We all know that Twilight is bullshit and catered to prepubescent teenage females who fantasize all day long about Mr Perfect Suave Vampire. As Peter Chao would say, “You bitches don’t stand a chance!”. I’ve been wanting to join in the Twilight bashing club too, especially ever since my sister told me about how her classmates were level 79 fangirl screaming and hyperventilating while they watched the movie. Now that the Higanjima movie’s releasing soon, it’s the best opportunity presented by the gods of lulz.
Both Higanjima and Twilight both feature vampires, and the vampires play a crucial role. But, it doesn’t take anyone with even half a brain to figure out which is better. Here’s why.
1. Twilight has vampires that all full of crap and aren’t even scary. Higanjima has vampires that make you soak in a puddle of your own urine and tears. Literally.
Most of the people who watch watch would probably only know of 9mm as the band that did the OP for Real Drive (R.D 潜脳調査室), Wanderland. But they’re definitely more than that. While I didn’t exactly like their 2nd album, Vampire, everything after that has been pretty good. Some criticism can be seen for Black Market Blues, but Cold Edge was terrific. And now, on 6 January 2010, they’re releasing a single, 命ノゼンマイ (Inochi no Zenmai) as the theme song for a movie, 彼岸島 (Higanjima).
I have this habit of fast forwarding, skipping through parts of a show I’m watching. I think it has to do with my short attention span, but it does work wonders. For example, I can watch 2-3 episodes of Japanese drama, each nearly 40-50 minutes long, in just a single hour. I do the same for movies too, so a 90 minute movie can get cut down to 30 minutes.
I’ve said this before, and I’ll say this again. BECK is awesome; The anime is, and so is the manga. The music rocks, despite the Engrish. Ever since I watched the anime, I have always hoped for a live action adaptation of it, be it a movie or a drama series. Of course, a non-Hollywood adaptation.
I could have caught the movie much earlier last year, but I chose the Gurren Lagann movie over this. It’s not like I’m regretting my choice though, since both movies have their own strengths.
甘い甘い甘い甘い～ 恋人～！
Without a doubt, the DMC movie is entertaining. Needless to say, anyone who has been reading the manga, or watching the OVAs would be cackling away throughout the duration of this film. Even for those who have yet to be introduced to DMC through other mediums, the movie would still prove to be great humour material.
