Random twmovie stuff

I have a bunch of emails/comments that I need to reply to, not to mention LJ posts I haven't caught up on... I haven't forgotten, but I've been ridiculously tired recently. Like right now I just want to go find a place to lay down, and sleep.

I'm in the middle of watching a Taiwanese movie right now. I'm a little more than halfway through (I had to stop it last night at like, 1am due to exhaustion), and I really like it so far. I'm not going to talk about it, because it's kinda spoilery for my Taiwanese man list.

Also, interestingly enough, Taiwan has been nominated three times in the foreign language category at the Academy Awards. All three times the film was directed by Ang Lee. It's like no other Taiwanese director exists in the minds... And the only one that actually took place in Taiwan was Eat Drink Man Woman. There's Crouching Tiger, of course, but it didn't take place in Taiwan, and only had one main actor that was Taiwanese (Chang Chen). Sooo yeah.

Oh, randomly speaking of; has anyone seen Cape No. 7? I totally want to, because, hello, musical historical dramatic rom-com in Taiwan?! I'm totally in. Plus, it won the best Taiwanese film at the Golden Horse awards...

(You know, while I know TONS about Taiwanese dramas/idol actors, I know very little about Taiwanese movie actors. I should remedy that... It's like the opposite of how I view American media, where I know far more about film actors.)

*is exhausted beyond belief*

Random thoughts from the first 15 minutes of Hot Shot

Is Jerry going to be an ass in this? He's acting like an ass, but he may have a reason. I withhold judgement.

HAH! Awesome effects twdrama! You're catching up.

Wu Zun = hotness!

Dear God poor Alan! A grandparent / only living guardian death within the first 15 minutes of the show, very similar to The Rose. I'm starting to think it's a Taiwanese thing, actually. The dramas tend to like to pull the whole guardian death (or disappearance) / 'Oh Noes I'm an orphan!' thing.

But seriously, if I wasn't at work, I'd totally be crying with Alan. He's a really good cryer.

Still waiting to see Michael Zhang (SQUEEE!) and George Hu...

God knows when I'll watch the rest. Are all the Hot Shot episodes an hour and a half like the first one?

(BTW, it's really nice to hear Mandarin again. I love the sound of Korean, but it really doesn't help me learn Mandarin, now does it?)

Maybe I should pay more attention to Thai entertainment...

I randomly found this while searching for pics of #19 hot Taiwanese dude (who is, btw, NOT in this)...

( Um, I think I love you, Thailand )

Normally I'm not into slash at all, but this movie is calling my name. Hot boys! Crime! Violence! Angst! Redemption!

And holy shit, the trailer.
( Just. Wow. )