This always happens. Always.
Get a new one? No! Let's just fix it up!
Until the next time...
Posted by: SoNSo1 | 5:54:00 PM
Sunday, April 30, 2017
This always happens. Always.
Get a new one? No! Let's just fix it up!
Until the next time...
Saturday, April 15, 2017
Your Name 「君の名は」 was a big hit in Japan last year. It was close to dethroning Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away, as the most successful anime in the land of anime. The writer/director, Makoto Shinkai, is well regarded as an anime director himself. He's done some very notable anime particularly 5 Centimeters Per Second, so the success of this film isn't surprising. If you watch it you'll know why you'll be surprised.
The film starts off as a body-switching tale. The male protagonist, Taki, wakes up in the body of Mitsuha. He's out of place not only in body but in setting. He's a city boy of Tokyo. She lives in the country. Little does he know that she wakes up in his body. Slowly they get to know that these things are happening and they begin to work around their limitations. She gets him a date with the hot senpai at work. He makes a mess of her hair. Eventually, affection develops between the two such that he wants to see her live.
Then there comes a twist, which I don't want to spoil, but needless to say the film changes direction. It goes into some action mode and some sadness that had me thinking that I don't want it to end that way.
I really dug this kind of movie. I did like 5 cm/s, but this is on a whole another level. It does rival Spirited Away with its themes and all. I like that Shinkai is romantic. I like that in my anime. I wish you should see this classic. It didn't get an Oscar nomination, because Funamation, the distributor, really botched this roll out. The film has been out there since last fall, but they didn't show it except for a small showing to qualify for the Oscars. It should've been a bigger movie in the US. I hope you get to see it sometime.
4 of 5 stars.
The film starts off as a body-switching tale. The male protagonist, Taki, wakes up in the body of Mitsuha. He's out of place not only in body but in setting. He's a city boy of Tokyo. She lives in the country. Little does he know that she wakes up in his body. Slowly they get to know that these things are happening and they begin to work around their limitations. She gets him a date with the hot senpai at work. He makes a mess of her hair. Eventually, affection develops between the two such that he wants to see her live.
Then there comes a twist, which I don't want to spoil, but needless to say the film changes direction. It goes into some action mode and some sadness that had me thinking that I don't want it to end that way.
I really dug this kind of movie. I did like 5 cm/s, but this is on a whole another level. It does rival Spirited Away with its themes and all. I like that Shinkai is romantic. I like that in my anime. I wish you should see this classic. It didn't get an Oscar nomination, because Funamation, the distributor, really botched this roll out. The film has been out there since last fall, but they didn't show it except for a small showing to qualify for the Oscars. It should've been a bigger movie in the US. I hope you get to see it sometime.
4 of 5 stars.
Posted by: SoNSo1 | 10:37:00 PM
Thursday, April 13, 2017
What the? Star reviews are junk? They make it hard on users to judge quality? Come on now. I use star reviews for my movie posts. I find it easy to give everything a 3, good or bad, because everything is mediocre. Nothing stands out. Nothing is the best. Nothing is the worst.
And because all is subjective. You may like to know that I want you to make up your own damn mind. Go see it. Go do it. Don't let me be the judge.
Switch to a binary rating system?
I give the link 3 of 5 stars.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/the-fault-in-five-stars?utm_term=.cm0x63g8dd
And because all is subjective. You may like to know that I want you to make up your own damn mind. Go see it. Go do it. Don't let me be the judge.
Switch to a binary rating system?
I give the link 3 of 5 stars.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/carolineodonovan/the-fault-in-five-stars?utm_term=.cm0x63g8dd
Labels: lotd, sorted and ranked
Posted by: SoNSo1 | 4:53:00 AM
Thursday, April 06, 2017
I was not in the mood for cooking. Plus, I don't know what I want. All I knew was that I had mades some chicken stock last night and had too many eggs in the fridge. On the drive home, I thought I should've gotten a burger, but then I figured I would make some egg drop soup. I used this recipe atGimme Some Oven as the basis.
First, I had to figure out how to thicken the soup. That's how I ended up at gimmesomeoven.com. I guess duck duck go put it there for me. It's thickened with corn starch before heating the stock. I didn't have giger, so I skipped it and used white pepper. Not too much.
After it boiled I took some scrambled eggs and drizzled it in. I went too fast and I didn't get any of the strands of eggs. Sad.
Finally, I added some corn and some chicken along with the sesame seed oil.
Soup is good.
First, I had to figure out how to thicken the soup. That's how I ended up at gimmesomeoven.com. I guess duck duck go put it there for me. It's thickened with corn starch before heating the stock. I didn't have giger, so I skipped it and used white pepper. Not too much.
After it boiled I took some scrambled eggs and drizzled it in. I went too fast and I didn't get any of the strands of eggs. Sad.
Finally, I added some corn and some chicken along with the sesame seed oil.
Soup is good.
Labels: cooking
Posted by: SoNSo1 | 8:11:00 PM