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A Fairy Tale After All (2022)
Five stars for the efforts and creativity but waste of time to watch.
I usually don't rate movies unless they left an unforgettable impression after watching it.
This one did but not in a positive way. I fell asleep somewhere in the first 20-30 minutes and based on what I saw till then, I'm happy I did.
There is only one word that can describe this movie: worst! The beginning of the movie was promising. The view of a princess hiding for her duties, sneaking in and out of her hideout to steal strawberry cakes in the kitchen of the castle, was fun and refreshing and made me wonder where this would lead to. But allas, the script is going all places without any feeling for coherence.
However I think I can see the intention of the director with the mix of real life actors, different styles of animation and cinematography but the story, the acting, the singing and the editing annihilated the most of the message behind the creativity. With another cast, a better script and a better editor this movie can be so much more.
Wij (2018)
The decay of morality
An explicit film that tells the same story from the perspective of different characters. The story of 8 teenagers somewhere in the countryside trying to get through two months of summer vacation. Simon starts out shy and innocent but as the film progresses the narrators get rougher and rawer and the film evolves along with it. The viewer is plagued with curiosity as more details are revealed along the way leading to the climax of a deadly prank and ensuing court case.
At the same time, the film reminds the viewer what it is like to grow up as a teenager in the society of the past and the same viewer is eerily accurately confronted with the fact that today's society is still the same.
It shows the daily struggles of teenagers hiding from their parents' sight and trying to find their own way. You are taken into the typical teenage behavior of swagger to cover up insecurities and what it's like to deal with the consequences of peer pressure. In this group resulting in the lack and blurring of norms and morals as they discover the power of their and each other's bodies and sexuality. The feeling of that power, the money it brings and the idea of being untouchable removes their boundaries and transcends violence and death.
If anyone wonders how and why young people go off the rails, watch this and you'll get the idea, although the movie won't answer the question.