FNS-209 - Weekend Loop: Eating, Sleeping, and Non-stop Sex with a Guy Friend

This is a 150-minute feature film consisting of four chapters. As the title suggests, there are plenty of sex scenes and kissing scenes, which is a welcome treat for viewers. However, the distance from the subject is problematic in both. It seems the director thinks the appropriate distance is one where the entire bodies of the couple are in the frame; there are very few close-ups, and even in scenes that clearly call for them, the director stubbornly relies on long shots (often from the corner of the room). This becomes increasingly frustrating to watch. Furthermore, there's a tendency to hold the same angle for too long, leaving me dissatisfied with both the camera angles and the camerawork. The only exception was the final scene, which had a decent sense of distance. While the abundance of kissing scenes is welcome, most are shot in long shots, and in some cases, the angle is so poor that you can't even see the kiss, which is a shame. If you're going to use long shots, you should balance them with effective close-ups. In short, this is a self-indulgent film by the director with zero consideration for the viewer's perspective. If the camera angles and distance had been handled better, it could have easily been a 5-star film given how great Raran Fujii is, but it fell short. No matter how charming Raran Fujii is, she can't overcome the overuse of long shots.