A Little Thing Called Love (2010)

"We never forget those who make us blush." Jean-Francois De La Harpe

This movie I'm going to share with you guys today became viral online a couple of years ago up to this day and that was how I came to know about it.

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When I watched the movie, I was transported back to my high school years where giggling and gushing about the cutest and most handsome men in campus is part of my every day school life.

SUMMARY

A Little Thing Called Love aka Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Thai: สิ่งเล็กเล็ก ที่เรียกว่า รัก Sing Lek Lek Thi Riak Wa Rak) was a Thai romantic comedy movie in 2010 that took the romcom world by storm even up to this day. The female lead role was played by Pimchanok Luevisadpaibul and the male lead role was portrayed by Mario Maurer. Both actors ' popularity skyrocketed the moment the movie rose to fame.

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The film revolves around Nam (Luevisadpaibul), an average teen student wearing thick eyeglasses and with dark complexion, who has a crush on a senior student who is also the school heartthrob named Shone (Maurer). Thinking of ways to get Shone's attention, Nam and her friends consulted a book entitled Nine Recipes of Love.

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Will Nine Recipes of Love really help Nam to get noticed by Shone?

QUICK FACTS

Due to Luevisadpaibul and Maurer's global popularity, they both became endorsers of Penshoppe, a clothing brand in the Philippines.

MY TAKE

Just like what I said above, watching this movie brought back good memories during my high school years. The beauty and innocence of young love is something that I will always admire and this film captured that concept perfectly. Whenever the movie would show Nam stealing glances at Shone and doing silly stuff just so she can get close to him, I could not help but smile because that is exactly how I used to do it whenever my high school crush is around.

Many people think that romantic comedy movies are shallow and unrealistic but movies like this one definitely disproves that idea. I'm sure that most, if not all, viewers who have seen this movie found themselves relating with one of the characters in the film in a scene or two.

If you haven't seen this movie yet and is looking for something that is light, entertaining, funny and even nostalgic at some point, you can try this one and hopefully enjoy it as much as I did.

Til next time!

Shutter (2004)

When I was young, I used to love watching horror films even if I know that I will not be able to sleep properly for at least a week just because my mean imagination thinks that whatever I saw in the movie could happen to me too.

Now that I'm much older, I still watch scary movies every now and then but before I do, I make sure that I am not home alone. Haha!

When someone asks me about a good horror movie that he/she can watch, the first film that comes to my mind is the Thai flick called Shutter. I'll never forget the first time I saw that movie inside my parents room with my cousins. The movie was dubbed in Filipino which made it better so we can really focus on the what's going on in the screen. Ooooh... There were so many scary and shocking scenes in the movie that all of us were screaming in the room at that time.

For the benefit of those who haven't seen the movie yet, I've decided to just write down a quick summary of the movie.

SUMMARY

Shutter (Thai: ชัตเตอร์ กดติดวิญญาณ) was a Thai film back in 2004 about Tun, a young photographer, and Jane, Tun's girlfriend, who discovered mysterious images appearing in every photo that Tun takes.

It all began when Tun and Jane was on their way home one night after attending a party when all of a sudden, a girl appeared on the road out of nowhere and Jane hit her. Tun however asked Jane not to get out of the car and just drive away leaving the girl lying on the road. 

 

Days passed by with still no word about the accident in the news, the couple thought that there's nothing to worry about anymore.

However, things started to change when a strange figure/image keeps on appearing on every photo that Tun takes. Jane was convinced that it has something to do with the girl she hit in the road that night. Determined to find answers, Jane started tracing down information about the girl until she discovered the girl's link to Tun's past.

What happened to the girl that Jane hit that night? How is the girl related to Tun? What are those strange figures showing up in Tun's photos?

Unravel the answers by watching this Thai horror flick!

QUICK FACTS

Remakes of this movie has been made in different parts of the world such as in the US (2008) with the same English title. In India, several remakes were made like Click (2010) in Hindi and Sivi (2007) in Tamil and Photo (2007) in Telugu.

MY TAKE

This has to be the BEST horror movie that I have seen as of this writing. I mean if you are looking for something that will make you crap in your pants and keep your lights on at night, then this is the film that you may want to consider. Just make sure that you watch this original 2004 Thai version and not the remakes.

The reason why I like this movie so much when talking about the horror genre is because of the simplicity of the concept of the story yet the way the story developed and progressed was delivered in a way that will make viewers hold their breath, scream like they were in the film, shudder at the thought of the kind of ghost in the movie and debate with theirselves as to whether they should keep the light on that night after watching the movie or not.

Okay, I know, it may sound as if I'm exaggerating things but that's just how sold I am to this film.

Anyways, I hope you have a great weekend everybody!

Welcome to My Asian Movies Diary!

Hello there! My name is Ankamil and I like watching movies, tv series, telenovelas and basically whatever is on the tv or in the big screen. And because of that, I've decided to create a blog that will allow me to share the movies I've seen so far. Since movies and tv series are a plenty, I just went ahead and focus on my most favorite of all and that is Asian movies. Asian movies are so vibrant, colorful and very refreshing since each Asian country has its own flair that exudes in its movies.

Below is a simple guide that I have created to those who are interested to join me with my Asian movies escapade.

Diary Content

First of all, I would like to tell everyone right now that I created this blog to share the movies that I've seen and whatever else I write aside from the movie's plot is just my opinion. I am not a professional movie critic or whatever people call those individuals who meticulously dissect every part of the movie to later on declare whether that movie is a hit or a miss. I will definitely talk about what I think are the good and bad points of the movie and if it was worth my time or not but they will all be just parts of my point of view. I will still leave it all up to my readers whether they would like to watch that movie or otherwise.

Spoilers

Since I will be talking about the good and bad points of the movie (in my opinion), spoilers will definitely pop up during those times. But don't worry. I will put a reminder or a spoiler alert shout out for the readers who haven't seen the movie yet so that it'll be up to them if they still want to continue reading or close the window right away.

Movie Genres

Now, when it comes to movie genres, I'm the usual chick who digs RomCom or Romantic Comedy flicks. However, don't be alarmed because I do watch non-RomCom films. In fact, I'm open to all kinds of movie genres as long as the story or even just the title has captured my interest.

Up to Date Movies

The Asian movies that I will be blogging about could be the latest film showing in cinemas now or it can also be something that has been shown years ago. Don't worry. I'll include the date on the blog title for reference.

Country of Origin

Most of the movies I am going to talk about will most likely come from countries such as Philippines (where I am from), South Korea (my dream destination), India (where my husband is from and where we are currently staying) and Thailand. However, it does not mean that I will not be posting movies from other Asian countries. I will do my best to watch at least one movie from every Asian country there is. How about that?

Suggestions

I am definitely open to movie suggestions so go ahead, drop me a comment and let me know if there is one film that I shouldn't miss and I'll definitely include that on my popcorn bucket list.

Up next is a 2001 Asian movie that I've seen and enjoyed so much back in 2003. It became so famous all around the globe that they did an American remake in 2008. Do you know which movie it is? Find out soon!