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| 僕は妹に恋をする (I Like OOF my sistah, 2007)
Matsumoto Jun, Eikura Nana, Asano Yuko
Dir: Ando Hiroshi
I was going to copy and paste the piece from my Vox site but... I'm just too damn lazy right now.
Go here: http://saburo.vox.com/library/post/boku-wa-imouto-ni-koi-wo-suru.html
FWIW I thought the movie was junk. Not even two stars outta four.
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| Songs I sang last Friday:
「Oh My Little Girl」 尾崎豊
Ozaki Yutaka
「Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me」 Elton John
「海雪」 ジェロ
"Umiyuki" -- JERO
「抱いてセンニョリター」 山下智久
"Daite Senorita" -- Yamashita Tomohisa (no lie!)
「A Hard Day's Night」 The Beatles
「sha la la」 Skoop On Somebody
「My Gift To You」 Chemistry
「A-RA-SHI」 嵐
「Surrender」 Cheap Trick
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| The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
Tim Robbins, Morgan Freeman
Dir. Frank Darabont
I've been wanting to watch this one for quite some time and finally caught an extended period of time this weekend.
What
a marvelous piece of acting and dialogue. Of creating mood and
atmosphere, in varying points in time (it's almost an American history
lesson). People before have referenced this movie and its characters
the same way we quote Star Wars, Bogart and Don Corleone. I now
understand their inspiration.
I always assumed there was something mystical about this movie with the
cumbersome title and spiritual image of Tim Robbins, being cleansed in
the rain. I thought the story and characters would be way more magical
because the source material was Stephen King. I am so very glad that
it wasn't the case.
With an infinite bytes of digital power at
every filmmaker's disposal, it appears harder than ever to portray the
simple power of humanity with words and thought. I had to look up the
year that this movie was released. My inital guess was way the hell
off, which I guess says something about what sells these days. Gads, I
feel old.
But good rises up somehow: good quality anyway.
*** 1/2 (out of 4).
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| groink's new dorama website is now open for business: http://www.doramasuki.com
Come one, come all. Especially since the KIKU board has rotted away...
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| I used to comb Japanese websites for any and all information about my
Musume gals and pass it on, like M&Ms, on any and all message
boards I could register for. There was an Musume-themed e-groups site
that was later taken over by Yahoo (I hooked up there in mid-1999).
Jpopmusic still exists and you find several hundred of my posts there.
Dang, where were blogs in those days? Oh yeah, just been invented.
Anyway I found this gem on the KIKU-TV message board (which has been
infested with pr0n spam and indifference from company officials):
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Posted: 2002.09.17
Rumor of the week, taken from a Japanese website:
There seems to be a bra-stuffing contest between some of the Musume, just a week before Gomaki gets the boot from Mo-Musu.
The final standings:
3rd Place (tie): Charmy, Gomaki
2nd Place: Nacchi
1st Place: Aibon
OK, this isn't as compelling as, say, stories of Playstation abuse. But
ya gotta admit: you'll be taking a closer look at Aibon from now on...
Dang, I totally forget where I got THAT one! Probably the same place
that revealed that my gal Rika was a huge fan of the okama bars, taking
some fellow H!P members with her.
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