Lollofunky

Something is missing, I wish I could say exactly what is not here. A feeling that the movie is finished and I am left with "is that all?". I found myself bored at a point.

I watched this movie the evening before the final between Jannik Sinner VS Carlos Alcaraz at Wimbledon. I wanted to see this movie for a long time and I thought "excellent excuse, perfect timing". I enjoyed the acting, the cinematography.

But then at a point I started to get bored, as if the movie kept on going on about the relationship of these two old friends with this woman. And I was waiting for a step ahead, moving forward with the story, instead of staying in the same relationship dynamics.

One pro, one not, one mature with family and one single and party boy. But the movie already told me this many times.

But then at a point I started to get bored, as "when is this movie going to end? What am I waiting for here? Why do i have this scene again?" I would like to be able to express why I am not completely happy. It is a feeling.

And yes I kinda enjoyed the ending, two friends reunited and the real love they had for this sport.

I never tell about the plot on my review, you can find it everywhere! I watched this movie without knowing Nothing about it. So i thought "oh he is very clever ,he is using lots of old stock film to make it look like it was shot 20 years ago" and I thought "uhm this movie is way more experimental and artsy compared to his other movies". I watched this movie because I really enjoyed Mountain Might Depart and Ash Is Purest White and A Touch of Sin. And this one feels more like a collections of scenes, different styles all put together. It has somehow a dreaming, floating quality, it feels like a documentary and then it is also fiction, But it works, mostly because Zhao Tao has this magical presence on the screen and you look at her wondering what will she do next. After I finished I went online looking at reviews and discovered it is actually made with material the director shot before. If you are looking at this title it means that you are already open and ready to watch something different from USA mainstream movies. So I would definitely recommend this.

First let me tell you I didn't read the books. But a movie or TV show should be good even for the non readers. I just finished to watch the first series. It starts ok, made me curious. At a point i started to dislike the selfishness of the main character. I found it a bit too slow, lots of hints and no actual replies and answers. Also it seemed to lack that surprise effect, that woah moment. I do not like to criticize, but it is a bit silly that they have a fully operational email system and high quality surveillance cameras, but they still communicate using papers. And this is for the policy too. Good soundtrack. If you have nothing better to do in the winter cold months watch it!