[REVIEW] Honey

[ifeeltherush09]

Overall, it’s okay 😊

Hirano Sho lived up to my expectations even if I was biased over my admiration for SixTONES that I ended up deliberately hating King & Prince for the wrong reasons. (and I’m still not over it! Come on, SixTONES has been around for so long, just make them debut already! I think this deserves another post since it’s getting too long now, lol) He was a great actor since seeing him in Hana Nochi Hare. He's an adorable good kid dressed in bad boy clothing which, I think, works.

Let’s talk about Yuna. I think she’s a great actress but I really don’t see her chemistry with Sho. Moreover, seeing her as a damsel in distress here was so new for me. I was so used to seeing her as the strong woman from Kyou no Kira-kun and she looked more natural there. Here in Honey, it felt like she was forcing her voice’s pitch higher that it didn’t seem natural. Kogure Nao’s 30+ year old self in the ending suited more for Yuna than Nao’s high school innocent version. I guess she’s more fit for strong independent women roles than the typical high-pitched high school girl. Other than that, I find her gorgeous.

Next. Is it just me or the actor who played Sou-chan (Nao’s uncle) looked like a perv. Hope it really is just me.

The story was okay too. If there’s something you’ll get from this post, it’s this: the movie was cliché. But that’s okay. It didn’t quite provide the refreshing take to a cliché story line but it was well put out. I always wondered why Onise (Sho) suddenly just asked her out of nowhere and that scene in the first parts of the movie just kind of already set my mind to thinking “Oh, this is just another cliché movie where there’s just a romantic move and not much reason why he loves her in the first place”. I had this mindset throughout the movie which was further reinforced by scenes like Onise taking the blow from his bullies to save Nao and Nao getting jealous over this other girl Onise is hanging out with. I spent too much time thinking this in my head that when the scene for Onise’s reason finally came, it didn’t have too much impact to turn over that cliché impression. However, if you look at other parts of the story, there are other things that makes this a good film. Friendship and love through odds (Onise and Misaki, Yashiro and Misaki), letting go/family (Sou-chan letting go of Nao), facing life and being stronger (Onise and Nao) and getting back up in life (Onise, Misaki and Yashiro’s personal struggles). That’s why I think it’s a good movie after all.

Starring: Hirano Sho, Taira Yuna