Howl's Moving Castle Review

yes i have never watched this movie before even though it's old. and for those of you that are not familiar with anime movies, this movie is made by studio ghibli, the same company that made Spirited Away.

WARNING: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THESE REVIEWS ARE OPINIONATED, ANY OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TOWARDS ANYONE SPECIFIC. THANKS AND PROCEED WITH CAUTION. ;)'

This movie and its soundtrack has to be one of the most famous soundtrack in the anime movies world, what with its beautiful piano solo and whatnot. the plot is basically about a young girl being turned into an old woman by a curse, she starts to work at howl's moving castle and eventually fell in love with him.

all i can say was this movie was definitely beautiful. the artwork was amazing and the details were just absolutely stunning. It was sad, happy, funny, touching at the same time. You just cant help loving these characters. i strongly recommend it and if you havent watch it already watch it. the soundtrack matched the artwork in an unexplainable way and it was just ..amazing

sorry this review was so short lol, i dont really feel like doing anything these days :( see you next time !

A Werewolf Boy Movie Review

*listening to sad osts and trying not let my feels for this movie drown me* Hi hi, I just recently finished this movie at 11:30pm last night and my eyes were so red and puffy from all the crying that it was still puffy this morning.. Q-Q oh my this movie was so faBULOUS THAT I have no words for it.

WARNING: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THESE REVIEWS ARE OPINIONATED, ANY OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TOWARDS ANYONE SPECIFIC. THANKS AND PROCEED WITH CAUTION. ;)

A Werewolf Boy is a korean melodrama movie that was in multiple film festivals way before it was released. After it was released, it quickly became one of the most successful korean melodrama of all time. (according to wikipedia ofcourse). The reason why I decided to watch it was because many people told me it was REALLY good and I was instantly interested by the trailer (keep in mind that i dont usually watch korean dramas or movies :/). I know what you're thinking, after watching the trailer, many critics said that it was the korean version of Twilight. NO. Don't judge a movie by its trailer, it was definitely WAY different than Twilight and the meaning behind the plot was WAY deeper and sadder and all those good things. (No offense to any twi-hards because i do love twilight, team jacob! (: )

In short, this story is about a teenage girl - Kim Suni (Park Bo-young), who suffers from a lung disease, moving to a country house with her family. One day, she found a teenage boy (Song Joong-ki) lying in her courtyard who doesn't know how to speak or read. Her goodhearted mom took him in and named him Chul-soo. At first Suni didn't like this strange boy whose actions are like a dog's, but gradually, she starts to teach him to read and speak. During this time, their feelings towards each other grew as well.

At the beginning of the movie, there were many funny elements to it that made me actually laughed out loud, and I was desperately trying to stifle my laughter so I don't wake up my parents. Then towards the climax and the end of the story, my laughter quickly died and turned into sobbing. Watching the extended ending of this movie (there is an extended version and a normal version, and I watched the extended one), I had never cried so hard in my whole life. It was like the kind of crying where you ran out of tears and it just becomes dry heaving. Yes, it was that sad (or touching).

Anyways, I really admired the way Song Joong-ki acted, because he had only like 1-2 lines in this whole movie. He was simply acting with only his expressions and actions for the entire movie. The message of his actions was shown through really clearly, and I didn't feel like he was just an actor with no emotions. (because he has LOTS).

One thing I didn't like about the movie was how there were parts that are really dark and I can't really tell what is happening (maybe it was the quality of the video I was watching), though it did create an eerie effect. Other than that, I really didn't like the villain (or should i say all korean villains), because they just make me so frustrated since they are always so heartless and make the main characters suffer a lot. Also, the villain in this movie was similar to many drama villains, so that didn't really matched the style of this story.

Overall, I really liked this movie and I would give everything a 5 out of 5. (mostly because i give everything i really like a 5) BUT SERIOUSLY YOU ALL SHOULD WATCH THIS MOVIE (even though i really wanted there to be a kissing scene but there isnt :/). 

One last warning: if you are going to watch it, prepare a box of tissue, because i wasn't kidding when i said my eyes were all puffy and red after watching it.

Hope you all had a fun march break, and I hope you all watch this movie before you get ready for school tomorrow! That's it for now, thank you all for reading till the end! :)

Les Miserable Review

wanted to do other reviews but after watching this movie, i just had to do this first.

WARNING: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THESE REVIEWS ARE OPINIONATED, ANY OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TOWARDS ANYONE SPECIFIC. THANKS ;)

Les Miserables is a 2012 movie adaptation of the novel Les Miserables.  This is no normal movie, it's a musical. So if you really really really dislike musicals this is not the one for you.

I'm sure you would recognize some of the actors or actresses on the cover. Yes, Hugh Jackman from Wolverine is on this, and yes Anne Hathaway, and Amanda Seyfried is in this musical too. (and no i did not know that Amanda Seyfried can sing soprano)

The story is about 19th century France, when the civil war was currently going on. Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) finally free from slavery, decided to lead a new life, but unfortunately, the policeman Javert (Russell Crowe) figured out his fake identity and tried to capture him. Jean Valjean meets Fantine (Anne Hathaway) and agrees to look after her daughter Cosette (Amanda Seyfried) just before Fantine dies. Then 8 years later, the civil war breaks out and Cosette falls in love with Marius (Eddie Redmayne) who was fighting the war himself. This story is truly about fight, dream, hope, and love.

This musical is truly a musical, where every dialogue was exchanged through music and singing, there were only 2 sentences where they didn't use singing to communicate their ideas. For a music geek like I am, I really enjoyed the music because it was brilliant and I felt like it actually communicates the character's feeling better than normal dialogue would. The movie was very touching and sad that throughout the whole story, I teared up a lot, and of course, as the crier that I am, I was literally bawling at the end. Even if you didn't enjoy the story, the music would just capture your heart. (i still sat there and listened to the music way after the credits started rolling).

At first, when Marius meets Cosette, I was like this is romeo and juliet all over again. But later on, I realized their love is different, and besides Marius was totally cute :/ Other than that, I really really really enjoyed and totally loved this movie. I hope there will be other awesome musicals soon like this one :) .

IF YOU LOVE SINGING IN SCHOOL CHOIRS AND LOVE MUSIC, SERIOUSLY WATCH THIS MOVIE OMG IT'S SO FREAKING AWESOME . k as for rating no doubt 5 out of 5 for everything. Like really, it's even nominated for oscar...

If you are curious about the music, do search it up. Here's a youtuber who did all 7 character's songs perfectly alone.  He is awesome. (how often do you see a guy who can sing soprano? not often.) My favourite pieces in this movie were One Day More and Do You Hear The People Sing (where I totally cried when they sang it)

and there's that, watch this movie in the theater if you can and stay tune for the next review ;) .

Looking for alaska review

so today is a friday and im bored and i like reviewing stuff and i just felt like reviewing something else :)
just a side note: there is  A LOT of snow outside, its finally like how winter should be and im happy about that :/ even though its kinda of a snow storm LOOL anyways

since last time i reviewed John Green's The Fault In Our Stars , i've decided to review Looking For Alaska as well, but i read it a few weeks ago so there might not be that many information :/

WARNING: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THESE REVIEWS ARE OPINIONATED, ANY OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TOWARDS ANYONE SPECIFIC. THANKS ;)

cool book cover eh? anyways, i first heard of this book in a class discussion. we were supposed to suggest the best books that we've ever read, and a lot of people repeatedly suggested this book. Before this, I have never read any books by john green so i am kind of curious

The story is about a teen named Miles (or Puck as other people call him) who goes to a boarding school and is obsessed with famous people's last words, meets Alaska Young who is obviously gorgeous and funny. Her presence really changed his life and the way he sees the world.

At first glance at the title, many people, including me ofcourse, thought it was about looking for the country alaska, but really, it's about looking for Alaska Young, a girl in the story. The story is separated into two parts - before and after. Both takes place one hundred and thirty six days before/after the main event. When I started reading, I was really sucked into the story because it is sometimes suspenseful and sometimes fun to read about what the characters are doing. I feel like I am actually following the journey of Puck and experiencing these things with him. This is one of the reasons I liked John Green and this novel, I can relate to it. Well, maybe not the events, but to the way the people talk and they behave. As for the concept of looking for alaska, they are not "looking for" alaska exactly, as in literally, instead, he means looking into her past and trying to understand her.

In a way, this book is just like The Perks Of Being A Wallflower, if you ever read that one. Teenagers smoke in it, they drink in it. But for some reason, this is all so interesting to read. this book also taught me a lot of important lessons like YOLO. lol but seriously .

my favourite character in this book is probably the Colonel. He certainly was a very strong character and he plans all the pranks they do. His ideas are really bold and he is really bold. I just like that kind of personality, even though he is a bad boyfriend. :/

Anyways at the end of this, or i mean at the middle of this, i did cry a little bit. But overall, i did not want to drop the book at all. This is a definite read and i would give it a 5 out of 5. :) Good job John Green, you just successfully captured a new reader ! Go check this book out guys, and if you did, i hope you felt the same way i did when i read the book.

k this is the end of this review, thanks for reading till the end and i hope you're not trapped in the snow :(

but really HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR if you celebrate it, and REMEMBER to get some red pockets ;).

The fault in our stars + Madoka magica review (long post)

so um.. i haven't been on this for a long time :/ mostly because there wasn't any emotional moments that i would like to jot down or inspirations for a poem. so today i've decided to come back again to update this, and hopefully i can keep up the reputation c;
well, i've said that i would do anime or book reviews but i havent kept my promise so today ill do one anime and one book review that i had just finished reading/watching recently.

WARNING: BEFORE YOU MOVE ON, THESE REVIEWS ARE OPINIONATED, ANY OFFENSIVE COMMENTS ARE NOT MEANT TOWARDS ANYONE SPECIFIC. THANKS ;)

kso, the first book review i'm going to do is The Fault In Our Stars by John Green.

Recently there was this huge hype about John Green and his books and i've decided to try one of his books, which happened to be Looking For Alaska. (no reviews sorry, but def check it out). I was surprised when I read the book because it really captivated me. Normally i dont prefer books that are about teenager lives and no fantasy elements in it, but john green's style of writing really captivated me. It was like he really knows how we felt and how we talk, and I felt like the book was actually spoken from that character's point of view (unlike in other books, where the language just doesnt really match the character). Anyways so I really liked Looking For Alaska, so i decided to try The Fault In Our Stars next because it's the most recent one.

This book is basically about a girl - Hazel who is diagnosed with lung cancer, and she meets this (hotsmartfunny) guy in support group (obviously) named Augustus. They immediately clicked because of their past + present experiences with cancer and because they really just match each other (OTP if you know what I mean). So they go through a lot of things together and they really talked about life and their fears, mostly of dying of cancer.

When you read the plot synopsis, it actually sounds like there isnt much to the story other than two cancer kids meet eachother and fall in love with happy ending. But no, John Green really made this a very special story because as I read it, I felt like there was a lot we didnt know about dying. Also, a lot of life lessons can be learned from this book and it really makes you think after you finish. There was also a lot of memorable quotes in this book that really inspires you. At first when I read the story, i realized that John Green had kept his witty writing style (some of it was actually really funny, i laughed so hard) but the plot didnt really captured my attention, because it wasn't really advancing. So that was a disappointment. But towards the end, the whole book turns really touching, and I did teared up a lot. The twist ending really made me really sad and I really cried a lot because SPOILER ALERT SKIP SMALL PRINT IF DONT WANT TO BE SPOILED: omg augustus died i was so sad omg poor otp and hazel .

So yeah, overall, I would give a 4.5 out of 5 stars for this book. If the plot had advanced more and had more suspense I would've gave it a 5. :/ But oh well, John Green good try. I still like your writing style though. :)

Favourite quote in this book: "Some infinities are bigger than other infinities."

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for anime review, i had recently finished Puella Magi Madoka Magica.

i know what youre thinking, but please, if youre not going to judge a book by its cover then dont judge an anime by its art please. i mean it , cuz i thought of the same thing when i saw the cover too. i mean really, it does look like some childish magic girls changing into uniforms and fighting evil/cute monsters. but NO and i mean it NO, if youre looking for those animes, this is not the one for you.

without spoiling (because to give the whole plot there will be A LOT of spoilers), this anime is basically about Madoka (the girl in pink) meets and saves a strange creature called Kyubey, who offered to grant her and her friend (the girl in blue) a wish if they become magic girls.

other than the art of the characters (even though it gets kind of cute after a while), the first three episodes were pretty happy and the technological future was very interesting to watch. But as the fourth episode rolls along, even at the end of the third, the mood totally changes, it gets really really dark, and everything just took a sharp turn. obviously, you would expect the main character - Madoka to become a magic girl like in the first few episodes, but no, half way into the anime, she is still a normal girl, while all her friends had became magical. I was kind of mad at the moment because I really wanted to see her in her pink uniform LOOL and because she was supposed to be a really strong mahou shoujou (magic girl). So this anime, like the book above, was really sad at the end. many sacrifices were made and it really wasnt a happy anime like i originally thought. but i should say, its really really really really cool though. even though it doesnt really have the cool fighting scenes like in other jump animes, it does sends a lot of important messages out into the audience and it is definitely not intended for young children under the age of 12, because it really is serious.

no wonder it got so many awards :/

As for main character, at first I thought i liked Rinko (the girl in red) cuz she likes to eat, but later on in the story, I started to like Homura Akemi (girl in black) because she was really strong and loyal.

Overall, i really liked this anime and had already recommended many of my friends to watch it. So if you dont mind the childish art and sad plots, you should definitely check it out. 

As for rating, I would rate the art 3 out of 5. The plot would definitely be a 5 out of 5. The ost would be 4.5 out of 5. (because it's by the same composer as pandora hearts' ost). Overall it would be a 4.5 out of 5.

P.S. the opening was so addicting i liked it the first time i heard it, def check it out : Connect - ClariS.

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well, if you read till the end of this, you're really cool and pat yourself on the back ;) because this took me one hour to write and lots of my brain cells. we have to part for now though. hopefully more reviews will be coming soon, for now ill get back to my poem writing and journals :). 

at the end of this, i would state again, these pictures are not mine and are founded on google image (yay google bestfriend). also, these reviews are my own opinions and if i had offended anyone i'm sincerely sorry, but i havent meant those for anyone specific so dont take them personally. or if you dont agree with my opinions then thats fine, we all have our own opinions. anyways if there was any wrong information, well im sorry im not as smart as you . Just kidding. not really.