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Summary: Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absurd in Japan's pervasive pop/cyber culture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence. (imdb)
Love the soundtrack, love the cinematography, love the originality and its ability to cross over many complex themes while still basically remaining a coming-of-age story. Still, I didn't love the movie as a whole because I found the characters to be somewhat unrelatable (but having been 14-15 in 2001 I was surprised at how universal the emotions are, since Eastern films usually have a much greater culture barrier.) and it did seem like it could have been trimmed down about 25 minutes.
i waited and tried to get into it but it was impossible. i stayed for two hours and forty minutes to figure out the deep meaning of it but guess what? there wasn't one! there's no more to the movie than you thought there was. so far this one is the only recommendation from criticker that i didn't like...
It's a masterclass in color technique that owes nothing to the French. It's also a masterclass in how to bore the fuck out of me. Even though mad bitches got raped and shit, it was still filled with plot holes and the best thing about the movie was the grass. That's completely lame. Grass should not be top 5, unless this is Au Hazard Balthazar because it's okay for donkeys to think about grass a lot. Maybe black beauty too. Horses eat grass. 4
17 Novembre 2011 - Em costa de valorar. Havent-ne vist l'escena inicial diverses vegades feia temps que la tenia pendent. Tot i que segueixo sense entendre com pot funcionar la ment per acabar com certs personatges, en la meva experičncia he trobat persones que -sense arribar a aquests extrems- patien canvis d'actitud radicals aparentment irracionals. El muntatge em sembla interessant.
Brutal and at times hard to watch, yet also compelling and consistently interesting. The film incorporates gorgeous color sequences, depictions of online conversations that are actually moving rather than tedious, and an interesting narrative structure.
A glimpse into the cruelties and peculiarities of Japanese high schools, of life on the fringes of popularity, and of finding refuge in beauty when the world seems at its most ugly. At times cold and brutal and at others uplifting, gorgeous cinematography and an even more beautiful soundtrack bring to life this difficult but rewarding story.
A stunning, thoughtful exploration of the confusion and cruelty of budding adolescence. The soundtrack is superb, a mix of ethereal J-pop and languid Debussy pieces. And the cinematography is quite nice too, though the handheld section in the middle goes on a bit too long and threatens to unhinge the film. Slightly less compelling on the second viewing, though.
So much was going on that I found it hard to take it all in. I know All About Lily Chou Chou is an excellent movie, but I may have to watch it one more time to fully grasp it.
When this is great it is amazing with stunning cinematography, brutal bullying scenes side by side with tremendously uplifting scenes and ethereal music. The chatboard messages are surprisingly effective and very intriguing.
Who'd have thought that scenes depicting online chat would be so exhilarating! Worth seeing for the kickass soundtrack and innovative cinematography. But the almost too real depictions of the cruelties of adolescence are what bumps it into modern classic status, incredibly overlooked.
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