When I first heard about Moon Child, I thought it was a joke. After a few months, I figured I guess it's for real. The few reviews I read that WEREN'T made by squealing fangirls were not very promising.

When I was given the opportunity to watch it, I was fully prepared to groan, wince, and otherwise need to close my eyes to avoid the silliness.

I was more than a little surprised, and in a good way.

Yes, Moon Child has its moments of cheese, camp, and general dorkiness -- I think that's kind of impossible to avoid when it involves Gackt Camui, a man not known for his sanity -- but all in all, it was wholly enjoyable.

No, it is not a work of cinema genius but it is very, very heartfelt, amusing, with fun choreography, a touching score, and a fun cast. I know little of Japanese cinema so I can't really judge the acting but considering the fact that the cast was speaking a language or extreme dialect foreign to them at one time or another and that a couple of them have almost no acting experience, I was rather impressed.

If you can enjoy a good action movie, a good drama, a good comedy, see this film. At least rent it since it's coming to Region 1.

On a side note, there is zero homosexual/homoerotic content in this film. I didn't even see much of a subtext. Don't let people that read too much into things ruin this for you.
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När jag först hörde om Moon Child, tyckte jag att det var ett skämt. Efter några månader tänkte jag att det var på riktigt. De få recensioner jag läste att WEREN'T inte gjordes av tjutande fanflickor var inte särskilt lovande. När jag fick tillfälle att se på den, var jag fullt beredd att stöna, vinsa och i övrigt behöva blunda för att undvika enfaldigheten. Jag blev mer än lite förvånad, och på ett bra sätt. Ja, Moon Child har sina stunder av ost, läger och allmän töntighet -- jag tror att det är ganska omöjligt att undvika när det involverar Gackt Camui, en man som inte är känd för sitt förstånd -- men allt som allt var det helt njutbart. Nej, det är inte ett verk av filmgeni men det är väldigt, mycket innerligt, roligt, med rolig koreografi, ett rörande partitur och en rolig rollbesättning. Jag vet lite av japansk film så jag kan inte riktigt bedöma skådespeleriet men med tanke på att rollbesättningen talade ett språk eller extrem dialekt som var främmande för dem vid ett eller annat tillfälle och att ett par av dem har nästan ingen skådespelarerfarenhet, blev jag ganska imponerad. Om du kan njuta av en bra actionfilm, ett bra drama, en bra komedi, se denna film. Hyr den åtminstone sen den kommer till region 1. På en sidonot finns det noll homo/homoerotiskt innehåll i denna film. Jag såg inte ens mycket undertext. Låt inte folk som läser för mycket förstöra det här för dig. Hur skulle du beskriva känslan av denna recension? ALTERNATIV: - negativ - positiv
When I first heard about Moon Child, I thought it was a joke. After a few months, I thought it was real. The few reviews I read that WEREN'T was not made by howling fangirls were not very promising. When I had the opportunity to look at it, I was fully prepared to moan, wink, and otherwise have to close my eyes to avoid stupidity. I was more than a little surprised, and in a good way. Yes, Moon Child has his moments of cheese, camp and general dorkiness -- I think it's pretty impossible to avoid when it involves Gackt Camui, a man who's not known for his sanity -- but all in all it was completely enjoyable. No, it's not a work of film genius but it's very, very heartfelt, fun, with funny choreography, a touching score and a funny cast. I know a little bit of Japanese film so I can't really judge acting but given that the cast spoke a language or extreme dialect that was alien to them at one time or another and that a couple of them have almost no acting experience, I was quite impressed. If you can enjoy a good action movie, a good drama, a good comedy, watch this movie. Rent it at least since it comes to region 1. On a side note there is zero homo/homoerotic content in this film. I didn't even see much subtitles. Don't let people who read too much ruin this for you. How would you describe the feeling of this review? ALTERNATIVE: - negative - positive
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