El_Sobrante

El_Sobrante

Favorite films

  • Rumble Fish
  • Fireworks
  • Bright Future
  • The Eel

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  • Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

    ★★★★½

  • Skyscraper Hunting

    ★★★

  • Neo Tokyo

  • Umi de no hanashi

    ★★½

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  • Skyscraper Hunting

    Skyscraper Hunting

    ★★★

    Cheap and dank as hell but a very close analog to those semi-porn sci-fi Blade Runner "inspired" adventure PC-98 games from the era. The mid section of the film was quite boring but the end and all the crazed shit that goes down compensates it for it.

  • Umi de no hanashi

    Umi de no hanashi

    ★★½

    "You watch too many TV dramas"

    As a pilot for a TV series this would've been interesting to follow up but as a full feature film this is just too damn shallow. We really get no time or much reason to care about these chars but the chemistry and what we do get to know about them is gud and I liked it. There's just a lot that is missing here...

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  • The Ripples

    The Ripples

    ★★★★

    "We are far apart. It's a very lonely feeling.
    But, maybe that's what real truth is."

    Exquisitely slow and exquisitely green in scenery, the loneliest film.

  • Tsumiki kuzushi

    Tsumiki kuzushi

    ★★★★½

    How in the fuck did Noriko Watanabe went from this outta control performance on this outta control youth delinquent film to bland jpop idol roles? That's what I want to know because this is a complete 180 in relation to her other films I've watched before.

    Just an absolute blast of a film, the ending left me wanting for more but it was a great watch nonetheless.

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