Category: Fun

  • Okuribito Subbed Trailer!

    I loved watching Departures. I thought it was quite poetic in its handling of oposing themes as life and death~~ good and bad… and a great balance between it’s light comedy and its drama. Plus, Kimiko Yo appears… she cracks me up sometimes *points at fried chicken* xD And Ryoko Hirosue also appears… both of them appear with Yu. I love playing 6 Degrees of Separation in the Japanese entertainment industry… xD

    Why is this tagged as ‘oscar history’? Well, this is the first Japanese film to officially win Best Foreign Film since it was first given away~~~

    [iframe width=”560″ height=”349″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/MtdENmR6jKw?rel=0″]

  • Easter YAM! YAM Issue 003, that Is…

    I just posted YAM 003 over at my portfolio~~

    There’s a lot of international flavor in it… all by chance actually. It really wasn’t planned, it all just came together like that. There’s a couple of rant articles on movies and music, loads of reviews including complete non-fanatical reviews of Ao Akua, Utada Hikaru, DBSK, Hathaways, U2, Madeleine Peyroux, and Michel Gondry/Bong Joon-ho’s Yu Aoi’s Tokyo!

    ALSO! A special on the Peruvian film winning the Berlinale’s Golden Bear top prize~~ The Milk of Sorrow, and some of the discussion regarding the original name “La Teta Asustada”.

    YAM - Issue 3

    Head over there now!

  • Amy, the Regular Mom

    … Amy Poehler, that is.

    Did you read the Advocate interview she did?? I just died laughing with this quote…

    Who’s the most important gay person in your life now?
    Shane from The L Word. She just can’t get her shit together. She’s a broken bird, and she needs someone to fix her. Just when you think she’s ready for love, she sabotages it. And the woman gives a rock ’n’ roll haircut. [Laughs]

    Oh, Amy! The interview was fun~~~~ xD and she goes on to say this;

    … I like children to have nice manners and a lot of boundaries. My hope for my children is that they’re happy, and my hope for myself is that people want to be around my children.

    *sighs* where ARE those kind of mothers these days???

  • For Your Consideration: Toni Collette

    Okay, last time Marcia totally blew up in my face – but that’s hardly my fault, right? But nothing to lose on supporting Toni Collette now…

    Toni Collette - For Your Consideration

    No one could play 4 characters like Toni does. xD From crazy obnoxious T, to proper but scary Stepford wife Alice, to weeny-less Vietnam vet Buck – LOL, I love Buck. Oh, and don’t forget ‘it’. Toni can play “it” too.

    It’s early for award season, yada yada yada~~ I know, but these turned out pretty nice, no? Free to post out and about if you are a fan of the show, or Toni, and feel she should be Best Actress next. Here’s the complete set~~ INCLUDING, one more of Tara and the alters group, one of T, one of Alice, and one Buck. Oh, how I wish there was a picture of Gimme or whatever ‘its’ name is spelled.

    Toni Collette - For Your Consideration Toni Collette - For Your Consideration - T Toni Collette - For Your Consideration - Alice Toni Collette - For Your Consideration - Buck

  • French & Saunders Clips!!

    Multiple post night! Or day… actually, I’m supposed to be writing about Yamato… but that could wait even though I’m gonna keep this for later posting.

    I just got an urge to watch French & Saunders xD Soooooo sooooo phunny.

    Check the rest of clips after the break, =P

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  • Yu Aoi Film Discussion – Otoko-tachi no Yamato

    Delay, again~~~ SORRY! xD Yamato took a bit longer to re-watch. I really feel it’s been just sitting… there… ANYWAY! Next up is Honey & Clover, which has also been just sitting there~~~ Promise to try to re-watch sooner.

    Something about the film:
    (from Wikipedia)
    Otoko-tachi no Yamato is a 2005 Japanese war film telling the story of Kamio, a teenage boy who ended up fighting in World War II on board of the biggest Japanese battleship, and its crew who ultimately met its death in battle.

    Genre: War, Drama
    Starring: Tatsuya Nakadai, Kyoka Suzuki, Sosuke Ikematsu, Kenichi Matsuyama, Shido Nakamura,Yu Aoi
    Appearances by: Kimiko Yo, Kayoko Shiraishi, Takahata Atsuko
    Duration: +2hrs

    Alert!!! Spoilers ahead!

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  • Variety + NP.com = NP, the Bio and April Fools

    NP.com went all overboard with this year’s April Fools joke. Funniest thing ever. You can head over here to experience it… or in case it’s gone~~ here’s a capture.

    You almost got me there, guys~~~

    NP.com - April Fools' joke - Variety

  • Lily Chou Chou – Kokyu Re-Issue

    So this totally slipped my mind! I got the re-issue of Breathe!!! The Lily Chou Chou album from the Lily film by Shunji Iwai. The first time you see the film is so SO difficult~~ it’s such a hard theme, and characters you just want to slap around. I was a kid not long ago, and I felt so disconnected from THAT reality… yet, the film. You go back to it, and absorb it. The visuals, the music… it’s heartbreak.

    Salyu, her voice~~ I fell in love with the soundtrack. The album is an experience all on its own… perhaps more than Salyu’s other albums. It’s the film, it’s because the album is strongly connected to that reality that it works so well… perhaps, a bit poetic. It’s THAT magical. At least to me, and to all the people that had bought the first issue of the album~~~ and maybe the reason WHY it was re-released.

    I just want to know, from the people that bought the first run of copies… is it the same as the re-issue? Or has something changed? Hence, the re-issue credits in the album (including a re-design credit) ~ your thoughts?

    Lily Chou Chou - Salyu - Kokyu

  • A Little Over a Month of Music

    I was horrible last time, and I’m actually pretty horrible at keeping track of the music lately. No idea why though~ Also, I’m pretty sure I might be repeating or missing some albums hahaha ~~ go figure that one too. Annyway, the list after the break!

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  • Artist’s Random Music Meme

    Forgive my ignorance, but why is this a Meme? LOL I don’t get why call them Meme. xD

    Julz didn’t tag me, but I’m doing this anyway~~

    INSTRUCTIONS:
    1. Choose ONE band/artist and put your iPod or other music player on shuffle.
    2. For each question, press the NEXT button to get your answer.
    3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it sounds.

    Picked band/artist: Faye Wong ‘coz I felt I needed an artist with a fair amount of songs… and now that I think about it, I also could have picked Shiina Ringo. BALLS.

    1. Are you male or female? 迷魂記 – Vertigo
    (though English name doesn’t seem correct)

    2. Describe yourself: 蝴蝶 – Butterfly
    (awww, metamorphosis? xD)

    3. How do you feel about yourself? 浮躁 (Fu Zao) – Impatience
    (hahahahaha, now imagine myself with other people. No wonder!!)

    4. Describe your ex boyfriend/girlfriend: 小題大做 (Xiao Ti Da Zuo) – Making a Fuss
    (I still think it might be the wrong translation)

    5. Describe your current boy/girl situation: 掃興 (Sao Xing) – Disappointed (hahahaha)

    6. Describe your current location: 嗶一聲之後 – After the Tone (*beep* I’m not here hahaha)

    7. Describe where you want to be: 人間 (Ren Jian) – Mortal World
    (why????)

    8. Your best friend: 精彩 – Spectacular
    (oh, geez… they get the bust in self-esteem? And I get all the depressing ones~ LOL)

    9. Your favorite color: 夜妝 – Concealed Night
    (ok, you lost me there. Sounds like that SJP ‘barely mint’ color description. GAY!)

    10. You know that: 悶 (Men) – Bored
    (I’m bored?? xD)

    11. What’s the weather like? 無常 (Wu Chang) – Sporadic
    (Gosh! Talk about precise. First hot like humid hell, then fresh.)

    12. If your life was a television show what would it be called? 空城 – Empty City
    (hahahaha, my own version of I Am Legend??? BALLS.)

    13. What is life to you? 你喜歡不如我喜歡 (Ni Xi Huan Bu Ru Wo Xi Huan) – You Don’t Love as Much as Me
    (WTF, man. That’s sad. Damn it! Love as much as me!!)

    14. What is the best advice you have to give? 想像 (Xiang Xiang) – Imagine
    (sounds a little bit like me… or John Lennon)

    15. If you could change your name what would you change it to? 如果你是假的 (Ru Guo Ni Shi Jia De) – If You Were False
    (changing your name is false!! LOL’ or… I will have a very long name apparently)