Love Me, Love Me Not

I am not going to argue over how much of a powerful experience this was for some people. But Love Me, Love Me Not simply did not leave me emotionally overwhelmed or anything, and I was neither emotionally enraptured nor freaked out. However, I certainly do not think it is a bad romantic movie, quite the opposite, it had its good points. The weakest point in my opinion was that the "I love you, I do not love you" thing was a bit overkill for one movie. Also, (maybe it was poorly handled by the screenwriters) misjudging how much time should pass between each twist in the romance. I was convinced that at least one character’s feelings were changing unnaturally quickly, which I did not like. I also did not get much of a feel for one of the storylines, and in truth, I am still trying to work through what was going on between the two characters, whether there was any romantic chemistry thing going on, and why there was no closure/resolution to it all. Maybe I am going to pay more attention to this if I watch it again. The biggest strong points of this movie include the pleasantly easy and unpretentious feel of it all. I found it was pretty believable and that these things could easily happen to young people. I was equally taken with the characters. The characters are quite complex and the movie deals with this really well. I noticed that each one of the characters had a trait that I found utterly off-putting, which I thought was not a good thing, and yet at the same time, the same character had different qualities, which made me stop and think twice. That meant there came a time when I understood the characters and I was like, huh, right now they are behaving themselves. So a characteristic "A" irritated me and a characteristic "B" was fine (or vice versa). In other words, the characters had both strengths and weaknesses, and with the exception of that one guy in the police uniform, there is no one who is always either doing the right thing or conversely, doing nothing about a major problem. There is character development so what you do not like about some of them fades, goes away, and becomes the opposite over time as the story progresses. Similarly, their feelings develop, and most of the time (I mentioned one instance where I found it was not believable) there is a reason and a logic to it. So for me, it is a pretty good romantic movie with decent animation and accompanied by a nice and well-fitting soundtrack that I would have no problem watching again. I liked it even if it did not pack the emotional punch needed to leave any deeper impression on me. 6.8/10. (01.05.2021)