Ok, I honestly watched this just because of Vic. I love him, ok? Plus the story line intrigued me. How can a Japanese and a Taiwanese couple work out.



I really have a very low, low, like 2.5 (IMDB Rating) low expectation from this movie. But hey, it was actually ok. Not great but ok. It made me laugh every now and again.



I loved that Vic was laughing a lot here and showed his tender side. He's a great actor indeed. The Japanese girl, I have not seen her before. I don't have any other works where I can compare her acting. SO there.



I love the songs they used. I loved that I heard him sing again. Vic is a great singer as well.



It was worth a one time watch or if you really love Vic, you can go ahead and watch it again if you have nothing else to do.

Leia Mais

I must say, this is one of the best Kimura Takuya series I've seen. All the cast did a great job. Superb acting skills were shows.

I was supposed to give it a 10 as an overall score, but the ending just had me crying my eyes out so I decided to give it an over all score of 9. I can't believe it, this is the third series that it happened.

The music was just superb. Desperado was definitely on point for this series. I was also glad to hear Sukiyaki on Episode 10, even for just a bit.

Again, you should watch this, definitely worth watching. Definitely.

Longer review here: https://elijahmaliksmom.wordpress.com/2017/06/08/karei-naru-ichizoku/

Leia Mais

I watched this as a part of the 2018 watch challenge, and because I was enticed by the plot.

Imagine a government choosing the person who you are supposed to be completely compatible with because of genetics, isn’t that cool?

Well of course you can always choose to follow your heart but what are the odds that you’d actually fall in love with the person chosen for you?

I loved how the story unfolded though I kind of cheated by jumping to the end of the story so I can see how it’s going to end. LOL. Some people do not like the ending while me on the other hand actually liked it. It was a peaceful and fulfilling ending for me. They left no opening for questions.

Longer review with a little spoiler at https://elijahmaliksmom.wordpress.com/2018/07/14/love-and-lies/

Leia Mais

Addicting!

While writing this review, I am rewatching Mr. Brain for the 5th time. I watch it every year. That's how much I enjoy it.

Even though I've already seen it lots of times I still get the same excitement watching it. I still find Tsukumo's smirk and quirkiness attractive. I still love the banter between the two detectives. Every time I watch it I feel like I will see something new that I may have missed the last few time I've seen it? Lol.

The guest stars were superb too! Gact, Kamenashi, Takeru Satoh and Yukie Nakama among others.

You will not regret watching this. The theme song Jump was super catchy, it'll stick with you!

If there's something this drama has, it would be sequels@ or movies or SPs.

Leia Mais

Full review here: https://elijahmaliksmom.wordpress.com/2018/06/21/wakamono-no-subete/

This is a story about a group of friends who’s trying to live their lives how they want it. I actually did not like it much in the beginning. It’s not really that bad, it’s probably because of the age of the drama as well, aside from it not being my type [of genre]. Although when I reached episode 8, I started loving how the story is unfolding in front of me. It actually depicted life young adults back then quite well. All the struggles and hardships. And it was done pretty well, very realistic.

Takuya did a great job here. On the first episode he had a monologue, he was great there. You can see all the emotions and every movement of his facial muscles adds more to the scene. Just brilliant acting. All the cast were good as well. They all look so young, well basically I watched it 24 years after it first came out in 1994.

Leia Mais

I would like to say that I did enjoy this series. The premise is quite unique. You have to watch it carefully so you do not miss a detail.

Contrary to popular opinion, I actually like how it ended even though it ended as such. I was glad he made such sacrifice to make everybody else happy. That's love. Even though it will hurt him, he chose to let them live their lives.

The songs played by the 3-month guy was just awesome. I like all of them. I liked that he played "Hajimete No Chu" it reminds me of my Captain.

Over all this series is very enjoyable. It was not perfect but it was good.

Full review can be found on: elijahmaliksmom.wordpress.com

Leia Mais

They said it's bad...

Most people said the Attack on Titan Part 1 and 2 are bad, like really bad. See the ratings? it's less at 5.

It took me Haruma's death to watch this franchise because almost everybody said it is bad, but it isn't. I'm sorry I was not able to support Haruma at that time because I listened to all the AOT Fans who were super disappointed.

Actually, I genuinely enjoyed it. It was exciting!
I like the CG. I like the acting, I thought the casts did a good job!

In all honesty, I thought Attack on Titan was good!
This is probably because I don't have any clue about the manga or anime.
I guess, sometimes it's nice to look at things from a perspective of an outsider.

Leia Mais

I honestly only wanted to watch this because it stars Kimura Takuya, as I want to be able to say that that I watched all of his movies and series.

Then I started watching it, I got hooked, not only because it has Kimura as one of its casts, but because of the story as a whole and the dogs. Yes, the dogs.

I can't say more without spoiling the series more. Just know that I loved it with all my heart and that I would really recommend that you watch it.

Acting was superb, dogs were great, the cinematography was great as well. Everything was great.

Original Review: https://elijahmaliksmom.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/nankyoku-tairiku/

Leia Mais