kimsenghong Reviews

The Way Way Back (2013)

One of my favorites!

[10/10 · 22 December 2020]

Directed and co-written by the same people who made The Descendants, which is an amazing and beautiful film btw, comes a sweet and simple story with no big scenes or a-list celebs, just pure wholeheartedly writing and acting, the soundtrack is also on top, everything just adds up perfectly and the summer vibe is so real.

Overall another pretty chill and laid-back film, just prepare for the end tho, you're gonna get some mixed emotions. It's a shame that this didn't get won or even get nominated for an Oscar, definitely an underrated film.

Despite adding a small but cute romance story in (like most teenage movies), the balance between all the genres is perfect. It's one of those coming of age movies that gets the awkward teenager thing right. People always said how Sam's performance blew this out of the water, but in my opinion so did Liam and Steve's! I mean Liam's body language was something else, he should act more.

A West Texas Children's Story (2007)

Underrated Film

[10/10 · 16 December 2020]

Simple but so meaningful.

This might be one of the most underrated films I've ever watched, dam I almost cried at the end, what a beautiful film. It baffles me how the director has only directed one film, despite being his first, I think he did pretty well.

I watched this on Youtube since I couldn't find it anywhere else so I'm not sure who to blame for the bad camera quality, the film itself or the uploader, but if the camera quality was really this bad or if they did add a filter in the original movie, I would like to say that I really liked it. It makes the film look like it was made in the 60s (this is when the story takes place) and it adds charm to the film.

I just love these types of coming of age films, this might not be up there with the bests, but it's definitely one of the better ones. I legit don't understand how this film only has a rating just over 7, I can't find a single bad thing about this movie, well I guess it does have some flaws with the production and the acting, but everything good overshadows that.

The story starts out very light-heartedly and basic, but as the film progresses, the films get darker, deeper and more realistic in general. This isn't your average coming of age road trip film, it has an original uncliche story and a strange but cool 60s vibe to it that deserves a watch. Also did I mention how I really liked the performances of Sophia and Boyd and the music? Didn't even know Max from Sharkboy and Lavagirl became a baseball player! It's a shame that this film is less than 90 minutes, I actually want more.

Everyone is flawed, just like this film, and I love it.