Reviews

Didn't expect this to be a prequel. Actually I think it would work better in chronological order rather than like this. I'm a bit bothered that in the end the most important thing was not made entirely clear. Though we are left to infer it, but it just might be asking for a bit too much, in how much it expects us to assume and figure out what went on off-screen. And if that wasn't bad enough, pacing is slow.

I'll admit slow pacing is crucial to the atmosphere and feel they're achieving, but at times it's just too slow. At least 40% could easily be shaved off of static scenes while still retaining the overall feel. It's tricky writing this, as this ''movie'' has a ''part 1'' in it's name, so I'm guessing there's more to come. But taken on it's own, it's thematic points are exploration of the mind of a psycho and telling a romance story.

Second one was nicely articulated, it really shows both the power and craziness of love in a dramatic character-driven way. Exploring the psycho mind on the other hand wasn't bad, but it feels like something's still missing. In other words, I didn't really get to figure out why psycho thinks the way it thinks, though I might be halfway there, in understanding it, the viewpoint of this story's particular character that is. I wonder if part 2 will expand upon it, or go in another direction.