Restless

ultimate film for hopeless romantic tumblr users. that one letter at the end always breaks my heart i'm not going to lie

ultimate film for hopeless romantic tumblr users. that one letter at the end always breaks my heart i'm not going to lie

"As I write this letter, the ocean breeze feels cool on my skin.
The very ocean is soon to be my grave. They tell me I will die a hero, that the safety and honor of my country will be the reward for my sacrifice. I pray they are right.
My only regret in life is never telling you how I feel. I wish I were back home. I wish I were holding your hand. I wish I were telling you that I have loved you and only you since I was a boy.
But I am not. I see now that death is easy. It is love that is hard.
As my plane dives, I will not see the face of my enemies. I will only, instead, see your eyes. Like black rocks frozen in rain water. They tell us that we must scream, "Banzai" as we plunge into our target. I will instead whisper your name and in death, as in life, I will remain forever yours."
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"As I write this letter, the ocean breeze feels cool on my skin.
The very ocean is soon to be my grave. They tell me I will die a hero, that the safety and honor of my country will be the reward for my sacrifice. I pray they are right.
My only regret in life is never telling you how I feel. I wish I were back home. I wish I were holding your hand. I wish I were telling you that I have loved you and only you since I was a boy.
But I am not. I see now that death is easy. It is love that is hard.
As my plane dives, I will not see the face of my enemies. I will only, instead, see your eyes. Like black rocks frozen in rain water. They tell us that we must scream, "Banzai" as we plunge into our target. I will instead whisper your name and in death, as in life, I will remain forever yours."
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This is the last movie I thought I would see footage from the bombing of Nagasaki in.

This movie is kind of like Fight Club, meets All of Us Strangers, Meets The Fault in Our Stars, but it unfortunately has the quality and tone of the latter. I can never dislike a Gus Van Sant movie set in Portland though, that is a personal rule, it’s just not possible for me. I also love his direction in this as well as the cinematography and the music, there are so many parts of it that could make it a great movie. It honestly at times seems like a Xavier Dolan movie as well which is interesting but I love Dolan so I don’t mind it, just a bit weird for Van Sant.

Now I have two glaring issues with this movie that stop me from liking it as much as other Van Sant movies. For one, the acting from Henry Hopper and Mia Wasikowska verges on being atrocious. It’s just not good, it’s so bland and there’s so little emotion which I guess is maybe the point but it doesn’t work for this kind of movie. The script wasn’t even bad it was just poorly executed. Second, Hiroshi was such an unnecessary character to have in the movie. He added really little to the story, also had some poor acting and just created a lot of loose ends that didn’t need to be in an otherwise solid plot.

This is the last movie I thought I would see footage from the bombing of Nagasaki in.

This movie is kind of like Fight Club, meets All of Us Strangers, Meets The Fault in Our Stars, but it unfortunately has the quality and tone of the latter. I can never dislike a Gus Van Sant movie set in Portland though, that is a personal rule, it’s just not possible for me. I also love his direction in this as well as the cinematography and the music, there are so many parts of it that could make it a great movie. It honestly at times seems like a Xavier Dolan movie as well which is interesting but I love Dolan so I don’t mind it, just a bit weird for Van Sant.

Now I have two glaring issues with this movie that stop me from liking it as much as other Van Sant movies. For one, the acting from Henry Hopper and Mia Wasikowska verges on being atrocious. It’s just not good, it’s so bland and there’s so little emotion which I guess is maybe the point but it doesn’t work for this kind of movie. The script wasn’t even bad it was just poorly executed. Second, Hiroshi was such an unnecessary character to have in the movie. He added really little to the story, also had some poor acting and just created a lot of loose ends that didn’t need to be in an otherwise solid plot.

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This went from a Harold & Maude “rip-off” to an ordinary teen romance/drama (the first one being way more interesting). The only things I think are worth mentioning for it being not a complete cliche (just like 65%) are the Hirochi characters and Enoch in the first half of the movie (after that he became the most cliche “orphan boy” possible). Overall it’s just a waste of talent, seeing that Gus Van Sant is an incredible director who used to make (and still makes) very bold movies.

This went from a Harold & Maude “rip-off” to an ordinary teen romance/drama (the first one being way more interesting). The only things I think are worth mentioning for it being not a complete cliche (just like 65%) are the Hirochi characters and Enoch in the first half of the movie (after that he became the most cliche “orphan boy” possible). Overall it’s just a waste of talent, seeing that Gus Van Sant is an incredible director who used to make (and still makes) very bold movies.