watched ping pong again today with my sister.

even though i knew where all the punchlines would be,
the silly and kind of random moments; this movie never fails to give me a really good feeling.
it's so comic, so cool, so exciting, so heart-throbbing, so adrenaline-pumping, so dream-inspiring;
it also has a really smashing fantastic soundtrack that i have been dying to find but have yet to get my hands on; my sister only agrees because it's half techno [given it's a sports-themed movie and kinda fast-paced, who would be surprised? it's befitting really.]

best line of the movie:

it's a tie between

「愛してるぞ」 [meaning, 'i love ya, man']
and
'girls don't go for ping pong players-'

it doesnt sound funny but you really gotta watch the movie to get the joke.

watch it here
http://www.dramacrazy.net/japanese-movie/ping-pong-the-movie/ping-pong-the-movie/


speaking of which, while 'clearing' my laptop, i found A LOT of japanese movies that i ripped off the net but have not gotten the time to watch. some art house/non mainstream ones. i dont know why but i feel like sometimes movies like these really need the right frame of mind to appreciate; it's like lately i keep looking for those cheesy/easy plot/fast-paced/simple-minded kind of movie/drama that is easy to follow/rolls through quickly or have characters that i can relate to more easily. it's easier to digest that way. takes a lot to stomach art house films.

some foreign films i watched [not so lately, mostly during the pre-exam cramming period]

---> antique bakery.
it's a remake of the japanese drama version but i must say it was initial apprehension mixed with excitement and doubt but in the end it turned out really pretty good, if not better than the original. they took out the element of the female writer in the drama, which cuts off the 'love interest' but there's plenty more to develop in the movie besides female distractions...
haven't read the comic, so have absolutely no idea how it compares... but the drama is so-so.
best casting of abe hiroshi and naohito as the bodyguard and the male-attracting dessert expert but the korean equivalents are as good if not, IMO, sometimes better.

if you fancy, you can watch if off youtube/my soju to compare the differences.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnF4VGzolAw
the japanese version:
http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Antique


--->handsome suits
as i've blogged before, i watched handsome suits.
it's really not that fantastic and kind of cheesy and over-acted in some parts but really moving and funny regardless. plus factor for a cute female lead [both the slim and pretty one and her supposedly-fat-and-ugly-looking equivalent]

if you haven't watched, you can catch it on my soju, or youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_9J3rGrq_w

--->detroit metal city
okay, so all the hoo ha about it was really... nothing. it wasn't that fantastic really. i really like kenichi but the character he's acting as in DMC is really not that likeable and kinda anal but a softie at times [when he doesn't need to be] so it's kind of a turnoff. and kato rosa is a respectable actress but this movie does NOTHING for her movie career. absolutely nothing.

watch it if you have a lot of free time. or need some really brainless random laughs.
but i really like it when kenichi's character sings the supposedly-girly songs. kind of nice eh, even if the lyrics are cheesy or like too girlish. but

甘い、甘い、甘い、甘い～　
恋人
恋人
恋人
恋人

is REALLY TOO CHEESY FOR A SONG CHORUS, HA HA HA. the tune is nice lah, though.

i also watched gou gou the cat.
i think i dont really get the movie because the subtitles didnt turn out right.


so im rewatching it now.
bye.