Sunday, September 07, 2008

Boys Over Flowers aka Hana Yori Dango aka Hanadan aka 流星花园movie~~

Caught the sneak preview of this japanese movie on wednesday before it officially opens on thursday with Julie^^

It's the second sequel to the immersely popular idol drama based on a manga. Though i didnt watch the 1st 2 parts of the jap drama (i only watched the first season of the taiwan adaptation... but that was like hmmm.. how many years ago? i cant remember) But i really enjoyed watching the movie. Yeah, cos of the pretty boys? Hmmm.. Ahahaha.. Maybe.. Maybe..
The small theatre's quite packed for a weekday afternoon, as expected, most of them are girls. Julie's surprised to see many Malay girls in there too, i guess the power of Hana Yori Dango transcends national as well as racial borders. But it's during their fasting month, cant eat/drink while watching movies... it must be tough going..

The majority of the movie centres around Makino(杉菜) and Domyoji(道明寺), the rest of the F4s are mere sidekicks. Just appear dashing at certain pivotal points in the movie.. Hehe.. Like (花瓶)'vases'.. As for the plot, not too strong i would say. It gives the producers a reason to bring the actors to exotic locations like Las Vegas, Hong Kong, some deserted island in the South Seas.

Domyoji's unwavering love for Makino is simply amazing, unbelievable.. He just knows that she's the one for him and he's going to marry her no matter what. It's Makino who's always unsure of their relationship. And that sparks off their journey to diff countries, keke.. shan't tell more about it lest i reveal the little 'twist' in the story. But that's just a little twist in the plot, everybody knows the ending anyway. If they didnt get married, i bet fans gonna complain and throw popcorn in the theatre man =D

I like Shun Oguri as Hanaza Rui(花泽类)! In the first scene of Rui, i heard girls going 'Awww......' in the theatre. Hehe.. They must be drooling. Rui looks effortlessly dashing in the pure white suit, which really suit the character. I like the blondish hair too, somehow the actor looks much nicer with dyed hair. Cos i'm watching the jap drama Hana Kimi now, also starring Shun Oguri.. He's the high jumper Sano Izumi (佐野泉), the long black hair he sported don't look quite right leh. Hehe.. So i figured out that he should stick to blondish hair^^
Talking about Rui, the radio station that i'm listening to is currently playing an old song 'Make A Wish' by Vic Zhou ---coincidentally, it's sang by that guy who rose to fame by starring as Rui in the Taiwanese version!

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I'm now into the 5th episode of Hana-Kimi (jap version). Fiona told me about the numerous jap pretty boys in there half a year ago perhaps, got me interested but somehow i didnt manage to watch it. Gonna thank Julie~~ If not i don't think i'll ever watch it.. It's nice!!!!!!! Awww...
Haha.. I am 'aww-ing' not because of Shun Oguri but because Toma Ikuta is super duper cute in there as Nakatsu (中津秀一). I think the Japanese version is better than the Taiwanese one. Though i prefer Wu Chun as the male lead^^ Shun Oguri's kinda skinny-looking, don't look like an athlete leh.. As for the character of Nakatsu, i like both Jiro and Toma^^
They both seemed to be the perfect fit for the manga character. Thanks to Qi Ling, i read the manga last year (or was it last last year??... ahh bad memory)


Nakatsu. Hana Kimi. Nakatsu. Nakatsu.
JAPPO FEVER~~~

yunn. at 4:08 PM