Ôkami shôjo to kuro ôji (2016) Reviews

• Good enough

  pennyelenabooks2016-09-30

  I wasn't expecting that this movie would be any good, but surprisingly it was quite entertaining. Sure, the cliché was there. A student makes a deal with a bad boy to pretend to be her boyfriend in order for her to keep her friends. In exchange, she agrees to be his dog. Well, one good thing about this movie was that the boy didn't change into prince charming. On the contrary, he kept being a bad (really bad- not to use any other inappropriate language) boy and he was really rude, though the movie kind of tried to explain his behaviour. The girl was crazily naive and the definition of a push over. But the movie was quite entertaining and the love story okay, which was helped by the nice performances. So, 6 out of 10.

• the running scene again!

  fluffset2016-10-13

  I like shojo manga, for any of you that don't know, shojo manga is a Japanese comic book about young love story, usually revolve around high school girl. You can google it yourself. I watch this movie because I've read its manga & also finish its anime version. I like this story very much. But, the same thing happen again to any shojo adaptation, they fail to simplify the story properly. Because its original manga have a lot of volume & a lot of thing happen. Surely they cant compile everything in 2 hour duration but you need a good writer to do that job. Its over the top cliché, the premise is different but the execution is the same. You can find any of it scene in every shojo adaptation from LDK to Strobe Edge to Ao Haru Ride, always had both character running toward each other in the last scene. I dislike it but I still watch it anyway because its my guilty pleasure to watch my favorite character alive. I always hope that they can get it better because I think they just make this movie for the fans only, not for general audience & I bet for audience who never read the manga will find this movie boring. 6/10 from my guilty pleasure.

• Heartwarming

  joanne-780492019-02-27

  Really enjoyed this funny in parts love the leading actress very good the two men not too bad gorgeous eye candy

• Not as Good as Expected

  melissafrederie2018-04-29

  I watched this movie based on the recommendation of some people who said it's good. But when I watch, I get bored instead, wishing for the movie to end faster. I can't really get the emotion of the actors because of the camera angle used during dialogue. It was supposed to be an intimate and touching dialogue, but the view was of the tree and sky, instead of the close up of the actors. I felt like it's such a waste. Audience could've got a better engagement with the movie if the scenes show a proper angle especially during dialogue. Scenes where the happiness and expression of the actors should've been shown, wasn't shown. Instead, they showed an aerial shot or some other wide shot. Some other scenes were too lengthy, and it was unnecessary long and draggy.