Omg! Marie Digby is the name! The song is Umbrella by Japanese-American singer, Marie Digby!!! She's so pretty too and fyi, her name is pronounced "Maryey" Awesome! Kawaii! Forget Mandy Moore and move over Rihanna...hehe. She is half-Japanese so she still counts as Asian so I am featuring her here!
Digby, whose mother is Japanese and father is Irish-American, began writing songs in high school in Los Angeles. After graduating, she spent one year at the University of California, Berkeley before leaving college to concentrate on music full-time. Digby came into the public light in 2004 after winning[2] the Pantene Pro-Voice Music Competition with her autobiographical song "Miss Invincible."
After performing at numerous night clubs, Digby signed a publishing deal with Rondor Music, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA'sUniversal Music Group in early 2005. By the end of 2005, Digby had signed with Disney'sHollywood Records and her first album of original songs was completed by the end of 2006. Also in 2006, her song "Fool" was included on the Disney compilation album Girl Next. In early 2007, Digby began to post simple videos of herself singing cover songs of other artists on YouTube in order to gain visibility for herself. Hollywood Records then released a high-quality studio recording of her rendition of "Umbrella" to iTunes and radio stations.[4] Her first album is set to be released in 2008.
Credits: wikipedia
Picture credits: marie digby's myspace
Umbrella
You have my heart And we'll never be worlds apart May be in magazines But you'll still be my star Baby cause in the dark You can't see shiny cars And that's when you need me there With you I'll always share Because
[Chorus] When the sun shines, we'll shine together Told you I'll be here forever Said I'll always be a friend Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end Now that it's raining more than ever Know that we'll still have each other You can stand under my umbrella You can stand under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)
These fancy things, will never come in between You're part of my entity, here for Infinity When the war has took it's part When the world has dealt it's cards If the hand is hard, together we'll mend your heart Because
[Chorus] When the sun shines, we'll shine together Told you I'll be here forever Said I'll always be a friend Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end Now that it's raining more than ever Know that we'll still have each other You can stand under my umbrella You can stand under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)
You can run into my arms It's okay don't be alarmed Come here to me There's no distance in between our love So go on and let the rain pour I'll be all you need and more Because
[Chorus] When the sun shines, we'll shine together Told you I'll be here forever Said I'll always be a friend Took an oath I'ma stick it out till the end Now that it's raining more than ever Know that we'll still have each other You can stand under my umbrella You can stand under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh) Under my umbrella (Ella ella eh eh eh eh eh eh)
It's raining Ooh baby it's raining Baby come here to me Come here to me It's raining Oh baby it's raining
A girl with an immense crush on Kira, Misa is a popular idol in Japan, and tends to wear clothing in many different styles, depending on what she is doing. She is immature and tends to refer to herself in the third person in an attempt to be cute. Misa is completely devoted to Light, and she once said that she loved him at first sight. Light, however, only views her as an asset to his plans because of her Death Note and her Shinigami eyes (that she obtained at the cost of half of her remaining life span, twice). The murderer of Misa's parents had been punished by Kira, explaining her later devotion to him
L is the world's three top-rated detectives (through two additional aliases), tasked with tracking down and arresting Kira. As such, he is Light's arch-enemy. His disheveled appearance masks his great powers of deduction and insight. L has many quirks, such as sitting in an odd manner (he squats on the edge of his seat, with his knees up by his chin), snacking on sweets in the middle of meetings, and holding his cellphone and other objects in a peculiar manner. He often takes drastic strategies to confuse and force his opponents, and on several occasions he has willingly disclosed several of his weaknesses to Kira at the risk of his own life in the hopes that he would lure him into a trap.
The protagonist of Death Note, Light is an extremely intelligent but bored 17-year old student. When he finds the Death Note, dropped in the human world by Ryuk, he decides to use it to kill all criminals and earns the title Kira. His ultimate goal is to cleanse the world of evil to create a utopia and then reign over this new world as its God. He calls himself Justice.
The original shinigami who dropped the Death Note in the human world, which Light would pick up. Acting out of pure boredom, Ryuk begins the story of Death Note on a whim. It is stated that Ryuk found the second Death Note in the shinigami world. Ryuk is not Light's ally, and in fact declares in their first meeting that some day he (Ryuk) would write Light's name into his own Death Note, killing him. Ryuk often refuses to aid Light and instead enjoys watching him struggle for his goal. He acts for his own interests and entertainment, and often fails to tell Light key details about the Death Note. However, Ryuk will aid Light if it serves his own goals, such as providing amusement or obtaining apples, without which he suffers a form of withdrawal symptoms.
Rem
The female shinigami who first gives Misa her Death Note and Shinigami eyes. Similar to Ryuk, Rem possesses two Death Notes; however, she purposely gives one of them to Misa Amane. Rem inherited her second Death Note from Jealous, another shinigami who died when he saved Misa's life, and thought it only right to pass it on to Misa. Oddly enough, Rem inherits Jealous' love for Misa as well and is prompt to defend Misa even at the cost of her life. She shows this when she openly shows her lack of trust for Light, stating that she will kill him if Misa dies before her time.
Light’s father, a police detective assigned to investigate Kira.
Summary:
The second film continues the events from the first movie, and uses plot elements from the Yotsuba arc as well as the series' ending. The role of Higuchi is replaced by Takada, who is eventually captured as Higuchi is in the manga. Light kills Takada to regain ownership of his Death Note. Light then manipulates the investigation towards Misa, forcing Rem to kill L and Watari. As L is dying, Light admits to him that he is Kira. However, it is revealed later that L faked his death. L had already written his own name in Misa's Death Note (replacing the Note with a fake copy), setting his death for the maximum of 23 days, thus overriding Rem's Death Note. The investigation team surrounds Light, shooting him when he attempts to write on the hidden piece of Death Note in his watch. In a final gambit, Light asks Ryuk to kill the investigation team, but Ryuk writes down Light's name instead. Light dies in his father's arms. L obtains possession of both the Death Notes and burns them. Twenty days later, he dies a peaceful death after being congratulated by Soichiro. Soichiro agrees to not tell his family that Light was really Kira.
Credits: wikipedia
What I Think:
Ever since I started watching part 1, I cannot stop my Death Note mania. This sequel is better, more intriguing, more gripping than the first one. My fave scene and probably one of the highlights of the movie was when all three, Misa, L and Light met each other face to face. I swear to god, I thought L was already a fried dead tempura after that! But in Death Note, you never know what’s going to happen, it is very gripping, and once you tell yourself that this might happen or this is what Light will do, he just starts something new and it makes you crazy!
The thought of having 2 shingami gods almost made me go nuts…so that means 2 death notes...jeez! Plus Misa has the shingami eyes too, which means she can kill a person just by mere looking at him! Unlike Light who needs to see the person’s face and get his REAL name before he can write down and kill that person.
Having 2 geniuses meet each other and play a good game of chess was fantastic. I love the crystal chess piece set, L! They are just outwitting and outplaying each other. And Misa for the love of Buddha, she was just crazy over Light that she follows him blindly, god! Erika Toda played the annoying Umi in Hana Yori Dango 2, she just kills me!
The soundtrack, songs were okay if you are into the whole Red Hot Chili Peppers thing than you would be happy to know they sang the opening and the closing credits.
Direction is just awesome, very truthful to the manga, cinematography is crisp, and the special effects (working on the graphics of the shingami gods of death) were good too. Watch Death Note and you are in for the most terrifying and the craziest time of your jap-movie watching life! I love Kenichi!!
Ikuta Toma as Oribe Junpei Tsurumi Shingo as Uchida Ken Kanjiya Shihori as Hinata Sara Sasaki Sumie as Tama Toda Erika as Nakashima Umi Sato Megumi as Sanjou Sakurako David Ito as Nishida Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko Matsushima Nanako as Doumyouji Tsubaki Kaga Mariko as Doumyouji Kaede
Synopsis:
This second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the Christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan.
Some time later, Domyoji's mother announces that they will be returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy birthday party for Domyoji and announce something very important. Domyoji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir. The only difference is that they are to be wed soon. What will Makino do?
On the side, Rui begins to fall in love with Makino... will this become a love... square?
Know it when people do second installments of a famous and successful movie, they tend to flop? Like Star Wars or MeteorGarden. Well Hana Yori Dango 2: The Return did not. HYD 2 is even better than the first season.
The love connection --- You can feel the resurgence of the chemistry of Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto! They just look good together! For the most parts of this series, I felt like Tsukushi was no longer the very very gutsy girl we knew she was in season 1, all her kick ass strength just went pufffft into thin air, I guess love would make you do that --- somehow change. She was stoic, thoughtful and sometimes a cry-baby.
In this season, Rui tells Tsukushi he loves her! Now Rui, I was so baffled with this guy, I am not sure if he told Tsukushi he loves her because he really does or for something else. I know there are a lot of people rooting for Rui because he was patient, kind, encouraging and loving; but I have realized that Tsukushi's personality fits more with Tsukasa, definitely does!
With Tsukasa and Tsukushi going crazy over a lot of things, then comes Shigeru shigery jumping into the picture as Tsukasa's fiancée! It just bothers me how she can just shrug things off and smile and go on liking Tsukasa, but she redeemed herself with her graceful exit, liked her for that.
Umi, holy clouds, what's with this girl? She is more annoying that Shigeru shigery…grrr!*mental note: I have only seen Umi act in the ending parts of Death Note movie* this girl is crazy! When Rui told her that she will never be forgiven because of what she did to Tsukasa and Tsukushi, man, I was like "Yeah! Way to go Rui!!" And he also tells her to get lost and not to interfere when he talks to Tsukasa, yeah Go Rui! Ganbaste!
The side stories, the whole "Suki Jiro" this was quite romantic but unnecessary I think. "Suki Jiro" means I Love You Jiro, I was just so sad for Sojiroh when he did not come to see what Sara wanted him to see. He should have hooked up with Tsukushi's best friend too hehe!
I was crying when Tsukasa was helping Susumo Makino out on expressing the way he feels for his girl, he was so brave I know how difficult it is to give a girl a love letter haha! His execution was fantastic…I love Susumo! I like how stupid boys look when they are in love ^_^
I liked HYD from ep 1. I thought Jun Matsumoto was really good, by ep 6 I was totally in love with him, I like his wavy hair, looks so likeable unlike Dao Ming Zhi's infamously hideous pineapple hairstyle, I like the way he smiles with his mouth kinda angled and slighted. I did feel like something's falling out by episode 8, I don't know if I was just tired of Makino or Tsukasa but it does pick up from ep 10 onwards.
The songs: The opening song was once again sung by the J-pop group Arashi, and Matsujun is a part of this group, which gives it more meaning, I guess. The song is entitled, "Love So Sweet" and was the eighteenth single they released. Like "Wish", the single debuted at number one on the Oricon chart, initially selling 204,000 copies. It was the best selling single of the group since "A Day in Our Life" in 2002.
The insert song was sung by the ever-so-famous Utada Hikaru. Entitled, "Flavor of Life", it's Hikki's eighteenth Japanese single. It is Utada's first single since 2003 to sell over 200,000 copies in it's first week, the first single to sell over two million downloads before release and the first song to sell over three million downloads total. These sales, along with the single's chart success, have made this one of Hikki's most successful single in years.
- Credits: spcnet
I like Utada Hikaru's Flavor of Life Ballad Version so much, but you know when you hear it over and over every time in each episode, you just kinda like "mehn…" wince.The acting was superbly brilliant especially Jun Matsumoto's. The supporting cast's acting was reinforcing everything, oh and Junpei was really gorgeous too, this is an awesome sequel!
Rating: 10 Japanese Tempura out of 10
Other Stuff:
Flavor of Life – Utada Hikaru
Lyrics & Music: Utada Hikaru
Arigatou to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai sayonara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horonigai The flavor of life
tomodachi demo koibito demo nai chuukan chiten de shuukaku no hi wo yumemiteru aoi furu-tsu ato ippo ga fumidasenai sei de jirettai no nan notte? baby~
arigatou to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai sayounara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horonigai The flavor of life
amai dake no sasoi monku ajike no nai doku sonna mono ni wa kyoumi wa sosorarenai omoitoori ni ikanai toki datte jinsei suteta mon janai tte
doushita no? to kyuu ni kikareru to "uun. nandemo nai" sayounara no ato ni kieru egao watashi rashikunai sinjitai to negaeba negau hodo nandaka setsunai "aishiteru yo" yori mo "daisuki" no hou ga kimi rashii janai? The flavor of life
wasurekakete ita hito no omoi wo totsuzen omoidasu koro furitsumoru yuki no shirosa wo omou to sunao ni yorokobitai yo
daiyamondo yorimo yawarakakute atatakana mirai teni shitai yo kagiri aru jikan wo kimi to sugoshitai "arigatou" to kimi ni iwareru to nandaka setsunai sayounara no ato no tokenu mahou awaku horonigai The flavor of life
Love so Sweet
Arashi
Kagayaita no wa kagami demo Taiyou demo nakute Kimi dato kizuita toki kara Ano namidagumu kumo no zutto ue ni wa Hohoemu tsuki Love story Mata hitotsu
Kizutsuita yume wa Kinou no kanata e Sora ni hibike Ai no uta
Omoide zutto zutto Wasurenai sora Futari ga hanarete ittemo Konna sukina hito ni Deau kisetsu Nido to nai Hikatte motto Saikou no lady Kitto sotto omoi todoku Shinjiru koto ga subete Love so sweet
Sokokara itsumo mieru youni Kono te wo sora ni muke Hirogaru Kimi to no omoide Ano takakunade ijippari na Boku wo kaeta kimi no te Love story Aruki dasu
Magari kunetteta Futatsu no tabiji wa Koko de hitotsu Niji ni nare
Omoide zutto zutto Oikaketa yume Futari ga tooku e ittemo Donna tsurai yoru mo Kujikesouna Chikai demo Waratte motto Saigo no lady Kitto sotto negai todoku Akenai yoru wa naiyo Love so sweet
Tsutae kirenu itoshisa wa Hana ni natte machi ni futte Doko ni itemo kimi wo "koko" ni kanjiteru
Omoide zutto zutto Wasurenai sora Futari ga hanarete ittemo Konna sukina hito ni Deau kisetsu Nido to nai Hikatte motto Saikou no lady Kitto sotto omoi todoku Shinjiru koto ga subete Akenai yoru wa naiyo Shinjiru koto ga subete Love so sweet
Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4's bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.
Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a "tough weed". She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.
The series is based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Hana Yori Dango" (Boys Before Flowers) by Kamio Yoko.
Credits: wikipedia
What I Think:
Now where do I start this review, I just love this series so much! The acting, was superb… the acting of the leads T and T, Tsukasa and Tsukushi—Jun Matsumoto as Domyouji Tsukasa was really good. I was not a big Matsu Jun fan before; I cannot believe he was casted as the bullish, hard-headed leader of the F4! Jun looks frail, tall, so reed lean and girly to a fault but man was he awesome as Domyouji, he'd grow on you. He was perfect as the toughie but softie Domyouji-kun. He totally surprised me, caught me off-guard at how such a great actor he is, he was just splendid!
Mao Inoue as Makino Tsukushi was superb! She was hella good! She was only 18 when they did this series but she held her own alongside her all-male F4 cuties! Haha! Mao was gripping, touching, hecka funny, perky and all-around-awesome! She was my run away favorite!
Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui— Do not hate me for this, but people I do not seem to gravitate to Oguri Shun, he does not look good at all. If I was Makino and I would choose between him and Domyouji, haha, I would go for Domyouji in a heartbeat! His acting though was very close to the manga, he was a cool, composed, brooding and silent person. I just hated the fact that he made Makino his rebound girl…aish!
And for Matsuda Shota as Soujiroh and Abe Tsuyoshi as Akira, I like them because for the first time I can decipher who is who, who likes dating older women etc...Because Meizuo and Ximen in MeteorGarden pretty much looks and acts the same to me.
Of the supporting cast, faves were Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa) because right from the moment she appeared she just stole the show. She was pretty, strong and awesome! No wonder she is a well-loved and famous j-actress! Worth mentioned acting is Makino's mother, she was strong and funny I like her. Sakurako, omg she was scary, I have a friend who cannot seem to finish watching HYD coz she was so afraid of Sakurako! She was lifted from a horror movie.
The fashion style, Mao Inoue looks cute in her uniform; she will always be my Teen of Japan winner! She looks so regal and homely in her store kimono uniform, she looks so beautiful wearing her formal dress! Jun Matsumoto… all I can say is he looked pretty much better than Jerry Yan (as Dao Ming Zhi), he flumped in some of his clothes, god he even wore that stupid-looking fur coat to a date! He looks adorkable still, he looks good in the succeeding scenes don't worry. Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa) looks very sophisticated, she does not look like a married woman at all, and she was fierce, sophisticated, funny and ever so composed! She was in The Ring (Jap Version)! That's why she looks familiar!
I just need to write the ending scenes, that scene was promising, awesome!
Domyoji:
I'll come back when I become even more awesome as a man,
Even if you beg me
Or tell me you can't live without me
I think it will make you stronger.
But even now
Even in the future
Or even way in the future
You'll always be the only girl I'll ever approve of
I'm going to be with you Makino.
I know you're happy.
Makino: No way
Domyoji: You a liar. You are in love with me
Makino:
I am in love with you.
You are stupid, selfish and self-center,
I've fallen in love with you.
Tsukushi's gold cell phone (given by Domyoji) has a Star Wars Imperial March ring tone! I was kinda laughing when I heard it, so fitting for Domyouji…come into the darth side...Hehe. And Kento Handa, my masked rider boy…holy crap where the clouds was he in the series?!! Maybe I was just so engrossed with Jun that I did not catch him, my Gokusen boys!!
The story stayed close and true to the manga, but cutting a lot of things (what with 9 episodes from the manga's 36 ep), scenes were greatly shot, useless characters being cut, and script was awesomely written. It was fast-paced, gripping, moving, made me laugh, the ending made me cry though, so bitter-sweet. Awesome soundtrack too, the main theme Wish by Arashi was lively and perky. Ai Otsuka's Planetarium was very Hana Yori Dango-ish and Utada Hikaru's Flavor of Life was marvelous.
And if you'd ask me how this one fair out with MeteorGarden, Hana Yori Dango definitely wins in a heartbeat!
Rating: 10 Japanese Tempura out of 10
Other Stuff:
LEFT CLICK on the links to download. The first 3 songs are awesome!!
Cast: Kenichi Matsuyama - as L Tatsuya Fujiwara - as Light Yagami Asaka Seto - as Naomi Misora
Shidou Nakamura - as Ryuuk (voice) Shigeki Hosokawa - as Raye Penber Shunji Fujiwara - as Watari Sota Aoyama - as Touta Matsuda Takeshi Kaga - as Souichirou Yagami Tatsuhito Okuda - as Ukita Yuu Kashii - as Shiori Akino Hikari Mishima - as Sayu Yagami Ikuji Nakamura - as Kanzo Mogi Matt Lagan - as Lind L. Taylor Michiko Godai - as Sachiko Yagami Shin Shimizu - as Shuichi Aizawa
Erika Toda - as Misa Amane
Synopsis:
THIS SUMMARY IS FULL OF SPOILERS.
This movie is about a college student named Light Yagami. One day he hacked into the FBI system and looked at the profiles and saw that some criminals never got caught or the cases are dropped. Since he wanted to become a lawyer, finding out about this made him really angry and he wanted to go see for himself whether this is true or not and it turned out that it is true. At the bar, there is a criminal there and the criminal is telling his buddies how he killed and Light overheard. He then left while it is raining and found a notebook on the ground. He picked it up and went home.
The notebook is really special. The human name that is written in the book will die and Light thought that is funny and unbelievable but he wrote the name of another criminal in the notebook and he died of a heart attack. If the death is not specified, then the human will die of a heart attack. Later, he found out that the notebook is real and so he began killing by writing the names of criminals into the book and every time, the criminals would die.
At this time, his pen name Kira, is formed and there were websites and many adored him for getting rid of the evil. Ryuk is the owner of the notebook before he dropped it and Light found it. So Ryuk stays with Light but no one could see him except for Light. I guess you could say that Ryuk is a spirit or a demon of some sort.
Though Light's intention is good, he began to kill for other reasons, thus making him the bad guy. He does not kill to get rid of evil but for his own motives. He even killed his own girlfriend, Shiori. You see? He's really bad and selfish. He's really intelligent and knows how to manipulate. Ryuk, at this point, started to see that. During Light's killings, his dad, who works for the FBI, began to investigate the cases and L aided them. He is another main character in here that secretly investigates Kira or Light with the help of the FBI, forming a group so to say. L suspected Light and still does at the end of the movie.
So the movie surrounds how L is trying to prove that Light is actually Kira and how Light hides his true identity.
At the end of the movie, Light joins in the FBI group to hunt down Kira. His purpose for this is to get close to L and the others and to stop them from finding out the truth. Sneaky isn't he? Also at the end of the movie, another girl appears by the name of Misa. She also has another Death Note that is for her. I wonder what will happen.
Credits: spcnet
What I Think:
I like watching Japanese series and movies because they are fast-paced, I am not really good with finishing movies and series that I have started watching, and I watched this movie out of curiosity…I saw a Death Note book and it looks so intriguing.
Let's start with the acting…
Kenichi Matsuyama - as L pretty much was born to play the role...he nailed the parts where he did L's mannerisms,the way he holds the cups, the stick, the cellphone; most of his scenes have him eating sweets, his eyes focused on tv monitors, sucking his thumb like a big baby and hair tussled everywhere. Kenichi definitely looks better with black eye liner and fussy hair than his clean-cut look; I have to say he is a cutie but borders on freakily psychotic! And I did not know he was in Gokusen?! Like every hot Jap actor starred in gokusen!! I should finish that series. Yeah yeah fine I like him, there and I like his name.
Tatsuya Fujiwara - as Light Yagami has better acting skills. Though he is not at all a looker, he was quite okay in the acting department. I am really bothered by his super-straight, broad shoulders…and his nose! Nose is not a good sight, he reminds me of a jukebox el cheapo singer! Haha! I just hated his character that's because, he has the gaul to even kill his loved ones!
The supporting actresses, Asaka Seto - as Naomi Misora and Yuu Kashii - as Shiori Akino…one thing about these 2 ladies, they are so pretty! They have little screen time that I have nothing much to say about them, except that Asaka as Naomi Seto was fierce, strong, and convincing.Poor Shiori. Tsk tsk.
Ryuk, man he looks like an ordinary Tekken/gamecube character stuffed in the movie, when he first flew over Light, the graphics were not so good but the movie was really nice.
The soundtrack… like every other Japanese movie lifted from awesome shoju mangas, the soundtrack was awesome. Two songs stand out the most; Manatsu no Yoru no Yume which plays out as Light takes Shiori on a date to the museum. I love that song! The other is the ending theme, Dani California from Red Hot Chilli Peppers.
Rating: 9 out of 10 Japanese Tempura
Other Stuff:
* Death Note - A Death Note is a book held by a Shinigami which has the power to kill people if certain conditions are met. All Death Notes follow a long set of specific rules.
* Before releasing his Death Note into the human world, Ryuk wrote some of the more basic rules on the first page in English, because he believed that English was the most popular language in the world. The rules written by Ryuk are the following:
1. The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
2. This note will not take effect unless the writer has the subject's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
3. If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the subject's name, it will happen.
4. If the cause of death is not specified, the subject will simply die of a heart attack.
5. After writing the cause of death, the details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.
* Sound of Death Note is a soundtrack featuring music from the first Death Note film composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai It was released on 17 June 2006.
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I am part chinese, part filipino. I got the best of both worlds, what can I say. Lucky me!
MY KPOP GASOO OF THE MOMENT: SE7EN
“ Guys like Se7en might dance too well to be tough guys, but you really shouldn't mess with them because they have meaner friends and hotter chicks than you'll ever have. “
-Windows of the Seoul
Getting to know South Korea through music videos
John Nova Lomax
K-POP GROUP OF THE MOMENT: WONDER GIRLS
Do you want someone like this?
Kwon Ji Young is VIP!
I love G-Dragon! Coz GD is VIP! I love Big Bang!
This G-kid grew up mighty fine!
He has an awesome voice…
amazing moves…
excellent style…
adorable side grin…
Kwon Leader is so fly!
Kwon Leader is a major hottie!
Kwon Leader is VIP!
MY ACTRESS OF THE MOMENT: MAO INOUE
MY ACTOR OF THE MOMENT: IKUTA TOMA
MY ULZZANG OF THE MOMENT: JANG GUN SUK
SONG OF THE MOMENT:
Wonder Girls – So Hot
CURRENT STATE OF THINGS
I am crazy for anything Wonder Girls and Big Bang because they simply rock my world out!
MY FAVE KOREAN SERIES:
Princess Hours
Jumong
My Girl
Full House
Love Story in Harvard
I’m Sorry I Love You
Super Rookie
Memories in Bali
Lovers in Paris
Prince Hours/ Goong - S
Cofee Prince
9 End 2 Outs
MY FAVE KOREAN MOVIES:
Taekgugi
The Classic
My Little Bride
Il Mare
Jenny Juno
Daddy Long Legs
My Sassy Girl
MY TOP KOREAN ACTORS
1. Won Bin
2. Jo In Sung
3. Kim Rae Won
4. Yun Jung Hun
5. Lee Jung Jin
6.Eric Moon
7. Chung Jung Myung
8. Lee Dong Wook
9. Joo Ji Hoon
10. Jung Woo Sung
MY TOP KOREAN ACTRESSES:
1. Kim Tae Hee
2. Jeon Ji Yeon
3. Song Hye Kyo
5. Han Ga In
6.Im Soo Jung
7. Yoon Eun Hye
8. Hyo Yi Jae
9. Son Ye Jin
PRINCESS HOURS ROCKS MY WORLD!
GO SHIN SEJA JOONAH!!
gomsehmaree gah han jib eh ees uh
appa gom
umma gom
eh gee gom
appa gom eun ddong ddong heh
umma gom eun nahl sheen heh
eh gee gom eun num moo gee uh wuh
euh seuk euh seuk jahl han da
MY TO DO LIST:
1. Travel the World.
I’ve always been fascinated with foreign places.
I want to go to London & see Prince William. See The Northern/ Southern Lights in Australia. Be amazed by Egypt & the Pyramids of Giza. Watch the waves wash the shore in Hawaii.
2. Do an Asian tour with my close friends.
We plan to hop to South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and Indonesia. All we need is a date. Hint Hint Hint.
3. Get married in a church on top of a hill where I can only feel warmth, peace, love and happiness.
4. Learn a second language.
Because learning a second language is like having a second soul.
5. Be in two places at the same time.
It doesn’t just happen in the movies you know.
NAE SARANG SHINHWA!
ME AND BIGBANG--WE BELONG TOGETHER!
BIG BANG IS VIP!
EAU:torride[M] for the se7en/shinhwa banner
popcornfor2 for the cute goong and full house gifs
P_SE7EN@popcornfor2 for the goong-s gifs
ygbigbang for the big bang gifs
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