I watched this with my aunt who had never seen it and is pretty wealthy. So of course, at the end, she turned to me and goes, “That was weird.” And I was so shocked! “Weird?” I gasped. “He didn’t have to kill Mr. Park. He did nothing wrong!”
I then went on to explain the pent up anger. The smell. The rain. The class war. I asked her to put herself in Mr. Kim’s shoes.
“I just don’t have…
We are what we think. Our lives, that is to say, our ego (our sense of self), are composed of all of the memories from birth until this very moment. We are an amalgamation of everything we have seen, everything we have read, every conversation or interaction we have ever had in our lives. It's how we define ourselves. And, at some point in our lives, we come face to face with the reality that we are changing, and by…
saw the japanese sub for the first time and i didn’t think i could like this movie any more than i did but OH MY GOD, the japanese version is so much better. I’m a fan of Christian Bale, but the japanese version of Howl is so much younger and more eccentric and quirky, and it really changes the vibe of the movie. His childlike manner is essential to the film, and that really comes across better in the sub. …
i’m being generous because this is based on my favorite book of all time, but this was pretty rough. it felt like a first draft - some really nice ideas, but just not really executed well.
Aitch Alberto is fine director, and you can tell she had somewhat of a vision here, but her script is unfortunately really messy and hollow. Felt like someone else should have written the script tbh. and while i tried to not compare it to…
in THE BEST number from the broadway show, which was cut from this incredibly unnecessary film adaptation, there is a line:
“if that’s what it is, then that’s what it is, at least until Disney can rewrite it”
And while Disney didn’t produce this saccharine sweet, bastardized knock off of the original broadway show, it sure as hell feels that way. this film succeeds (its only success) in doing what the musical actively fights against: being a watered down, amateur,…
