The third collaboration between Kelly Chan and Aaron Kwok yields probably their best pairing, though not their best film by far. Luna Ng is a popular newspaper columnist who makes an enemy of DJ Cheung Yung when she attempts to block his purchase of a used vinyl record. Cheung Yung is a lover of old vinyl and uses them on his popular radio show, where he plays old tunes and sometimes gives ill-advised romantic advice. Luna wanted that record because it was a gift to her first love and the shock and dismay over seeing it in a used bin cause her to wish to possess it again. The two begin to spar, she in her column and he on his radio show.
Both are filmed in an experimental impressionistic style with impressive cinematography. The stories largely focus on the pains of youth and how their lives intertwine with schoolmates. Both feature enjo kousai, being a central part of the story in Love & Pop and playing a smaller part in All About Lily Chou Chou.
Our society is full of inequalities and high school is when you start to understand it very well: Girl A is prettier than you, guy B is better at sports, maybe because he inherited the right genes,, C's family provides him/her with all kinds of things you can only dream, D is smarter and will go to best colleges soon, ...
Or maybe you're that A, B, C, D, ... but in any case, at that age, we feel all the differences very well, in one way or another.
The well-made movie, 'Around the Edge of the Stand' has a simple message: All these differences don't matter much if you follow your caring adults' wise words & just positively keep trying (Ganbare!) without showing jealousy or any negative feelings. You'll find happiness, sooner or later.
Now if you like the movie's message, just as a challenge, I'd recommend 'All about Lily Chou Chou', a movie with the opposite message, such that if we consider the former a piece of propaganda, 'All about Lily Chou Chou' will be counterpropaganda!
And this was my coolest movie recommendation, maybe the coolest movie recommendation of all time:)
Or maybe you're that A, B, C, D, ... but in any case, at that age, we feel all the differences very well, in one way or another.
The well-made movie, 'Around the Edge of the Stand' has a simple message: All these differences don't matter much if you follow your caring adults' wise words & just positively keep trying (Ganbare!) without showing jealousy or any negative feelings. You'll find happiness, sooner or later.
Now if you like the movie's message, just as a challenge, I'd recommend 'All about Lily Chou Chou', a movie with the opposite message, such that if we consider the former a piece of propaganda, 'All about Lily Chou Chou' will be counterpropaganda!
And this was my coolest movie recommendation, maybe the coolest movie recommendation of all time:)
- The crimes are committed by high schoolers.
- Underage "compensated-dating" [and the resulting trauma] play big roles in the plots and overall moods.
- Unable or unwilling to get outside help from the adults in their lives, being forced to try and resolve things on their own.
- Situations that seem otherwise be recoverable in a vacuum begin to compound exponentially into a death spiral, with every possible turn seemingly being the wrong one.
- Relatively innocent, awkward, lonely male leads.
- Subtle, tragic romance.
- Neither piece of media seems to be afraid to break the mold and toy with your emotions.
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A key difference, though, between the two is that much of the negative actions and crimes in Extracurricular are not with any serious mal-intent, whereas All About Lily-chou chou is much more intentionally malicious.
- Underage "compensated-dating" [and the resulting trauma] play big roles in the plots and overall moods.
- Unable or unwilling to get outside help from the adults in their lives, being forced to try and resolve things on their own.
- Situations that seem otherwise be recoverable in a vacuum begin to compound exponentially into a death spiral, with every possible turn seemingly being the wrong one.
- Relatively innocent, awkward, lonely male leads.
- Subtle, tragic romance.
- Neither piece of media seems to be afraid to break the mold and toy with your emotions.
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A key difference, though, between the two is that much of the negative actions and crimes in Extracurricular are not with any serious mal-intent, whereas All About Lily-chou chou is much more intentionally malicious.
similar colour grading
Young Adult Matters and All About Lily Chou Chou are movies similar in many regards. The most obvious example is the themes evident throughout the entirety of the movie. Both movies share the plot of adolescents growing up in a unfit world. Littered with drugs, bullying, betrayal and extreme amounts of violence. However, in the midst of these there are themes of friendship. Other than the themes, there is an obvious correlation with the look of the two, their colour grading. With dark scenes that contrast to extreme light scenes, for example: the entirety of Lily Chou Chou contrasts with the scene of him standing within the grass. To conclude, the points mentioned are how Young Adult Matters relates to All About Lily Chou Chou.
Young Adult Matters and All About Lily Chou Chou are movies similar in many regards. The most obvious example is the themes evident throughout the entirety of the movie. Both movies share the plot of adolescents growing up in a unfit world. Littered with drugs, bullying, betrayal and extreme amounts of violence. However, in the midst of these there are themes of friendship. Other than the themes, there is an obvious correlation with the look of the two, their colour grading. With dark scenes that contrast to extreme light scenes, for example: the entirety of Lily Chou Chou contrasts with the scene of him standing within the grass. To conclude, the points mentioned are how Young Adult Matters relates to All About Lily Chou Chou.
Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absorbed in Japan's pervasive pop/cyberculture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absorbed in Japan's pervasive pop/cyberculture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absorbed in Japan's pervasive pop/cyberculture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
Life isn't easy for a group of high school kids growing up absorbed in Japan's pervasive pop/cyberculture. As they negotiate teen badlands- school bullies, parents from another planet, lurid snapshots of sex and death- these everyday rebels without a cause seek sanctuary, even salvation, through pop star savior Lily Chou-Chou, embracing her sad, dreamy songs and sharing their fears and secrets in Lilyholic chat rooms. Immersed in the speed of everyday troubles, their lives inevitably climax in a fatal collision between real and virtual identities, a final logging-off from innocence.
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
All About Lily Chou-Chou follows two boys, Shunsuke Hoshino and Yuichi Hasumi, from the start of junior high school when they first meet and into second grade. The film has a discontinuous storyline, starting midway through the story, just after the second term of junior high school begins, then flashes back to the first term and summer vacation, and then skips back to the present.
