NATCHA ON FILM — Surprisingly, only one weird Thai film is coming out this week. Prepare to be creeped out by “Roon Pee,” which involves a romance between a high school student and a hot ghost. With Christmas coming up, “Krampus” tries to scare children into behaving well or else Saint Nick’s evil spirit will come haunt you. For your fix of drama look to “Suffragette,” where feminists fight for women’s rights, and daddy issues in “Fathers And Daughters.”
Roon Pee
Scary yet romantic, this film sexualizes a ghost, played by an actor who looks like a Korean pop star.
“Roon Pee,” or “senior student” in English, is about a young girl named Mon who has the unique ability to smell (but not see) ghosts. As her high school used to be the home of a woman who was mysteriously murdered there, Mon plays detective and tries to solve the murder case, with help from a hot ghost, who died when he was a senior student at the school.
It all gets really weird when the two somehow fall in love with each other, despite one of them not being alive.
When I first saw the trailer of this film in theaters, I was so confused about the approach the film was taking. Am I supposed to be scared or am I supposed to envy a relationship with a ghost?
Krampus
Now that December is arriving, Christmas films are beginning to roll in, but sadly most of them are terrible.
“Krampus” is the name of Saint Nick’s evil, destructive counterpart that is summoned when he detects a lack of festive spirit. (Lame, I know.) Max, a boy who is unhappy with how his dysfunctional family quarrels during the holidays, turns his back on Christmas and attracts Krampus into his home. Everything turns upside down as beloved holiday icons start to take a life of their own and lay siege to the family’s house.
I’d say that the plot for this film is pretty ridiculous – imagine ten years into the future when you tell your kids that instead of Santa Claus putting coal in your stocking for being bad, he’s going to send his stupid counterpart to steal stuff from you and kill your loved ones.
Suffragette
“Suffragette” tells the story of the activists of the feminist movement in early 20th century Britain who fight for the right to vote. Starring Meryl Streep, Carey Mulligan, and Helena Bonham Carter, the activists find peaceful protests ineffective as they turn to violence to change a world where women are oppressed. They are willing to lose everything in order to fight for the equality that they deserve.
This drama film looks to be quite decent, even though history can be a bit boring to some people.
Fathers And Daughters
It’s pretty funny seeing Aaron Paul playing the main role in a drama/romance film, a genre he’s not exactly known for.
“Fathers And Daughters” is about Katie, a 27-year-old daughter of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, who seems to have some serious daddy issues. Her award-winning novelist father Jake Davis suffers from seizures and made the difficult choice of giving away his daughter to a distant relative at a young age so he could seek medical attention. Now all grown up, she seems to struggle to forge connections and friendships with new people because of her past.
Nothing much to say about this film because it doesn’t really seem to be that unique.
Baby Steps
As the title suggests, the film is about a family having a child – but with a twist.
Raised by a traditional Taiwanese mother, Danny faces the stress of being rejected by his mother for being homosexual. Wanting to have a child with his partner, Tate, Danny enters the complicated world of surrogacy but is bombarded by his control freak mom wanting to be involved in all stages of the process.
This drama film seems a bit too overly dramatic for my taste but others might like it more than I would.
In The Heart of the Sea
This looks to be a really big movie coming out this week, yet I’m not that excited about it.
“In The Heart Of The Sea,” starring Chris Hemsworth, is based on the 1820 event of a mammoth-sized sperm whale attack on the New England ship Essex that would later become the inspiration for Herman Melville’s novel “Moby Dick.” However, that novel only told half of the story, as the movie reveals the aftermath as the remaining crew struggle to survive for the next 90 days while being thousands of miles away from home.
I’m starting to doubt Hemsworth. The only good movies that he appears in seem to be all Marvel related.
