TeenzTen
An action-packed slog
ActuallyGlimmer
The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.
Deanna
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
Tim Kidner
Told through a mixture of old Japanese culture and contemporary film- making, the three separate love stories overlap and interweave cleverly but subtly, too.Without any sullying from saccharine sweetness or melancholy, all three tales strain the credibility of what we would normally think a person's love for another would go to. But, that's the beauty - this is a dream- felt movie, exaggerating hardship and our emotions to emphasise that extraordinary bond that love can be.It's all interconnected by symbolisms and the extraordinary cinematography of Katsumi Yanagijima has us shimmering and floating in rose gardens, amongst autumnal leaves and under cherry-tree blossom. It is here that we take breath and sigh, after the often difficult human journeys we've just seen the characters go through. We cannot help but feel that we have journeyed with them - and perhaps suffered too.To me, it's the first story of the jilted bride who's rejection sends her insane and the subsequent redemption and dedication from her boyfriend to the extent that they become homeless that it the most moving. Their story united the other two stories and adds symbolism at the end. The tale of the ageing Yakuza who finally feels that he needs more than his violent lifestyle to exist as a human being and the fanaticism for a young pop singer also paint vivid pictures on Japan's social and cultural agenda.It did remind me of south Korea's 'Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...' in that often idyllic and contemplative gestures and activities are interspersed with morally questioning random acts that leave cavities in people's lives and the atonement needed to rectify them; or at least to try to, in a soul-satisfying way.
Claudio Carvalho
Matsumoto (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and Sawako (Miho Kanno) are in deep love for each other. When the president of the company where Matsumoto works "selects" him to marry his daughter, Matsumoto's parents force him to accept the engagement. On the wedding day, Matsumoto is informed that Sawako has attempted to commit suicide and is slow and catatonic in a clinic. Matsumoto feels guilty, and takes Sawako out of the clinic; his decision affects their lives.The old Yakuza boss Hiro (Tatsuya Mihashi) misses his girlfriend from thirty years ago that has promised to wait for him in a park while he would chase success. When Hiro visits the park, he sees her on the bench where they used to meet each other.The pop-star Haruna Yamagushi (Kyôko Fukada) has an obsessive fan called Nukui (Tsutomu Takeshige) that stalks her. After a car accident, Nukui makes a decision to be close to his beloved idol."Dolls" is a sad and depressive movie based on the Japanese Puppet Theater Bunraku that tells three tales of guilt and eternal love. Each tragic love story is disclosed in a very slow pace and supported by stunning cinematography and excellent direction and performances. Takeshi Kitano has also a magnificent work promoting the culture of his country overseas. My vote is eight.Title (Brazil): "Dolls"
Tapestry6
I was flipping channels and came upon this movie this morning. What a depressing piece of artsy tripe! *I am tagging this as possible spoilers, I don't think they are but just in case.So we got 2 people tied together by a red rope who walk around like they are in some sort of catatonic state through the entire picture(totally depressing), the second storyline has something to do with a pop singing star and a couple of obsessed fans that follow her around like they only live for her alone(depressing with no lives) and the third story seems to be about an old woman who sits on a park bench every day at lunch time with two lunches waiting for her ex boyfriend who hasn't shown up in apparently 50 years. (that one is just flat sad)Though the landscaping is very pretty and has lots of contrasts in reds and greens the actors really destroy a decent film about the trees and landscape of Japan.
megumigl
I've seen the movie Dolls. It's from Japan and directed by Takeshi Kitano. This movie has three different stories about unrequited love. The first story is about a young man named Matsumoto; he's supposed to get married to his new girlfriend. Horrible news happened on his wedding day: his ex-girlfriend went insane after a drug overdose an was sent to a psychiatric ward. That made me feel upset when Matsumoto and Sawako took a walk on memory lane. Third segment was about Hiro, the Yakuza mob boss. His childhood wasn't unsure to reunite with his former lover Ryoko, the girl at the park. Finally, there was Haruna Yamaguchi; a pop star who confronts her past after a tragic accident left her face disfigured. Her number one fan named Nukui needed to help that desperate situation that ruined her career.See what I mean, all three stories were somewhat great but sad throughout the movie.
