Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by TimTaylor (A) on April 03, 2006 at 00:07:26

In Reply to: Agreed posted by Jack G on March 31, 2006 at 06:29:52:

I've formed a differing opinion, I thought everything was there to provide an enjoyable couple of hours. Going in I didn't expect much and I confess to being dissappointed with the liberties that were taken by the filmakers to make a fashionable product. Beyond that and after a second viewing, I simply allowed myself to be wrapped in the atmosphere. At times visually excessive and stagy, still a decent story told with a sentimentality that made it endearing. Obviously impossible, but I wished we could have watched the young actress playing Chiyo grow into Sayuri. As much as I enjoyed ZZ, the camera caught something exceptional in that young girl.