rating: 8.5/10
disclaimer: i'm trying to write down all my reviews after a long time. my memory of things might be shoddy but i'll try my best to capture what i initially felt about the pieces of media that i consumed in my review.
oooh boy. just to preface, you should know that i had already planned to see this movie, but a particular set of letterboxd reviews that compared this movie to Challengers (2024) made me go crazy and run to the theatre at my earliest convenience to watch it for myself. did i enjoy it? yes. i did. i desired mickey's loser subby self very, very badly. was it like challengers tho? ... sort of. i wanted mickey 17 to get with that tea girl so bad coz the chemistry in that one scene where they almost kissed was crazy. like bro they could've had a nice polycule going for them. but NOOOOO the tea girl had to be gay for her temporarily dead bestie. i wanted her with mickey bro. ugh. missed opportunity. but this movie was shot insanely well. i loved the cinematography and production designs. robert pattinson's range as an actor is crazy. he NEEDS to win an oscar in his lifetime or it will be the biggest fumble in hollywood history. the plot itself was good but i feel like we fumbled a bit in the third act, which is why i rated it slightly low. but solid movie mr. bong joonho. u ate.
