Cinematic_Bullshit Reviews

House of Hummingbird (2018)

A Heartfelt Coming of Age Tale

[8/10 · 3 October 2021]

House of Hummingbird is a movie I stumbled across one night and I just sat there mesmerized throughout its 2hr 18min run time. It has such a simple plotline (if you can even call it that), yet it engages you with character study, family drama, adolescent insecurities, loneliness and even grief.

It's a coming of age story about a teenage girl named Eunhee who is abused by her brother and shown little affection by her parents. She doesn't seem to have much interest in school as she sleeps in class without care. The closest people in her life are her best friend, a boyfriend and her teacher. The troubles and delights she shares with them are handled with such finesse that no incident ever seems forced or melodramatic.

Her life at home is filled with dysfunction. From her brother beating her for any form of disrespect to her parents fighting loudly right in front of their children. The way she reacts to events like this are not overt cries for attention, but are shown in her general personality or her simple day to day actions towards other people in her life. She deals with romance in the idealistic and sometimes naive views of the 14 year old girl she is. Whether she's getting in fights with her friend or dealing with being left by someone she's come to trust, she always reacts in such a realistic and sympathetic and human way.

A heartfelt drama taking place in the mid 90s, House of Hummingbird intertwines elements from its story to real life events that were big in South Korea like the death of Kim Il Sung and the Seongsu bridge collapse. This makes the characters feel even more real than the phenomenal acting and writing already does. It stands tall against other great coming of age works like Fish Tank, The Way Way Back, and Eight Grade. It's a shame that even though this South Korean movie also came out in 2019, Parasite recieved far more acclaim. I liked Parasite to an extent, but this film is much more worth your time.

BoJack Horseman (2014–2020)

Bojack Horseman: The Pinnacle of Animation

[9/10 · 20 September 2020]

Hard drugs, meaningless sex and clinging to old glory- these are all vices Bojack Horseman engages in in his namesake show. Once the star of a hit comedy in the 90s', Bojack now is an old has-been leading a hedonistic lifestyle and making the lives of those around him worse.

Yet this old drunk is one of the most lovable characters in animation. Despite his cold exterior, Bojack is an emotional mess. Having to deal with abusive, alcoholic parents growing up, he never truly recovered and was always a broken person, even when he was a star and on top of the world. Through out the series he has his ups and downs. Just when he thinks something will change his life around, things fall apart. This is what makes Bojack so relatable. He constantly tries to be better, yet due to his flaws- both environmental and self-imposed- he condemns himself to failure over and over again. We've all been there. Even though we haven't all tried to have sex with a 17 year old, led a lifelong friend to her death or choked a woman (outside the bedroom), we can all relate to Bojack's uphill battle away from despair and towards something better.

We can also relate to him indulging in his vices, when he comes across difficult obstacles. Because the people in Bojack's life continue to stand by him one mistake after the other, some have claimed that the show justifies people engaging in bad behavior. That's something I'll admit the show does albeit unintentionally. Since at first I tended to watch the show drunk, part of me convinced myself that it's ok to indulge myself in this substance- that it's ok to make dumb mistakes because people will accept me anyway. A flawed concept I'm currently trying to drop.

When creator, Waksberg, was notified that Harvey Weinstein was a fan of the show, he changed some things around so that Bojack would finally face the consequences he deserves. And yet, the show remained true to itself. Admittedly, there were instances where the art was sacrificed in exchange for political propaganda (it's not hard to tell Waksberg is a liberal), but outside of politics it stayed fairly nuanced.

With the exception of the first season, the show was really funny. It often involves satire, which is done more subtly and consequentially funnier than in a show like South Park. Sometimes it does get a little too crude or in your face, especially in the aforementioned first season, but for the most part the comedy delivers.

Viewed initially by many as a fun little cartoon about a talking horse with some dark humor and later evolving into a serious drama with lighthearted comedy peppered on top, Bojack Horseman exceeded most people's expectations to become a legendary TV series and personally my favorite animated show of all time.

The Boys (2019– )

Deconstructing The Superhero Genre

[9/10 · 8 July 2020]

In an age of endless mediocre superhero films that attempt nothing more than bringing mild entertainment to the masses, The Boys is here to save the day. What would happen in a world where superheroes are treated as celebrities? Where they are the ones with powers and so they call the shots? That's the central premise of this show.

The Boys begins with a bang, grabbing your attention before you even know it. With such an explosive start, you instantly realize this isn't about heroes saving the day, otherwise there would be a lead up to this scene, rather the show takes a different approach. The Heroes, having saved the day, are celebrated. Soon enough their darker side is exposed to us.

And so begins a tale of good and evil and everything in between. One filled with twists and turns and a variety of morally grey characters, as well as some flat out evil ones (I'm looking at you, Homelander). The characters are so well written and their stories are so well told that you will find yourself sympathizing with characters you hated to begin with.

Some of the subject matter can hit close to home. Questions are asked and statements are also made about the world we live in. In a sense, The Boys takes reality and dresses it up in alluring superhero costumes to make us look at the world around is from a new perspective.

I recommend checking this one out whether you hate superhero movies/shows or whether you love them. This show looks very promising and I can't wait to see where it takes me.

The Styxhexenhammer666 Channel: The New Rosa Parks: White Photographer Refuses to Move to Back of Venue Due to Whiteness (2017) Season Unknown, Episode Unknown

Clanking Spoons

[10/10 · 7 July 2020]

Muh lamestream media Muh spoon clank Muh trump 2020 Muh leftists Muh paganism

Parasite (2019)

Suspenseful, but...

[7/10 · 27 August 2019]

Parasite is a South Korean Movie directed by Joon Ho Bong, who also directed Snowpiercer, Okja, and most brilliantly Mother. Now this movie probably has more twists and turns than any of his other films, which is saying a lot.

You never know where the story is headed so there's a lot of suspense throughout the film. At first, you're given a glimpse into the lives of a family living in wretched poverty. Their wifi doesn't work, their basement dwelling gets flooded, and worst of all the local drunk pisses right outside their door. Perhaps this is what makes the family turn into a band of scam artists. That's actually one of the things that bothers me about the film. All of the family members are fully integrated in the criminal activities without any second thoughts about how it will affect the victims. I wanted to see more fleshed out characters who question each other and themselves. I wanted there to be a reason for their turning out the way they did. Poverty isn't enough.

Even so, the cataclysmic turn of events is more than enough to keep you engaged. The conniving planning that goes into their schemes keeps you entertained for the first hour. After that a curveball is thrown at them, as well as us, the audience.

And again more characters are shown to be treacherous without any explanation as to how they arrived to have that mindset. I'm sorry to point this out again, but it gets irksome. I expected more from the director of the masterpiece, Mother. That is a film that kept me engaged because the characters had motives, even though those motives were somewhat ambiguous. Despite all my criticisms, Parasite is a suspenseful thriller with plenty of content to keep you enthralled for its entirety.

Midsommar (2019)

Good Atmosphere, Lackluster Characters

[7/10 · 15 August 2019]

Midsommar is about a couple, who after having some turbulence in their relationship, travel with a group of friends to a festival in Sweden. When they find out they've entered cult territory, things soon turn ugly.

I enjoyed Midsommar. Definitely more than I enjoyed Hereditary, yet it didn't fulfill my expectations. The best thing it has going for it is it's atmosphere. The unnerving feeling of being stuck in this foreign place with strange people who have strange rituals will stay with you the entire time. A few scenes near the beginning are shot to make it look like an LSD trip. These are fairly accurate, though a psychedelic experience is impossible to replicate. These shots and the cinematography in general add to the atmosphere.

But the central focus of the picture is the relationship of the two main characters. Or at least that seems to be what the director was going for, but I think whereas in Hereditary he was great at building characters and their relationship to one another, here he falls short. There are only a couple scenes where the two argue with with each other and you don't get to know them that well in these. There was a clear effort to tie the shakiness of the relationship to the events that happen involving the cult, and to some extent it manages to do that, but many things are left ambiguous and it feels lazy.

Another issue I had was that the whole creepy cult cliche is just that-a predictable cliche. Pretty much everything you think is going to happen happens. The danger that the group of friends have put themselves in becomes more apparent as the film continues, "these people are dangerous", yada yada yada.

Regardless of the issues I had with it, I still give it props for managing to keep my eyes glued to the screen from start to finish. And I highly recommend watching this movie high.

Oldboy (2003)

A Perfect Tragedy

[10/10 · 18 July 2019]

At last I review Oldboy. My favorite movie of all time. The first South Korean film to become a worldwide phenomenon. And why is that? Why did this Revenge film make such an impact in the film industry?

Well, I'd say that has to do with the flawless retelling of a story that brilliantly utilized the fall-rise-fall structure. That story is Oedipus Rex. The tale of a man who killed his own father and married his mother before gouging his eyes out after he realized what had happened. Oldboy takes its liberties in changing many facets of the story to tie a classic down to the modern world. However, all the emotion this famous tragedy is supposed to evoke is still prevalent.

In the beginning, our main character, Oh Dae-Su is an obnoxious drunk who is imprisoned for an unknown reason. For 15 years he is forced to endure isolation all the time wondering who did this to him. Here we see him at his worse so far; one day he's free and eager to deliver his daughter her birthday present and the next day he's stuck in a cell with nothing to live for. After failing to commit suicide twice, he figured he may as well better himself. And so he teaches himself martial arts preparing himself for when he finally is able to see the outside world again. When our character is suddenly released for no apparent reason, he's now in the same world he once inhabited only with a different, more determined mindset. Not to mention a new set of physical abilities.

With all the determination to get revenge on his captor and the skills to do it, Oh Dae-Su is has climbed from a pit of despair to become a force to be reckoned with. We have now witnessed the fall to rise part of this story. When he fights 15 men simultaneously, he proves not only that he's someone with above average capabilities, but that he's willing to do anything to solve the mystery. Little does he know that it's exactly this desperate need to find answers that takes him to an even worse place then when he started.

When the film arrives at its climax, all is revealed to Oh Dae-Su. He has laid with his own daughter. A wave of fury hits him before that anger turns to sadness. That's an understatement however. After such an unbelievable turn of events that first led him to being imprisoned for 15 years, then coming out a better person than he was before, someone to be admired, our hero is now in a state of pure tragedy. Instead of admiration, we give him pity. But Oh Dae-Su cannot let his daughter discover the truth, and so he cuts out his tongue in an act of despair. Our antagonist accepts this and doesn't tell his daughter about who she really is. Then we see the villain's motivations for all this; we see his own tragic past and we can empathize with him. The audience recognizes that it was Oh Dae-Su's own fault for hurting Lee-Woo Jin, and that it was his own determination for finding answers that leads him down a path of self destruction making this tale all the more tragic.

At the film's conclusion, Oh Dae-Su undergoes hypnosis in an attempt to erase his dark memories. When he meets again with Mi-Do and embraces her, he holds a smile before it turns into a grimace. Has he forgotten who his daughter really is or is he forced to live forever in tragedy?

The Lobster (2015)

A Satirical Critique of Relationships

[8/10 · 26 November 2018]

In a society where single people will be sent to a facility to be transformed into an animal unless they are able to find a mate within 45 days the stakes are high. Much higher than they would be if it were our society where people merely feel ostracized when they are incapable of fulfilling one of the most basic of human expectations.

Yes, 'The Lobster' serves as a satirical critique of relationships and social acceptance. When someone, is caught masturbating when he should be up and about searching for a woman he is punished. The audience can easily sympathize, for who hasn't felt a bit of guilt after a good old yanking session? There are other weird practices like a maid coming to give you slightest of sexual pleasures, just enough to leave you wanting more.

Another way this film criticizes relationships is the way many of its characters choose to pretend to have things in common, to base their relationship on a lie, rather than turning to the only other options which are to stay alone and either be turned into an animal or run off into the woods where the 'loners' retreat. The loners are as the name implies, alone. Not only that, but they live by rules equally as strict as those in the facility. Only here, no one is allowed to have a significant other.

There are clearly loners who want nothing more than to be with someone, but just like the outside world, they must follow the rules or risk the wrath other people will unleash upon them. However, there are those that will break these social contracts and strive for what they truly want.

Shame (2011)

A Perfect Encapsulation of a Sex-addicted Mind

[10/10 · 27 September 2018]

Shame begins with one of the most beautiful and brilliant scenes I've seen in a film. After watching these few minutes, you learn a lot about our main character, Brandon. You quickly learn he is a man who easily attracts women. As he's riding a train he stares at a woman; she instantly appears interested. She wants him so bad and for a moment it seems he's got her right where he wants her, but suddenly her arousal turns to shame - an emotion Brandon isn't familiar with. He's little more than a lust-filled animal. As this young wife gets herself together, Brandon gets behind her, seemingly ready to pounce on her. When she runs off, he can't understand why. He's an animal who's only path to satisfaction is reaching climax.

Later, Brandon becomes annoyed when his sister comes to visit because it conflicts with his sex addicted lifestyle. When he sees his sister hes forced to look at all the women hes had sex with. When he hears her having sex with his boss, a married man, he hears the echoes of the women he's had sex with. This conflict with his sister could be explained by the fact that he can't communicate with a girl outside of sex. Since he can't have sex with his sister, he also lacks the ability communicate with her. He is cold towards his sister. Never showing her affection and at times rejecting her own affection.

Brandon's only passion is to get laid. Since such a desperate need to feel euphoric is indicative of something missing in life, we're left to wonder what is missing from his life. In terms of finances, he is very successful. He has no trouble getting women. But as we learn later on, sex becomes difficult task when he forms a connection with a woman - he fails to perform with a coworker, yet easily gets off with a woman immediately after.

His sister alludes to a dark past they share, saying "We're not bad people, we just come from a bad place". What that bad place is we're left to wonder. But there's obviously some trauma that has made it hard for him to be aroused when he forms a connection.

At the end, after his sisters suicide attempt which might be the result of being betrayed by man after man, as well as feeling abandoned by her brother, Brandon may now realize how his addiction can affect others. The next time he sees the woman on the train, who has since dolled herself up, will he chase her or stay seated?

Drive (I) (2011)

A Modern Man with no Name

[9/10 · 20 December 2017]

The driver is a mystery. A man with no name, no past, and a an unknown future. Stunt driver by day, Getaway driver by night, He lives in a world of self-imposed violence. A world he can't seem too escape from... until he meets the damsel next door.

A single mother named Irene, breathes life into him, humanizes him, if only for a short time. After her boyfriend, Standard, is released from prison, the thought of a relationship with her is broken. This boils him to a rage yet it's not easily apparent in Gosling's stoic face. "You shut your mouth or I'll kick your teeth down your throat and shut it for you" is his response to a well-meaning stranger. She was the one to get him out of the pit he's in, now he's lost her.

Soon he finds himself in another situation where his skills as a stunt driver are needed. Standard is at arms with some sketchy people. In order to prevent them from hurting Irene and her son, he must once again go into the frey. There's no reason for him to risk his life for people he hardly knows, but maybe he feels he has to complete a mission in order to win the girl. In one brilliant shot, immediately after a shootout at a motel, his blood-smeared face is shown creeping slowly back into the darkness, slowly returning to his world of darkness. As the following events unfold, the driver's skills are put to the test. In one instance he's forced to show Irene just how brutal he can be by stomping a man too death. She backs away in horror. The driver then looks like a sad puppy who has just upset his owner. He doesn't want the girl he's grown to care so much about to look at him as if he's a monster, but what's done is done.

Eventually, he spirals so deep into the belly of the whale that he has to go on the run. The time he spent with Irene was special, but now he must go back into the violent world which he knows best.

Code Blue (2011)

A Touching Film About a Lonely Woman

[7/10 · 2 May 2017]

Urzula Antoniak is someone who understands loneliness. She understands her emotions very well and knows how to express them in a way you can understand, even when a film uses mainly visually storytelling and minimal dialogue. I can say that after watching Nothing Personal and now Code Blue.

It's a movie about a lonely nurse, Marian, who attaches herself to her patients because she has no one else to share with. And who better than the elderly, who can be seen to be in state more vulnerable than her. They need her help and when she gives them that help she feels useful. At one point she holds hands with an old man then euthanizes him. At another time when she tries to do the same, her the patient is frightened. It can't always work out the way she wishes.

When out for a run she helps an old woman with her groceries;they go inside her home to talk and the woman somehow can tell by the look on Marian's face that she's a sad, lonely woman. This scene felt a bit forced because I can't imagine a stranger casually inviting her in and making that immediate observation about her. And is Marian, who has trouble with people, really going to walk in and start conversing with the old woman? Nonetheless, pretty much everyone in her life knows her situation. She's asked if she's married? If she has anyone? Which must be awkward for her to answer especially at her age.

She, however is not the most easy person to sympathize with. From haggling over eighty cents at the market to witnessing a rape and doing nothing about it, her loneliness and isolation has probably made her less compassionate. And very lonely she must feel, for in one moment she takes the semen from a used condom she found on the ground and rubs it on her vagina. A scene that many may find disgusting, but I found poignant.

The ending to this film is not one I enjoyed. It was rather disturbing. I mean, I understand how pitiful this woman is and I didn't need to see her in such a pathetic state. Despite my problems with it, this is a touching film about loneliness that I highly recommend.

Mother (2009)

Top-notch Crime Thriller

[9/10 · 18 February 2017]

I put off watching this film for a while. I heard it was very different from other movies in the same genre and I thought that meant it was going to be pretentious. But I was wrong. Mother is one of the best crime thrillers I've ever seen.

At the beginning of the film, the main character, Do-joon is run over by a car. He and his supposed friend, Jin-tae seek revenge. This scene serves to demonstrate the personality of our main character and his relationship with his friend. We learn that Do-joon is mentally retarded or at least slow in the head with a bad memory. Soon after this, Jin-tae invites him for a drink. His friend fails to show up. Then our main character is accused of murdering a girl he was seen following the night before the murder.

The police coerce a confession out of him. His overprotective mother doesn't believe he's guilty. She does whatever she can to help her son. First, she struggles to obtain enough money for a lawyer. When he proves incompetent, she begins her own investigation. She takes part in acts that range from questionable to heinous. She's willing to do anything to save her son, all the while being chastised and running into other kinds of problems.

As the film progresses, you learn more about the kind of person mother is. And you discover things about her as well as other characters that may surprise you.

The film follows a route you're probably not used to. This will surprise some, upset others, but at the very least should be a refreshing crime thriller for those who think they've seen them all.

Westworld (2016–2022)

A Spectacular Philosophical/Sci-Fi TV Show

[9/10 · 3 December 2016]

Westworld has quickly and unexpectedly become one of my favorite shows of all time. It's a show that manages to make the viewer ask questions about human existence and human morality.

I was really excited to watch this show because of the premise alone: There's a theme park filled with robots called 'hosts' that are made to resemble humans in almost every way; visitors to the theme park enter a western themed world where they can do whatever they want, including raping and murdering the hosts. At the beginning, I wasn't sure where the show was headed, but it intrigued me. After a few episodes, some questions were answered and as I began to see the direction the show was taking, I fell in love with it.

The show presents the perspective of many different characters who each have their own opinion on what is right and wrong regarding the use of the hosts. And there's always mystery in the plot that'll keep you wondering about the people, their motives and whether or not they should be considered an immoral person based on their actions.

Westworld challenges us to think about what makes someone a conscious human being and what exactly makes us real and separates us from the hosts.

Another (2012)

Great Mystery Thriller

[8/10 · 25 October 2016]

Another is labeled as a horror anime, but it really is much more of a mystery thriller. It has several scenes of gore and I guess that's the reason behind the 'horror' label. Anyway, the mystery is handled just right in that it keeps you wondering. You'll want to watch the next episode immediately to find out what is going on in this classroom?

The main character is kept in the dark about the strange events that occurred in his classroom a long time ago and how it affects what's happening now. A mysterious girl with an eye patch is ignored by all the students, yet he is not told why. As the days pass and as people die he begins to unravel the mystery.

Although it doesn't have the most well developed characters, the mystery plot is more than enough to keep you engaged.

Death Parade (2015)

A Gripping Existential Thriller

[8/10 · 25 October 2016]

This anime will grab your full attention from the start and never let go. It begins with a couple arriving after their death in an unknown place where they are to be judged on whether they deserve to be reincarnated or sent to the void. In order to be fairly judged, they must play a game. It is during this game that their hidden darkness is brought out. At the end of the game the arbiter will make the decision on who will be reincarnated and who will be sent to the void.

The main intrigue in the show is that none of the people have clear memories and it's throughout the game that these memories are brought to light. The memories can make a person react very differently, as they realize how they've been hurt in life and how they feel in general about the life they lead.

The show does have it's issues. The existence of the arbiters is somewhat explored, but never fully explained. Why do these beings exist? They don't even know that themselves. There's also a god-like character who's purpose is never discovered.

These flaws don't stop this from being a great show however. I highly recommend this anime if you like psychological thrillers and want to delve into existentialism a bit.

Princess (I) (2014)

Sexually Intense

[8/10 · 25 October 2016]

This is a very sexually intense movie. It's about a 12 year old girl who's sexually curious. It's easy to see why with all that's happening around her - her mother and step father are not afraid to show affection in front of her. In the opening scene, the three are seen in bed together. This scene alone instantly gives you a glimpse into what their relationship is like and presents a precursor of what's to come

Later in the film she meets a boy who shares a striking resemblance to her. They become friends. The boy seems to be homeless and she brings him home with her parent's permission. They both have a slim, androgynous body type and her step dad quickly takes a liking to him. Up to this point there have been interactions between the girl and her step dad that seem innocent at first, but when he has similar interactions with her new friend it's clear he enjoys these tickling fights in more than a daddy daughter kind of way.

Throughout the film his perverted intentions become more apparent. The kids react in ways that seem realistic given the circumstance. They like playing out like they're having sex, but knowing that the step dad is not doing these things playfully, they become nervous in front of him.

This is well told story of a girl stuck in a home with a perverted step father and a mother either too weak or too careless to do anything about it.

Himizu (2011)

A Heart-wrenching Masterpiece

[9/10 · 9 May 2016]

This movie had an impact on me like no other film had before. Two 14 year olds coming from abusive homes are forced to look at their lives and see where they plan on taking them. The main character, Yuichi Sumida, claims early in the film that he just wants to be ordinary. Keiko Shazawa happily agrees with him since she is infatuated with him.

Neither of the teen's parents could care less about them. The girl's parents go as far to create a noose from which they want their daughter to commit suicide, since she is only a disappointment in their eyes. Yuichi and his mom run a boat shop which he runs on his own after she abandons him. His father shows up only to ask for money and abuse his son. The bad parenting in this film may be an exaggerated representation of Japenese culture, in how much pressure children are put under in order to succeed. The teens in this film have obviously given up on any dreams of success they may have once had.

The Yakuza comes to collect the debt that Yuichi's father owes them and this pushes his mind to a point where he becomes confused and violent. After this point, the film takes a turn. The first third is filled with comedy - the scenes with Yuichi and Keiko fighting, I found the most amusing - but the second two thirds are dealing with dark subject matter. Things become more shocking and also more intriguing. Anger and that has been built up in Yuichi is let out in unhealthy, though sometimes helpful ways. He commits an act that he feels guilty about and isn't sure what to do, leading him to try to find himself in scenes that I found very powerful. The sorrow, frustration and hopelessness I saw on screen resonated with me in ways incomparable with any other works of fiction.

To put it bluntly, Himizu is a coming-of-age story for angsty teens that aren't sure where their life is headed. By the way this isn't an insult, given how much I could relate.

House of Flying Daggers (2004)

Visually Stunning!

[9/10 · 19 March 2016]

I am not one to notice or even care much about visuals, but the cinematography in this movie is simply orgasmic. If you've seen 'Crouching Tiger' you'll be familiar with the fighting style: unrealistic, yet mind blowing.

Even the scenes without fighting are amazing to watch. For example, the drum scene near the beginning is remarkable (although not so impressive once you find out something about the character in the drum sequence later).

The story is secondary, but it does have some twists and moments of betrayal I didn't see coming. It's not a great story, which is why I didn't give it a higher score, but it goes along well with a movie as focused on visuals as this one.

The Boy and the Beast (2015)

Anime movies have not died with Studio Ghibli.

[8/10 · 19 March 2016]

Although I wouldn't place it up there with Wolf Children or even Summer Wars, The Boy and The Beast is another great film by Mamoru Hosada. The plot revolves around a beast who is on his way to becoming the grandmaster. He needs to beat one opponent to be crowned, but in order to do that he must also take in a protégé. This leads him to finding an orphan who has recently run away from home and is looking for a place to stay.

The relationship between these two becomes pretty standard, as it's reminiscent of 'Leon: The Professional'. Nevertheless, their rambunctious relationship is lovable. The film doesn't focus too much on 'the unconventional master' growing a heart and changing his ways, and I give it points for that.

The boy spends years living with the beast in the world of the beasts, so he doesn't have any human interaction while being trained until he ventures back out into the world where he befriends a human girl. This new found friend puts a strain on his relationship with the beast. But they are still there to support each other when it matters.

In conclusion, I really enjoyed this movie. There wasn't anything that I found special in it, but if you like to see a pair of people missing something from themselves and finding it within, by learning from each other, then I would recommend this anime.