Hotto Gimikku: Gâru Mîtsu Bôi

I was expecting this movie for a long time, and it's not worth it. First, about the characters' appearances. It really bugs me that the hair of the characters keep the face of the actors hidden. It's really hard to see their expression with that kind of hairstyle. Besides, they do not look good in this movie as they do in real life. Make up artists should really do something about that. Second, about the way they shoot the movie. It's really confusing to me who have no idea about the manga and just saw this for the first time. It's really rush and the conversations seem disconnected. Some scenes just make me feel dizzy. I really don't like the way they shoot the movie. Also, it feels like some unprofessional people do this because the resolution of the film is very low. I thought my internet connection was bad, but it wasn't. Ok, finally, about the actors. They seem to be inexperienced and not be able to pull this character off.

This movie was a whole mess and quite frankly the editing and the storyline made it uncomfortable to watch. I almost gave up watching it halfway and honestly wish I would have.

I understand that the film is quite a show of the complexity of the youth. But sometimes the complexity of the presentation doesn't necessarily make the story difficult to understand. And I think the movie didn't reach the peak of the story. The audience doesn't really understand the theme. The audience was unable to grasp the essence of the story. At this point I'm rating only 4, but if the synopsis of the story is better then I'll give it 5. Overall, I'm quite disappointed with the story.

If you have never read the manga you will have no clue what is going on. This has no character development or story. It is merely just a random chain of events. The only thing that makes it connect is having read the manga and knowing what happens in between these events.

Not only did they botch the story and characters but the filming style was horrible too. It made me motion sick just trying to watch and what is with the random scenes of random stuff. They cut so much important things to instead have clips of a bird in the sky and some cranes and lights and staircases. Not even sure how this movie was 2 hours long.

As someone who loved the manga, all I want to say is; read the manga instead. The cameracrew must have smelling their socks while filming, the cutting is horrible, and the plot is only thinly displayed, could've used more meat. The acting and lines are either horribly translated or just poorly written. If they had made it into a series, they still would have to change most of the actors for it to be decent. BUT and it's a big but, it gets more true to the manga at the middle, and that really lifts it a bit. Not enough to be good, because there is so much missing in between the changes.