alexandral: (Goong - Happy)
"1 Percent of Anything"
Sweetest fluffiest drama which is promising to become my Korean "It started with a kiss" (with the Korean depth of emotions as additional plus). I have seen 6 episodes out of 26 so far.



He: Lee Jae-in (Kang Don Won) Young and successful businessman with some very cute temper issues.

She: Kim Da-hyun (Kim Jung Hwa) Bright and kind school teacher who helps older people on buses and is loyal to death to her friends. Plus she is adorably scatter-headed.

Story: Da-hyun meets Jae-in’s grandfather (a head of a powerful corporation) on a bus, gives him a seat and helps him to get to his late wife’s grave. And I don’t blame grandfather for he decides to bring his grandson and Da-hyun together, with the help of his death will. BTW, he is the same grandfather as in “My girl” and though he is quite a tough cookie in “1 percent of anything”, it feels from the very beginning that he really wants everyone’s best and adores Jae-in (in his way).

What is so wonderful so far : Much sparks and tantrums between the main couple, and OMPH! Some very cute secondary romantic pairings in sight.

Just look at this scene!! (episode 4) )

And as the drama develops and Jae-in starts to change he becomes unbearably cute. More Pictures )

And if this is not enough, (spoilers for the ending) )

Hana Yori Dango Is wonderful, I think this is the first Japanese drama after "Kurosagi" which really "gets" me. And I think this is mainly because of incredible powers of Hanazawa Rui who is beyond cool. How cool , just let me count: White clothes, graceful movements, mysterious demenour and heart-wrenching romantic storyline. Plus he reads books all the time. :D

Ayashi no Ceres I finished it, it gets all thumbs up from me (and Toya is my first and favourite anime character). Thank you [livejournal.com profile] dangermousie and [livejournal.com profile] meganbmoore for the rec. There were bits that disturbed me, spoilers )

PS Cross-posted in [livejournal.com profile] dorama_chat, here
alexandral: (Thoughtcrimes - Brendon - Thinking)
I watched “Children of Men” from [livejournal.com profile] trailer_spot’s recommendation and keep returning to it in my thoughts already for two weeks. In a way, this film turned my world upside down. If you haven’t seen it yet – this is definitely must-see of this winter.

Synopsis In the future world where women lost the ability to bare children, Theodore Faron (Clive Owen) is helping a woman pregnant with child to find a safe place. The story takes place in England 2027 where any emigration is illegal and where anyone who is an illegal immigrant is put into immigration camps, no much better then concentration camps.

Director and cinematography Mexican-born director Alfonso Cuarón is known for his adaptation of “Harry Porter and the Prizoner of Askaban”. It is difficult for me to judge because I have never read any of “Harry Porter” books, but this is my favourite out of the Harry Porter movies so far.
His latest film, “Children of Men” is filmed in experimental and very unusual way. This includes innovative camera angles and amazing feel for colour and composition. The film starts as autumnal story of dying and decay, but towards the end this mood changes for something new. One of the final scenes of street-battle was filmed in one take with the clever use of pyrothecnics and this gives it a goose-bumps inducing feel of something happening before your very eyes, and this feeling followed me through the whole film , it felt like this is really happening. The other interesting thing was to convey information with objects and composition as well as with the dialogue.



Review, I tried to keep spoiler-free, but I guess there are some vague spoilers )

Screencaps from the film )

Soundtrack Is just out of this world. My favourite is Italian singer Franco Battiato’s take of “Ruby Tuesday”. One of the strange facts I found while looking for Ruby Tuesday’s lyrics is that this song was one of the songs that were forbidden to broadcast in US during the period following 11 of September 2001. I don’t understand why, I must say!!

"Temptation of Wolves"
I have also watched Korean film "Temptation of Wolves" and didn't like it very much at all. My thoughts on it are Here, in [livejournal.com profile] dorama_chat

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