When we want to escape from the Japan-y Japan, we go watch a movie.So far, we've watched The Forbidden Kingdom, Hancock, Gake no Ue no Ponyo, Iron Man, Mummy 3 and 20th Century Boys.
If I should list them from best to worst, for a teenager like me, it'd be:
1. Iron Man - Pure tech-superhero awesomeness action-packed movie, and Robert Downey Jr. is one of the best actors I've seen. MUST WATCH FOR GUYS, some girls don't like it. Too much awesomeness maybe.
2. Gake no Ue no Ponyo - Funny, cute, and Hayao Miyazaki. The newest movie from Ghibli Studios, this movie is worth watching no matter your age, and if you're a fan of Miyazaki's movies.
3. 20th Century Boys - IF YOU'VE READ THE MANGA [Click here for all of the manga chapters, readable online, in English. There're 200+ chapters to go if you want to catch up to the movie, though.] If you haven't read the manga, this movie will just be another incomprehensible Japanese thriller you didn't understand in the first place.
I love when manga, comic book superheroes, games, anime or plays are made into movies, and TURN OUT WELL. Some just freakin'...
4. The Forbidden Kingdom - I reviewed this the very first week, but it's a nice movie if you're into kung fu fighting.
5. Mummy 3 - They just had to make a 3 I guess. Oh well, Jet Li ftw.
17. Hancock - Even the name indicates the quality of the movie. I've made a review of it, but don't highlight and read if you want spoilers and/or have something against nowadays Internet language. I.e. read at own risk.
The movie may look interesting and funny from the trailer, but what it does is actually reveal almost _every_ interesting or funny part there is in the movie. Hancock (Will Smith) is a low-life bum living in the streets of New York, and he has super powers, flight, super strength and invulnerability (lol speaking CoX lingo here). And, he's an asshole. Which is mentioned several times during the film.
Since I do not recommend watching this movie, because it sucks beans, I'll spill the plot. Captain Asshole meets another super being like him, who coincidentally is his wife or something, and they duke it out, a bit, and rest is emotional shit. If you have time to waste or just wub Will Smith, it's okay to watch, but it's not even stratching the boot of Iron Man quality.
McDonalds - reflections
"Irasshaimasedouzo!"
Don't know how many times I've heard that now. Guh.
100 yen (5 kr) for a Hamburger, Soft Ice, Apple Pie and 3 other things I can't remember. Woah.
Although after being in Japan a while you learn to REALLY treasure even your 10-yen coins. Those damn ice teas are always 110.
In the corner's an old guy who fell asleep over his newspaper, school girls are coming and going just to use the toilet, the smoking section is 3x the non-smoking section. Japan.
While sitting there it reminded me of Iron Man, where Tony Stark returns to the US after breaking out: "I've been a captive for three months in a cave in Afghanistan, I know what I want, and what I want is a cheeseburger and I want it right now!"
Following scenes show one of his bodyguards carrying around a Burger King paper bag and Tony munching on cheeseburgers. God I love that guy. I wonder if Burger King paid for that scene, or they were asked if they wanted their logo on that bag, or they just picked them and asked afterwards, or whatever.
Toilet - reflections
Definitely not what it used to be.
lulz - reflections
Oh, and to quote a discussion with my older brother Alexander over Skype I had an hour ago:
[Skype] Frederic: kk, i wanna show you something so open our blog
[Skype] Alexander: uh this comp doesnt have net srry
[Skype] Frederic: .........
[Skype] Frederic: you lazy bastich just open the damn blog lol
[Skype] Alexander: aw im just so tired im paintin the house u kno i cba to write
[Skype] Alexander: ok ok there its open now what
[Skype] Frederic: okay, write in 'opaads' in the google search function and find it with the instant-find function thingy
[Skype] Frederic: kk?
[Skype] Frederic: oi
[Skype] Alexander: wat
[Skype] Frederic: you found it?
[Skype] Alexander: hey whats that weird brown shit youre eating in kotoyo or w/e
[Skype] Frederic: jeezus does anyone actually read the damn text
[Skype] Alexander: kk whats this
[Skype] Frederic: i have no idea where ur looking fcolwwww
And something along those lines.
Good things come in small portions!
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