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REALLY interesting movie. It gives off some David Lynch vibes with… well.. a lot of things. The pacing, the black comedy, the set design, and a lot more that I can’t really put a finger on.

A lot of foreign movies I watch I feel have comedy that isn’t too culturally specific, but with Monday there was a couple times were I felt I would’ve gotten the joke better if I knew more Japanese.

The movie has one of those endings where, if you were to watch it with friends, I feel you could discuss it endlessly about what happens and what you think certain things meant. I always really like those kinds of movies.

When I originally logged this I left it blank, which I feel kind of implied that it I didn’t think it wasn’t noteworthy. But that’s not what I think it all, this movie is just a remake of the first 6 episodes of Evangelion and it does it quite well. There isn’t too much you can say about this movie that can’t also be said about those 6 episodes.

I’m writing this review mostly to say that my goal on this glorious website is to write something for every movie, even if I only have a sentence or two of thoughts about it.

An above average 80s crime movie. Nothing too crazy to be honest, other than getting to watch Chow Yun-Fat be the literal coolest person alive.

It very obviously inspired Reservoir Dogs, so that’s cool I guess

Really great slow movie about people’s different responses to living in their pasts.

I think it perfectly encapsulates the feeling in adulthood where people you know sort of unceremoniously coming back in your life, briefly catching up, realizing you’re both different people after spending time together, then leaving the same way they came.

This movie also continues the trend of stories about people being homesick for their adolescence. I can’t offhandedly think of a Western movie like that, but I feel like I can list so many East Asian movies like it, which I think is interesting.

Mostly a standard romance, but Maggie Cheung carries it way further

uggggggghhhhhhhhh

Suffers from the same issue that I talked about in my log for The Night Comes for Us, where the movie is more interested in the spectacle of action rather than the action itself. This movie sort of gets a pass since its not as egregious but also since its more about the drama and history (which happens to not be very interesting). Ip Man doesn’t lose a single fight and isn’t worried about losing at all, so its hard to be invested

The animation of when they turned on the engine in the shack blew my mind. In combination with the sound design it felt like I was there

Easily one of the best martial arts movie I’ve seen. There’s so many fight scenes and every single one of them does something new so it never gets old. The story isn’t really special, but for 1978 its very passable.

Pretty much a B-movie from the at times incoherent plot to the over used sound effects. But I don’t care because Tony Jaa demonstrates literally every possible combination for kicking and breaking a persons limbs.

I feel like the movie’s only purpose is to conclude a characters story, which is fine, but I think it forgot to be a movie in the process

the action is on par with the first movie (really great) but there’s like at least 20 minutes worth of plot that doesn’t matter and slows things down

I think this is like the 3rd or 4th movie I’ve seen made by Koreans, and I’m getting more concerned about them and if they’re ok

Its absurdly violent and I think that reveals the movies character a lot. I think its more interested in the spectacle of action rather than the action itself. I would rather be presented with a fight scene, and decide how cool it was. Instead I get a fight scene that’s trying its hardest to convince me its super cool.

I feel every East Asian director I watch is a master at telling stories about people falling out of love and this is no exception.

boy, this guy sure is fearful!