Long Dream

Another live action Junji Ito adaptation, and just like all the others it’s extremely mid/average 😁 
The biggest issue is Junji Ito can make some absolutely terrifying stories and visuals but the movies just come off more cheesy than anything, that’s my big issue is these could be so much scarier but deadass these movies could be rated pg if you ask me. 

These movies aren’t really bad but the best live action Junji Ito movie is Marronnier without a DOUBT in my mind, it’s really the only one worth a damn in my opinion. I like the practical effects here and the poster is fucking awesome and is the reason I wanted to watch it in the first place but this movie is so blah. All takes place in one setting and it’s not very interesting or creepy to look at, this movie is fine. it’s fine.

Another live action Junji Ito adaptation, and just like all the others it’s extremely mid/average 😁 
The biggest issue is Junji Ito can make some absolutely terrifying stories and visuals but the movies just come off more cheesy than anything, that’s my big issue is these could be so much scarier but deadass these movies could be rated pg if you ask me. 

These movies aren’t really bad but the best live action Junji Ito movie is Marronnier without a DOUBT in my mind, it’s really the only one worth a damn in my opinion. I like the practical effects here and the poster is fucking awesome and is the reason I wanted to watch it in the first place but this movie is so blah. All takes place in one setting and it’s not very interesting or creepy to look at, this movie is fine. it’s fine.

A história original é muito boa, mas como adaptação acaba sendo só ok

Visualmente é meio meeh, acho que o higuchinsky consegue transmitir bem a atmosfera de estranheza do ito (em uzumaki também achei bacana), mas os efeitos especiais e a maquiagem são bem datados e mei tosquinhos
Isso faz o filme ser mais engraçado do que assustador, é tipo um humor involuntário, mas ajuda na bizarrice

Eu dou um desconto pela dificuldade extrema de traduzir o traço do ito pro audiovisual, especialmente considerando a limitação da época (na real até hoje acho difícil, as adaptações pra anime também n são tão boas)

valeu o play pela curiosidade pq sou muito fã do junji ito, mas não é muuito bom não

A história original é muito boa, mas como adaptação acaba sendo só ok

Visualmente é meio meeh, acho que o higuchinsky consegue transmitir bem a atmosfera de estranheza do ito (em uzumaki também achei bacana), mas os efeitos especiais e a maquiagem são bem datados e mei tosquinhos
Isso faz o filme ser mais engraçado do que assustador, é tipo um humor involuntário, mas ajuda na bizarrice

Eu dou um desconto pela dificuldade extrema de traduzir o traço do ito pro audiovisual, especialmente considerando a limitação da época (na real até hoje acho difícil, as adaptações pra anime também n são tão boas)

valeu o play pela curiosidade pq sou muito fã do junji ito, mas não é muuito bom não

From his rotted brain, I discovered a crystallized substance.

I don’t like manga or anime. It’s not my worst opinion on art but it’s one I usually only admit to people who know me well. Of course I like the obvious exceptions on the anime side and I’m usually a big booster of the live action adaptations. I watched DBZ and Pokémon and other shows but I’m still completely disinterested in like 95% of the anime series. The movies are easier to appreciate but there’s still a ton of it I do not care for. On the manga side it is even more dire. I think Junji Ito is the only stuff I like and even then it’s not everything. Sorry. I have tried. There’s so much Japanese cinema and literature that is amazing but I am not a weeb. I am an ugly American.

As should be the case with many comic book adaptations, this is visually striking and has an economy of storytelling that just works even in TV movie video. All the work was done by a craftsman on the page so just shoot it. Fucking throw a Marvel budget over the Pacific and let’s get five more of these. 

Disquieting makeup and that soap opera schmaltz. Love the score. Main doctor dude was great. The exterior shots of the hospital made me think of Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place but I was vibing with this no camp. God, when dude started monologuing the whole theme and then WHAM! Good shit shotgun blast. Ghoulish EC comics horror is at the core of this and that makes it so much fun to see how it builds layers on top of that.

Pretty much killed it with this Hooptober requirement.

From his rotted brain, I discovered a crystallized substance.

I don’t like manga or anime. It’s not my worst opinion on art but it’s one I usually only admit to people who know me well. Of course I like the obvious exceptions on the anime side and I’m usually a big booster of the live action adaptations. I watched DBZ and Pokémon and other shows but I’m still completely disinterested in like 95% of the anime series. The movies are easier to appreciate but there’s still a ton of it I do not care for. On the manga side it is even more dire. I think Junji Ito is the only stuff I like and even then it’s not everything. Sorry. I have tried. There’s so much Japanese cinema and literature that is amazing but I am not a weeb. I am an ugly American.

As should be the case with many comic book adaptations, this is visually striking and has an economy of storytelling that just works even in TV movie video. All the work was done by a craftsman on the page so just shoot it. Fucking throw a Marvel budget over the Pacific and let’s get five more of these. 

Disquieting makeup and that soap opera schmaltz. Love the score. Main doctor dude was great. The exterior shots of the hospital made me think of Garth Marenghi’s Dark Place but I was vibing with this no camp. God, when dude started monologuing the whole theme and then WHAM! Good shit shotgun blast. Ghoulish EC comics horror is at the core of this and that makes it so much fun to see how it builds layers on top of that.

Pretty much killed it with this Hooptober requirement.

dare i say the best junji ito manga adaptation

dare i say the best junji ito manga adaptation