless you expect something very different lol

Besides, it asks you some philosophical questions such as what does father or mother mean?

If you have a biological connection, does that mean you are family?

Since they are lesbians, it is quite hard to define.

Not sure whether this movie answers this question, yet I believe that there is something more important than biological connection.

Well, I promise that next post will not be about gay movie lol

I was kind of aware that I have watched movies about homosexuality a bit too much lol

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Short Bus

Probably you have heard about this movie because this is very famous in a sense.

What made this movie famous is the representation of sexuality in it.

It is very direct.

You actually see people having sex.

Yes, it is part of acting.

There are a lot of sexuality including homosexuality.

But what they have in common is that all of them face their sexuality very seriously.

It might not be important for you if you cannot understand their positions.

However, you can probably understand why they struggle so much because the emotional expressions are so great in this movie.

And I believe that obvious sexuality has an important role.

I don't mean I understand how it feels like than be a gay or anything, but it is more fundamental as a human being, which makes this movie so interesting.

And I think that is why this movie has such a direct sexual expression so that the undamental humanity can be depicted more vividly.

This movie is great if you don't mind watching strong aspects of homosexuality.

If you do have stereotypes or bias towards homosexuality, this movie might be a good one because you probably understand that they are "same" as you.

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127 Hours

This movie is the one I wanted to watch most last year, yet there was no theatre that played this movie in the city, so I did not have chance to watch.

I was very glad when I figured out that only one theatre plays this finally although it has been long since it was on the theater!

I had heard about this movie, so I knew the plot.

I also knew what would happen to him and how he would solve the problem.

However, I was very impressed how his mentality is portrayed.

Basically, there is only on protagonist, Aaron, so we see him all the time stuck between the rocks.

His anxious and fear are very well visualized by using the camera he films himself, I think.

He talks about himself or his family at the camera that shoots himself, which shows his mental changes.

I also find the sound has a important role to represent the pain he has.

It is not hard to see him because there aren't too much grotesque scenes, yet the sounds create the pain, which made me hard to see what is on the screen.

This movie might keep people away from outdoor activities, yet it is always good to know that it is dangerous to be outdoor alone.

It reminds people how to prepare yourself in case something happens.

This movie is based on the true story, so it is not unreal.

It can happen to anybody.

I strongly recommend this movie if you enjoy going outdoor or think going outdoor this summer.

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Requiem For a Dream

Well, most of you might have heard about this movie because this movie is quite famous in a sense.

It's about how people who are addicted to drugs fall.

You can easily guess how depressing to watch this kind of movie by the simple summary lol

Yes, it is very depressing, I have to admit.

But it's because this movie is well filmed.

I was very impressed by how they visualize the effects of drugs.

I know that's the most important elements of this sort of movie, yet it is outstanding.

Everything contributes to create how they react to the drugs.

The sound and montage are used effectively.

I believe that these represents psychological process how they fall into drug abuse as well.

I also find the characterization has a significant role in the movie.

Everyone has different endings, which means that drugs influences differently.

They also have different reasons to use drugs.

Although they are aware of their drug abuse each other, they cannot help each other, which I find very humanistic in some sense.

As I said, this is depressing to watch.

You cannot expect happy endings in drug movies, can you?lol

But it's worth watching if you don't mind seeing unhappy ending.

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Good Will Hunting

OMG... It has been so long since I posted last time.

I am so sorry about that.

I had watched this movie long time ago, but I could not remember the details of the movie.

This movie is about a young man who is gifted, but has trauma about his past.

He does not talk about himself, so no one knows about him much,which I think is the best part of the movie.

Of course, I do wish to know more about him, but no one should know about his past or trauma because he never talks about it.

The characters know about him as much as we know; the characters and the audience, we, share same opinion about him even though we do see him more than any characters.

The relationships are described quite well, I think.

Also I like the mood of the movie.

I believe you can see the similarities to The Town Ben Affrec directed.

I really liked the mood of The Town and this movie.

It is quite hard to explain, yet I feel humanity from the characters.

Of course, we only see small portion of them; however, I really feel they are somehow "real" and have their own histories as we do.

This is a great movie I totally recommend to all of you who has not seen.

Scott Pilgrim V.S the World

I really enjoy this movie!

Some people might not like this movie much because it has comic style in the movie.

Of course, comic is totally different from movies, so it might sound strange.

However, the story is based on comic, so I think it is natural to have comic element in the movie.
Besides, this is a comedy movie!

Things that you never expect to happen in you life can normally happen in comedy to make you laugh lol

I guess you never think you will face to ex-boyfriends when you start going out with a girl lol

I understand it sounds a bit stupid, but it sounds funny at the same time.

I enjoyed cartoon like fighting scenes and video game style story development.

The images you never see in your real life gives a sense of reading comic.

The balance between reality and comic is quite funny.

Music is visible and is used as weapon sometimes lol

Music represents characters' physical strength, which is kind of clear to see.

I think it would have been nicer if there were more explanations about the relationships of the characters.

Since time that can spend on explaining the relationship is limited, I felt it could be more interesting though I think they did well.

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The Fighter

This movie is one of the movies that based on the true stories.

I don't really know whether this is the trend or not, but I think there are a lot movies that are based on or inspired by the true stories.

I guess people seek "reality" in the movies because there are lots of amazing stories around the world.

People might feel as if they can be one of the movie characters because these movies usually focus on normal people like us.

This movie is about a boxer who has a talent but never had a good chance.

His brother used to be a famous boxer but is drug addict now.

People expect him because of his brother and his glory.

It might be one of the success stories, yet I like how people face their weaknesses and mistakes they have made.

It was also interesting how they find out their weaknesses.

I liked the connections of their weaknesses, mistakes, and the way they make up their mistakes.

The portrayal of women are kind of interesting to me because the camera sometimes focuses of their legs or breasts.

I am not sure what it's supposed to mean, but I kind of thought that role of women are quite important in this movie.

There would be no change if there is no woman.

I believe you will understand what I mean if you see this movie.

Anyway, I thought it was a good boxing movie.

At least, I liked this movie better than Rocky series lol

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Please give

This movie is kind of weird.

The characters are weird, and their relationships are weird.

However, it is people like us.

People are weird.

This movie is not an action movie, so there is no explosion or dynamic car chase, but there is a drama between them.

Some characters are very mean to others.

Some characters feel very guilty from what they do.

They are sensitive and naive.

I guess they are over-exaggerated as the characters in the movies often are, yet their relationships seem realistic in some sense.

Because they have reasons to be mean or sensitive.

Some characters are very honest to themselves(they say what they want to say or do; they seem to be mean to others), which is kind of interesting because I think we are honest to neither ourselves and others, so I think this characteristic represents human aspect that people care their own profit.

Of course, there are some characters who are "good" people, yet I was very interested in how these characters are represented.

As I said, this movie does not have any excitements, yet there is drama, which is interesting human observation.

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The Disappearance of Alice Creed

Well, it might not be the best movie for Christmas, yet I really enjoyed this movie.

I had no idea what this movie was about when I started watching this movie, which I think is good.

If you have no idea about the story, I think you enjoy more lol

At least, I believe it will be more entertaining and exciting if you don't know anything about this movie, so I don't have link to the trailer this time.

I was very impressive by the fact that there are only three characters in the movie, but the story is well-made!

There are lots of twists and makes you wonder what will happen next.

The setting might be typical, yet it doesn't make this movie typical.

I also loved the camera works!

The camera works create lots of tensions and suspensions, which makes the movie more exciting!

Besides, the acting is excellent!

You will notice the relationships of the characters in half way of the movie; the relation is quite interesting and odd in a sense.

And the relationship they have does not make it easy for you to guess what will happen.

The faces the characters make or the reactions they take are very interesting after you know what relationship they have.

The story is very well-constructed and the acting is impressive; I will say this movie is definitely worth watching!

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Splice

It has been for a while since I posted last.

I have been quote busy for school and have not had time to watch movies, but I'm in break now!

Which means movie time!

So, I watched Splice.

The story starts with typical setting, smart scientists break morality because of curiosity.

But the creature they make is very human-like.

This wired creature has emotions like us; it feels happy, sad, angry, and jealous.

And it has the desire we have, including sexual desire.

I guess all creatures that exist in this world have sexual desire, but it is more complex beacause this creature falls in love as well as human.

This movie is so fucked up because of the combination of human characteristics.

I am not sure whether this movie teaches us moral.

I was disappointed by how this movie stats and very confused by the ending.

I cannot tell if this movie if good or bad.

I can't even tell if I like it or not lol

All I can say is this movie is totally worth of watching!

No guarantee you feel fine after watching this movie though lol

Quite interesting in a way how people mess themselves up.

By the way, the director is Vincenzo Natali.

Yes, the direcor of Cube!

So, I guess you can kind of guess how this movie is like lol

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