Recommend your favourite book / movie / CD / anime!
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I live in the northern suburbs. What about you? Are you studying/working here or something?Originally posted by supafatty:where in sydney are you?
Ayori Ayoshi - the best anime series ever.
No violent rubbish or any of that junk.
It's just human relations, and the purity of love.
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ohhh u should get hagar the horrible comic. vikings at its funniest
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Fav Book: The alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Angels and Demons by Dan Brown, Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Fav Movie: Jerry Mcguire, Forrest Gump, Green Mile
Fav anime: Kenshin!!! (Samurai X)
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Originally posted by the Bear:
I've read this as well. This is a decent book. Nothing fanciful
Totto-chan: The Little Girl At The Window by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
this is how a school should be.. where children learn to learn and love learning, unfettered by conventions and where the optimism and love of the headmaster is so great, most would be humbled by his enthusiasm and courage towards facing life and its many challenges...[/b]
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The entire collection of Gary Larson's comics! He's famous for his witty comics, just one frame each. (Erm... as in one illustration, and a really sardonic wit).
Also, there's this series of Bunny Suicides books that's very very funny! Not sure if your library would acquire this as I'm sure there'll be folks who'll be unable to see past the gruesome, gory illustrations in there!
There's also a lovely comic strip collection - Mutts. The focus is on a cat and a dog and the mayhem they create. Really entertaining!
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From the selection you've given, may I presume to guess... you're a lassie? (As opposed to a lad, NOT calling you by that famous dog's name!Originally posted by kAdEn:Fav Book: The alchemist by Paulo Coelho 
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OK, I read 'The Alchemist' and was pretty satisfied with it. However, the first book by Paulo Coehlo that pushed him out of obscurity, 'Veronika Decides to Die', is still, in my opinion, his best to date. 
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I did promise you, SL, that as and when I think of titles, I will post them here!
OK, movies...
Chick Flicks this round! I would recommend 'Serendipity', 'Chocolat', 'Next Stop Wonderland', and 'Love Letter' (a Japanese movie that had rave reviews in Japan - extremely touching and highly recommended by moi! ).
Then, there's 'Shine', 'Powder', 'Freak the Mighty', and hey, this one you loved too - 'Pay It Forward'.
And, for the adult audience, something a little more hardcore but still beautiful, the Korean X-rated movie starring Bae Yong Jun, 'Untold Scandal'!
Another adult movie I'd recommend, directed by Joan Chen, also winning rave reviews, 'Xiu Xiu: the Sent-Down Girl'. Extremely tragic. -
Thanks, everybody, for your recommendations! Some of what you've suggested sound very interesting, especially 'Quill', I must look out for that!
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Serendipitiy ! .... Yes !!! .... i've only watch it 14 times .....
it's not a chick flick .... i love that film .....
for fans of japanese films, try looking for "crying for love in the heart of the world " -
fav book : asterix comics / city hunter / slamdunk / david eddings' earlier books
fav movie : (series can or not) Band of Brothers. the series one... watched 4 - 5 time already.
fav cd : mmm... changes from time to time... currently the Celtic Circle I & II
fav anime : Sprited Away, Long Mao -
Originally posted by the Bear:
sad ending ah? then don't want to watch already...
Anime...
what else?
[b]Cowboy Bebop (The Perfect Sessions)
Two space cowboys, bounty hunters, on a decrepit ship, The Bebop, roam the spaceways hunting down bounties.
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It starts out cheerful and lighthearted but there is a darkness in the series and somewhere, their desperation of running from the past becomes evident as it catches up with them to a tragic end.
With a background music supplied by the wonderful Yoko Kanno and The Seatbelts, everything fuses into an addictively watchable series.
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Books: Star Trek and Ender's series
Movies: I haven't been into the cinema yet before.
Anime: Gundam
CD: Zhang Dong Liang -
Favourite...
Books: Anything from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Movie: A.I. Sad yet enthralling.
TV series: Sex and the City. Gilmore Girls.
Anime: Akazukin Cha Cha. Not high brow at all Corney humour - I like! -
I'm a dude....not a lassOriginally posted by Rhonda:From the selection you've given, may I presume to guess... you're a lassie? (As opposed to a lad, NOT calling you by that famous dog's name! )
OK, I read 'The Alchemist' and was pretty satisfied with it. However, the first book by Paulo Coehlo that pushed him out of obscurity, 'Veronika Decides to Die', is still, in my opinion, his best to date.
Anyway i did read the 'Veronika Decides to die' it's ok lah...everyone has their rights to comment. -
i'm now in melbourne but i studied in sydney last year .. moved around abit .. from south to west and finally to across the road from uni .. ultimately, still have to come back to singapore for my "service to the nation".Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:I live in the northern suburbs. What about you? Are you studying/working here or something? -
Ahh... all the best to you for that!Originally posted by supafatty:i'm now in melbourne but i studied in sydney last year .. moved around abit .. from south to west and finally to across the road from uni .. ultimately, still have to come back to singapore for my "service to the nation". But do you think you'd be coming back to Oz after NS? To live & work? -
Anybody has any Korean movies to recommend? Newer ones preferred.. thanks!
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All Harry Potter books and films.
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Eh... since when did we say anyone didn't have a right to comment?Originally posted by kAdEn:I'm a dude....not a lass
Anyway i did read the 'Veronika Decides to die' it's ok lah...everyone has their rights to comment.
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yeah... they're really bad...
nothing but hype...Originally posted by iveco:All Harry Potter books and films. -
I haven't had the opportunity to watch as many movies as I would have liked, but here are a few new Korean titles that are highly recommended from colleagues / friends (because most of them are funny) :Originally posted by SydneyLibrarian:Anybody has any Korean movies to recommend? Newer ones preferred.. thanks!
- My boyfriend is Type B
- Sex is Zero
A Japanese movie that was shown here recently and apparently very very popular in Japan : "Be With You". It goes, "Widower Takumi lives a quiet life with his six-year old son Yuji after the loss of his wife, Mio. On Mio's first death anniversary, Takumi an dYuji come across a woman seeking shelter from a monsoon downpour. She bears an uncanny resemblance to Mio, but has no recollection of who she is. Family life resumes from where it left off. However, their new life together is interrupted by the discovery of Mio's diary, which reveals the secrets of her past."
Other good Japanese movies :
- The Hidden Blade
- Crying out love, in the centre of the world
- Swing Girls
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Wow!!Originally posted by Fatum:Serendipitiy ! .... Yes !!! .... i've only watch it 14 times .....
it's not a chick flick .... i love that film .....
for fans of japanese films, try looking for "crying for love in the heart of the world " A 'Serendipity' fan!! -
for movie how about try: Forrest Gump. my all time fav movie or maybe Advent Children. the new FF7 movie
book: terry goodkind wizards first rule
CD: hmmm i dl all my music (gasp)
anime: too much to say Full Metal Panic Fumoffu, Rurouri Kenshin, Bleach etc etc -
advent children is considered a good movie?Originally posted by r0mE_27:for movie how about try: Forrest Gump. my all time fav movie or maybe Advent Children. the new FF7 movie
book: terry goodkind wizards first rule
CD: hmmm i dl all my music (gasp)
anime: too much to say Full Metal Panic Fumoffu, Rurouri Kenshin, Bleach etc etc
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Favourite Book
The Gentle Thunder by Max Lucado
48 Laws of Power by Robert Greene
Movie
Be With You (I cried. Really....i did)
Hitch
Something's gotta give
Battle Royale
-When two souls find one anoter , nothing can tear them apart. Widower Takumi (Shidou Nakamura) lives a quiet life with his six-year-old son Yuji (Akashi Takei) after the loss of wife and mother Mio (Yuko Takeuchi). Yuji unfailingly remembers her promise to him: "I'll be with you again in a year's time, when the rains come." On the first anniversary of her passing, Takumi and Yuji are taking a walk in the woods when they come across a woman sheltering from a monsoon downpour. She bears an uncanny resemblance to Mio, but has no recollection of who she is or what she is doing there. Family life resumes from where they left off, while Takumi and Mio's memories of their first encounter in high school come flooding back. However, their new life together is interrupted by the discovery of Mio's old diary, which reveals the secrets of her past and how they must say goodbye once more in six weeks time...
Trailer -http://www.tbs.co.jp/movie/english/bewithyou/
CD
Lee Ritenour -
Latin Lovers
Anime
Chobits