Reviews written by Kaare
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Assembly (DVD) (Hong Kong Version)
June 3, 2008 One of the best war-moviesJust finished watching it, and I have to say it's one of the best war movies i've seen. With war movie i mean WWI and WWII, and I guess this is close enough to be called a WWII movie since it takes place just a few years later and they use pretty much the same weapons.
Anyway, back to the point, it's great to see more and more war movies coming from Asia. This one had plenty of action, and some of the best battle-scenes i've seen. Where the japanese war movies like Yamato and For Those we Love focuses WAY too much on the storytelling, which makes them ultra-slow, this one was much more fast-paced. Let's hope the next japanese WW II movie is a bit more like this.
I personally liked that all the action happened at first, and not at the end. That made u pay attention immediately, and not doze off or lose the thread early on which u often do when there's no action. But by the time it slowed down in this movie, u knew the characters, and it felt alot more interesting to see what happened with Gu and the rest.
Top-notch movie, and probably the best mainland-china movie i've seen!Did you find this review helpful? Yes (Report This) -
For Those We Love (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
For Those We Love (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3
(1)Our Price: US$14.99Usually ships within 7 daysRelated promotions:February 4, 2008 Touching story, good filmI just finished watching this WW II war movie, and overall I found it quite entertaining.
To start with the positive sides about it :
-Interesting story about the Kamikaze pilots, and how the last days/hours/seconds went for them.
-impressive aerial battles with great CGI effects.
-Good acting
-Cute girls :D
Negative sides:
- the movie was a bit slow, and could have been shortened down with 30 minutes.
- I think the movie acts too "japanese" in regards to handling. Not that that is a bad thing, but it excludes a broader international audience in my opinion. With that i mean they could have cut out all the typical japanese comedy and screaming. It seems a bit over-acting to foreing viewers. Im used to it though, so for me it's ok, but the people i watched it with thought it was just weird.
- Instead of that, they could have added ALOT more action scenes. Too much storytelling for a war movie in my opinion.
- Speaking about storytelling, there were too many different stories and people to refer to, so it was easy to lose the thread.
Ooops, that became alot of negative views compared to the positives, but overall I liked the movie. It was touching, and left u thinking what those lost souls went through the moments before they died. If i made it though, I would have done a few things different.
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