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"Then why do you draw, Fujino?"
I have said it once, and I'll say it again: Fujimoto is one of the best authors writing about the human condition, and it's a shame that media illiterate fans have fundamentally misunderstood his works in the past. However, I think Look Back is so good that it cannot be misconstrued.
However, I think Look Back is the best way someone can come to understand the genius of Fujimoto who writes from his personal…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
To all the reviewers confused by this movie: I beg you to please learn to follow a basic narrative, or we as a society are doomed to fail.
This movie is a fun, tense watch with great acting, fantastic cinematography, and a really good premise and biological message that the trailer thankfully doesn't give away. Even if you know what cuckoo birds are known for, you will come out pleasantly surprised by the twist as long as you can follow…
I really have no words how bafflingly boring and bad this movie is. This movie ignores real tornado science, makes up tornado science that is objectively wrong, and paints scientists as greedy people. This could possibly be ignored if the movie was fun, but it fails at that too. All the characters suck, and not much happens after the first act. There really is no reason to watch this film. Watch Twister instead.
What if you wanted to make an ambient horror movie about satanism, but you didn't know how to write a cohesive narrative and knew next to nothing about satanism? Well, you just toss a bunch of "creepy" imagery such as snakes, dolls, and gore and call it a day! At least it was well shot...
