Reviews

A textbook example of Hollywood's golden age glamour: no matter how cliché or unrealistic the plot might be, the brilliant writing and perfectly tailored star performances make the audience forget reality and fully buy into the fantasy.

Bogart and Hepburn might not seem like the perfect match at first, but when he walks toward her with that umbrella, you can’t help but feel it's just so romantic. Gotta love a director who knows how to capture a perfect love story on screen.

This is about as close to a perfect women’s film as it gets. It isn’t about the conflict between women and men—it’s about the journey of an independent, self-sufficient woman finding peace with reality after facing her struggles.

The heartbreaking part of this story is how a woman has to go through struggles brought on by men just to truly dive into the art she’s passionate about.

What really moved me wasn’t the typical awakening of a woman’s self-awareness, but the way it portrayed how a “shy” person interacts with the world while holding onto that natural shyness throughout. I’m just grateful there are directors who can capture people like us on screen.

All I saw was her pain and awkwardness from start to finish. The world treated her like an outcast, rejecting her and never truly valuing her talent. Maybe that’s exactly what the director wanted to show—that talent doesn’t guarantee anything. In fact, it’s because of her talent that she’s forced to shut out every other possibility in life. You can’t serve two masters.

Marriage is pretty much the same everywhere in the world, and this film is no exception. It is just another clichéd story, but you can still feel that relaxed, carefree French approach to love.

Marriage feels like running laps on a track. A small stone might trip you up now and then, but you just keep going.

In this movie, the handsome guys seem to have an endless supply of bullets, while the ugly ones are taken out with a single axe swing.

Japanese directors are absolute masters at diving deep into human nature in such extreme ways. This film is packed with metaphors, but the messages feel deliberately vague, and some of the details are downright puzzling!

Should the interests of a minority just be sacrificed because they don’t fit the norm? This movie might not be a masterpiece, but it definitely packs a punch in its two-hour runtime, offering different people different takeaways. It forces us to confront the harsh truth that people are born unequal and shows how much sacrifice is required in the pursuit of equality.

Before any changes happen, the government should at least give people the right to discuss—this is the fundamental requirement for any democratic process to even begin.

A low-budget version of A Quiet Place, this film focuses on the process of humanity adapting to a silent world. As the apocalypse unfolds, people’s beliefs start to crumble, and cults thrive. The message is clear—humans are always more terrifying than the monsters!

Tying a phone with an alarm to someone is just ruthless. If the world were ever invaded by these monsters, this would be the perfect trick to pull on your enemies!

The script, which unfolds by simply reading the story like a fairy tale, is just so bad.

I don’t understand why this movie has such a low rating. If I ever teach one day, this film would definitely be one of the key materials I’d use to introduce American '90s teen culture and humor.

This is a truly unique film, created by taking live-action footage and having an animation studio turn it into animation. The whole movie is a blend of absurd yet grounded poetry, packed with deep conversations about dreams, reality, life, and existentialism. A must-watch for anyone who loves to dive into life’s big questions and philosophy!

I don’t get why the director went with CG animation for this. Honestly, most of the visuals feel unnecessary. You could just listen to the conversations and get the same experience. I bet reading the script would give you an even stronger sense of it. The images don’t really add much.

If anyone takes this historical drama full of coincidences and plot twists seriously, Verhoeven would probably laugh himself awake in his sleep. He ironically combines almost every cliché from Nazi-Jewish themes to create a work called "How to Survive in a World Full of Assholes". Moral issues? Not even worth mentioning in his work. Who has the time to talk about morality when there's nudity on screen? So, in his world, there are good Nazis in this movie, and even the resistance group is full of assholes. The only real takeaway here is: the heroine is a total winner in life.

This movie starts off feeling like "Schindler's List", then transitions into "Lust, Caution" in the middle, takes a turn into "Malèna" in the second half, and wraps up like "Detective Conan". If you watch it, you'll know exactly what I mean.