These are the only films i finished watching last year, I may have watched more but i did not finish them. And I may have forced my self to watch on one of these.
1. SONGWRITER / An Ed Sheeran documentary
of course it's teddy! I watched this a couple of times and this was amaaazing! this is a documentary film made by ed's cousin murray (who is actually a good looking white man). This was mostly about how Ed made each track of his album Divide, the people behind each track, and couple other song's he's written and given to other artists as well. This made me realize how every track should be protected and be bought in a legal manner because a lot of people is involved, worked hard to deliver that certain piece for us to listen to.
favorite part: Ed and Cherry moments, and when Ed was writing Love Yourself, Ed cussing. Haha cute really (sorry!)
Made me cry part: Every word he has said to the kids of the school he went to, it was just so inspiring and so powerful and amazing how he ever come up with such thought. And that part when he made his dad listen to his song Supermarket Flowers. 😭😭😫
2. BABY DRIVER / Ansel Elgort & Lily James
One night I cudn't sleep and randomly lurked at my sisters laptop and happen to see Ansel on the picture display, so i watched it and wow. I genuinely loved it! probably bcos it played music from the start until the end and bcos they were really good songs, most I replayed for a month. The plot wasn't bad as well, I did not cry or nor did feel sad after watching but it was good i thought it was fast and i wanted more when it ended.
3. OUR TIMES / Taiwanese movie
This is another random movie we watched at work, halfway we had to stop bcos of work ofc so i finished it at home. This was romcom/sappy film. Super funny, in a Meteor Garden-ish setting. I actually love the most was the ending. There were 2 major cameo roles in the end and if your a fan Meteor Garden and Fated To Love You, you will surely love the ending too! (no spoiler yes!)
4. A Star Is Born / Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
When I first saw the trailer of this film I quickly vowed I'd be watching this, so I did, in an actual cinema. I really highly anticipated this one and even thought the premiere date was way too far so while waiting I listened to the official soundtrack over and over again. I was the kind of warrior really fully geared for a war except i did not read the synopsis! Haha I was expecting this to be a sappy unrequited love romance film but it wasn't! This was about mental health, that not even the person you love can save you from yourself. The ending struck me so much it made me cry.
Shallow won in Golden Globes btw, congrats Gaga and Cooper! 😍
5. To All The Boys I've Loved Before / Netflix Film
This is the review i hate to do. This is full of resentment and disapproval. So if you loved this film, stop reading. I have warned you.
Let's start this off with the fact that I have read the book series To All The Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han, in fact i have the three books and love them dearly. I was one of those who went euphoric when the news came about the film adaptation, i have actual friends who loved the book as well and can still remember how excited we were, talking about the good news. Well, until the trailer came in. It started then, that my favorite fiction characters died along with the film.
I vowed i will never watched this movie, until everyone on social media were talking about it so I man up and watched for the sake to be objective. And who knows maybe there'd be miracle! Haha (yep, i was that patient)
I was never wrong, it was awful!
What went wrong: The wrong choice of artists. Lara Jean was half Korean, and the artist they chose was Half Vietnamese (atleast Asian-American? That does not do well with the plot, the artist acted like she was half korean, which is wrong. We keep giving all the non-asian audiences the chance to misidentify asians like they are all the same).
The Song sisters were meeh, the only artist that sort of fit was Kitty's. Margo's was way too old (which made her character impossibly immature) and the three of them just literally don't look like each other. How the fuck did they not notice it? And let's get back to Lara Jean, Lara Jean was freaking warm, cute and pretty, the one on this film looked like Charice Pempengco I cringe the whole time I was watching.
