02-24-2009, 09:21 AM
I revisited my review here. My comments of "very watchful" and "worth seeing" seem excessive praise for a weak movie.
So let me tone down what sounded like a solid recommendation.
It's like a costume drama, with lots of jewelry, hair doodads and henna, and that interested me for artistic reasons at the moment.
But think of the cover of a romance novel. That's what you get. For all the colorful sets, it's oddly stage-bound (was it the direction, camera angles?). And the plot continually dragged.
So DM is right. It isn't particularly good. Something to watch over dinner if you're in a passive mood and watching Japanese horror while eating makes you throw up.
So let me tone down what sounded like a solid recommendation.
It's like a costume drama, with lots of jewelry, hair doodads and henna, and that interested me for artistic reasons at the moment.
But think of the cover of a romance novel. That's what you get. For all the colorful sets, it's oddly stage-bound (was it the direction, camera angles?). And the plot continually dragged.
So DM is right. It isn't particularly good. Something to watch over dinner if you're in a passive mood and watching Japanese horror while eating makes you throw up.