it sucked

Rating: Null/10 (22 December 2019)

It got 95% on rt and people love it but i really am not seeing the same film. at least it has 7.7 (though it should be still lower in my opinion).
on finishing the film, i feel drained and exhausted. even if the racial insensitivity, propagation of stereotypes, and uncritical lens of social issues unique to japan which permeate the entire movie are brushed aside, and i turn off the part of my brain that can recognise the horrifying entitlement the main characters exude and their rude behaviour in a society they refuse to understand, the actual plot itself is completely and entirely painful. i have so many problems i don't even know where to start. in fact i'm not going to.
@myself of the future who probably got convinced by someone that this film is a masterpiece and should be watched again to ascertain and finally acknowledge its inherent value that me of the past was probably too blind to see: stop that. stop. don't watch it. it sucks. there is absolutely nothing of value. the female protag didn't even take anything meaningful away from studying three years of philosophy at yale. the male protag is a bad dad. they are both emotionally stupid. it starts off with a close up of the female protag's for no justifiable reason. the most joy they exhibited was when they were in the company of those disturbing others or personally being callous with others. sure there is some stuff that could be salvaged (charlotte's call to lauren, the concept of estrangement from your emotions etc.) but this movie is so dumb.