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Tuesday, August 24, 2010

[Rating - JMovie] Azumi 2: Death or Love

Story:
Interest: 2
(2 = I'm so glad I watched it! Enjoyed it very much;
1 = Interesting enough to watch it til the end, didn't enjoy it that much but still watched the whole movie;
0 = What a waste of time)
Coherence: 2
(2 = Perfectly crafted story, no missing links, well-thought out, whoever wrote this is a genius;
1.5 = The story seems to have no flaws but it isn't a very challenging story to write, it was coherent but the story wasn't mind-blowing;
1 = The story has some flaws in it so the flow isn't really that good, something feels off;
0 = Some scenes strayed too far away from the plot, not properly concluded)

Movie:
Execution: 2
(2 = The director did a magnificent job, the movie was so clean and it felt so real;
1.5 = Above average but not totally impressive;
1 = Not bad, average;
0 = Did the director have such a low standard?, boring, should've read the book/script instead)
Effect: 2
(2 = Brought out all the right emotions from me (cry, laugh, get angry, cringe... etc), left me in awe;
1 = Almost cried, almost laughed, almost got angry.
0 = It didn't affect me at all.)
Acting: 2
(2 = The actors were completely lost in their characters, they gave me goosebumps;
1 = The actors were good but the roles weren't really challenging;
0 = The actors need to attend more acting workshops)
Casting: 2
(2 = It was a cast made in heaven, the acting and the faces were perfect for the roles;
1 = The actors didn't make much impression;
0 = They should have given the role to better actors)
Compactness: 2
(2 = Didn't blink even once afraid to miss a thing;
1 = Skipped some parts but didn't blink on some;
0 = Skipped more than watched)
Cinematography: 2
(2 = Blew me away, creatively done;
1 = Just okay, nothing special;
0 = Did they even have budget for this movie?)
Scoring: 1
(2 = Helped in bringing out the viewer's emotions and I loved the soundtrack;
1.5 = The scoring matched the scenes or there's at least one song that I loved;
1 = At least the movie had a soundtrack;
0 = I don't remember if it had one)

Recommend? 2
(2 = You'll miss half of your life if you don't watch this;
1 = If you like the genre, watch it;
0 = Watch it only if you want to watch a Japanese movie and you've ran out of good movies to watch)
- I'm just going to warn you about a very disappointing ending. Well, at least that's what I think. I just hate the way how the villains were killed. They should have suffered more. You'll understand why once you watch the movie. But the bad ending is forgivable since the whole movie is a feast. The ending is a minor flaw that I'm willing to overlook. It's a good movie. You should watch it.

Total Rating: 4.75/5

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