Could have been great - ends up as tedious and boring

Rating: 4/10 (24 May 2017)

This movie was nothing for me. Basically an exciting story, a great director and talented actors. What makes it not good? I had major problems with this "narrator voice" that goes through throughout the film. It is tiresome and makes it difficult to get into the movie properly. It's getting tiresome to hear, and this narrator also has a pompous language that makes it a little exciting. I think the movie fails to find a nerve that makes it good. Excitingly, it will not be. The film is also very categorical and portray for example Japanese as very one-dimensional. Last but not least, I think it's tedious. The positive thing about the film is the filming of nature and use of photo in general. It is beautiful to watch. But it's not enough to save this project for my part.