Hanagatami (2017)

Hanagatami: Directed by Nobuhiko Ôbayashi. With Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka, Tokio Emoto. Fulfilling his filmmaking dream of 40 years, Nobuhiko Obayashi’s luminous new feature “Hanagatami” delivers a timeless story of the pureness of youth beset by the chaos of war.

“Finally I picked this flick up after seeing it a few times in the shops. Somewhere I had my doubts about it. I have seen and enjoyed u0026quot;Cu0026#39;est arrivé près de chez vousu0026quot; (1992) and never thought we would have another faut documentary coming out of Belgium. But 20 years later it finally did. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eStarting off rather brutal with a few killings I thought, hell, this is going to be good but for me it failed on the bloody part. The only gore involved is when they are watching a flick called u0026#39;Midnight Movieu0026#39;. I reviewed it 2 years ago. The thing that didnu0026#39;t work for me was that they were talking a lot and it went on and on. Some did see some humour in that part but I never laughed it out loud. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI canu0026#39;t say anything negative about the acting because that was believable but for a flick about vampires there isnu0026#39;t that much of biting and sucking. Maybe the pink coffin was a bit funny but overall it was a typical flick made by French talking people. Blah blah blah. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eI guess Vincent, the director, did watch True Blood about how vampires rule the earth and about their laws and bosses. Even as True Blood is becoming ridiculous with the Elves involved Vampires couldnu0026#39;t tip on True Blood.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eNice effort and maybe the French talking people will have a laughter but for me personally no smile on my face. Once you have seen it I guess you will never watch it again. u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eGore 1/5 Nudity 0/5 Effects 0/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0,5/5”