Look at the movie poster and tell me what impression it gives you. Small boy, cute dog, snow, and winter theme seem like a good mixture for heartwarming tear-jerker for the festive season (Yea I know it is quite weird to be watching this during Lunar New Year holiday! Haha). Plus I read from some blogs that this movie did pretty well in Japan in 2009. In one article, it was even dubbed as one of the best movies that people did not watch in 2009.
Anyway, please ignore the first paragraph. The movie is a huge disappointment and it wasted my precious 2 hours! Bleah! The story is akward. What is the story anyway? The "love" story is meh-meh.. There is not much about the children - pet relationship. There is not even much about human - human relationship. Till the end the boy does not know that the clown he met in the circus is actually his dad. He does not even confess his feelings to the girl. In contrast to the picture, it seems that the girl is the main character as the story is told from her perspective. It's too weird if the boy is the main character. After all, it seems that he is always sad and lonely.
Anyway it did not warm my heart. As a tear-jerker, it left my eyes somewhat dry too. And the ending is way too weird. (Spoiler alert!) How can the boy with no proper winter wear choose not to go home but to sit under the tree at school when there is a blizzard? To me it is like a suicide.. Or worse, he also murders his dog by bringing it under the tree to die with him.
Well, so that's the end of the break :( I will only have Project Presentation, Viva, Exam, and Pre-reg Presentation. No more holiday until the end of pre-reg. Haiz.. A bit emo..
From the PV, the movie looks good actually :(
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