I have no idea why this movie has bad reviews/grades. Perhaps it's because people who watched it and reviewed it had expectations that were completely off... Anyway, I thought "Berlin, I love you" was fantastic. A number of movies inside a movie, or stories within a story. It's like I walked into Berlin and got to spend some time in other people's lives, share their thoughts and imagination for a little while. Their point of view. A piece of life we get to witness. A hope that even when we feel lost, we'll be found again. Life can be easy, if we choose not to complicate it.
A missed opportunity to include "I Want To Be Your Slave" by Måneskin ("Cause you could be the beauty and I could be the monster") to soundtrack on this Italian Twilight. :smile: If it was up to me, I'd totally play it every time Rigel appears on screen. Just kidding, a perfect fit would have been his entrance to the dance party.
While actors chemistry was good, the story was pretty much incomplete, superficial, and incredibly rushed towards the end. About halfway through the movie, there were cuts that didn't make any sense, logic flew out of the window, plot was shattered to pieces, side characters left out, or turned into stereotypical, one-dimensional villains (read: Lionel) just to highlight the main couple. Main villain was left an empty shell as well, without back story or motivation (nothing but stereotypical villain tyranny yay!)
That said, while not taking it too seriously, I kind of enjoyed watching. Rating 6, purely due to actors chemistry.
I'm sorry, I really wanted to like this because of Chanyeol, but it's simply too bad. Completely ridiculous from start to finish, nothing makes sense, characters are superficial or non-existent (everyone but the main couple is basically just an extra in the movie), no chemistry, as there is no real story leading up to it. Then they try to serve us this sudden and thoroughly unconvincing "love" that makes the least sense in this entire nonsense. It's not actors' fault, they did the best they could with what they were given, and that's the sole reason my rating is 3 instead of 1 or 2. The only genuine and heartwarming part of this movie were in fact "behind the scenes" bloopers shown in credits (which I'm not even sure how I managed to reach).
For anyone wondering about the 2021 Korean version - TV show - that one was actually worth a watch - it's a cute little thing I would recommend for binge watching if you like idol trope.
Pretty sure the language is Japanese, not Chinese...fix the description?
Animation is sooo beautiful. I love seeing food in anime especially. It looks so real, I feel like I can almost smell it.
I love the nostalgia too, taking a peek into other people's lives.
