Eiga Sai 2012: Japanese Film Festival in Ayala, Cebu

[R_sQuArEd]

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lingawa sa permanen nobara oi! nindot kaayo ug plot! saludo jud ko sa mga japs when it comes to movie making!

[BertR]

[QUOTE=nopochi;13227884]It's beautiful anime, I'll tell you that. The whole reincarnation concept was really interesting and character development was good, too. But IMO, an hour and a half should suffice for the whole story. Two hours made it a little too slow. That's just my opinion. You could all take it differently

Yes, I'm taking it differently..and please permit me...haha... because given the nature of the theme and the characterization, it should be understandable that it would take a long time for the main character to experience epiphany.

First he must learn to forgive, and he has a lot of people he needs to forgive (his mother, his crush, his father, his brother, and his self-- and this complication is compounded even more by the fact that this is "not his family"). And then, he will need to get used to the "nouvelle normale" that he currently have before he can move on to realize that he was all along living in his own body.

The great thing about a lengthier running time was it was able to elucidate the idea that history repeats itself, history repeats itself, history repeats itself, until you finally "get" it. So it seems like the movie was running in circles when he was trying to recapitulate his thoughts, his memories, and yet it seemed like it didn't (he sees his crush with an older guy, he sees his mother with the flamenco teacher, he runs off, he sees the medicines, and so on.)

Another great thing about this anime was that the main conflicts were never traditionally resolved. He didn't talk to his father about his mother's infidelity and he's not sure if his father has known all along. It is never even made sure that there really existed something concrete between his mother and the flamenco teacher because all we know are only from the main character's biased perspective. And yet all of these issues, and other family affairs, were not dealt with directly, albeit through a meal that the family shares together one last time towards the end.

This scene, the family sharing a meal together, which also seems to repeats itself over and over is another element that adds great touch which is for me a staple of Japanese meditative cinema, if you are familiar with Japanese filmmakers Yasujiro Ozu or the so-called modern counterpart, Hirokazu Kore-eda. Actually, the family in this anime reminded me of the family in Kiyoshi Kurosawa's great movie "Tokyo Sonata"

But as I've stressed out, "different strokes for different folks."

[beyee]

Twas a lot of fun watching Permanent Nobara
Had me laughing and made me guess of the twisted plot.

[X]

isa rajud akong na watch ang happy flight.

hayyzz... way back 2008 dritsu ra sulod og ang theater kai mpuno jud... then ang ticket2 system kai hasul.. T___T.
nahan ta ko 3 ako ma watch pag sunday kai day.off unta... tsk...

[THE KID]

Permanent Nobara for the win....bisan nakasleep ko.....

[ai_myu-jikku]

sayanga oi... i wasn't able to watch a single film.... late nko nkabaw ani...huhuh

[bitchybutsweet]

Tomorrow's Joe ra jud akong nakit-an..nice kaayo! na-crush daun kong joe..haha