Sunday, August 07, 2005

I know I shouldn't have done this...

But I have been satisfying curiosity yet again +_+ I know that this is probably not a healthy habit that I should really tolerate in my daily life but I LOVE IT!! Err... maybe I should really tell you first what it is... Yesterday yet again I have been hiring DVDs and am err... 'proud' to say that most of it are animes... I borrowed 6 DVDs and I stayed up all night to watch it... OK... here's the list:

1. The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
To me this movie is actually not half that bad... A lot of dramatic humour behind this movie and very star studded casts as well as witty and quirky script... It satify me in a sense that this is a different comedy than all of the comedy movies I have witnessed so far... Taking in the real world as well as artifical... Hehehe "candy crabs" oh my gosh... they actually look like candy... hehehe... Anyways... getting back to my main point ehrm... the story goes that Steve Zissou is an oceanographer who is seeking revenge on a shark that has eaten his best friend... without getting into too many details there are a lot of dramas incorporated into this movie and as serious as it may be I cannot help but laugh at some of them... hehehe... it is after all a comedy :P The casts include Bill Murray, Owen Wilson, Anjelica Houston, Cate Blanchett, Willem Dafoe and Jeff Goldblum.

2. Garden State
Yes... This is probably the first movie that is written and directed by Zach Braff, if I am not mistaken... But I have to say that this movie has a lot of heart in it... it is tough and intense but at the same time subtle in its approach between scenes and events... I like it... The story goes Andrew Largeman is an unsuccessful actor that goes back to his hometown to attend his mother's funeral... there are a lot of twist and turn at the plots and so it is not really like your normal average romance... It is quirky and it is witty and I know that I have used that word a lot but I have no other word to describe it more than that I guess... I wished I could have a plethora of words embedded inside my brain...

3. Samurai Champloo Vol 2
OK... NEXT!! I know I have been bragging a lot about this Samurai Champloo but am not kidding when I said this is different than your normal average stereotypical animes around... it is very hard edge and err... modern even though it is set in medieval time and place... I know that it is not historically correct but I guess the point that I like to make is that you want to know where the story goes to next... that is why I borrowed the series again... but unfortunately they are an overnight loan... Well... the next one is actually sort of a continuance to the first one really nothing exciting happened as of yet...


4. Chrono Crusade
Now... This is the one that I will be getting very excited of... this is actually another of the animes that I have been trying to avoid from the shelf but cannot help it when they say you get to borrow FOR FREE whatever that is on 3 day loan... SO HECK YEAH!! Borrowed it... and looking forward to the next one... Basically the year is 1928 set in Brooklyn N.Y. and there is an Order that is called the Magdalene Order which is like an excorcist type of organisation, during the time the prosperity in turn took a toll on the rise of demonic Sinners in America... So basically they kick the devil's ass... hehehe... anyways... it is really cool to watch although there are a little bit of sexual references they are not a lot... But am looking forward to the butt kickings... hehehe... really cool stuff... and have a curious thought that I think the same people who did this may have been the same people who did Neon Genesis Evangelion... but I may be wrong... all in all a cool stuff to watch...

5. R.O.D. The TV (Read or Die: The TV) Vol 2 & 3
Thisiscoolstuff.... sorry sorry... I am sooo excited about this particular one... coz remember last time I mentioned that the volume one doesn't really give much story?? Well... it is getting scarier with each volume... ARGH can't wait for the fourth one!!! ok... I shouldn't have said scarier because that might put people a bit off but it is getting mysterious and interesting with each episode... it keeps you on edge... and the humour is still there but as you get to vol 3 the serious stuff began to unfold and then it stops... yes... it stops... damn you... when I watched it there are some small gaps sometimes in between the episodes... I think it might be the subplots that really lead up to the main plot but the subplots really have a small connection not such a big one to the 'story'...
I'm sorry I didn't mean to say main plot rather the story... Anyways... watch it... the first volume may be a little bit of a bummer but by the third you are officially hooked to the story... :P Anyways... that is all the DVDs that I borrowed and the order that I have put them on are the actual order of watching... OH MY GOODNESS!!! I never knew this but the creator of Please Twins and R.O.D are the same people!!!! (thanks animecubed hehehe for clearing that up... I was wondering where have I seen that kind of drawings from)

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