Hotto Gimikku: Gâru Mîtsu Bôi

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.

There is no way that anyone, let alone young girls should be watching this and think that it's normal. Why writing something so awfully harmful and beyond all else abusive!!? This is not love. This is not romance. This is just low level behavior in people that you should not be around let alone tolerate. Would've given it minus 10 if it was possible. Big NO!

I read the manga and liked it a lot, so I had high expectations, but the movie was one big disappointment... The plot is rushed and it's not explained properly, the dialogue is bad and the scenes seem disconnected, like they were just thrown together randomly. One redeeming grace is the background music, like Pachelbel's Canon in D (one of my favourite classical pieces) and Beethoven's Fur Elise, though the latter was often remixed in modern and completely inappropriate versions. The story had great potential, too bad they made a mess out of the movie :(

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.

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.