Movies and short films I watched in 2023

Ackery Jan 16, 2023

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1. Those That Follow

Thai Movie - 2022

8.5
- Pretty good concept
- Would like to see a full length movie of it
- Good acting
- Pretty good visually
- Many camera angles (it is promoting an iPhone after all)
- What horror movies should be like
2. The Silent Forest

Taiwanese Special - 2020, 1 episode

8.0
- Fantastic acting
- Disturbing
- Hard to watch
- Loud silence
- The majority of the movie is in sign language
- Deals with many sensitive subjects such as rape, abuse, circle of violence, corruption
- Frustrating
- Worth the one time watch
- Raw
- Well written
3. Lipstick

Korean Movie - 2019

8.5
- Low production quality
- Pretty good acting
- Symbolism heavy
- Very smart way of depicting some things
- Worth the watch
4. Yurigokoro

Japanese Movie - 2017

4.5
- Nothing special in the directing department
- Bland atmosphere
- Bad lighting
- Low production quality, that didn't really bother me
- Okay acting -with some bad overacting here and there-
- Good concept
- Okay beginning
- Generally badly and nonsensically written plot
- Over the top for the sake of being over the top
- Some -not that- disturbing scenes
- Characters that you could feel nothing about
- Some makjangish tropes
5. Kill Bok Soon

Korean Movie - 2023

8.5
- Fun and easy to watch action film
- Nothing extraordinary for the genre
- Amazing acting from the entire cast
- Well choreographed action scenes
- Mother-daughter relationship (with a nice ''twist'')
- Could be a bit more suspenseful
6. Hunger

Thai Movie - 2023

9.0
- One of the best movies I have watched in a while
- Great acting
- Amazing directing and cinematography
- Dark atmosphere
- Food porn
- Social commentary on multiple themes (greed, poor vs rich, success)
- Easy to watch (regardless of duration)
- Not for everyone, since it is slow paced
- Symbolism heavy
- Didn't feel preachy, but they could have done a better job at handling the balance
- Ending could be better
7. Funeral Family

Chinese Movie - 2022

8.5
- Emotional
- It is one of those movies that you will believe you won't get emotional, but you will figure out that that was just a false hope
- Amazing and memorable performance from Zhu Yi Long
- Awful, full of screaming first 10-15 minutes
- Worth the watch in the end
- Deals with the theme of loss/death and family
8. Escape

Korean Movie - 2021

7.5
- Great production quality
- Not as entertaining and suspensful as I expected
- It is always interesting leanring about some real events (even if the movie is just based on them)
- Good acting from most of the main characters
- Some overacting from the side characters that made the movie feel a bit comedic...
- Not satisfied with Zo In Sung's acting
- Koo Kyo Han was the highlight of the film - great performance
- Heo Joon Ho and Kim Yoon Seok also stole the spotlight
- Too many scenes with ''kids are holding guns'' that felt forced
- Not as good as I expected
- Some not that good and unecessary CGI
- ''In favor of unification'' film
9. Paradise

Japanese Movie - 2019

6.5
- Interesting themes
- Thought provoking
- Good enough acting
- Not that great production quality
- Character driven
- Slow paced
- I found it a bit boring at times (could easily be 20 minutes less)
10. Illness Leading to Death Penalty

Japanese Movie - 2022

9.5
- Amazing in the psychological thriller genre
- Dark atmosphere
- Interesting plot
- Wonderful performance by Abe Sadawo
- Twists and turns
- Needed improvement in the make-up/hairstyling department
- Easy to watch
- Disturbing without trying too hard
- Great ending
- Compelling plot -even though it is not unique-
- All scenes are important
- Thought provoking
- Interesting and well written characters
11. Fuga da Meia-Noite

Korean Movie - 2021

6.5
- Wi Ha Joon was perfect *clapping*
- Pretty good acting performances from most of the main leads
- Intense
- Easy and fun to watch
- Purely for entertainment
- It has MANY dumb scenes that made 0 sense
- Scriptwriter probably tried to make a point about our society, but failed
- Most of the times it felt like there were no actual people in this movie's universe besides the main characters...
12. 1987: Quando Chega o Dia

Korean Movie - 2017

8.5
- Great production quality
- Great acting performances especially from Kim Yoon Seok
- Generally good directing
- Moving and powerful plot
- Needed less close-ups
- Could be 20 minutes less
- Star-studded cast
- Shows real life footage in the end and during the movie that is deeply appreciated
13. Broker

Korean Movie - 2022

9.0
- From the colors, atmosphere, even plot, it feels more like a film inspired by him, rather than something that he made (not in a bad way)
- Great acting by everyone (oscar to the baby actor please
- Great dark humour
- Great social commentary on multiple themes like child abandonment, human trafficking, family
- Some scenes were brief and imo needed more screen time to make some parts of the story work and not feel as rushed
- Relatively rushed ending comparing to the rest of the film
- Probably his ''less-exhausting'' film to watch
14. Hell Dogs

Japanese Movie - 2022

4.5
- A mess
- Good acting
- Awful editing
- Too many (nick)names and places to remember
- Difficult to fully understand what is going on
- Too much talking lol - People speaking at the same time, saying things that no one cared about or just (again) put all those places and nicknames in one sentence.
- The music was out of place in some scenes
- Fighting scenes were mediocre to bad for my taste -awful editing or felt videogame-ish-
- Some eye-candy
- Last 30 minutes were fun
- Time passed quickly unexpectadly
15. A Child Who Can Die

Korean Movie - 2022

9.0
- Great and fully entertaining for what it is
- Fantastic action scenes
- Nothing unique for the genre
- Jang Hyuk was hot af
16. Blade of the Immortal

Japanese Movie - 2017

6.0
- Pretty easy to watch even though it was almost two and a half hours
- I just have a thing for Kimura Takuya so there is that
- Entertaining enough with some very fun to watch fight scenes
- Directing was pretty good
- The gory elements were quite well done
- The FL was quite annoying. Dumb, incapable of anything and existed to be saved by M
- Acting of FL was mediocre to be kind (she shouted like 80% of her lines)
- I would appreciate more long shots in fights
- The film was boring at times, because of the immortality of the ML.
- Fight scenes were a bit anticlimactic, because it was impossible for him to die (Blade of the immortal obviously they would be)
- It has all the manga elements including weird hairstyles
- They could at least try a bit more with the wigs. For such a high budget production, some of the wigs were pretty meh
17. Decibel

Korean Movie - 2022

5.0
- Good concept, but that's it
- The submarine scene was the only highlight
- Awful -and I am being very honest- directing and editing. It ruined the movie.
- Too many changes in one scene (editing cuts)
- No continuation in many of the scenes
- Way too many shaky scenes (that they were supposed to intensify the atmosphere), many "bright" scenes (where some faces were not even visible).
- It looks like a much older movie (2014 at best and drama quality not cinema)
- Once again, we had the stupid/comedic relief character.
- I don't even get how the ending worked, anyways...
18. Flecha: A Última Arma

Korean Movie - 2011

6.0
- Great production quality
- Good enough acting
- Everyone looked realistic. Not typical pretty boys.
- I liked how they showed without shying away war cruelties
- Very simplistic plot
- Way too many action/war scenes that got a bit tiring
- No character development
- Pretty tiring editing/directing (the shaky camera movements, tons of angles etc.)
- The music was overly used
- Felt extremely unrealistic at times. That tiger scene was a big no ⛔
19. Ilha Battleship

Korean Movie - 2017

8.5
- Great production quality.
- I liked the ''silent'' and ''black and white moments''
- Easy to watch
- Plot was pretty good
- Kim Soo An better be having a bright acting future ahead of her
- They showed everything without shying away (dismemberments, deaths, kids working etc.)
- Why is So Ji Sub so hot? I need a scientific explanation.
- Mentions comfort women sustraightforwardly.
- The final 20 minutes are a bit like Hollywood type of ''things escalated quickly'' and it can feel a bit corny, but generally not that bad.
- Hwang Jung Min's performance was not that great. Partly the scripts fault I suppose, but it felt a bit like he was trying to offer comedic relief...
20. My First Client

Korean Movie - 2019

8.0
- The movie deals sensitively with a very triggering and heartbreaking subject (child abuse)
- Pretty good generally, but not that great comparing to others that deal with the same subject.
- Lee Dong Hwi's acting isn't really good, especially in the emotional scenes, but he is portraying a realistically written characcter
- The movie became a bit too melodramatic in the end.
- The court scene felt unrealistic
- I felt like the scriptwriter and director wanted to pass a specific message, but they couldn't do it in a subtle manner.
- Great performance by Yoo Sun. You know she is good, when you want to personally beat her character up.
21. The Perfect Fishplate

Korean Movie - 2005

6.5
- Okayish short film
- I get that it was supposed to be over the top to portray perfectionism, but it was too much
22. Ballerina

Korean Movie - 2023

7.5
- Decent action film
- Not groundbreaking plot wise, even though it has its moments that break away from some action clichés
- Entertaining and very easy to watch
- Solid performances
- Jeon Jong Seo was great as usual
- Kim Ji Hoon was also pretty good and he fits these type of roles with his dead eyes
- Different vibe directing wise than many action movies
- Pretty entertaining action-wise, but not phenomenal
- No emotional impact. It felt very emotionless, but it also tried hard not to be
- The climax felt like it never happened
23. Wu Ming

Chinese Movie - 2023

8.0
- Has a peculiar charm
- Visually it is impeccable
- Great production quality
- Acting is fantastic
- Great soundtrack, but the music didn't fit in some scenes
- Wang Yi Bo, hellfire type of hot and loved his performance
- I need a romantic series with Wang Yi Bo and Zhang Jing Yi
- The first hald is confusing and disappointing
- We are just thrown into the story, no explanations about who is who and a more informative historical background -> It is very hard to follow
- Way too many backs and forths that were pretty confusing, especially in the first half
- Cutting scenes *angry stare. They cut suspenseful scenes and showed us what happened minutes later that we had forgotten about it and it ruined the intense atmosphere
24. The Cyclist King

Korean Movie - 2019

8.0
- Definitely not one of the worst Korean movies out there, like they say
- Fictional dramatization inspired by true events
- Not great, but extremely entertaining
- Many cliches you will find in similar films
- It looks very cheap at times - doesn't look like a 2019 movie
- Has some awful CGI
- Questionable acting performances
- Simplistic plot
- Has some nice comedic elements
- Has some heart racing parts
- An extremely easy and fun watch
25. The Childe

Korean Movie - 2023

7.0
- Different from what I expected based on the trailer
- More of a comedy-action film
- Has some caricaturish characters and some not that intimidating villains
- Kim Seon Ho was hot af
- The action scenes were pretty good
- I would personally prefer less shaky camera movements
- Car chase scenes felt like a long commercial
- "Speaking other language scenes" made me cringe a little
- Some intentionally (?) not that serious acting performances.
- Wrongly advertised or maybe I just interpreted the trailer wrong.
- KSH's character was a comedic relief and felt like he had super powers (jumping from a high bridge like spiderman lol)
- Some scenes were too much
- If I knew what I was getting into, I would enjoy it much more.
- Pretty entertaining and easy to watch
- Directing was pretty good
- I will never get bored of hot and crazy main leads.
- The actual surprise? Go Ah Ra was not bad!
26. Kaibutsu

Japanese Movie - 2023

10
- Splendidly directed by Hirokazu Koreeda
- Script is perfect - Sakamoto Yuji, the person that wrote Soredemo, Ikite Yuku is behind it
- A movie that stays with you for a while
- Can't fully explain with words how good this is
- Better to watch with no knowledge beforehand
- Acting is great from everyone
- The two younger actors are just amazing
- Music, composed by Sakamoto Ryuichi is heartbreakingly hopeful
- Plot is magnificently written from beginning to end
- Nothing is there just to exist, it needs to be there, because it wouldn't work otherwise
- Every detail matters
- Every character is vital and realistically written
- Shows the complexity and ugliness of human nature
- Character-driven and slow paced
- Shows the power of perspective
- Deals with many subjects in a very delicate manner
- A critically acclaimed film that is worth it
27. Fantasma

Korean Movie - 2023

6.5
- Great aesthetics/directing
- Good enough acting
- Great concept
- It felt draggy and emotionless
- I felt nothing for the characters
- Had some good action scenes
- It was an okay watch, but not as action packed or fast paces as it was advertised
- First half was not it
- It had its moments, but didn't worth the anticipation