i feel empty after watching this movie

Press photos of Nishikido Ryo in Mitsushima Hikari & Sakamoto Yuji's 5th Chapter of Yomu Yomu held in Christ Shinagawa Church, Tokyo

— 怪物: Monster (2023). Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Written by Yuji Sakamoto

Monster

Movies watched in 2024

Monster (2023, Japan)

Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

Writer: Yuji Sakamoto

Mini-review:

Monster is the type of movie-magic that only happens when the very best talents in each field come together. We have Hirozaku Kore-eda's masterful directing, Yuji Sakamoto's humane and intelligent writing, Ryuichi Sakamoto's magical score, and brilliant performances from some of the best actors in the world. And I'm not referring only to legends like Sakura Ando, Eita Nagayama and Yuko Tanaka, whose work here is as incredible as expected. In fact, newcomers Soya Kurokawa and Hinata Hiiragi are the ones who truly carry the movie, giving two of the best child performances I've ever seen. No other filmmaker in the world can choose and direct child actors like Kore-eda, and he proves it once again here. Beyond that, Sakamoto's script displays the beautiful complexity that characterizes his writing. He builds this haunting, heart-tugging mystery piece by piece, in a way that only he could. Tbh, I accidentally discovered the big twist when the film premiered at Cannes. But, while I believe the twist would have floored me in the best of ways if I had watched it without knowing anything, I still found myself enthralled while seeing the story unfurl. That being said, I still recommend not reading anything about the movie before watching it. To sum up, I thank the universe for gathering all these incredible people so they could make something as special as Monster.

i swear to god i didn't see anything wrong with this picture for a second

高橋悠治 - ぼく自身のために (作曲: 坂本龍一） Yuji Takahashi plays Ryuichi Sakamoto - Just for me

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god stood me up | minato & yori from monster (2023)

Shonen Jump Color Spread for New Year is so cute.

Monster (2023) is another KILL YOUR GAYS! Another fucking movie BY A STRAIGHT MAN about how the world is so cruel and mean to gay boys that they fucking DIE!

As an actual gay man, unlike the people praising this shit or those who made it, I can not express enough how angry the hype surrounding this movie is making me. I mean, do these people realise how awful it is to constantly see yourself represented on screen only to die? After Close (2022), a near-identical movie wherein one of the potentially gay boys fucking KILLS HIMSELF, I am so fucking tired.

It's bad enough when they create gay adults that are killed in numerous manners but when it's gay boys? Like what the actual fuck is wrong with straight people that they get such a hard on for queer people dying tragically? The writer is a straight man too btw. The director had an alternative ending wherein it's confirmed they lived but nahhhh, that's just unrealistic. Gay people don't have happy endings.

I'm just so fed up, it's unbelievable.

we made a beautiful bouquet | By Nevi Ayu E.

Kinu and Mugi's moments in my head: Kinu's toilet roll from when they first met, their unintentional couple shoes, the wrong parfait order from when they confessed, the red pedestrian signal from when they first kissed, Mugi's drawing of their pet cat, them captured in g-maps street view, and of course, the iconic sharing earphones even if the sounds that come out on the left and right were different, haha!

Scenes from We Made a Beautiful Bouquet (2021), directed by Doi Nobuhiro and written by Sakamoto Yuji.

Name me some characters that give off this stock image energy!

From the top of my head I can think of…

Yuji Itadori (JJK)

Xander Harris (BtVS)

Ryuji Sakamoto (Persona 5)

Yu Narukami (Persona 4) like he would totally do this as a troll move lmao

Razor (Genshin Impact)

Maya Fey (Ace Attorney)

Sokka (ATLA) especially when he was drinking cactus juice lol

悲しみの向こう側へ... 進め !

"I'm not really sure, but I like someone. I can't tell anyone, so I lied. Cause they'll know I can never be happy."

— 怪物: Monster (2023). Directed by Hirokazu Kore-eda Written by Yuji Sakamoto

Has anyone done the Spiderman pointing meme with Yuuji's and Ryuji's Nendoroids yet?

Una grande serata per il cinema asiatico a #Cannes76

Miglior regia: Tran Anh Hung (The-Pot-A-Feu)

Miglior sceneggiatura: Yuji Sakamoto (Monster - Hirokazu Kore-eda)

Miglior attore: Koji Yakusho (Perfect Days - Wim Wenders)

Camera d'or per la miglior opera: Thien An Pham (Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell)