Are you ready for Tbscreenrider's most anticipated review of the year?! xD

First as usual my play-by-play:

Oh jesus! Did he have to kill that animal?! And right when I'm eating!! I feel sick =/ not a good start xD

Bon Ondori?!

I do much prefer pumpkin pie (yes I call him pumpkin pie. It started when I watched the first episode on Tenshi no Knife and obvs that has been reviewed yet) with shorter hair like in this and Kami-sama unlike his AoiHana hair.

SHE KILLED THE GUY!! xD

Nice house.

I miss THAT ringtone!!! xD

He looks like he wants to cry =[

Who is this bitch anyway? Kyoko?

Where was this filmed?

Get your filthy hands off him -_- I didn't say anything o_O

Ah shit, not another cancer story... -_____- cancer/terminal stories and high school bully stories are the two things I can't stand in Japanese film/tv anymore. I've seen too many and they've started to piss me off.

The only reason she's talking about sex and kissing him is because her mother is dying and she's having an existential crisis!!

I fucking fear the sea too!

Nice how real that scene felt...

Of course she likes him.

Of course his mother is a whore who'll have sex while her son is right fucking next door!

Kyoko's father is a fucking trouper! <3 I need a man like that!

Stop bringing her back to life! Just let her die! Has she not suffered enough?! Fucking hell.

Yeah I pretty much skipped the entire singing at her death bed scene.

Are you being fucking serious? Thank GOD you said no to Kyoko!

OMG she's so fucking ignorant of his life! I know she's preocupied with her mother dying and all but... ignorant bitch.

OH VIOLENCE!!! 40 minutes to the end and it FINALLY gets interesting! FINALLY answers about the dead guy too!

Well that was sort lived =[ we only got to see a tiny bit of his range as an actor =[

Fuck sake...I am disappointed... at least they're kissing properly but...

I could tell even after seeing the trailer that there'd be a sex scene with them two but I can't help but feel disappointed especially after the way their relationship has gone throughout the movie. So yeah the trailer kinda spoils the ending.

The actress has guts though swimming naked... I bet she's a model though *googles* ha she fucking is. No wonder she did the naked scene then. She's just the type. Models and nakedness in films go hand in hand seriously.

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Overall Rating: 7 out of 10
Overall Thoughts:

My original rating was 8/10 but after 24+ hours time to think, I have knocked it down to a 7/10 and I think my reasons justify why...
In my honest opinion, the film focuses too much on the stuff I don't wanna know about. The actual plot of the story is unfortunately the only other genre of Japanese movie/tv (besides high school bullying) that I'm sick of watching (haha see that pun?!) and try not to watch anymore cos it just fucking rips you apart and I'm sick of just watching it happen over and over again.
Another reason why it's down to a 7 is that I feel, once again, I wasn't shown much of Nijiro's acting. He had a short moment (once again) towards the end where he got a chance to really show off his skill as an actor and once again, the scene was too short and I feel he wasn't given enough room to show off and grow. Don't get me wrong, the scene was fantastic but I wanted to see more of his range.
Another reason is that, I wasn't moved by this film. Even though the film kept me interested the entire time, I wasn't emotional nor did I feel anything towards to characters except for Nijiro's character and his father and Kyoko's father.
I also feel like there was no message to it. Normally with a slow film like this, the message of the film hits you as soon as the movie's finished cos right at the end the big picture comes into view and you realise what the director's message is but here, unfortuantely, I don't feel that happened at all. I don't understand what the point of this film was nor what message the director and writers wanted to project to it's audience.
I also feel like one of the last scenes of the film really cheapened and ruined the film. It just wasn't needed in my opinion. It could've been completely removed and would've been a much better ending. Feels like it was only added in to create a shock factor.

The plus sides are the setting and the cinematopgraphy! I feel the director and I are very similar in our filming style in terms of nature and such and once again, I was happy with acting from Nijiro but I wanted more. The last major thing I don't get: Why is it translted into 'Still the Water'?! The title actually translated to 'The Second Window' and I think that name matches the film better. This is definitely a film I want to own on DVD some day purely because of the positives and how beautifully filmed it is.

PS. If you haven't already, I suggest you check out Nijiro's instagram. It's fucking gorgeous and makes you like him even more!!