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Best movie I've seen lately was Legend of the Eight Samurai. This is a samurai movie by Kinji Fukasaku with lots of fantasy elements. Story is lots of fun and reminded me of Seven Samurai and The Hidden Fortress. Practical visual effects and visuals have a lot of charm. There's even a very...

It's been mostly videogames for me lately, so I haven't been watching many films... Troublesome Night 2/10 Phone Didn't get my attention. Still, the little girl was both scary and cute lol. 4/10 Dragon Ball Z: Wrath of the Dragon Last Dragon Ball Z movie made in the 90's. And it's actually...

Slowly losing my interest in this director after 20 movies seen... Policeman and Me - A romantic comedy for teenage girls who have fantasies with policemen...? anyway, this was so cringey. 3/10 Locomotive Teacher - This movie shows some pretty japanese islands... but I had no interest in...

I also re-watched it. One of Miike's best! Either it was a dream or real, I just love how it plays. How it conveys the character's feelings. And the finale is insane. Is this the most iconic scene in modern j-horror? It made me want to re-watch The Isle :)

August in the Water (1995) - 2nd viewing As mind-blowing as it was when I saw it a few years ago. Story goes around God, the universe, power of the mind and scientific subjects. There's also a very strong emphasis on world's ecology. This film was made by aliens. Very, very trippy stuff with...

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Kabukicho Love Hotel is AWESOME! I enjoyed how Hiroki explored the complicated side of romantic relationships thorugh different characters. Each characters' internal struggles is beautifully conveyed. It's a slow-paced film, but it never got boring for me. I liked how Hiroki picked up Maeda...

Wolf Girl and Black Prince - this could have been an interesting take on s+m set in highschool. Characters even refer to it multiple times. However, this film doesn't explore that subject more than that and soon it becomes your average story of naive girl who falls in love for the bad boy. In...

I've seen the episodic version. It was great fun but I wasn't so excited on how it ended. It's sexy as fuck and pretty much what you would expect of anything coming from Sion Sono. I wonder how different the film experience would be for me.

Seen a few more! It’s Only Talk Didn't have much impact on me. Felt a bit too long. 6/10 Strobe Edge Pretty cute teen romance. Made me care so much for these caracters, Everything is so pretty to look at. 8/10 River VERY interesting concept. Following the character walking around in Akihabara...

Best films I've seen in June: The Life of Oharu Mean Girls Al-Risalah Revenge Clerks All rated 7/10. Craziest surprise was Johnny Mnemonic. A strange mix of Neo, Kitano, Yakuza and cheesy sci-fi.

I just finished Last Words (2007) and so far it's my favourite movie from this director. Horikita Maki wandering around in countryside Japan+relaxing music is a wonderful combination. The fact that I just left my hometown again to work outside got me in the right mood to watch it. On top of that...

Miami Vice - Director's Cut (2006) - 4th viewing Love this! The digital, Miami scenery and atmosphere gives it such an art-house feeling. Airplane and speed boat scenes are hypnotic. Soundtrack is badass. Love Collin Farrel and Gong Li's chemistry. Very entertaining stuff! 9/10 It (1990) Not a...

Letterboxd is awesome. I'm ashamed I didn't start using it earlier. The experience got even better after getting a pro account.

Seven Samurai (3rd viewing) One of the greatest japanese films of all time. A work of art. 9/10 The Hidden Fortress (2nd viewing) Ahh, so much fun. 9/10 The Sion Sono Pretty good doc about God. 8/10 The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio Enjoyable. 6/10 Arnie's quest: The Running Man Last...

Avengers: Infinity War (2018) So awesome, best in the MCU. Thanos is such a good villain! 8/10 Shinjuku Swan II (2017) Sion Sono's worst film since his early works. I wasn't a huge fan of the original film but I can remember that one had a story to follow and a very interesting relationship...

Best films I've watched lately... Your Name. (2016) - 2nd viewing Beautiful love/fantasy/time travel story that covers emotions of falling in love for someone even if you haven't actually met. The feeling that someone out there loves you. Characters are so likeable and the animation is...

I'm going to add Tsukamoto's Fires on the Plain to this thread... Felt like student film trying to homage the original and it's so awfully cheap.

I saw 3 movies... I Am an S+M Writer, Vibrator and Tokyo Trash Baby, My opinion so far is that Hiroki knows how to write about troubled characters and each of these films have a very unique feeling. He reminds of Sion Sono. I found his films slow at first, but I'm warming up to his style now...

Your Lie in April (2016) Depressed boy meets overly happy girl that changes his life. Girl is very cute and movie makes you get attached to her as much as possible. The emotional music, the flashbacks of happy memories in slow-motion and the drops in the actors' eyes, I've had enough of these...