Reviews

One of my best friends who invited me to see this movie left me in the cinema because he couldn't take it anymore. He was the one who insisted on watching it, I was the one who had just come back from a backpacking journey in Germany, having an important appointment right after the movie regarding my new apartment. Randomly sitting next to me was my other best friend who was on a date with her, at the time, girlfriend. It was their first date and they told me they were contemplating on leaving the cinema as well, but out of morbid curiosity they decided to stay. She told me it was a bit awkward watching such a mediocre trainwreck of a movie on her first date because you don't want to appear too negative in that kind of situation. I was honestly baffled that the guy who just remade his best movie (Summer Wars), who criticized Hayao Miyazaki for his female characters, somehow got a 14 minute long standing ovation for this movie. I'm convinced that those people were not applauding the genius of the movie, but the fact that it was finally over, and they were simply standing because they were on their way out of the cinema. Good grief.