i just finished solanin.
wow, what a great movie and i think its going to be one of my favourite movies.
a movie about love between two people, about friendship, about death, about being young, about daring to dream, about daring to take the risk and break out of the norm and ultimately daring to say goodbye to your old self and chase your dream.
and for this movie, the dream of the antagonist's boyfriend is to form a band to play music.
in a nutshell, the boyfriend passes away in an accident around 2/3 into the movie and the antagonist takes over his dream to play in a band and performs this song called solanin which the boyfriend wrote before he died.
but the whole movie is more than just the death, its about the growth of the antagonist, her boyfriend,their friends and band members through their youth as they struggle to balance mundane reality and their dreams and finding direction in their lives.
very touching, sweet and inspiring <3
really made me feel like doing something like this with my life HAHA.
a bonus for me is i really like japanese rock bands and their style of music (eg remioromen, asian kung fu generation) so i super love music in this movie.
and coincidentally, asian kung fu generation sang the solanin sound for the soundtrack (:
now looking back at the trailer after i watched the movie, i realised the trailer was really awesome!
chose all the damn suitable scenes, and love love love love the solanin song <3
lyrics:
Mistaken thoughts from beyond the sky
A life spent saying goodbye?
The little piece of the future I saw
Was waving goodbye
The small room i once lived in
Is now occupied by someone else
The horrible things I said to you
The days that were wasted
Perhaps if I'd taken that chance,
if I could go back to that day
But I'll never be that person again
Even if that frail happiness
had somehow lingered on
A bad seed would have surely sprouted
So, I guess this is goodbye
The cold cans of coffee from freezing winters
That long rainbow coloured scarf
I stroll through the back alley
It all comes back to me now
Even if that frail happiness
had somehow lingered on
A bad seed would have surely sprouted
So, I guess this is goodbye
I guess
Goodbye, that's enough
You can cope anywhere
Goodbye, I'll manage somehow without you
Goodbye, that's what I'll do
its a farewell song to your past self <3
cant find a video of the performance scene during the movie with the lyrics and all, that was epic!
AND I CANT STOP LISTENING TO IT HAHAHHA
its a freaking good song with awesome lyrics, what more can you ask for!
plus, i really like the acting of the lead actor kengo kora and lead actress aoi miyazaki <3
ok wow its 5.19pm
TALK ABOUT NOT DOING WORK HAHAHAHA.
