[J-Drama]Good Luck! (2003)

Synopsis:

Having achieved his life-long dream of being a pilot, Hajime is first officer on an international jetliner and is now working to become a captain. He can't seem to please Captain Koda, who has become an exacting taskmaster since an air incident many years ago. To complicate matters, he begins a relationship with stubborn and straight-talking mechanic, Ayumi, whose parents died many years ago in the plane crash for which Captain Koda feels he is responsible. What follows is a story of 21st century love, dreams, and passion.

GOOD LUCK!! (2003)

(Sorry for not updating for more than a month. Too concentrate on watching dramas lately)

This is absolutely a very good drama, even thought it's old (from 2003), but still really interesting. A friend of mine recommended this drama since we both took a pilot recruit test before, but his love towards planes is more than mine (unfortunately we both didn't make the cut). I don't have to give the rating for this drama as you can see the viewership rating is 30.41%, the highest(?) rating from TBS at that time, and the best drama that related to plane so far after watching others [Attention, Please!]. The theme song is a bit classic (1980?), but suitable for the drama concept, and I really like it. Thanks for my friend for recommending this drama. Hence I ALSO recommend you to watch this drama if you love plane, flying, and a bit romance in the cocktail. (download page link is the grey-highlighted words).

Hope you enjoy the flight!~

Just finished watching Ohno Satoshi's 2012 drama [Kagi no Kakatta Heya] & [Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai], Totsugi Shigeyuki's [The Quiz Show Season 1] with Katagiri Jin and [The Quiz Show 2] with Yokoyama Yu & Sakurai Sho, [Yamada Tarou Monogatari], [Kaibutsu-kun + Sp & The Movie], [Code Blue Season 1], and ARASHI's SP 2010 Drama [Saigo no Yakusoku]

I'll try my best to keep updating at least once a week for the reviews. However I only review dramas/movies that I watched. Not the upcoming or new... :P

Kimi To Boku

Title: Kimi to Boku (キミとボク)
Title (alternative): You & I, Everlasting Heart (Original site)
Release Date: 2011-May-14
Runtime: 45 minutes

Synopsis:

Kimi to Boku キミとボク is a 45-minute Live-action adaptation of the popular indie web flash animation.

Originally created by Yamagara Shigeto back in 2001, “Kimi to Boku” tells the true story of a 10-year relationship between a cat named “Ginougou” and the owner who dreamed of becoming a manga-ka. Viewers followed the story from their first encounter until their final farewell, the site accumulated over 4,800,000 hits. The story became so popular in fact, that it was also released as a book in January of 2009.

Starring Nakamura Aoi as the main character, along with Sakamoto Maaya as seiyuu (voice) of Gin-o-go (the cat), and Inaba Yu.

The English version of Kimi to Boku - EVERLASTING HEART, now can be viewed officially at this link
(there will be 3 parts in the flash; Legend of Tanabata, Tanabata festival and Kimi-to-Boku)

Comment:
This is absolutely very very touching story if you an animal lover, or even better, CAT LOVER! I would rate it FULL MARK for this cos not only I'm a cat lover and dog lover, but the storyline about living with non-human best-friend. I've been watching this type of movie, like Hachiko Monogatari, Hachi: A Dog's Tale and Mari to Koinu no Monogatari before, and I love all of them cos they are based on true stories. But all of those are dogs. It is very hard to find a such story that involve cat.

There are some cat movies I found too, but the oone I really want to watch after Kimi To Boku is Gu Gu The Cat, but I couldn't find the movie just yet. I'm looking forward of it. :)

Back on the topic.... I found out about Kimi to Boku right after the announcement of the movie. Been waiting for it, turned out not available in my country nor sold in DVD in my country. LOL! somehow I got it.
I also watched the flash-animation (English version) for 3 times already. 10 minutes per play is nothing if you really want to know the story. AND IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED to watch both live-action and the animation.

Title: 魔王
Title (romaji): Maou
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Suspense drama, Romance
Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 11.4 (Kanto)
Broadcast network: TBS
Broadcast period: 2008-Jul-04 to 2008-Sep-12
Theme song: truth by Arashi

Maou

Synopsis:
This drama is a remake of the popular suspense drama The Devil that was aired in Korea in 2007. Ohno Satoshi will be playing the role of a two-faced lawyer, one of which is a kind hearted soul and the other who is plotting revenge, using his brilliant mind, on the person who killed his relative. On the other hand, Ikuta Toma will play the double lead role of the man, who has become a detective due to his dark past, who is pursuing the mysterious series of murders and fighting against the devil ( Maō ).

(info Source: Wiki D-addicts)

My rating: 10/10

I personally love love love this series VERY much!! LOL!! Not just because of the casts, but the storyline. However I haven't watch the Korean version of this. and I'm dying to watch it. While watching this, I can feel the way the main character, Naruse Ryou's feelings and situations just like I was in that character. (Yeah.. This is the kind of drama that I really love, you become the character while watching). And if you guys have watched this, you know the ending....Tissues were all over the floor while watching the last episode in the mid-night. Hahahaha (〃￣ω￣〃ゞ.

One more thing, I like the theme song "Truth" by Arashi, even though I'm not really a fan of Arashi, but gaaaah!~ Johnny's members are SAIKOU!!!! d=(´▽｀)=b

Title : Perhaps Love

Alternative Title(s) : If in Love... Like Them / A Special Promise

Number of Episodes: 4

Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2007-Mar-23

Synopsis:

Lee Na (Lee Hyo Ri) is a rising singer who was about to debut but tradegy struck her when she found out she had leukemia. Another girl took her place and sang her debut song at her concert. Now everybody thinks that the other girl is her. Jung Tae (Lee Dong Gun) survived a department store collapse only to find out that he has cancer. Lee Na and Jung Tae meet and fall in love.

(Info source: Wiki.D-addicts & AsianWiki)

My Comment:

I like Lee HyoRi a lot...but not since Fin.K.L, cos I didin't know her till her solo debut. LOL!

Personally I love this series a lot, even I cried a lot while watching this drama. (>.> Why I can't control my tears?!). HyoRi's character, Lee Na is also named Ina, depending the sub providers (When I watched it, it was Ina). I love the story from the very beginning, then my 'crazy-fan' attitude kicked in when the back-dancer girl took her place on her debut. To me, it was like watching the real event. Hahaha. I keep bad-mouthing about that girl taking Lee Na's place. LOL!

I read some info and trivia about this series in some site and found out something rather interesting....

The production cost is around 5 billion won.
The drama was banned in Korea for various violation reasons.
Originally announced as one-episode drama, but ran as 4 episodes on Mnet, 2 edited version episodes on SBS
During filming, Lee Hyo-Ri's foot fell through a roof that partially collapsed. Her co-star Lee Dong-Geon saved her from a potentially fatal fall.

As it was said, it was banned in Korea due to various violation reasons. I don't know what was it, but I think the drama was great, might not suitable for family viewing, but yeah. Still the drama got its attention outside.

My rating is 7.9/10
I think this is my first rating with exact points...LOL!

BTW!~ I like this image better as the poster teaser

If In Love....Like Them / Perhaps Love (2007)

Title: 最高の人生の終り方~エンディングプランナー~

Title (romaji): Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata~Ending Planner~

Episodes: 10 Viewership rating: 10.9 (Kanto)

Broadcast period: 2012-Jan-12 to 2012-Mar-15

Theme song: Ai, Texas by Yamashita Tomohisa

Synopsis:
Yamashita plays the head of a funeral service shop that deals with bodies brought in by the police, including suicide and murder victims. He reluctantly inherited the shop after his father passed away, but as he learns about the lives of the various deceased people that are brought to him, he begins to mature. Another highlight of the story is his romance with a rookie female detective.

(info source: wiki.d-addicts)

Weeeee!~ Another YamaPi's drama. hohohoho

In first episode of this drama, you can actually see YamaPi really looked like Kimura Takuya. But I think I noticed something else too....He looked tired and thinner than before. ∑(O_O；)
Anyway, back to the series review..... I was quite surprise about the Viewership rating was 10.9% only. for me the story is quite good, and I did went teary a bit too towards the end. LOL!! （＠´＿｀＠）
Couldn't stop crying when the eldest brother, Kento died ｡･ﾟﾟ･(>д<)･ﾟﾟ･｡

Rumour said that Meada Atsuko (Acchan from AKB48) was to take the blame of the drama's low rating, and black-mailed not to star on any Johnny's members' drama in the future. Hmmm.. well, maybe true, I check her previous drama; Hanazakari No Kimitachi E (2011) the remake of 2007 Hana-Kimi drama, also have a very low rating....6.99%. I haven't watch the remake yet, so I can't say anything much about it, but from the teasers and trailers, I can see why....a bit. Maybe not her fault alone too.. (I did blamed her too though). Well, rumour is still a rumour, no confirmation yet. (FYI, I'm not really a fan of Acchan, but Johnny's members ＼（Ｔ∇Ｔ）／)

My own rating on this drama: 6/10

Owh yeah!~ the theme song for this drama is Ai, Texas by YamaPi. Surprisingly as a fan, I don't really like the song... Can't tell why... ヽ(　￣д￣;)ノ

Movie: White / White: Melody of Death / White: The Melody of the Curse (literal title)

Revised romanization: Hwaiteu: Jeojooui Mellodi

Hangul: 화이트: 저주의 멜로디

Release Date: June 9, 2011

Synopsis:
Girl group "Pink Dolls" is always pushed into the background by other popular idols. When the girls release their new song "White" - a remake from unknown origins they become instant sensations.
The four members of "Pink Dolls" include Eun-Joo (Ham Eun-Jung), a former breakdancer, Jenny (Jin Se-Yun), a singer insecure with hitting high notes, A-Rang (Choi Ah-Ra), a singer addicted to plastic surgery, and Shin-Ji (May Doni Kim) who can't sing, but is good at rapping. As the group becomes more and more popular, jealousy and competitiveness increases as all the girls tries to become the lead singer. But, when a member becomes the lead singer that person falls victim to a horrible accident, one by one. Eun-Joo then realizes that the song "White" is cursed and she attempts to reveal the secret ...

(info source: AsianWiki)

I found out about this movie from my youngest sister, cos she loves Korean drama, movie and celebrities, while I'm the opposite, Japanese!
She told about it and told the storyline a bit to me, but when I watched the movie, it didn't what I imagined when my sister told me before watching it. Darn it!!~ I couldn't even watch it in night time, had to wait for daylight. Hahaha Yup!! sometimes I'm scared watching alone. LOL!
This movie is about a song that was cursed by the original writer. Guess what? My sister, my step sister went crazy about this song that they even downloaded it. LOL!

Rating: 7/10

BUT!!! this song also gives me a chill on my back whenever I listen to it at night. LOL!!!

Title: MR. BRAIN
Genre: Comedy, mystery
Episodes: 8
Viewership rating: 20.0 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2009-May-23 to 2009-Jul-11

Synopsis:

Tsukumo Ryusuke is a quirky, yet brilliant neuroscientist working for the National Research Institute of Police Science. Wielding a unique perspective and psychology, Tsukumo tackles the nation's most baffling crimes and scandals, going head-to-head with the most brilliant and twisted criminal minds. But his eccentricities and poor social timing can also aggravate people and circumstances, further complicating matters.
(info from wiki.d-addicts)

I'm also happened to be a fan of mystery and comedy! Love the intro song, the storylines in every episode. And also learned more about brains and how it works. But I wonder what happened to the lady in the first episode when Tsukumo was still a host. LOL!
Everytime i watch this series, Kimura Takuya reminds me of Yamashita Tomohisa in 2012. Cos YamaPi (nickname of Yamashita) looked verymuch the same as him, as rumoured that he's the next Takuya. LOL! And yeah!! I keep mistaken Takuya is YamaPi.
Anyway, back to Mr.Brain, the ending was crazy and wanting to know what else happened after the last scene in air-plane. LOL! Hopefully it wasn't a real bomb when Tsukumo pressed the button.

My rating is......10/10 A full mark!~ :P

(left) Kimura Takuya in the last scene of Mr.BRAIN, (right) Yamashita Tomohisa in his new series Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata

Title : Buzzer Beat (2009)

Number of Episodes: 11

Date Aired (YYYY-MM-DD): 2009-Jul-13 to 2009-Sep-21

Sypnosis:
Kamiya Naoki is a young player from a professional basketball team. But due to his relatively smaller size and his tendency to crack under pressure, he is unable to show his true skills on the court. Meanwhile, Shirakawa Riko is a cheerful, strong-spirited music college graduate aiming to become a professional violinist. One day, Riko finds Naoki’s lost cell phone on a bus, and their meeting begins a friendship that eventually turns into love. However, Naoki was already considering marriage with his current girlfriend. And it doesn’t help matters that Naoki’s coach has fallen in love at first sight with Riko!

Cast:

Yamashita Tomohisa as Kamiya Naoki (SG)
Kitagawa Keiko as Shirakawa Riko (violin)
Kanjiya Shihori as Ebina Mai (flute)
Mizobata Junpei as Hatano Shuji (SG/G)
Kaneko Nobuaki as Yoyogi Ren (F/SG)
Aoki Munetaka as Moriguchi Shuto (PF/C)
Nagai Masaru as Utsunomiya Toru (team captain/PG)
Maya Miki as Kamiya Makiko
Oomasa Aya as Kamiya Yuri
Aibu Saki as Nanami Natsuki
Ito Hideaki as Kawasaki Tomoya (head coach)
Kanada Satoshi as Kasukabe Yoshio (team manager)

Kyaaaaa!~ hahaha In this drama, all I see is half-naked bodies of the JC ARCS players. hahaha
I was so surprise to see YamaPi's abs in this drama.
Anyway........
I love music too! Most of the time while watching drama, I keep talking to myself, and then.....eyes become teary. hahaha
Whenever there is Natsuki's scene (played by Aibu Saki), I blamed her for their relationship cos she's not patience >.> LOL

Ah, violin!~ Rating: 8/10

Buzzer Beat (2009)

Title: ロミオとジュリエット

Title (English): Romeo and Juliet

Genre: Human Drama

Viewership ratings: 11.4%

Broadcast date: 2007-Apr-07

Sypnosis:
"Romeo and Juliet" is about a female college student and an injured young man she meets on the street. They fall in love, not knowing that the girl's police detective father is in the midst of a manhunt to find the young man's physician father, who is wanted for murder.

Cast:

Takizawa Hideaki as Morita Hiromichi
Nagasawa Masami as Kihira Juri
Tanaka Misako as Morita Tokieda
Yamashita Shinji as Kihira Reizou
Miura Tomokazu as Morita Giichi
Takenaka Naoto as the professor

One think for sure, Takizawa is handsome and cool!~ huhuhu

I found this movie is a bit cute! Still, I didn't really pay much attention on it (don't ask me why). But I like the suspense at the end of the movie where it was shown in the beginning of the movie too.

I was thinking why the heck did she kill herself.. hahaha I don't really know much about Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet, but I have the feeling of buying the book soon. LOL

My overall rating is 7/10

Romeo & Juliet (2007)

Yamashita Tomohisa ・Route 66 ・ Tatta Hitori no America

Hit the legendary Route 66 with Yamashita Tomohisa! The former NEWS member gets in a pickup truck and drives across America - from Chicago to Los Angeles - for the 12-episode Nippon Television documentary. Along the way, Yamapi admires the scenery, meets people who live in the heart of America, and of course, eats the best everyday food Route 66 has to offer. In addition to footage of Yamapi on the road, the documentary also features one-on-one conversations between him and popular cultural figure Lily Franky.

I'm a big fan of Yamashita Tomohisa!~ <3 <3

LOL

I love watching his journey, but not the talking...somehow whenever the chat session with Lily Franky...I'm lost what were they talking about T-T

Any how My overall rating on this series is 6/10

NTV.co.jp Route 66

Route66: Tatta Hitori no America

Soon I'll put links to a site for downloads and/or wiki for future posts.

I do not post any download links, except mine.

I only will post links to the page with download links.

Other than that, just wiki or IMDb of them :)

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MOVIE INFO

The sequel to the low-budget blockbuster Paranormal Activity takes place a few months before the events of the first film. Katie (Katie Featherston), the much put-upon leading lady in the original, has a sister living in an upscale Los Angeles suburb named Kristi (Sprague Grayden).

Alternative title:

これはゾンビですか？ (Japanese)

Plot Summary: Aikawa Ayumu is a normal high school boy. One day he is killed by a serial killer and revived as a zombie by a necromancer named Eucliwood Hellscythe. He starts to serve Eu as her guard but he happens to deprive the mahou shoujo Haruna of her magic power. Haruna orders Ayumu to fight against the anti-mahou shoujo system "Megalo" in her place.

This is just the first episode of the anime (cos I don't read manga). So I found it VERY funny and ....well, funny. LOL
And then I just finished watching the 2nd episode of it...can't really comment much about it, except having a good time watching it, but yes... I will continue watching it!!!
Highly recommended for shoujo actions and comedy XD

Info Source: ANN

On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
Read more plot summary (for non-spoiler) and synopsis (Warning: SPOILER!) by clicking these links
Official Website: http://www.thesocialnetwork-movie.com/
This movie was premiered in USA on the 1st of October 2010, and only be released in Asia in late November of the same year.

Official Trailer

Trailer 2

Trailer by SonyPictures

My Rating:★★★★

My Comment:
I really like this movie, not just because I like Facebook, but the story behind the making of Facebook. In the world of creating something like this is always becoming the war. To get more users, subscribers and popularity, which makes it famous. To be honest, if you're not that geek or understand a little thing about creating and designing a website, you might get confused and bored, just like my sister who was watch next to me and fell asleep.

There was once where we were asked to choose one topic from the list for our technical report for Communication Skill unit. and there are several topics about Facebook. One of them is "Will Facebook replace e-mail?". If I were to answer directly, I would say "WHY?! Isn't you need and E-mail address to login into Facebook?". But it's up to you to decide.

Anyway, enjoy watching the movie. and if you don't get the story, just watch it again or read some reviews online. Maybe you'll get what the story about.

Info via IMDB

Writer-director-producer Luc Besson‘s affinity for megabudgeted, FX-heavy adventure spectacles is well-known and publicized; with his outing The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec, he adds yet another chapter to this tradition. An adaptation of a popular French comic book from the 1970s, it stars Louise Bourgoin (The Girl from Monaco) as the redheaded title character, a wisecracking, hard-living adventurer-cum-novelist living in pre-WWI France. As the tale opens, Adele is on a mission in Egypt, attempting to retrieve a sarcophagus and tote it back to Western Europe, but simultaneously attempting to fend off complications wrought by her nemesis, archaeologist Dieuleveult. She succeeds on both fronts, but upon returning runs headfirst into another issue: a Parisian scientist (Jacky Nercessian) with the power to heal Adele‘s comatose sister (Laure de Clermont-Tonnere) has accidentally let loose an ancient Pterodactyl above the Parisian skies. While a zany detective (Gilles Lellouche) and a hunter (Jean-Paul Rouve) attempt to eliminate the creature, the villains turn up yet again and try to thwart Adele‘s long-term plans.
This movie was released in French in April this year, but only released in Asia (Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei) Just recently in November this year.
In French, the movie is known as "Les Aventures extraordinaires d'Adèle Blanc-Sec", which is The Extraordinary Adventure Of Adele Blanc-Sec, while in Asia it was known as Adele: Rise of The Mummy.

Official Trailer

My Comment:
The funny thing is that the movie id dubbed into English instead of using the original dubbed. One possible reason that is majority people in Asia do not speak nor understand French. But I still prefer the original....with English subtitle that is.

Release Date: 12 November 2010
Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller
Cast: Eric Balfour, Scottie Thompson, David Zayas, Donald Faison
Director: Colin Strause, Greg Strause
Writers: Joshua Cordes, Liam O'Donnell
Studio: Rogue Pictures
Plot:
After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the dead of the night by an eerie light beaming through the window. Like moths to a flame, the light source is drawing people outside before they suddenly vanish into the air. They soon discover an otherwordly force is swallowing the entire human population off the face of the earth. Now our band of survivors must fight for their lives as the world unravels around them.

Official Trailer 1

My comment:

Obviously I like Sci-fi movies, and Skyline had become one of them. Unfortunately, I don't like the ending of this movie. Kinda spoils everything... Survival? Yes... But unique brain (red in color instead of blue like others), is just keep me asking more question..Why the heck the brain is different from others? He was human. And what are they doing with those are pregnant?.. lots of question coming soon after the main characters being sucked up into the ship. And from what I read from Rotten Tomatoes, most comments and reviews are negative.

Popzara's Chris Pandolfi says it was little more than a "low-budget alien invasion dud filled with effects that aren't special and unnecessary human melodrama. A complete waste of resources."

Ouch!~

Official Trailer 2

iWatch, iRate, iReview

[J-Drama]Good Luck! (2003)

[J-Movie] Kimi to Boku (2011)

[J-Drama] Maou (2008)

[K-Drama] Perhaps Love (2007)

[J-Drama] Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata~ Ending Planner~ (2012)

[K-Movie] White: Melody of Death (2011)

[J-Drama] MR.BRAIN (2009)

[J-Drama] Buzzer Beat (2009)

[J-Movie] Romeo and Juliet (2007)

[J-Drama] Yamashita Tomohisa Route 66: たったひとりのアメリカ (2012)

Yamashita Tomohisa ・Route 66 ・ Tatta Hitori no America

Links

ZombieLand (2009)

Haunted Changi (2010)

[J-Movie] Paranormal Activity 2: Tokyo Night (2010)

Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)

MOVIE INFO

Paranormal Activity (2007)

[Anime] Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka?

The Social Network (2010)

Adele: Rise Of The Mummy

Skyline (2010)

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