TRAVEL TO MOVIES: LOVE LIKE THE FALLING PETALS

Director: Yoshihiro Fukagawa

Cast: Kento Nakajima , Honoka Matsumoto , Kento Nagayama , Yuki Sakurai , Takashi જ⁀➴, Shuntaro Yanagi , Yumi Wakatsuki , Jun Kaname , Mitsuhiro Oikanawa , Andrew Russell-Voice

Plot: Haruto, an aspiring photographer, falls head over heels for his hair stylist Misaki. When he finally finds the courage to ask Misaki out, it seems to be happily ever after for the young couple... until Misaki develops a rare disease under which she rapidly ages before their eyes.✦

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/love_like_the_falling_petals

My Movie Review: The movie is awesome when it wants to be and devastating when it needs to be truly a touching beautiful sightful but sad love story and guaranteed to tug at heartstrings! Love Like The Falling Petals is the flower it will grow and bloom but when the time comes it will slowly deteriorate and becomes gloomy until it lost its life sad but its the cycle that comes to it:( What initially starts out as an incredibly endearing romantic comedy will leave you wallowing in utter despair and absolute grief, I was so touched by this film that I cried like a baby at the end! Such a powerful emotional film that I would suggest to anyone to watch it because I thought it would be just a cute little film but more depth as it unfolds, the colors and cinematography were beautiful and the film is so good and the actors are quite good if not excellent, really mad love:) No doubt, this movie deserve five stars, this is a poignant story and the lead couple certainly have some good moments together that help carry along those reality they have to overcome! Despite movie being little slow it will connect to your soul each and every scene feels relaxing and calmness though the movie look like romantic at first instance however it'll end up as a heart broken love not only for the lead but the brother who took care ill sister I can feel his pain! Their happy romance comes to a halt, as Misaki falls ill, leading to a doctor's visit where she is diagnosed with progeroid syndromes: a disease that ages her extremely fast, deteriorating her body at an alarming rate. Misaki's case is extreme, leaving her with less than a year to endure the debilitating symptoms during slower segments you can see unconditional love overflowing:)

Critics Reviews: While this romantic tragedy involving two young creative professionals has some original ideas and an attractive setting, the genre has been done before in much more authentic and engaging ways. Love Like the Falling Petals is buoyant, and then it’s blehh. Even the accidental comedy can’t make up for the bad taste it leaves in your mouth. While there are some clear emotional moments in Love Like the Falling Petals, the dull nature of its commentary and the stunting of Misaki make it hard to view as a successful love story. I didn't feel inspired or hopeful, but rather bored and alone. This film doesnt celebrate love and life but really pushes against it. Muddled and frustrating almost from the outset, Yoshihiro Fukagawas achingly sentimental weepie Love Like the Falling Petals struggles to tell its story with coherent clarity. Netflix J-romance Love Like the Falling Petals wants you to cry. Cry and then cry some more. It’s a Tokyo-set smoochy/sad saga starring Kento Nakajima and Honoko Matsumoto as totes-adorbs 20-somethings gone gaga over each other, until fate saddles them with a debilitating setback. This is a tale of two movies: The first hour of Falling Petals is a charming and disarming, lightly comedic, tonally on-point romance between two semi-timid souls, and the second hour is a draggy, mega-melodramatic wallow in snot, grief and confusion. The brevity of cherry blooms in the cycle of life, how photographers capture fleeting moments for posterity, etc. It’s all right there for you to chew and swallow, a shallow buffet of obviousness likely assembled to please teen audiences while the rest of us yawn and thumb through magazines. The second half of the movie made me despair for all the wrong reasons – not for the fate of its characters, but how it managed to transform from cheery delight to dreary slog ˚♡

Source:https://decider.com/2022/03/28/love-like-the-falling-petals-netflix-stream-it-or-skip-it/

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE-- DOWNTOWN EAST

My Personal Experience: I went to Downtown East in Singapore, last August 2022, I rarely go this mall even it's near because opposite direction to other attractions so when you come here you chose to go against the crowd and sometime its what you need to escape the bustling city! I went to highest floor restroom and take selfies inside close doors, honest fun/ had a moment:)

Downtown East

NTUC Downtown East is an entertainment hub located in Pasir Ris, Singapore. It is 147,000 square metres in area and was officially opened on 5 November 2000. It is run by NTUC club. It provides leisure and entertainment for families and youths. It competes with the two Integrated Resorts, especially Resorts World Sentosa.Various types of entertainment features are being provided in NTUC Downtown East. Such features are shopping, arcades and others. The attractions include: A five-storey leisure and entertainment hub, named E!hub, was opened in early 2008. E!hub's main features include: eXplorerkid, the largest indoor family park in Singapore and nEbO City, a combination of Cathay Cineplex, gaming and cafe. Wild Wild Wet!!

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTUC_Downtown_East

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: WITHOUT SAYING GOODBYE

Director: Bruno Ascenzo

Cast: Stephanie Cayo , Maxi Iglesias , Anai Padilla , Amiel Cayo , Mayella Lloclla , Vicente Vergara , Renata Flores , Wendy Ramos , Muki Sabogal , Nicolás Galindo , Rodrigo Palacios

Plot: The opposite lives of a workaholic architect and a fiery artist are upended when their chance encounter in breathtaking Peru shifts their views on life.

Source: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/without_saying_goodbye

My Movie Review: The movie is a nice little treat let you explore the wonderful destinations and enjoy the journey along the way, the night cap festivities' and the people give in camp vibe! Without Saying Goodbye is a romance about self-discovery through love filmed in spectacular sites around Peru making it a escapist but in such a good way, highly recommend this feature:) Having said that this film mainly suffers from poor writing, superficial at times based its strength on actor's charisma and nothing much happen insightful- not memorable I've forgot how it end! The story moves forward very quickly, failing to properly establish the characters even though the actors do a decent job, the plot is so predictable and the dialogue seems stiff and forced! This takes away from the realism in the film, making the characters seem somewhat dumb at times I don't understand why a man would chase after a woman that says she doesn't believe in marriage or romance, compares it like to being chained to a bridge and every time a problem comes her way she runs: she's not worth it say she's 34 but looks more mature like 44 sheesh! The lead actors are attractive and relaxed together as they dive into a pool, go backpack together and argue through the mountains if you take it lightly you enjoy it just don't dwell on it, some light comedy never gets too broad or irritating; the romance doesn't become a pointlessly steam mashfest; the drama keenly avoid being too deep instead rehash make things go away:) The nice takeaway is like you experience all they showed in the movie, it was so satisfying specially the culture shown in it, personally I am unexposed in those parts of the world but watching that made me realize what I want to do travel, discover cultures, different languages, come across people and know their lives, part shown in most natural way they ace so worth it:)

Movie News: ‘Without Saying Goodbye’ on Netflix, a Romantic Drama Set Against the Luscious Backdrop of Peru! Netflix movie Without Saying Goodbye is a romantic drama with comedic tendencies and scads upon scads of handsome scenery. So get ready to get lost in countless drone shots of Peruvian mountaintops and Cuzco cityscapes, and maybe find yourself lost in a romance between an architect and an artist. You know, opposites attract and all that, but they sure seem to be more heavily magnetized when the backdrop is this beautiful! The Gist: Salvador Campodonico (Maxi Iglesias) wakes up at zero-dark, his to-do list exploding on his phone. He hits the gym and takes a shower so we can understand how he maintains the ripped physique which we’ll get several opportunities to ogle throughout the movie. Then he heads to work – he’s an architect for his father’s hotel conglomerate, the biggest in Spain. Salvador remodels hotels into gleaming high-class urban monstrosities or beauties, depending on your point of view. He works so much, he makes your average workaholic look like Brad Pitt in True Romance. Cayo is magnetic as an unapologetic bohemian whose joie de vivre is cut with the melancholy of her tragic past. She finds nuance in her character, most importantly, transcends cliches. Thank the deity of your choice the Peruvian tourism board seems to have directed this movie, because its biggest draw is Peru itself. The mountains, the valleys, the lovely rugged terrain, the clouds kissing the peaks, the burbling brooks, the peaceful wooded expanses. Cuzco bustles with charm, delicious-looking food, lively people, rich cultural textures. Book your vacation now and imagine what a hotel full of $400/night rooms would look like among the stone churches and other loving preserve historical architectural delights, right:)

Source: https://decider.com/2022/03/21/without-saying-goodbye-netflix-review/