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I knew this was going to be a wonderful film within the first few minutes. So beautiful and deeply touching. Every feeling feels so real. The photography and light are breathtaking and Yuu Aoi is one of the most precious creatures I’ve ever seen! The ballet scene at the end was so beautiful I cried.

I really love slow films, that are not slow for the sake of it, but evoke meaning in their slow pace. One film that comes to mind is The taste of tea, and Hana to Arisu is another. Just a delight, you must see it!

I started watching the anime the other day and I’m seriously hooked already. A bit too violent for my taste but very intriguing. I can’t believe my two biggest japanese crushes, Ken’ichi Matsuyama and Ninomiya Kazunari are playing in the live-action. Seeing them move around in those sexy latex suits might be too much to handle.

Nino-kun <3

Ken’ichi-kun <333

I especially liked him with the bowlcut in Detroit Metal City. That geeky character is my dream boy.

I think this may be the cutest thing I’ve ever seen.

So cute :3

And he has really beautiful slender hands. n_n

I think I may have a bigger crush on him than Nino-kun, who I thought was unsurpassable. I really love his voice and even his teeth that I thought were weird at first. :P

This is my favourite Alice film. I find it the most surreal and inventive, featuring a lot of stop motion taxidermy, skulls and the like. It gets really scary at times, especially the kitchen scene were bird skulls are flying out of eggs, a piece of meat crawls out of a pot and Alice opens a can full of roaches.

It was most definitely Daisy D‘s inspiration for the set she created for the recent Alice in Junie Moon exhibition, which I missed. T_T

I’ve been meaning to watch Old boy for years. It was wonderful but the violence was so much that at times I had to look away. Now I need to check out the rest of his films.

This girl is so pretty.

There is a Blythe in it, looks like an Asian Butterly!

Usually after watching a film I head over to imdb.com to read the discussions. So today my eye caught some talk about how this film lead to some murders, and I’ll just assume it was yet another school killing in the US. It’s always the same story, some sicko kills a bunch of poor people and then they find a Marilyn Manson cd at his house and then it’s Marilyn Manson’s fault. So in this case the killer was obsessed with Oldboy so of course it was the film’s fault.

It’s incredible to me how people are always ready to blame it on the influence of art when there’s real killings, real crime and war out there. It’s incredible how they can blame the simulation of violence makes people kill and not REAL killing through wars or gun possession. I think America’s favourite scapegoat puts it pretty nicely in this interview.

Ooooh I am DYING with excitement for this. I just booked my ticket to see it in 3D. A week ago there were still plenty of seats for the premiere but I had no money. Today that I went looking, it’s booked FOR THE MONTH. I found ONE good seat, so I will go watch it on my own on the 10th. Five days after the opening! But that’s better than waiting for a month to see it with someone else.

I’ve been looking at photos of the costumes and teaser pics and trailers for months and it all looks so good. I’m worried most of it is so digital it will look like a video game…but we’ll see.

Of all the costumes this is by far my favourite. Blue velvet jacket, red waistcoat and a KILT?

I watched this wonderful film today, based on the classic book by Frances Hodgson. I believe it is meant to take place in 1905. The book came out in 1911. The performances by the children and Maggie Smith were lovely. It featured fantastic time-lapse photography of growing flowers and plants and the settings in general were incredible, the mansion, the countryside, the garden. So were the clothes. The housekeeper’s austere corseted outfits, the children’s pretty nightgowns and especially Colin’s little ensembles were charming. A must watch!

I watched it last night. I really liked it and I was surprised to hear Roald Dahl had hated it back then. Granted, it strays from the book but it’s still nice as far as performances go. Apparently the Dahl estate only agreed to allow for another film to be made if they had full control over EVERYTHING. And thus, the Tim Burton film was made, which I personally find AWFUL.

It’s one of Marilyn Manson’s favourite films. His first album opened with Willy Wonka’s boat speech, and also the video for Dope hat is a take of that scene, but I didn’t realise the logo reference until now.

I especially liked Veruca Salt. Proper bitch from hell! I loved her dress, I want to make it for Blythe.

Just finished watching this wonderful film from 1973, translated as Belladonna of Sadness. Though created by an anime studio it’s closer to western psychedelic art with a soundtrack to match. The visuals are simply stunning, some of the most beautiful art I’ve ever seen. It’s a combination of still images and animation, and though the swirling flowing hair and smoke were beautifully done, I mostly loved the still watercolour paintings.

The theme song is equally wonderful.
Tachibana Mayumi – Kanashimi no Belladonna

I generally don’t watch horror films because they scare me in a way that’s not amusing at all. I’m going to try and watch this though because I want to see the bjds in it, plus I’m really not scared of dolls…obviously. I never understood why most people think dolls are so scary or creepy…

Last night I watched Suicide Circle (aka “Suicide club” in the West). A rather disturbing, gory film, that provides, I would say, one of the best commentaries on contemporary society and culture in Japan and to some extent, other countries around the world. It deals with alienation, the effects of pop culture, fads, subliminal messages, and so much more.

I’ve seen many people complain it’s “incoherent, has no plot, doesn’t make sense” but I guess that’s the kind of people who expect to see your typical horror film with a lot of severed limbs inbetween to make them scream. This is NOT a horror film, however horrendous some scenes may be. It does not try to shock you for the sake of it, and everything is there for a reason. A happy, positive j-pop soundtrack is juxtaposed with gory scenes of suicide, which make them all the more disturbing, and all the meaning lies in the lyrics. EVERYTHING is there for a reason. Really, it’s incredibly conceived and good food for thought and discussion.

I have to admit some scenes were so extremely gory that I had to look away, but I really need to rewatch it and also the sequel, Noriko no shokutaku, in which many things are explained further. There is also going to be a third film in the series!

The soundtrack is excellent and a bit rare, so here it is.
Suicide Club OST