Honey and Clover

[kaitou]

The best thing about Netflix is that has so much more than any video store could possibly have. This weekend Netflix has brought me 'The Story of One' a cute documentary narrated by Terry Jones about the history of the number one (and zero), and a Japanese movie adapted from a manga called 'Honey and Clover'

The opening line of Honey and Clover was "I love the cherry blossoms, but somehow I feel relieved when they fall." I thought "Oh God, it's going to be one of THOSE movies" and almost turned it off. But I didn't because every time I thought about giving up on it there would be one funny/cute moment. And I'm glad I stuck with it. It turned out to be one of those GOOD coming of age movies. The kind of movie that makes you nostalgic for high school/college friendships, and even MORE nostalgic for the way things weren't, but you thought they would be.

*happy sigh*

Comments

[mewsrissicat.livejournal.com]

That's so cool to hear! I've seen it a couple of times and wondered if it was worth pursuing...

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

I'm glad I held out, and finished watching. It was very sweet.

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

Eventually, Viz is supposed to have episodes of the Honey and Clover anime on its website for streaming and/or downloading, and when they do, I highly, HIGHLY recommend checking it out. I haven't seen the movie, so I can't compare, but the anime is really, really good.

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks for the heads up! I've really been enjoying the movies Vis has been bringing over. Love Con was hilarious, and Densha Otoko is a favorite. I think next for me is Nana.

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I LOVE the Love Con manga, I need to remember to get that movie. I should really check out Honey & Clover, too.

I have kind of a love/hate relationship with Nana...but the first movie takes place before everything goes to shit, so it's a lot of fun. (I STILL can't forgive the casting of Shin-chan, but he's barely in the movie at all, so you probably won't even notice.)

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

The Love Con movie has made me think about getting into the manga. The movie was so adorable and funny and manic.

Nana I've only read a chapter or two of. It didn't really ping me, but maybe the movie will be cute.

[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

adorable and funny and manic

That is pretty much exactly how I'd describe the manga. So...yeah. Read it. XD

After twenty-some volumes of manga, the message I take away from Nana is "Relationships are shit, friends are forever!" (I don't think that's what the mangaka is trying to say, but...) So, the friendship stuff (and the humor) I like, 90% of the relationship/romance stuff makes me want to beat my head against the wall. (There are one or two sane, stable couples in the mess there somewhere.)

[kaitou1412.livejournal.com]

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[wednesday-10-00.livejournal.com]

It was me, and DAMN that is awesome. XD I love Think Geek so much.