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Disturbia (2007)
Rear Window for teens
I hated this movie. I REALLY hated it. The first ten minutes made me expect that much, and then... it was like some teen love flick with a few shocking moments. What saddens me is that it could have been really good, if the focus was on the main plot instead of the side story. But most of the time I found myself stalking some pubescent boy stalking his new hot neighbor chick because she's pretty, and apparently that's all he needs. Admittedly, she IS quite pretty. That might have sweetened the movie for the teenage audience, but to me it just seemed cheap, because Roemer's screen time could have been cut to a tenth without crippling the plot. I just grew tired of watching her take a sun bath, doing yoga, swimming in the pool etc etc. True, I got to watch some other neighbors doing what people do... until suddenly strange things started to happen... but by that time, I didn't care anymore. As for the actors, I think they all did okay. Okay meaning not very good, but not exorbitantly bad either. I recommend you watch Rear Window instead of this.
Gosurori shokeinin (2010)
Kill Bill meets J-Popculture
This movie is not logical. This movie is not challenging your intellect. This movie does not want you to think too much about it. This movie gives you exactly what the title offers, nothing more.
I think it "borrowed" a lot from Kill Bill, for example certain fighting moves or villain character traits. (Actually, my first thought was Tarantino had seen this movie and decided to make a western, a little more serious version. Then I noticed this was the more recent production.) The story seems a little similar too. I'm not saying that there IS much of a story here. In fact, I expected the story to be nonsense, but not to be that incomplete. Still, it was fun to watch, and had me constantly ask myself whether is was entertaining because it was so creative or just because of its plain stupidity.
It is one of those movies I'm not able to judge by the standards of "good" or "bad". If you like goth style and anime-like over-the-top action sequences, you will be entertained. (I was.) Just don't expect anything else.