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Is there anything more enjoyable than curling up and watching Juzo Itami movies?

The clothing and dress are particularly stunning with all of the characters. The bright red lipsticks, the fashion of the city. The over all phasing back and forth between the timeless old fashioned quarters and modern society.

Each scene is highlight with delightful transitions book-ended with the catchy score. This is comparable to Juzo Itami's Minbo, although a completely different style of film and musical interludes.

Nobuko Miyamoto again completely transforms herself as the titular Geisha. Her story turns the romantic narrative on its head and completely throws out the conventions of the genera. The glorified melodramatic situations are treated in such a flippant way it highlights the absurdity of human situations to begin with. This is a common theme in every Juzo Itami work, which is why I feel it appeals to everybody. It's not so much an idealization of these very Japanese themes, but a loving study of humanity, the ridiculousness of life, and the human spirit through humor.

A very sugary fairy-tail esque romantic comedy with plenty of style and flavour. The male lead seems to have the issues, unlike the female lead, which was a nice reversal.

It's nothing too overly dramatic and stupid like most romantic comedies sercombe to in their third acts. Perhaps because of the "sports movie" element to it.

Overall it's very sweet. You'll love Déborah François in the lead role, along with Romain Duris as a man who makes very odd facial expressions. The cinematography is very beautiful and lush. Highly recommended for anyone.

Ash has RETURNED in Glorious Form With the Deadite manic zaniness and gore of Evil Dead 1, the slapstick of Evil Dead 2, and the epic one liner Ash from Army of Darkness.

Not only does this series it flow well with the universe, it adds richness with its own set of gorgeous cinematography. The color grading is also kept to a minimum. Yes, free of the cursed teal and orange mess of Hollywood. Rami gives it a very naturalistic look with bright red bloody splashes galore!

Another huge important thing is that this series WORKS even when Ash is Not on screen! That is a Big deal honestly. I believe Rami tried to cement that in the first episode with the middle episode showing Deadite action happening not around him. It proves that the rest can hold their own weight, which is something that I feel only the first Evil Dead movie accomplished.

It doesn't rely too much on the old one liners and invents new iconic ones, which was a treat.

I hope to see the cast from the original Evil Dead movie eventually make appearances in this series as it has been renewed for another season. Especially Ash's sister Sheryl. I look forward to even more expansion of the mythology in this amazing world Rami and Bruce have created. 10/10