Thread:Glitch Wolf/@comment-397235-20140704212235/@comment-397235-20140707021345

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Also, I forgot Kubodera's comically hilarious death (complete with red corn syrup oozing out of his eye). It's like they spent their entire special effects budget on Death's hentai tentacles (if you don't know what that is do not Google it. This is your father speaking). I mean, Japan definitely has the ability to do awesome special effects (the Shinigami in the Death Note film are absolutely amazing, for instance). Makeup wise, they're still a bit behind. It doesn't help any this feels like a B grade film anyway, and there's pretty much no character developement at all (and the people subtitling it weren't sure who was who, so they refer to Tomohiko as Teshigawara several times, which is especially jarring as the scene in question, in which he tries rather unsuccessfully to keep Izumi from killing Takako, plays while the real Naoya and Mizuno are hunting for Kouichi and Mei).

About the only characters who I really liked in the film, like I said, were those two, because they come across as genuinely nice (poor Takako spends most of the film either in tears or being emotionally abused by Izumi, which is a bit...jarring, however).

Also, at no point is Misaki mentioned, meaning, as far as anyone watching the film knows, it really is all Kouichi's fault for talking to Mei and breaking the curse, which is, needless to say, a massive plot hole and makes him come across like a complete and total ass. it's also never explained why Mei lives with her aunt, aside from a throwaway line suggesting this is merely a temporary arrangement, much like Kouichi living with his grandmother (his grandfather is also AWOL and never mentioned; neither, for that matter, is Reiko's death).

I do have to admit, I like Reiko's death at the end a lot better. Kouichi accuses an extremely emotional Mei of lying to him and tries to save his aunt, but Death (via its tentacles) starts to ooze off her body and onto him. Reiko sees this and tells him to let her go. It's more emotional, since it doesn't feel like Kouichi just up and murdered her like it does in the anime.

Also, the ending scene is a bit more emotional as well. The two make plans to see each other again, then say sayonara (meaning they really don't think that'll ever happen). The last we see of Mei she's standing in the street waving goodbye. Considering their relationship, oddly enough, is much more developed in the film (because, you know, Kouichi has no other friends), it's especially sad.