Nihil Obstat Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 My slightly teasing tone didn't come through too well. I agree with your last statement about cliche movies that know they're cliche and that's what makes them okay. Oh no, I totally got it. :D I just decided it warranted a long drawn out dissertation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 So last night I watched a masterpiece of Korean romantic comedy called Hello, Schoolgirl. If you think American rom-coms are stupid, formulaic, and ridiculous, then you absolutely need to see this, because it's worse in every conceivable way, and yet, infinitely better. THE PLOT: Kwon Yeon-woo (권연우) is a somewhat naive 30 year old low-level civil servant who works in a city hall branch office. After moving into a new apartment, he encounters a high school girl, Soo-young (수ì˜), and sees her on his way to work every morning. She is a cheerful and eccentric 18 year-old who lives with her mother downstairs from him. Over time, the two begin to develop feelings for one another. Meanwhile, 22 year old Kang Sook (강숙), has just started working at the branch office. He falls head over heels for 29 year old Kwon Ha-kyeong (권하경), a melancholy woman who wanders around taking pictures. She is still holding onto an old flame, and keeps looking for traces of that lost love every day. Kang Sook continues to woo her, regardless of her living in the past. Can these two relationships ever lead to a happy ending? The only reason I watched it is because of Sooyoung, who is a member of Girls Generation. And she is adorable, and annoying. Basically, the movie is a stupid and vapid waste of two hours, except it's also pretty much the greatest thing ever. Srsly, isn't she cute? Lol. Um, yeah she's attractive. She's Asian. Duh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 (edited) Some people can get too serious about their entertainment. Don't get me wrong, I love a movie or show as much as the next person that challenges me, makes me think, explores unique themes, etc.. But I also have lots of room for a movie or show that embraces cliche and convention, and just sets out to make something cute or silly. That is why on the one hand, some of my favourite anime are Serial Experiments Lain, or Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, both of which were, in their own ways, fascinating and of the very highest quality. But at the same time I legitimately enjoy something like Kimi Kiss or Hidan no Aria, neither of which are particularly unique or ambitious. In fact they're usually pretty cliched and over-the-top. On the other hand, sometimes there's a show like Sword Art Online or Guilty Crown, which can never quite decide if it wants to push conventions and make something unique, or stay within them and just make a solid, if unoriginal piece of work. Varying success in a show like that, but more often than not they get confused and fall flat. It's all the more frustrating because they'll often have moments of genius, and then never use it properly. And then, even on top of that, there are a rare few shows that stay entirely within genre conventions, like True Tears and Toradora!, but using the genre conventions and cliches, they play with them so well, with such a perfect combination of elements, that the show itself rises above the definition of the genre and becomes something special all on its own. It makes the stereotypical conventions its own, uses them so flawlessly, that it transcends the need for originality. If the show itself wasn't just right, it would end up firmly in the second category of fun but nothing special, but something just clicks that makes it so much more. All of that is just my own reading of things, at any rate. Lots of people would disagree with some or all of my classifications. :proud: Also, "Hello, Schoolgirl" very much belongs to that second category of being unoriginal, cliche, and silly, but not trying to pretend it's anything else, which is why it's not so bad at the end of the day. I enjoy top-quality movies, but some people just take it too seriously. I like a lot of movies others don't. For instance, one of my favorite movies is Therese, which a lot of people don't like. I'm pretty easy to please so long as it isn't a B movie. Movie snobs really annoy me, because if the budget of the movie was below ninety million it simply wasn't a quality film. Edited April 22, 2013 by FuturePriest387 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 22, 2013 Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 You should watch "The Beast From Haunted Cave". Masterpiece of crap horror films. :smile3: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 You should watch "The Beast From Haunted Cave". Masterpiece of croutons horror films. :smile3: Wrong. Watch Two-Headed Shark Attack. Absolute crouton-tastic masterpiece. I also recommend Titanic 2. The croutony acting and digital effects have given us so many wonderful times over the years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ContemporaryCaflicCrusader Posted April 23, 2013 Share Posted April 23, 2013 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095444/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1 there's a dumb creepy one for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 23, 2013 Author Share Posted April 23, 2013 I wanted to post a picture of the promo poster for Beast from Haunted Cave, but unfortunately it's so old-school that it was one of those posters with gratuitous near-nudity. Lots of underboob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 24, 2013 Author Share Posted April 24, 2013 Welp, this made my day: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted April 28, 2013 Author Share Posted April 28, 2013 To all my adoring fans: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nihil Obstat Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Last night I confirmed an important piece of information first-hand. The rumours are true: Jesus_Lol does indeed talk in his sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrossCuT Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Shave off an eyebrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Also yesterday I finished a show that has instantly stolen a place in my top five: Haibane Renmei. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not The Philosopher Posted May 10, 2013 Share Posted May 10, 2013 Also yesterday I finished a show that has instantly stolen a place in my top five: Haibane Renmei. Don't touch the walls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nihil Obstat Posted May 10, 2013 Author Share Posted May 10, 2013 Don't touch the walls. Indeed. I really appreciate how the show lets you make your own conclusions. You never find out exactly who or what the crow was. You never find out for sure how Rakka died. You never find out precisely why some people become Haibane, why certain people move on before others, what happens to a person who can't move on. 'Where' the city is, and what is outside. But you're given just enough in the way of clues that you can make some pretty strong guesses based on your understanding of the themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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