[Movie] Hana Yori Dango ~Final~

2008

Starring: Matsumoto Jun, Inoue Mao, Oguri Shun, Matsuda Shota, Abe Tsuyoshi, Fujiki Naohito, Akira, Kato Natsuki, Kaga Mariko, Kobayashi Susumu, Ishino Mako, Inoue Takayuki...

Set 4 years after the events of Hana Yori Dango Returns, as Tsukasa and Tsukushi are planning their marriage, Tsukasa's mother, Kaede entrusts a family heirloom to Tsukushi - a tiara that has 4 different types of gems and symbolizes happiness to the couple that possesses it. The tiara is called 'The Smile of Venus'.

As Tsukasa and Tsukushi were having their... almost daily lover's spat, a man broke a window in their hotel room and escaped with the prized tiara. Tsukasa tried to go after the man but failed. When they got back to the hotel room, the window was restored and the hotel staff acted as if they had neither seen nor heard anything.

Follow the strange series of events, Tsukasa and Tsukushi traveled around the world to track down the tiara for the sake of their upcoming wedding. Should they lose the tiara, they might not even have a wedding. Can the couple trust each other and face the obstacles together? Or will their relationship crumble in the face of danger?

DUM DUM DUM DUM~ Drama ensues.

*****

So... the 'good bye' towards the end of the movie means that the cow is dry? I mean, they should realize that the cow is dry right? I bet the udders are old and wrinkly. xD What? It is a metaphor. Anyways, they didn't hold back on showering this production with all the money it needs eh? Across continents they traveled to shoot this movie. From Japan to Vegas to Hong Kong... and then to some presumed deserted island. I guess they want to glamourize the last bucket of milk they squeeze from the franchise.

I can see why this was much fussed over, I mean, we want an ending to our story. And as if the previous endings were not satisfactory enough, when a new ending pops up, naturally, we are curious. This story focuses more on the main characters of Tsukasa and Tsukushi. It is very fun watching Jun the smartass play Tsukasa the idiot. And Jun and Mao's chemistry can be seen clearly in this installment, I guess the cast forged a tight relationship through the years. If Jun weren't so gay, I'd hope some sparks got transfered off screen. Oh well.

Though the Domyoji Enterprise's fame was a bit exaggerated. What is Tsukasa? Like the Japanese male version of Paris Hilton? xD I mean, a tattoo-clad American truck driver asking for his autograph? Yeah, right. But gosh, Jun and his skinny bag of bones... hunting for fish... swimming, shaving. Topless. Ah~ turned on, I am. xD For a moment there, I forgot he nances around when he isn't Tsukasa. Just a moment though. xD

Inoue Mao looks pretty here and of course, especially in that final scene. I am relieved that it is over though, albeit a bit sad. I mean... there was always the next Hanadan to look forward to, but not anymore. Oh wait... Korean version. Fat chance I am going to watch it though. Cos like, I bet it will be drenched in tears. The Japanese version is funny. The Taiwanese version is horrible. Horrible. I don't want to remember it. Oh~

Ah, finally, they let the cow rest. About time. It was fun watching it even if the plot is a lame excuse for making more money. Sigh.

Rating: 4/5

[TV] Hana Yori Dango Final @ Tokyo Friend Park

Me. Ecstatic. Me. Thrilled.

This time, team Hana Yori Dango Final came back to Tokyo Friend Park, but one cast member is missing. Matsuda Shota. Oh where are you? xD Oh well. I love to watch the interaction between the boys and Inoue Mao. xD She's hilarious, that girl. So... funny. You can tell that the boys spoil her, being the only girl in the main casts. Anyway, this time, they didn't do as well as they did the previous time eh. Was fun enough though. (Damn it! Just realized I left the crap talk about the two seasons of HYD in my other blog. And its not in the format that I have developed here. So I shall watch them and do them again. T_T I am too busy. Nya, to think I enjoyed this... well I do. Yeah. Okay, I'll do this.)

3 years of working together, finally it has come to an end. Ah, I guess the producers milked enough out of the dairy cow. Its udders are squeezed dry. If you milk it too much, it will just get old and fad away. Better withdraw early and reap the benefits while maintaining some integrity. Shun is so tall. So tall. Which is why he can wear the half-leg shorts well. Nino in that "One Love" PV... disaster. xD Yeah, anyways, the cast members all called Abe Tsuyoshi 'Ton Ton'. xD

Tsuyoshi is so shy. Its obvious that Mao, Jun and Shun are the closest. They played a trailer (sorta) of the movie and then the song came out. SO GOOD. Yeah. Yeah. I am ecstatic. Hyper. Can't suppress the joy. Mao teases Tsuyoshi, blames Jun and um... stuff. The group is close. Unlike other cast for other dramas, they have a history together, you see. I fear to see how Ohno and Toma are going interact though. Cos, they don't seem that close, really. xD I wonder. But its Ohno, you cannot not like Ohno. Period.

Back to HYD. Ah, I thought it ended with the second season of the drama, but NO. I hate elongated stuff. Its so... annoying. Its like, its great, but END ALREADY. I think its ending for real now. Thank god. Oguri Shun. Hair during TFP. T_T CHOP IT OFF. I never liked the Tsukasa-perm as well. Somehow doesn't look sophisticated enough for Jun. So during the dart game, only Ton Ton got a tawashi. The others got... stuff. xD Jun didn't get what he wanted though, he got what Ton Ton wanted. Shun and Mao got what they wanted. The group had lotsa chemistry during the game. Lotsa cooperation. Lotsa... um... stuff.

Even though like Jun is close with Mao. Jun saved his heart for Ohno. xD WHAT? But Jun and Mao are good too. xD You know, its like Tackey and FukaKyon. Yamapi and Maki. Yamada and Ayase. Tsumabuki and Takeuchi. Its fixed in my mind, they should be together. Its a sin otherwise. xD Me and my imaginations. Yeah. Whatever. xD Nothing beats the orgy that is Arashi.



Ohno will be on next. OHNO WILL BE ON NEXT. WITH TOMA. WITH TOMA. I SEE BLURRY SPOTS ON THE SCREEN. In other words, I think I need to sleep.

[Movie] Reincarnation

2005

Starring: Yuuka, Karina, Shiina Kippei, Oguri Shun,...

The movie opens with a few people who died strangely after going through a string of strange events and being stalked by a bunch of I-don't-know-whats. Then the movie switched gears. Nagisa is an actress who was auditioning for a movie based on the true story that happened 35 years ago in a hotel where a professor killed 11 people, including his own children. When she received the role of playing a little girl who was killed by the professor, her father, (they changed the girl's role to suit Yuuka's age, which is err not a little girl.) she began seeing the little girl with a doll everywhere.

On the other hand, Kinoshita Yayoi, a girl who has repetitive dreams of being in a hotel which she later finds to be the hotel in which 11 people were killed, went on a research with the help of her boyfriend's friend, Yuka. Yuka believes herself to be the reincarnation of a women who was killed in the hotel 35 years ago, strangled to death by the professor who was trying to prove a hypothesis that he has about reincarnation, and how after death, a person is still capable of remembering his or her past life.

*****

Geez, I got shocked a few time and actually screamed out loud...

T_T This is bad, I can't go out at night anymore.

Of course, another reason I can't go out is because of this.

Yes, the reason is that a KAT-TUN fangirl gave me a death treat. Notice that its singular. You know, its not the whole community, as I said before, its just a handful of teenagers with no life. Get a boyfriend. Fornicate. Polish a shoe. Collect your fingernails. At least those stuff are productive.

Insult not the KAT-TUN members for thou shalt burn in hell for doing so. All should worship at the feet of these six 'flawless' beings'. I can't wait for their next PV so I can be a major bitch again.

Uh... yeah. Okay, I have a stuffed nose, damn the air nowadays is so polluted.

On with the movie, Oguri Shun had a small role. Its mostly focused on Yuuka's character, Nagisa. At first you think you know, then you are confused. Then finally, you go "Ohh... wow, I didn't see that coming until halfway through the movie."

[Drama] Gokusens

[Moved from my old blog.]

They are old, but I haven't watched either of them until the day before yesterday. I would make screencaps, but I am too lazy.

You see, I watch it on Windows Media Classic (my fave player, ever) but I cant make screencaps on it. I can only make it on VLC player. Which sucks by the way. The only reason I kept it is because of the screencaps function.

I stole the screencaps from here, cos a review without piccies is just boring. Not that any of my reviews are not boring. But in the future, when i read it again, I want pictures to stimulate the memories...

Gokusen:

Starring: Nakama Yukie, MatsuJun, Narimiya Hiroki, Oguri Shun, Ito Misaki.

2002

Nakama Yukie plays a character called Yamaguchi Kumiko, the heir to a yakuza family business. But her lifelong dream is to be a teacher. Her grandfather allows her to pursue her dream. She was made the homeroom teacher of 3D, the worse, most violent class in the school (Forgot the name of the school, I think its Shirokin.)

Ah, like every fictional work with the teacher as the main character, you would know that the teacher would capture the hearts of the students in the end.

MatsuJun is really hot. How come I never noticed that? He reminds me of Bugs Bunny for some reason. Narimiya Hiroki who played Nobu in the "NANA" movies was in here, and Oguri Shun who can be seen playing Sano in "HanaKimi" too.

Ya, and if you noticed, MatsuJun was Tsukasa and Oguri Shun is Rui in "Hana Yori Dango".

The theme song is "Feel Your Breeze" by V6. I was addicted to the song a loooooong time ago, not knowing that it is the theme for the drama. It is a good song.

The storyline is predictable and very, very cliched. But, I came to enjoy it because MatsuJun was really, really and I mean REALLY cool in here. But cool is not the word for it...

Oh it guest stars Wentz Eiji. Also, Ichikawa Yui made an appearance. I still don't like Yui. I tried... like in "Kurosagi". I thought she was okay at first... and then she got annoying again. Tsukamoto Takashi from "Taiyou no Uta" appeared in one episode as well!

To make it even MORE star studded, Matsuyama Ken'ichi of the Death Note fame is also in here. Playing a small part as one of the students in the class. This was 2002, they were all just staring out, I guess.

Gokusen 2:

2005

Starring: Nakama Yukie, Akanishi Jin, Kamenashi Kazuya, Koike Teppei...

Same teacher, different school, different bunch of kids. Same plot. Same predictable ending. YET completely enjoyable.

Akanishi Jin is adorable. I remember hating Kamenashi for no reason back then. I didn't like him even after I watched Nobuta wo Produce. BUT BUT BUT his character here is so...

Koike Teppei is his usual kawaii self.

There isn't really any difference in the storyline, making this season more boring than the previous one, cos you have seen it all before. Yet... the Akame+Teppei-ness of the drama is just entertaining.

I prefer Akanishi to Kamenashi.

That is because, to quote the Heyx3 host "His name is a combo of an animal and a fruit" Kamenashi. I think the kanji for Kame means a tortoise and Nashi means pear. xD The host, Matsumoto mentioned it 3 times that I have seen, in three different episodes.

He said it the first time when Shuji and Akira went on it, and then when KAT-TUN went on, he just had to bring it up again. And then when Yama~P revealed that him and Kame were rivals, Matsumoto was like "Ah that's because his name is a combo of animals and fruits right?"

Also, the actor for NANA's Naoki plays a small, practically mute role in here too. Well, not exactly mute, but he might as well have been. Wouldn't make a difference. xD

The theme song for Gokusen 2 is "No More Cry" and the insert song is soooo good.

It is "Kizuna" by Kamenashi himself. It is good. xD xD

Oh rating time:
Gokusen: 3.5/5
Gokusen 2: 3/5

[Drama] Hanazakari no Kimitachi he

[Moved from my old blog.]

Starring: Horikita Maki (Nobuta wo Produce, Kurosagi), Oguri Shun (Hana Yori Dango 1 & 2, Gokusen, Stand Up!!), Ikuta Toma

The storyline has been recycled from the manga to the Taiwanese drama. Now, the Japanese drama is airing. And its better than the Taiwanese version.

The Nakatsu here is totally *heart*. However, Oguri Shun's Sano is really annoying at the moment -but I am sure he will grow to be lovely, like the manga-. Nanba Minami is gewd as well. The aura guy is hilarious.The three dorm leaders... and Nobuo Kyou looks 30. What the heck is he doing in a high school drama. He is fat, and he is old. Is it not enough that he ruined Ren?! Is it not enough?!

Nakatsu, worrying about his sexuality.

Sano seems to be constipated all the time. Except when he is drunk. He gets all kissy and stuff. That is the only time where he can be funny.Sano, deep in thoughts.

The gay doctor, he is actually not that bad once you reach episode 3. Only 3 episodes are available right now. The Kagurazaka something something guy is played by some guy named Shirota Yuu. He looks good in the piccies but kinda scary in the drama.Gay doctor, Umeda Hokuto. He should be prettier.

I still don't like Shun but I *heart* Ikuta Toma. Nakatsu has always been a likable character, especially when he thought he was gay. But the Taiwanese Nakatsu is really annoying.

Maki as Mizuki is actually very good. Better than Ella as Mizuki, Ella's expressions tend to be overacted.Ashiya Mizuki, the crossdressing protagonist of the drama.

The storyline in the drama is changed a bit. Like how Sano got injured, how Sano found out about Mizuki's gender. Those are just minor details though.

One last time.

Nakatsu is *heart*. Nakatsu is hotter than Sano in here. It is good! Cos when I was reading the manga I was thinking... if only Nakatsu can be hotter than Sano. Then it happened!As he was having doubts about his sexuality (he has a crush on Mizuki, a girl dressed as a guy. At that time, he still had no idea that Mizuki is a girl yet he developed a crush on her that had him see flowers and sparkling vision every time Mizuki is around) he found lingerie.He felt tension in his heart, the doki-doki feeling. He then realized he is not gay. "Homo jyanaiiiiiii....", he screamed.
And he danced... wearing the... underwear.That was when the neighboring female school was hunting for the underwear thief in the all-boys school.In the end, they found out that it was the dog that stole the underwear, but the one that was found in Ashiya's room did not belong the the female school students. Nanba found it suitable for his chest size, so he tried it on...

Happy, Ikuta Toma is *heart*. He is under Johnny's but he never debuted as a singer, I think. I am not sure. He's good friends with Yama~P and Jin.

Okay, I am done.