TURN LEFT, TURN RIGHT

[mrstakeshi]

i havent seen this movie yet...

any discussions?

[malena]

i have wanted to buy this movie for so long now.

some reviews are raving about the movie, while others say it's a sleeper dude. So it's either one side or the polar opposite.

to the webmaster: will you be selling this movie anytime soon?

[Webmaster]

You want it? I got it.

If you guys are looking for his movies (the rare ones too) please e-mail me

[Dilbar]

[Dilbar]

I dont think there is a need for a spoiler alert...

This is an excerpt taken from the lovehkfilm.com review:

Kaneshiro is John Liu, a struggling violinist who lives alone in a Taipei apartment. John is a shy loner who has practically no friends. Instead, he's a too-kind romantic whose heart beats for a girl he's never really known. That girl was an unknown crush from some high school trip, who has magically transformed into Eve Choi (Gigi Leung), a struggling translator who also lives alone in a Taipei. Eve is also a dreamy loner, who longs to translate Polish love poems instead of knocking off the latest paperback blockbuster for her publishers. She also has a longtime crush: for a boy who once helped her on some high school trip. That boy magically transformed into Takeshi Kaneshiro, etc., who besides longing for her happens to live RIGHT NEXT DOOR. Yep, the two star-crossed lovers live in adjoining apartment buildings separated by one brick wall, and the only reason they never meet is because every day one turns right and the other turns left.

The two happen by the same park fountain, where they proceed to help one another when their respective paperwork (translations for Eve, sheet music for John) gets knocked into the fountain. What they discover all too soon is that each is the other's long-desired other.

Eve and John part ways quickly, managing to trade only phone numbers and not their actual names. You see, it starts to rain and their landlords turn up, and the characters want to avoid them, so they part quickly and hastily scribble their phone numbers down, but the numbers get smudged by the rain, which means THEY CANNOT CONTACT EACH OTHER. Despite the fact that they live right next door to one another, they have no idea how to find each other.

[malena]

yeah i would love to buy it from you.

one question: i didn't see it on the store page of the main website.
how much would it be, and would it be dvd quality, playable in dvd player?

thanks!

I have lots more Takeshi movies I'd like to buy, first I have to look at names and such.

[TKfan]

I just finished watching this one....Takeshi looks incredibly cute when he plays the violin!

[Dilbar]

[Dilbar]

[TKfan]

wow!!
thanks for the pics!!!

[SamIAm]

I saw this film recently and while TK exuded charm, vulnerability etc. and was subtle in his performance, it's unfortunate the same couldn't be said of the other cast members.

Gigi Leung was comical when she wasn't meant to be. The film would have been much better if the scenes for the primary leads turning left/right were more understated or better executed. The scenes of Gigi Leung cowering under the covers, babbling when her papers fell into the fountain etc. were pure hell to sit through - to describe them as amateurish would be kind. She's no Kate Blanchett.

And the secondary characters where truly awful, really over the top. I have no words to describe their acting - simply torture to sit through! Why didn't the director rein in the slapstick?

Fortunately the scenes with TK saved the day. The man certainly has screen presence and is the only reason to watch this film.

[entropic_soul]

Personally, I liked this film. It's not my favorite of his, but I think it's great. I really liked the idea of the parallel lives and all of that stuff.

The last person said that everyone besides TK was over the top and I can sort of agree with him/her, but I really don't think it's that bad nor do I think that it takes away from the movie. That's my opinion, though. Sure, it could have been better, but still good, I think.

I certainly think it's a good watch, overall.

[malena]

If this movie is good, but not that good.... what film of his do you recommend? (excluding HOFD and the Returner since I have watched those)

[entropic_soul]

Are you asking me? I say watch this. It is good.

I also like Anna Magdalena. That's one of my favorites. You won't really be seeing a suave TK in that one, though. He's kinda a dorky sort of character (I think you can tell from some of the screens that they have posted on this forum.) But like I said, that is one of my personal favorites. Some people don't really like the direction it takes later on in the movie, but opinions are going to vary on that one. Everyone I have met in real life (i.e. my friends, etc) that have watched it, liked it. One friend of mine actually prefered Turn Left, Turn Right over Anna Magdalena, though.

Another one I really like is Space Travelers. That's a cool movie based around a bank robbery gone wrong. It's a japanese movie and so far I've only been able to find it one region 3 dvd and official vcd.

And well, if you weren't asking me - well, nevermind I said anything.

[SamIAm]

If you're a serious film buff, watch TEXTTEXTChungking ExpressTEXTTEXT or TEXTTEXTFallen AngelsTEXTTEXT. The director, Wong Kar Wai is a favorite of the art house crowd. There's an excellent article on him on the New York Times website accessible through www.monkeypeaches.com