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Akumu tantei (2006)
That's It?
You know a "horror" movie is just "ok", at best, when, an hour and fifteen minutes into the movie you start thinking, this movie would be a lot better with more character development. I know there are 2 sequels, so maybe the characters get a bit more "meat" on them in those sequels. But as for this one I found myself not caring about any of the characters. For me, in order for a horror movie to be good, you gotta care for at least one of the characters. Here, I just didn't. Even towards the end when they did decide to, barely, delve into the characters backstory, it was just too little to late. At first I was thinking maybe it was just bad subtitles. But after reading other reviews, it sounds like everything was translated just fine and the movie itself was, as I already said, just ok. If I'm not invested in your characters in the first part, you can guarantee I won't have any desire to see the sequels.
Letter to Jane: An Investigation About a Still (1972)
Nope...
Going in, this sounded like a really interesting film. 20 minutes after starting it, I tapped out. I suppose they investigated the picture and the whole issue. But does the viewer get to see that. Yes and NO! Yes, because the "script" they're reading says they did. No because, all you see is the picture, followed by periods of black screen. How do you make a boring "documentary" even more boring? Show a blank/black screen. Genius! That's sarcasm btw. If you really want a good documentary about Jane and her hippie lifestyle, watch F. T. A. Instead. At least they could actually fill an hour and a half with actual footage.