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Drowning Love japanese movie review
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Drowning Love
2 people found this review helpful
by AbztractIsight
Mar 2, 2022
Completed
Overall 4.0
Story 6.0
Acting/Cast 6.5
Music 5.0
Rewatch Value 2.5

BAD Editing & Production overwhelmed the good

I enjoyed the story in the sense of the connection between Koi and Natsume, even the mysticism/spirituality they brought into it with the Fire dance and the ocean scenes.

THE BAD: the camera work was terrible, editing was even worse or maybe it was just the Director was drunk the whole time. Moments that should have been shorter, dragged on; running around, walking around, etc. Moments that needed more time for story development were cut out. Scenes ended abruptly, where you think "that part ended up on the editing floor" and then a green screen at the very end that was so damn obvious. Zoom ins that were shaky and too close and too many times the camera felt like it was thrown around. No one seemed to know how to use a camera stabilizer! They wrecked the movie. And because of the terrible editing it got hard to understand what the hell was going on. The actors did the best with what they were given. Crappy Ending, with unexplained bits. I don't get the high ratings from those who have viewed it before me.

Not re-watchable at all. Even the music was not the great.
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