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Nov. 15th, 2008 01:34 amYou know what? I'm 27 and tonight I went on my first date* ever! :D There were no real sparks, but the guy is sweet, and it was nice to be treated to dinner and a movie. I'll most likely see him again, but I'm going to be so busy over the next few weeks...
May I recommend Red Cliff (or John Woo's レッドクリフ, as it's advertised here -- it's actually part I, and part II will be out here in April of next year) as a date movie? There's lots of fighting, liberal amounts of blood spurting all over the place, a couple of gorgeous actresses, Tony Leung (for those of you who do not know this, I have a soft spot for him a mile wide), handsome actors being manly in funny hats and flowing robes, lovely Chinese scenery, and a foal-birthing scene. XD
Also, since it's in Mandarin with Japanese subtitles, your date can gallantly offer to answer any questions you may have regarding the plot; still, between my rusty Mandarin (not that it was ever good enough to fully understand a movie!), my so-so Japanese reading skills, and some deductive reasoning, I managed to understand most of it -- and it helped that out of the 2 1/2 hour running time, at least half of it is fighting -- although I did have a question about "what was up with the baby in the beginning? It was never seen again!" "It was a prince, he'll most likely be important in Part II."
* I've only ever been in three relationships, and they were all of the friend-that-became-something-more variety, so there was no "dating to get to know each other" involved. So discounting times I may have gone out with someone when it was clear (to me, anyway, and I tried to make it as clear as possible to the other party!) that nothing romantic would ever come of it... yeah, this was a first.
May I recommend Red Cliff (or John Woo's レッドクリフ, as it's advertised here -- it's actually part I, and part II will be out here in April of next year) as a date movie? There's lots of fighting, liberal amounts of blood spurting all over the place, a couple of gorgeous actresses, Tony Leung (for those of you who do not know this, I have a soft spot for him a mile wide), handsome actors being manly in funny hats and flowing robes, lovely Chinese scenery, and a foal-birthing scene. XD
Also, since it's in Mandarin with Japanese subtitles, your date can gallantly offer to answer any questions you may have regarding the plot; still, between my rusty Mandarin (not that it was ever good enough to fully understand a movie!), my so-so Japanese reading skills, and some deductive reasoning, I managed to understand most of it -- and it helped that out of the 2 1/2 hour running time, at least half of it is fighting -- although I did have a question about "what was up with the baby in the beginning? It was never seen again!" "It was a prince, he'll most likely be important in Part II."
* I've only ever been in three relationships, and they were all of the friend-that-became-something-more variety, so there was no "dating to get to know each other" involved. So discounting times I may have gone out with someone when it was clear (to me, anyway, and I tried to make it as clear as possible to the other party!) that nothing romantic would ever come of it... yeah, this was a first.