been sitting on this for awhile after watching and in all honesty don't know what to feel about it... not in a way where i am overwhelmed with emotions that i don't know what i am feeling but i think i genuinely have no thoughts...
i think i has high expectations and they weren't quite met...
i do appreciate the portrayal of love and the rather dark(?) concept behind it though
ngl i was a little bored up till that scene where the snake showed up then suddenly everything was Filming again. adrenaline in my veins kind of Film.
edit: also the soundtrack genuinely gives me a high thank you
actually cried fountains mid movie till the end... i forgot which scene broke me first but whoa this film was so real and portrays such universal (or maybe asian) themes like filial piety, love and death. i think films like these are so powerful and impactful for me especially because i find myself relating to the cultural expectations, family dynamics and the jokes. my sister described the film as: not much storyline just very very sad. i've realised recently that…
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i left the cinema not knowing what to feel. (i love films that do that!) but after some Thinking... i think! this story really made me think about (wow so many Thinks) whether it was all worth it. Ani giving in to that short lived moment of happiness and love. It must've felt real in the moment, but in the back of her mind, it was always too good to be true. even after Vanya leaves her behind, she clinged…
