Jump and プロポス!

プロポス is katakana (Japanese characters). It reads pu-ro-po-su which means propose.

The jump word here represents the movie Jumper and プロポス comes from the J-Drama プロポーズ大作戦 (Proposal Daisakusen or Operation Love) which I'm going to talk about later.

Took a day off today since baoyuan and weilong is free to catch a movie. Wanted to catch L: Change the World but apparantly someone wants to catch it with his gf, so, oh well. Caught Jumper instead.


I give it WoooW (2.5/5)

No need for an introduction.

Final-Say: An interesting concept at first, but script not fully-realised. Some parts are quite exaggerating for the movie's own good but thankfully, the effects are great. Hayden Christensen and Rachel Bilson (from The O.C.) have very forgettable chemistry on-screen. Other than that, good entertainment.

If they're doing a part 2 (based on the ending of the film), I hope they do a better one.


And now for the プロポーズ大作戦 (Proposal Daisakusen or Operation Love)

introduced by wenjie. Ok, ok, you must be thinking why is a guy featuring a jap drama here?? This is actually the first full Jap drama i've bothered to watch since he kept raving about it.
His own words: "It makes you feel like confessing to the one you like right after watching this show."

Or something like that =P

Well, I don't really know if I have that urge so badly but all I can say is, erm, it helps? Wahaha.
Anyway, back to the show.

It starts off on a wedding day.

Kenzo (male lead) is full of regrets that the bride, Rei (female lead), his long-time childhood friend and sweetheart, is not marrying him. He hasn't the gut to confess for all the 14 years he has known her.

This is the pretty-boy male lead. Damn. If only I have half his charm. Lol.

This is the pretty and kawaii female lead. Damn. It's very easy to fall in love with her watching the show =x

So... The wedding started to show a slideshow of pictures of the bride and groom (the groom knew the group of friends since high school and was incidentally their teacher) and Kenzo really couldn't take it. He wishes to go back to the past and change whatever he has done wrong towards Rei.

The group of friends. Contributed greatly to the comic relief in the drama.

Then... a fairy appears (in the form of a 50 year old man). And he gives Kenzo the ability to 'time-slip' back into the time in each of the photograph in the slideshow to re-do his mistakes, and probably to confess his love for his childhood sweetheart.

The hilarious 'fairy'.

He does this action everytime he have to 'time-slip' to the past. It's damn funny.

So... Does he succeed??

Catch it on http://www.crunchyroll.com/ =p just type in Proposal Daisakusen. There are 11 episodes.

But most importantly, do I, a guy who usually dislikes sappy romantic drama series (esp korean and japanese), recommend this??

Well, let my rating to the talking ba.

I give it WoooooW (4.5/5)

Actually, the series is perfect. Just that for a few minutes or so (out of the entire 11 episodes) it gets a tiny bit draggy. But other than that, no complains.

There's a reason why this won Best Drama, Best Actor and Best Song at the Japan Television Awards.

To Lamerz: I recommend you all to watch this show! The fun that the group of friends have are reminiscent of our times in high school. Those times when our only troubles were studies... sigh. Good old days. Haha.
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Oh well, got to book in soon. I promised Vivien I'll promote this. So for those who enjoy singing, click this link!! - www.stardust2008.com

Going for NTU band concert this saturday night. Oh what the heck. Do a little promo also lah.
VCH, 7:30pm, 1st Mar, tix at $12 =)

Signing off.

Take care, peeps!