Went to catch the movie at Yishun (sometime back, date forgotten), with MLSA, who was kind enough to entertain me by driving all the way from the West to the North to catch the movie with me. Movie gets a 4-star rating from me.
And true enough, it was the kind that I liked. Stupid, entertaining, had me laughing, and interested enough to locate the anime on youtube, and I even contemplated buying the manga, except it was a TongLi version, and costs about 7.80. Given that the drawing style is not quite down my alley, I have given it a quick scan of the anime and manga, decided to give it a miss.. but you never know, if I had money to burn, I wouldn't mind reading it.., this is a hint for those who DO have the manga to lend it to me... haha!
This was a show I had been waiting for, as I love stupid movies like these. "L", also known as Ken'ichi Matsuyama, shows how talented he is, by looking and behaving nothing like the "L" we knew from Deathnote. His split personality within the movie was also dealt with quite well. Admittedly, there were parts of the movie that didn't quite gel, another typical trait of Japanese movies... it was believable since it is a manga/anime adaptation...
You should watch it after a hard day's work and all you want is to laugh and unwind.. it's not slapstick humour, it's just really very corny humour.. and if you're a guy reading this (I doubt there are.. but just in case), the lady interest is really quite pretty. Haha.. so eye candy for guys.. I love "L", but he's obviously not the best looking pebble on the beach. :)
Synopsis:
Souichi Negishi (Kenichi Matsuyama) is a conservative and pure-minded boy. He leaves his countryside home to go to Tokyo with a dream of becoming a fancy pop singer. In a twist of fate, he is forced to debut as a member of the satanic Death Metal band "Detroit Metal City" (DMC), whose trademark is an eccentric make-up and destructive performance.
Despite the intention of becoming a pop celebrity, he makes a triumphant debut as the Death Metal vocalist and the story hilariously describes the array of his woes until he finally faces off against the legendary and world-renowned Death Metal vocalist "Jack IL Dark" on the stage!
(Source: Golden Village Website)
For more info: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142972/
2 comments:
Oh Man this was also on my movie list of want to watch! But I'm surprised you didn't catch that one regarding the guy who had to become an undertaker, I heard it's good, though I haven't had time to watch that either.
Syncopatedid
yeah, u mean departures right? heard it was depressing, so i decided to give it a miss.
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