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...so I give you six recent Asian movies in fifty words each.
Go.
Antique Bakery, in which Tachibana, played by Joo Ji-hoon (aka "That Asshole from Goong"), inexplicably gets some cabaret-style dance numbers and Ono is way sexier outside Kabukicho than is his manga counterpart, which rather spoils the "mashou no gei" effect. Otherwise, it's a pretty solid adaptation; I’d buy the DVD.
Painted Skin is based on one of the five gazillion stories in Strange Tales of Liaozhai. It's very pretty visually, but (as with most such stories) the pragmatist in me can't help but think that the main characters' problems would be solved if they'd just start using their heads already.
Butterfly Lovers is what happens when you take a classic Chinese romance, remove the emphasis on understated emotion, rework it as a cheesy C-drama, and cast a "cute 'n' plucky" actress as Zhu Yingtai. Sorry, only an idiot would think she's a guy. Luckily, Wu Chun looks like Lee Joon-gi.
Modern Boy is one part melodramatic love story to two parts Korean nationalism. That said, it's one of the more entertaining movies in this bunch: the actors all look the part, the nationalism isn't as overwrought as it could have been, the twists are interesting, and Kim Hye-su can dance.
The Devotion of Suspect X: The "supergenius solves a crime mere mortals could never hope to understand" premise is rather spoiled by several Very Big And Obvious Plot Holes. That said, the relationship between Yukawa and Ishigami has done more to inspire this slasher than anything else in recent memory.
Witness: The slo-mo effects were cool, but the "all their lives were irrevocably altered by this one chance meeting" thing has been done to death. I appreciated that there were no clear heroes or villains, but got the feeling the scriptwriter had no freaking idea how to finish the movie.
これで以上です。
Go.
Antique Bakery, in which Tachibana, played by Joo Ji-hoon (aka "That Asshole from Goong"), inexplicably gets some cabaret-style dance numbers and Ono is way sexier outside Kabukicho than is his manga counterpart, which rather spoils the "mashou no gei" effect. Otherwise, it's a pretty solid adaptation; I’d buy the DVD.
Painted Skin is based on one of the five gazillion stories in Strange Tales of Liaozhai. It's very pretty visually, but (as with most such stories) the pragmatist in me can't help but think that the main characters' problems would be solved if they'd just start using their heads already.
Butterfly Lovers is what happens when you take a classic Chinese romance, remove the emphasis on understated emotion, rework it as a cheesy C-drama, and cast a "cute 'n' plucky" actress as Zhu Yingtai. Sorry, only an idiot would think she's a guy. Luckily, Wu Chun looks like Lee Joon-gi.
Modern Boy is one part melodramatic love story to two parts Korean nationalism. That said, it's one of the more entertaining movies in this bunch: the actors all look the part, the nationalism isn't as overwrought as it could have been, the twists are interesting, and Kim Hye-su can dance.
The Devotion of Suspect X: The "supergenius solves a crime mere mortals could never hope to understand" premise is rather spoiled by several Very Big And Obvious Plot Holes. That said, the relationship between Yukawa and Ishigami has done more to inspire this slasher than anything else in recent memory.
Witness: The slo-mo effects were cool, but the "all their lives were irrevocably altered by this one chance meeting" thing has been done to death. I appreciated that there were no clear heroes or villains, but got the feeling the scriptwriter had no freaking idea how to finish the movie.
これで以上です。
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!!! I knew I recognized him but I couldn't place him
and was too lazy to look him up. :3 I've downloaded the film and have been meaning to but haven't seen it as of yet. Will have to do that soon.What does "mahou no gei" mean btw?
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Nothing actually, because it should be "mashou no gei" and I, predictably, should not be writing lj entries after 1 am.
Anyway, "mashou" roughly means "supernatural power of attraction" and "gei," well, I'm sure you can sound it out^^
The film is IMO the best adaptation of the manga yet, but the different constraints of the two forms means it obviously just cannot compare. Still, it's well worth watching, especially if you've got subs (which I didn't and my listening comprehension is a) not that good yet and b) not geared toward culinary terminology).