Tsuki da…

owh no…what am i gonna make of this?…

[JMovie Review]: Boku no Hatsukoi Wo Kimi ni Sasagu

Finally got to watch this much-anticipated movie. I shan’t go much into its’ synopsis, did that in an earlier post here.

I was never good at making reviews and so I’m gonna keep my review short and brute. I love everything about the movie except for its ending. Kimochi warui! I don’t understand why they decided to end it differently from the manga. But that’s just my two-cent worth of opinion.

I certainly love the pairing between Okada Masaki and Inoue Maou that I wish they were really together off-screen. Definitely and eye-candy match, them both. MatsuJun fans are not gonna like this, but I’m definitely pro Okada-Inoue as compared to MatsuJun-Inoue couple.

It goes without saying that my favorite scenes from the movie would be everything of Takuma and Mayu together i.e. from the time they were just kids, how Takuma stood up for Mayu when she played got bullied in school, them taking the bus together, the ride together in the packed-train, the kissing scenes, and even the quarrel scenes. The chemistry between Takuma and Mayu is so believable, especially the kissed that lead to their consummation of their relationship. Not your ordinary peck on the lips kind of kiss.

Ooh, I must add (and not as a betrayal here for Takuma) that I like it how Takashi (Takuma’s love rival) calls Mayu ‘Hime’.

Another thing I wanna point out is that I’m really getting tired with the (sorry but I’m gonna use this word) –> ‘typical’ plot of a teenager’s first love that ends-up dying. Blah! Oopsy, I just leaked a big spoiler here, gomen-ne minna san. For the staunch manga fans of Boku no Hatsugoi, you may wanna stick to just reading the manga. Like I said in the beginning, they should have just stayed with the original manga ending.

If it weren’t for Okada and Inoue, I think I would have just skipped this movie altogether. But after having said that, it wasn’t such a big disappointment as I found myself after watching Tajomaru, starring Shun Oguri. For the benefit of those who don’t know, Okada and Oguri did a dorama together in HanaKimi. Yup, Okada played Sekime and his character was really overlooked by most because Ikuta Toma did such a brilliant job as Nakatsu!  N’way back to the story in hand, the latter movie was such a big disappointment that I would definitely ask non Oguri Shun’s fan to skip it altogether for fear that they will wonder what’s with the hype of Oguri as one of the rising actors in Japan nowadays.

Enough of Shun, I really wanna talk about Masaki Okada. I got hooked to him since HanaKimi really. After HanaKimi, he did a few more doramas and finally had his starring role in a dorama entitled Otomen. I didn’t follow this though – so much for a fan huh? Well, mainly because I’m more of a fan for his movies. Yup, he has a few movies under his belt already. Don’t just take my word for it, but he’s a talented actor. Among my favorite of his movies are Juryoku Pierrot and Harufuwei.

I’m happy to find out that for 2010, he already have two movies that I will be on the look-out for, and that will be  1) Raiou and 2) Matataki. I’m not quite liking the plot for the latter, but I shall keep my thoughts to myself until I’ve seen the movie.

One more last thing, as much as I like Okada Masaki’s curly manes, there are times when he’ s just really having a terrible bad hair day – literally speaking here! I hate it when that happens. But his voice could never go wrong for me. I simply love to hear him doing narration! XD

I don’t know what to make of this…

It’s been a week and the feeling is rather muddled…or is it really? I’m pretty sure it’s nothing. I’m certain it’s definitely nothing. Yup, of that I’m sure…
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and yet why do I feel this soft tugging at heart, hoping for a second encounter?