January media (movie) log

[halfcactus]

I've been pretty busy and I have extreme cmedia fatigue, particularly for dramas, recent Mainland Chinese blockbusters, and anything that involves fannish energy. AND my wireless earphones are dead, which means I don't get to watch / listen to variety shows while working anymore. ;___;

Tbh I think I generally am just not in the frame of mind to read/watch anything (apart from my monthly Witch Hat Atelier fix), but I've been avoiding c-ent in particular lol.

So!!! This month was just me unofficially having my own Asian film festival, where all the films were satisfyingly of different genres and vibes. Of the six, I'd recommend Bad Genius and Going by the Book anytime anywhere, and The Boy and the Heron if watching in the theater.

Bad Genius (2017): Thai school heist thriller + social commentary

The Boy and the Heron (2023): Japanese coming-of-age + fantasy animation

長安三萬里 Chang'An (2023): Chinese historical animation

Firefly (2023): Filipino road trip + fantasy

GomBurZa (2023): Filipino historical + social commentary

Going by the Book (2007): Korean comedy/reverse heist thriller, adapted from a Japanese movie from the 90s

Have also been playing Fire Emblem: Three Houses. I'm happy to report that, after first 15 or so hours of play, my life is no longer derailed. I think it helps that the game structure kind of... slows you down, by which I mean that the Explore / life sim bits make me put the game down in rage. XD (I also get motion sickness when I run around the monastery. I hate that it's necessary, it defeats the purpose of fast travel.)

I'm doing the Golden Deer route, at romantic_drift's passionate recommendation--I'm not sure this should be the route to start with because I feel so boxed out of the plot and the Drama^TM, but we'll see! I do really enjoy that Claude is an archer/leader type (which I'm biased towards even though I never use it well...), Raphael and Hilda are super sweet. I generally suck at this type of game, but it seems like you can coast on it even when you ignore most of the mechanics, so that's nice! I've recruited all of the girls, but I don't know what to do with them now hahahaha. (Mostly working on Hilda, Leonie, and Lysithea from my own House, and still trying to figure out my supporting lineup.)


MISC. NOTES:

Bilibili Manhua International is going down at the end of February :(

CNN Philippines also shut down, and all of its content, including its Twitter, went poof.

Lulu felice x NANA wedding dresses !!!!!!!!!!!!!

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