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Movie Review: Koizora is so Bad, it makes Dumb and Dumber Smart

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Popularity: 28% [?] Published by tj_han March 19th, 2008 in Misc Reviews

In accordance with my recent watching of more mainstream movies than otaku fare, this article will be reviewing Step Up 2 and Koizora. For those who are weeaboo but don’t know Koizora, you must be otaku but that’s ok because it is the worst show ever made by Man. Yes, even worse than fucking 10,000 BC. Since we’re at it, let us talk about why 10 000 BC is the 2nd worst film ever.

10000 BC has a bunch of monkey men speaking English. There are mammoths and pyramids at the same place. There is ironsmithing and there are bone spears, at the same time. The saber-tooth tiger appears for 4 seconds. The girl dies only to be revived by some weirdass deus ex machina. I hate this show. The action sucks, there is no logic and the CGI is terrible.

Koizora was marketed here as a show which made 11 million people cry in Japan. CRY WITH PAIN AND HATRED I SAY!! CRY AT THEIR WASTE OF MONEY!! CRY AT THE DECADENT MORAL STANDARDS OF MODERN JAPANESE SOCIETY!! CRY AT WHY WOMEN ARE FUCKING STUPID!! CRY AT WHY JAPANESE CANNOT ACT FOR NUTS!!

Ok that above was the review summarised. Unlike some who thought the show was good. Double probably thinks porn has a good storyline.

For the benefit of those who didn’t see the show I shall summarise its plot.

Beautiful girl-next-door goes to high school. Her cell phone is stolen by a punkish bleached hair boy. The punk, Hiro, deletes all her messages and contacts and calls her, stalking her for 1 day with nameless phone calls. Girl next door Mika thinks stalking is romantic. Hiro is fucking way too slick for his own good and it really pisses me off to see girls too stupid to realise that when guys are that slick, it means they have done it way too many times and are not being sincere at all. Princess agrees and hates Hiro immensely.

Hiro spouts cheesy rehearsed lines non-stop with the same old expression. He reminds me of Derek Zoolander and his Blue Steel, always the same facial expression and people call that ACTING lol. Japanese males can’t act at all, all they can do is pose their best angle for the camera and look pretty while silly Japanese women swoon over them. I also hate his hairstyle.

His hairstyle is so perfect and well-groomed you cannot bloody take Hiro seriously at all. In scenes, where he appears to be sad and crying, HIS HAIR LOOKS LIKE 2 HOURS HAS BEEN SPENT STYLING IT. Compare this to say, PS I Love You where Gerard Butler looks so natural, Japanese sure are fucked up.

Before they’ve even gone on a date, Hiro commands Mika to go to his house and "eat lunch", where "lunch" refers to his penis. So they have sex!! Hello, 16-year olds?? Mika is the stupidest girl ever. The catch is that this Hiro guy dumped his old girlfriend for Mika because Mika is hotter. I suppose Japanese think this is romantic.

The spurned girl, forgot her name, then hires a bunch of guys to rape Mika. How did they get to her? Because fool Hiro asked Mika to meet him in a field so secluded no one could hear her screams of help. The problem is, Hiro never ever takes the blame for anything, the bastard. If it wasn’t for him and his lust, the dumb Mika would never have been raped. Yet Hiro acts all mighty and angry.

Then to soothe her raped girlfriend, he wants to kiss and have more sex. This must be romantic in Japan. Next time, if I see a raped girl in Japan, I will ask for sex to soothe her pain.

And one day, Mika finds out she is pregnant. Hiro then declares that he will marry her and quit school to work. Mika is from a rather middle to upper class family, with a really nice dad. Poor dad finds out his precious daughter is going to marry a useless, lusty and disgusting narcissist. I felt so sad for the dad. Man, I hate these pretty boys. The worst part is Hiro can’t even talk politely to Dad.

Those of you who don’t know Japanese might not notice, but throughout the show, Hiro talks like a stupid gangster/punk and it is fucking annoying. Even when he has to lower his head and beg Dad to let him marry Mika, he still talks as if he deserves her and Dad is being a prick. Poor dad.

Meanwhile, old jealous girlfriend beats the shit out of Mika and gets her a miscarriage. So much for Hiro and his constant "I WILL PROTECT YOUSS", he’s never here when she needs help, probably STYLING HIS FUCKING HAIR.

After the baby is gone, they build a little tomb for it at the park. Hiro then organises some party where he sexes up some random girl and starts ignoring Mika. Mika is very sad. She meets this new guy, Yu, who is from university unlike Hiro who thinks studying is a waste of time he would rather style his hair.

Yu is such a dear, he is like the typical Korean male lead. Sweet, charming, interesting, intelligent, caring, courteous, has good self-control and a car. Mika’s parents are divorcing and Yu does some really sweet and courteous stuff that brings Mika’s entire family back together. Mika enters the same uni as him and he always tutors her. But stupid Mika never stops thinking of the hairstyle boy. Yu proposes to Mika and she accepts but in like, 15 minutes, decides that she wants Hiro instead and runs off, dropping the ring. Yu really gets the short end of the stick here. Women prefer bad boys obviously.

She runs off because someone told her Hiro has cancer and is dying. From here on, what happens is open to interpretation but my version cynically differs from most others.

Most others: Hiro knows he has cancer and thus makes Mika go away on purpose so she wouldn’t be sad.
My version: Hiro wants to fuck more girls and makes Mika go away. When he gets some bad STD like AIDS, he decides that he needs someone to peel apples and live out his last days with him and tells Mika that he made her go away on purpose to prevent her from being sad.

And Hiro later dies, not being providing much product placement for Canon or Fuji, I can’t remember. But there’s more! To signify he has cancer, the fucker wears a stupid beanie hat! The shape of the hat gives away that the actor didn’t shave his head at all! Not to mention his perfectly trimmed and plucked eyebrows are ever present!! Surely chemotherapy would remove all the hair? BAD BAD ACTOR. He doesn’t even want to look unglamourous on his deathbed.

What a shit show. And worse, its pacing was terrible and an extreme 2 hours 30 minutes or so. Throughout the movie, I was constantly moaning, grumbling and slamming the actors and plot. I shook my head so much people must have thought I ingested ecstasy pills. DO NOT WATCH THIS AT ALL COSTS.

As for Step Up 2, it is a typical sports movie where the underdog wins with her motley crue of social rejects. Thing is, I really dig such shows. That’s why I like sports shows like Major, Slam Dunk, Ookiku Furikabutte, Capeta etc. The dance moves are awesome despite me not being a fan of hip hop and breakdancing in general. I think I’m going to sign up for salsa classes. WATCH THIS. The geeky Moose guy is cool, I like him.

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1 bj0rN 153 comments Mar 19th, 2008 at 1:34 am

LoL! Terrific review. Now I’ve decided to check out Step Up 2 instead.
2 double 115 comments Mar 19th, 2008 at 1:56 am

>>Double probably thinks porn has a good storyline.

Haha, if you say so. Though I did say that the storyline has flaws.

Looks like we got differing opinions on this movie. The last two movies I have watched before Koizora were Evangelion 1.0 and Evangelion 1.0, so I was actually trying to be slightly more positive towards the $7.50 I spent. And my standard of a alright movie differ a whole level from yours, so I guess it’s each to his own. We can’t get back the 2.5 hours anyway.

To tell you the truth, the only part which I really enjoyed was when Yu was around, and the scenery shots. Those were done rather well.

But one thing I have got to agree is that Hiro is a bastard and deserves to die. Heck, he should have shaved his hair for his role, at least… And I got very bored towards the later end of the film, after Yu got dumped, and the idiots beside me started crying for Hiro and Mika.

Basically, like I stated in my post, I watched this for 4 reasons, and none of the reasons included the bastard. The bastard can die for all I care.

You gotta admit though, the music’s good.
3 Owen S 144 comments Mar 19th, 2008 at 4:54 am

Best TJ movie review yet, A , would read again.
4 z 1 comment Mar 19th, 2008 at 11:21 am

Hiro obviously has a larger penis.
5 Tsubaki 518 comments Mar 19th, 2008 at 2:32 pm

The more you slam this movie, the more it makes me want to watch it. Hah.

And Step 2 is just glam dirty dancing, it only makes perv’ed otakus with new girlfriends happy.
6 Crest 49 comments Mar 19th, 2008 at 3:27 pm

Someone got slighted.. somewhere.. and somehow.
7 tj_han 1440 comments Mar 20th, 2008 at 12:02 am

Tsubaki: Step 2 is not dirrty, more like glam street dancing. There is no sex at all. NO SEX.
8 LianYL 781 comments Mar 20th, 2008 at 2:12 am

I see you like to kitt.
9 l-lawliet 43 comments Mar 20th, 2008 at 4:38 pm

You have no idea how many of my female friends are in love with this show.
10 Jujee 1 comment Mar 29th, 2008 at 7:50 pm

I must say i found your review immensely entertaining. lol ok laughs aside, i totally agree wit u. this movie sucked balls. dissapointing for me.

mika was annoying the way she’s so stupid in love & hiro was unbearable cos he was such a jerk.

but what really seems irritating to me was the rape scenario. i mean, c’mon nobody pursues it with charges or a followup, instead the whole issue was dropped by a matter of time…even by her family? thats just messed.
11 shiying 1 comment Mar 30th, 2008 at 12:48 am

Although i did enjoy Koizora and actually liked it, I enjoyed reading your critics with regard to the movie as well. Hahaha you are damn funny!
12 yat 1 comment Apr 1st, 2008 at 6:59 pm

even if you don’t like the movie, there is no need for you to criticise it till like that, right? so you call this a review?

it’s a movie adapted from a novel. as you know, in order to make it into a movie, the director have to add in elements to make the movie more romantic. if you were to read the novel, you will realise that the movie is different from the novel.

according to the novel, the way hiro got to meet mika is totally different from the movie. kazumi got mika’s number from her best friend. kazumi used hiro’s house phone to call mika but kazumi was drunk at that moment. so hiro took the phone, both of them started to chat with each other, and exchanged their number.

and to a 16 year old girl, whatever hiro did is very sweet. maybe to you it’s not, so stop saying mika is stupid. =\
13 Dude111 1 comment Apr 16th, 2008 at 8:27 am

Dude i totally agreed wit u!
14 chw 1 comment Apr 19th, 2008 at 5:46 am

yat, you rock. lol.
15 Rina 1 comment Apr 24th, 2008 at 7:33 am

WTF?
This blows.
You are terrible at reviewing.

:]
16 koi 1 comment Apr 28th, 2008 at 12:11 pm

you definitely suck in giving a review.
oh hello,
do you know how much effort that a director need to put in order to produce a film /movie?
you’ve been so sacarstic and hurting people’s feelings.
if you are so good in criticising why not you make a movie?
watch this movie from another view, you’ll definitely see something that is much more sweeter compare that what you mentioned in your post.
in addition, if the movie is terrible, why you still spent the 2 hours and 30 minutes in watching it?
is a typical type of japanase romantoc movie.
you can definitely just walk out from the cinema or turn off your computer.
oh, maybe you’ll say that you’re not willing to waste the money that you pay for movie ticket.
then it would be the lousiest excuse that i’ve ever heard.
and last but not least, have a good day.

p.s: i”ll definitely watch this movie more than 10 times in order to prove that your view is wrong. woof.
17 Eun-Ae 1 comment Apr 30th, 2008 at 6:39 pm

huh…

duh,,,..

i watched KOIZORA in Japanese..
i mean there is no subs at all….

but still…i loved the story,,,,

and for me, the movie that i WATCHED was not about SEX!!!!!
but about a boy and a girl who experienced love at a young age and their struggles….
i never watched it for Hiro’s penis or anything,….

BTW~
you suck at giving review…
or…
that was not a review at all…

BYE!~
18 le critic of le mofo :] 1 comment May 1st, 2008 at 11:08 pm

you suck balls :]
.
and your reviews suck ass

HAH
beat that mofo.

oh yes and before you start writing these one opinioned reviews on films which only view the film by your opinion;
go get a life.
.
or try and watch the film from another perspective.
since the directors and actors of these movies did a way better job in creating them than u did when u were sitting on you ass, writing this load of rubbish for the past 2 hours.

thanks and er bye
19 tsktsk 1 comment May 12th, 2008 at 1:15 am

your review is dumb. very dumb.
if you are so good in criticising other people’s work, eh, why don’t you go make a movie?
i want to see how good are you in potraying this movie if you were given the task.
nah, better don’t, i don’t wanna see a movie like this to be destroyed in your childish mind.
just like what KOI said, if you feel that while watching that, you’re wasting your time, criticising the actors for doing what you dislike there, you can just storm out of the theatre like a kid. or turn off the computer like a gay.
and well, not bad, for your creativity to be thinking so far uh.
20 katia sousa 1 comment May 13th, 2008 at 8:18 am

I think you make a very bad review,even so its you opinion….I think the movie is good,i cannot say excellent because i didnt saw it all yet….dont be so bad mouth and let the others see and have the own opinion.
21 hayyley 1 comment May 19th, 2008 at 10:11 am

[22] Your review is SO dumb, it makes me feel disgusted breathing the same air as you!

why dont you go make a better version of Koizora then, make a movie yourself since all you can do is to criticize the movie, like the director owned you ten million bucks.

oh well, i suppose all you like to watch are realistic, materialistic movies that they show everywhere nowadays, and those so called hunks in the movies turn you soooooooo on, yeah?
i feel disgusted just talking to you. And you call this a movie review?!

oh gawd, just HOW OLD ARE YOU?!
22 great job! 1 comment May 19th, 2008 at 10:13 am

wow! graet job on making the world’s lousiest movie review, that entertains you and all other idiots!
23 seriously rolls eyes. 1 comment May 19th, 2008 at 10:24 am

you have no idea what you’re spouting.
good job on making the world hate you. that’s all i’m gonna say to you.
i had great experience talking to an uncivilized civilian.
24 Lesson of the day - Stalking means you care 1 comment May 21st, 2008 at 1:16 pm

LOL thank you.
God this review just reconfirmed the bad feelings I had about this movie from what I summized via wiki (lol pathetic I know, I found out about this movie in a forum and I just thought …wow. Another overly-dramatic and masochistic film marketed for hormonal, angsty teenage. D: *wiki’s)
Thanks for stopping me from watching another drawn-out cliche and by the by, Ben Stiller is GOD.
25 Junie 1 comment May 22nd, 2008 at 11:48 am

Dude! Love your review…it was quite funny and straight forward.
26 Pookie 1 comment May 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am

I like this review,
everyone can give their opinion… -_-” even if you don’t share it
27 Os 60 comments May 26th, 2008 at 11:01 am

Ha, nice lols. I wasn’t too impressed (nor dissapointed. It was a nice time waster) with this movie but hell, I dont give a crap if I get to see me some Aragaki Yui.

I MEAN. WHAT THE CRAP KIND OF “REVIEW” IS THIS? YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE HEART OF A DIRECTOR
28 i tend to flail 1 comment May 29th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

i read this a few days before i watched the movie and i honestly don’t think this was a very good review. maybe those jokes about hiro getting aids or whatever are supposed to be funny, but that has nothing to do with the movie, and he didn’t quite “sex up” some other chick. also, i don’t remember saki actually beating the girl up. all of that is very misleading. also you gave away the ending, what kind of review is this? you’re entitled to your own opinions i guess, but is it necessary to keep calling mika dumb or mentioning hiros appearence?

oh well, i’m glad i watched the movie anyway, i thought is was pretty good. the only thing i hated was that the progression was extremly slow, they could have knocked out a good 10-20 minutes without really taking away from the story.
29 (: 1 comment May 30th, 2008 at 11:02 pm

you suck totally at reviews.
30 totally speechless. 1 comment May 30th, 2008 at 11:06 pm

worse movie review i’ve ever read.
31 DE 2 comments Jun 3rd, 2008 at 12:50 pm

What a bunch of heartless motherfuckers.

Wow.
32 DE 2 comments Jun 3rd, 2008 at 12:51 pm

Oh Yeah, give up on writing reviews.

You Suck.
33 review wa daikirai ~ 1 comment Jun 4th, 2008 at 8:03 pm

anata wa daikirai desu. >=/

seriously. u can’t write reviews
i just finished watching it and it was one of my favourites

uu must be a racist skip huh?
discriminating against japanese way of movie making
and the actors

don’t criticise until you can do a better job
you’re entitled to your own opinion but i think you’re being
way too harsh
34 kuchitomi 1 comment Jun 5th, 2008 at 10:57 am

hahah!!
I’ll admit, to your discontent; that I actually like koizora.
If you say that koizora sucks then who cares? it is your OPINION.
People do not think the same. Everybody is different.
I like koizora, i think it’s a good movie.
35 just-sum1 1 comment Jun 5th, 2008 at 11:29 am

Even though this is not my most favourite movie, it’s still watchable anf quite good.
I must admit that this is the worst review ever. I can’t even consider this is a review at all. Even though you may have your own opinion, what you’ve written is just some kind of discrimination against Japanese, I feel. And you are very much in favor of Korean, it seems. To what I understand, having sex at the age of 16 (of course with the person you love) isn’t a big deal in Japan. I’m not saying it’s good, but it seems to be part of their culture. Why don’t you learn more about their culture before you even critise? In other words, why don’t you check up your knowledge and understanding of what you want to critise before you even open your mouth?
This movie is all about having sex?? You’ve gotta be kidding. Hello?? There are only two small scenes in the movie saying that they did have sex. You must be good at exaggerating.
If the movie made u “constantly moaning, grumbling and slamming the actors and plot”, why did you bother keep watching it till the end? Just so that you can write this ridiculous review? You’ve gotta be an idiot because no reasonable person would do such things.
You kept saying Mika is dumb, but i find you dumber, lol.
I agree with others, as u make the director and actors seem to be the worse, why don’t you make one? I’d love to see how ‘good’ you are.
Oh, by the way, i don’t understand why you compared Koizora (Japanese movie) with PS I Love You (American movie). Because neither of those is a remake of the other. It’s like you are comparing a chocolate with a sky, lol. Nothing in commons nor similarity.
Grow up, baka.
36 Meier 1 comment Jun 7th, 2008 at 12:53 am

haha… u’re review is so… >
37 Risa 1 comment Jun 7th, 2008 at 6:02 am

wtF this review totally ssux..
38 Suzu 1 comment Jun 8th, 2008 at 1:55 pm

hahah “yat” and “i tend to flail” said all that i wanted to say xD you completely exaggerate when you diss this movie lol it sounds more like youre trying to make this review as “funny” as you can instead of writing it about what you think about this movie. your review just made you sound like an insensible jerk, especially to people who actually watched the movie and knew that a lot of what you said werent true.

on the contrary, i thought this was the best japanese movie that ive watched so far =] i love it ~ x3
39 setandugal 1 comment Jun 10th, 2008 at 12:12 pm

super stupid review. eat that super stupid tasteless mainstream hollywood movies.
40 jojobojo 1 comment Jun 10th, 2008 at 12:34 pm

Don’t listen to this stupid and racist review. i just watched this movie yesterday and i think this is definitely one of the better movies i’ve watched in recent memories. the story is very lighthearted and presented very nicely. whoever made this stupid review needs to get a life or get laid. once again don’t listen to this useless review. just give it a try and if you can appreciate typical asian drama then chances are you’ll enjoy this movie.
41 rini 1 comment Jun 15th, 2008 at 9:47 pm

I have just wasted a few minutes of my life reading a noob review… issit even a review?
You think it’s bad because u’re NOT the target audience of Koizora.
Just like not much boys would like to play simulation games.

Get it?

If u don’t get it, then u’re really the dumb person who got smart after watching.

First thing. If it’s that bad and so much people are still like it, there must be something wrong with u.

Second thing. Don’t think u’re smart.

Third thing. For your own safety, please don’t say all these out in public, esp Japan. You’ll end up in the hospital. Probably. Women can be scary.
42 Sophie 1 comment Jun 17th, 2008 at 7:51 am

I just finished watching ‘Koizora’ and I find your review extremely perplexing. Either you were watching a completely perverted version hitherto only seen by you or you possess the “emotional range of a teaspoon”. Projecting your prejudice and hatred onto a perfectly good story is a bit over-the-top, don’t you think? Don’t hate Hiro’s hair simply because it’s beautiful.
As for Step Up 2, it was bleh. Some very good dance sequences, but the plot was a bit too corny and predictable for my tastes. I don’t think I’ll be recommending that particular Disney movie to my friends any time soon.
43 naina 1 comment Jun 18th, 2008 at 3:54 am

im sorry but you suck! BIG TIME!
i know everyone has the right to critisize and such
but this was just low. koizora is a beautiful movie.
as for step up 2 … dude … the worst movie ever. i’ve never ever seen such crap before.
44 RAIN 1 comment Jun 19th, 2008 at 7:52 pm

YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE SHE-MALE BASTARD ASSHOLE THATS SUCKS OBVIOUSLY T O T H E C O R E

WHO GIVE THIS FUCKIN RUBBISH WORSE FUCKIN REVIEW I EVER READ
YOU OBVIOUSLY JEALOUS OF HIRO THAT CUTE GUY SO WROTE OUT A FUCKING RETARDED REVIEW

you probably didnt watch the movie , i guess? I DID NOT TOO BUT I THINK THIS IS A GOOD MOVIE THAT I WOULD SPENT MONEY ON WATCHING IT , EVEN IF IS ONLY THE TRAILER .

BALL SUCKER , DO NOT SPENT UR SUKISH TIME ON CREATING FUCKING RUBBISHES

CAUSE W E D O N ‘ T N E E D I T

thnkks lot yeahh bastard , the worst ur mom does is gave birth to you

opps i wasted my precious time on rubbish , guh . ohyas hell yes do close this close mother fucker review before our comments no UR review created soar-eyes for readers :DD

Wish you all the best for tomorrow and the worst everyday after tomorrow :]
45 sethy 1 comment Jun 21st, 2008 at 12:31 am

you know I absolutely don’t agree with you!
it seems you’re a boy(?) because I think you absolutely don’t understand any part of the whole movie. I’d really like to know if you watched other japanese movies before, because it doesn’t sound like you did at all, and the hairstyle doesn’t matter at all, though I laughed because of your stupid comment on the movie, but whatever, the two are great actors and the movie is absolutely the best I’ve ever seen! and I’ve watched many!
I’d also like to know if you watched the movie in japanese or in english??? because that makes a great difference! if the english synchronization sucks, it’s not the actors fault!!!
46 Jess 1 comment Jun 21st, 2008 at 8:11 pm

That was a totally ignorant ‘review’. if you want to call it that. The whole time you sounded like a child who thinks they are of high intelligence and posesses an excellent sense of humour. I doubt you have either of these.

The only thing I can agree with you on is that Step up 2 is a good movie. Even so, Step up 2 is a light hearted, comedy drama dance movie. Which you don’t need half a brain to figure out what’s going to happen next.

Maybe a movie like Koizora is too much for you to handle. You obviously couldn’t see past the sex part of the movie and consider that there was a something more to their relationship besides that. You twisted every significant event in the movie and tried to make it sound perverted and pathetic. Koizora may not be the perfect movie, but I understood it and liked it.

Don’t strive to become a movie critict or something that requires anything above little to no intelligence.
You won’t get far.
47 ai 1 comment Jun 26th, 2008 at 5:33 pm

its like hello
what a sucky review
did you like read the novel?
or like pay attention to the story
or are you simply paying attention to the sex part???
like wth.
like at least respect the story the director the actors and everyone that took part in the show?!
and also for the author
is like
hello you dunlike japanese movie
DEN DUN BOTHER GOING TO WATCH LAH
might as well give up the seat to someone who want to watch it
i really cant find a word disgusting enough to describe you
48 fushi 1 comment Jun 30th, 2008 at 3:46 pm

holy fucking shit man. you honestly call this a review? jeez you’re stupid. you don’t even tell the story accurately, just twisting it to make it all perverted and shit. friggin lame ass. you’re probably a perverted, racist jackass too, aren’t ya. can’t even see past the sex parts, and that’s all you seem to think about. you’ve probably never been in love either, so you wouldn’t understand the meaning of the movie.
anyways, it’s pointless talking to you. have a nice day, and go find a girlfriend will ya?
then again with this kind of attitude, i doubt that’ll be possible. great job in making pretty much all girls hate you
49 CINQ 1 comment Jul 6th, 2008 at 8:27 am

kay your tottaly lame.
you fucking suck at giving reviews.
kay, if you hated the movie since the beginning, why continue to keep watching it?
theres one thing about your so called review that ticked me off.
everything about your review was based upon YOUR OWN PERSPECTIVE.
everything was true, but you exagerated everything and added your own thoughts into it.
you are so biased.
just b’coz you didn’t like the movie doesn’t mean you could go cristsizng it like that.

“My version: Hiro wants to fuck more girls and makes Mika go away. When he gets some bad STD like AIDS, he decides that he needs someone to peel apples and live out his last days with him and tells Mika that he made her go away on purpose to prevent her from being sad.”

yeah fuck that. Thats YOUR version.
no one really cares about your version, so why put it up?
i could of said step up 2 was horrible and a peice of white trash. WHICH IT IS.
you never once said the negetives about step up 2. Which there were PLENTY.
don’t go ranting on with your stupid and immature reviews, it just pisses people off and makes yourself look bad. :\
50 ... 1 comment Jul 6th, 2008 at 10:02 am

uh… this is what you call a review? xD
funny but weird. overuse of the word “fuck” and slightly racist?
nice to see other opinions though… most people i know loved the movie.
51 anon 1 comment Jul 6th, 2008 at 5:17 pm

this is why i hate people.
i mean the retarded comments, not the actual post. your review is funny.
52 Anja 1 comment Jul 7th, 2008 at 2:59 am

Lol,
You made me laugh!

I thought it was a good movie. But indeed, Hiro left his eyebrows, wich was really fake
BUt you made me laugh.

Still, it’s a good movie!
53 LOL 1 comment Jul 8th, 2008 at 5:57 am

I watched it for Hiro penis & I will not deny it. Movie would have been better without the chick, just 2 hours of Miura Haruma. Mmm, delicious.
54 what the hell?! 2 comments Jul 11th, 2008 at 7:57 am

your review is one of the most disgusting reviews i’ve ever read. you probably didn’t realize that the world is changing. having sex with a 16 year old doesn’t mean that they are slut/ or whatever you call them. it’s just a small thing that has been changed over the decades, do you realize that same-sex marriage is now legal at some areas (i think), that kind of thing is FAR more serious than the situation in the movie. and i congratulate you for being the most sarcastic and the most racist ever. i am absolutely sure that you are just watching it because of the sex scenes and you are just probably angry that you didn’t see much of it. HELL yeah you have the right to criticize the movie i also have the right to criticize you. i am NOT AFRIAD to commit a sin! i know we have different opinions but don’t ever write a stupid review if you say that the movie is stupid because it will make you dumber-don’t even waste you time writing it. stop making the movie to look bad because we will make you look far worse than you think. if you really think it’s stupid, GO PROVE your point and NO ONE CARES. that’s my opinion.

ps: go outside and notice the world is changing (yeah including your brain, it became far more childish) and have a life. good day.
55 CSV 1 comment Jul 13th, 2008 at 4:11 pm

Wow I watched 40 minutes of Koizora and realised it was utter shit - wish I read your review before I wasted 40 minutes of my life, though at least ur review sealed it for me (and saved me another 20 - 60 minutes of pain).

After hearing all about how good Koizora was, I downloaded it (thank god I didnt spend money on it) and was both appalled and bored shitless from all the random rape/abuse scenes and unnecesary melodrama. To all the commenters who actually liked the movie…you’d probably shed tears watching paint dry.
56 mina 1 comment Jul 13th, 2008 at 7:13 pm

lol…your hilarious and kinda weird?!
i have never read any reviews with so much “f@#$” word on it…
anyways yeah…the movie was so bad i loved it…!
57 bob 1 comment Jul 14th, 2008 at 6:52 am

your review is crap.

I hope you die soon and go to hell.
58 koizora! 1 comment Jul 15th, 2008 at 1:08 pm

to be honest, this review was stupid, and to criticize was, beyond stupidity…
Think, American movie are even more dumb! At least the Japanese can REAL movie!
Really, when your in love you don’t really think straight, so obviously she’s not going to do the smartest thing in the world! shit, think man!
This movie was actually really good! I just finished watching it, and reading this, you just sound jealous, and STUPID!
have you read how many comments saying they hate you?!
Now, think you do have the right to give your opinion, but don’t tell other people NOT to watch it, let them see how it is, so they can give their OWN opinion! GEEZ!
As an Mirua Haruma-san fan I will say, did NOT look that glamorous! He looked quite unglamorous…
He’s also a very GOOD ACTOR!
Step up 2, was a movie I did enjoy watching but, again, there was no need to make another one, It was almost the same as the first one, just with a few changes…
anyways, this was stupid, and unnecessary ‘review’, if you can even call it that!
seriously, I didn’t even finish reading it…
-shakes head-
pathetic…
59 popo 2 comments Jul 16th, 2008 at 6:53 am

shut up man!!!!! ur such a dickhead!!!
that movie is the best love movie that u could ever watch
60 popo 2 comments Jul 16th, 2008 at 7:00 am

and it tells you abut love u dumb ass
not penis and sex!!!
mayb u have never fallen in love before or something saying that kind of stuff
to this movie.
u noe , i can proudly say that i wish i could be mika
(i didnt mean to b that rude gome)
but come on seriously
how can you say that to this movie
this is like the best movie ive ever watched man
61 jj 1 comment Jul 16th, 2008 at 11:55 am

To think step up 2 was better than Koizora, you are truly a fucking idiot.
62 Ponta 1 comment Jul 19th, 2008 at 3:17 am

WOW! that was the best review ever. I don’t want to watch this movie anymore. lol hahahaha WOW you’re funny I’m guessing this review is more entertaining then the movie lol hahaha.
63 Akira 1 comment Jul 19th, 2008 at 5:19 pm

Hmmm….. I see alot of people are repulsed by this review…. and most of those hate comments are probably FEMALE. lol Because most of the people who watch this movie on their OWN FREE WILL, are female.

So because I dont BLOG about movies myself, Im kinda infamous for going to other review blogs and leaving longass review like comments because…. i can.

Alright I’m going to be honest, I agree with the review in SOME aspects but I do agree with what alot of people wrote as well.
First off, as a guy who was forced to watch this movie because of my sappy romance asian movies loving girlfriend, I can say that I understand where this reviewer is coming from.
Most people don’t really realize this, but when we are watching movies with a dominant MALE and FEMALE role, girls will generally pay attention to the female character and to guys with guy characters. The reason being is because even though we THINK we pay attention to the hot guy or hot girl, we don’t ‘characterize’ with them. We want to sync with our OWN gender characters and that’s where I see the light in both the review and the comments towards the review.

Hiro pisses me off too. Before all you girls go “booo your jealous of his hair!” and yes, i admit, I am, understand why he pisses me off. Girls, can you be a LITTLE bit more open, pretty please? With Kimura Takuya on top? Okay, FIRST OFF, yes, I get that this is BASED on a true story and there’s a novel. Okay, stop. “WE DONT CARE ABOUT THE NOVEL.” Did you get that? Here, let me type it in big CAP fonts again just to make sure you got that without mistake, “WE DONT CARE ABOUT THE NOVEL.”
I noticed people saying something about the “novel” and how its different from the movie. It makes me smile because you are all truley flowering, genuine, FEMALES You see, even though some movies are based on novels, they still can suck. Harry Potter was a genius children’s novel and the first movie got mixed reviews. We dont care about the book. The reviewer is reviewing THE MOVIE, not the book. I just want to get that off my head. WHEW! okay, im better now.
Now back to Hiro, yes he pisses me off. WHY? And don’t be giving me your *eye rollings* until you hear me out. I’ve seen my fair share of stu- I mean, romance Asian dramas and movies. Don’t you think I KNOW? Oh, I know. Hiro is intentionally the way he is to ATTRACT THE FEMALE VIEWER. There’s no other way to put that because it’s 100% true. It’s what directors do to REEL in an audience.
Now let me defend the reviewer by saying that I can see where he’s coming from on Hiro. If you’re going to make a movie this deep, this touching, this… TRUE, you’d think that the movie would be a little more realistic than another TEENSUPREME drama. Excuse my asianness if noone knows who I’m talking about, but am I the only one that thought the director had some inspiration on characters from…. THE SUPER POP MUSIC IDOLS ALL THE WAY FROM SOUTH KOREA…. DONG BANG SHIN KI!!!!! (TVXQ, TOHOSHINKI, WHATEVER.) ‘HIRO’ reminds me of…. ‘HERO’ from this mega popular korean group who happen to be mega popular in japan as well. And then halfway through the movie I was like, “OH SHIT. His name is Hiro!!! GAAH! it all makes sense to me now!” yeah. Do you STILL need a lesson on HOW TO ATTRACT THE FEMALE VIEWER? And I mean, Mika’s hot…. for a 15 year old and she just never ages even though she dresses like a 30 year old at the end, btu she’s still hot. No, maybe not hot but thats the term Im going to use because I’m a typical guy (aww…) no but in reality, she’s “CUTE” very…. too cute. even my girlfriend wanted to puke. AH but the annoying cuteness is not in vain, Mika is also rendered towards attracting the female audience. Shes like super innocent….LOOKING and stuff… I mean sure she has sex the first day she like meets Hiro, but she didnt know any better. Hell, in fact I swear that Mika didnt even know what SEX WAS. Hiro on the other hand DID. Hmm…. so why the hell does he like Mika again? Do you guys get how VAIN that looks to us? The only thing as a guy I figured, hey Hiro saw Mika when she ran into him that first couple scenes in, and he was like, *turns around* “dang….. she looks innocent and cute. i want to try something different.” WHAT ELSE WOULD WE THINK? WE’RE GUYS.

Anyway that’s just my input/rant on Hiro. Because I think alot of people are repulsed by this review because it made it sound like Hiro was a bad guy and he was just horny. Hmm.
But I do agree that this review was highly biast and it was uncessary to be negative towards Japanese actors. There are many good Japanese actors, just not in these crappy teen romance ones.

Overall? I thought the movie was…… something. Yeah my girlfriend cried…. I had a face like >__> the entire time. I thought Mika never gets old….. and OH before I forget. Whoever mentioned Japan and 16 year olds getting pregnant is common… uh… GIRL WHERE YOU HEAR THAT FROM? Actually that is VERY uncommon in Japan. In fact, only the kids with bleached hair are possible to that kind of scandalousness (joking of course but sadly, somewhat stereotypically true. hermm.. not the bleached hair but i mean the rebelious types. duh.) It’s not common for a 16 year old to get knocked up in Japan and have miscarriages. No dear, it’s not. HOWEVER, showing stuff like that in a movie is no longer such a closed off topic either. You have movies like JUNO in America so why not in japan ya know? I dont know, but yeah its not common at all.
Anyways, I think the storyline is really sad and really typical too. It’s like I dont get these asian dramas with the guys being a total dick to the girl because he “DOESNT WANT HER TO GET HURT” real guys dont act like this i assure you! uh…. isnt the point of a relationship to be OPEN?? If your hurt, you share your pains with your lover, thats what you call LOVE. Okay im talking from the mentality of a 3rd generation, white washed Japanese guy but still, Japan or America or Zimbabwe… I dont get this lying to make things better thing. I dont buy it (once again… CUE DRAMATICS!) and whats up with Mika’s parents? I swear they make Japanese parents look like a joke. Mika is 16 and she JUST GOT PREGNANT. her parents act like she just got her first KISS or something, rediculous. She makes Miley Cyrus… oh wait no shes not the pregnant one… oh who was it? umm… Jamie Lynn Spears! look like a Nun. I mean….okay so maybe Japanese parents a bit more on the chill side. I mean my parents are kinda like Hiro’s parents. One crazy mother, and the non responsive dad. But then again…. my girlfriend is Korean and damn korean moms are scary as hell…. i cant compare them to Japanese moms but I think their expression with Mika was too unrealistic. I loved the fact that Hiro’s sister was played by KARINA shes super cool, but what a random ass role to give her.
Okay I think I’ve rambled enough but i definately wanted to input my 200 cents because i just watched this and i feel like crap now.
but i think im leaving MY review on too negative of a note and ididnt mean to (guess when you ramble though your true thoughts come out lol) i would like to praise HOWEVER the intensity of the last few moments with Mika and Hiro. Their chemistry is really good, the two actors, I believed they really liked one another and all that. My favorite scene in the entire movie was when Hiro and Mika are making VOWS to eachother (marrying) and Hiro all the sudden cracks and starts crying about he doesnt want to die. I say its my favorite not to be sarcastic but sincerely, becacuse its the only scene in teh entire movie that I BELIEVE WHAT HES SAYING. He’s young, he’s scared, and he shows his self pity and fear and that made me say “finally…. i feel bad for him.”

as for STEP UP 2……. it was better than STOMP THE YARD is all i can say.
64 allie. 1 comment Jul 20th, 2008 at 6:15 pm

you dont have a right to critisize japanese ppl in the review.
65 roflmao 1 comment Jul 21st, 2008 at 8:53 am

wow. you say dont watch koizora, but watch step up 2??
roflmao.

you sir are a dumbass. the fckin description to the movie said it chronicled “issues that occur in the lives of teens.” of course some of the decisions were fckin stupid bcus theyre FCKIN TEENS!
and for one who flames the japanese, you do not deserve the right to call yourself an otaku.

go fck that sabertooth in 10000 BC.
66 poo 1 comment Jul 21st, 2008 at 10:23 am

wow amazing

… i wasted my time reading your stupid review…how amazing ….
keep on writing i want to read your review more hahahahahahahahaha

and you sound like a kid hahahahaah i guess you must be a boy… little boy hahahah

maybe you like dirty dance from step up 2 cause its show dirtttttyy side

dont blame these actors and director…. you need to grow up now yah kid!

then come on make your own movie when your grow up….
67 anna 1 comment Jul 30th, 2008 at 1:32 pm

I’m glad that someone finally wrote an ANTI-Koizora summary. Kudos. I’m a Japanese female (in high school) that absolutely HATES this movie. so extremely stupid. someone finally caught on to the stupidity of having sex with a just-raped girl. thank you. thank you so much.

however, I was slightly (just slightly) offended by the following statement:
– Japanese males can’t act at all, all they can do is pose their best angle for the camera and look pretty while silly Japanese women swoon over them.

um no, I beg to differ. while that guy may suck at acting, there are other guys that can act fairly well. i have to admit though, Japanese acting in movies are crap. You can see much better acting in dramas…

other than that, I couldn’t have agreed with you more.
68 Nitro 2 comments Jul 31st, 2008 at 1:30 pm

Honestly, I can agree with some parts of the review. The movie pacing was awkward, their “relationship” was questionable and the only factor that actually got to me was the “sickness” factor because I experienced it first-hand on several occasions.

However, I don’t agree that this is what people would label a “review” since it’s rather baseless and makes many bias stabs revolving around Japanese acting and even hair. Though, admittedly, if this review aimed for humor: it’s somewhat well-met depending on the targeted audience.

Also, for your benefit: I can say this first-hand that the hair doesn’t take that long and it doesn’t mess up that easily. Esp. because his hairstyle is not even that complex to begin with.
69 Nitro 2 comments Jul 31st, 2008 at 1:36 pm

Akira: Your comment hurt my eyes and my head.

Some of the things you said revolving around Hiro were true but it’s rather hard to take someone who can’t even type properly seriously. Sry2say.
70 Hime 1 comment Aug 5th, 2008 at 4:31 pm

I’m not going to comment on the review because, to each their own. Though I think you are horribly racist in your sarcasm..”this must be romantic in Japan”, seriously…you need to find better jokes because that’s rude, and yes culture is different. Learn to respect it, otherwise, don’t watch shows from that country if their values irk you so badly.

The reason I’m posting though is due to your “those of you who don’t know Japanese may not notice” bit. Actually, I think it’s hilarious you would say that Hiro talks like a punk even when he is talking to Mika’s father, because on the very contrary, one thing I found very cute in his speech to his dad, is that for once he used “boku” to refer to himself. He always refers to himself as “ore” anywhere else in the film. Please don’t try to review the original language and its variants if you don’t understand it.

That’s all.
71 your review is bad, it makes you dumb dumber. 2 comments Aug 7th, 2008 at 8:24 am

oh,

i have a review for YOU.

You’re dumb,

racist

sarcastic

idiot.

i am commenting on you review for the 2nd time coz i hate you as hell

well, akira was right.

you’re just jealous of his hair. XD

here’s my tip for you,

GROW UP.
72 Ani 1 comment Aug 26th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

All I have to say is that this review had me on the floor ROLLING around LAUGHING!!! Pointed out a lot of areas in the movie where I also thought “WTF? and people think this is acceptable or romantic?”. It was a movie that I thought I might’ve enjoyed had I been naive and in my teens, but in my jaded 20’s mindset have written off to be nothing but glorified and unrealistic notions of love. If Mika and Hiro were kids in real life going through real-life situations, then the story would have ended with her running away from his house as he made out with the random girl at his birthday party. Him dying from cancer in the end I guess made his behavior more forgivable… but I still feel that him being an ass to her to save her from pain is unrealistic.
73 yourenemy7 1 comment Aug 28th, 2008 at 9:46 am

while i enjoyed reading your stupid review i have to point out that you have absolutely no good taste. compared to most japanese movies, koizora had pretty good acting and a storyline that’s realistic considering how women and men typically react with each other in japan. koizora painted a beautiful landscape in which the characters of mika and hiro were allowed to grow and blossom. their love for each other is genuine and is pretty typical of most whirlwind type high school relationships. although you seem to have some dislike for hiro’s “punk” character its important to remember that his class, friends, and personality all revolve around a tough guy image so his manner of speaking seems in line with everything else. maybe you should try watching koizora again and be a little less narrow minded because that movie deserves 4.5 stars. its a tear-jerker because its based on the real life experiences of the author.

and by the way, didn’t step up 2 go straight to dvd? i didn’t know that great movies made $0 in theaters.
74 nanna 1 comment Sep 2nd, 2008 at 4:14 am

HAH~ lol harsh but so funny. I admit. Koizora…so cheesy and terrible story line. It just felt like she had no balls, not literally of course. Hiro was a bastard but he was forgiven because 1. he dies. 2. he is hot. And you can’t really expect much from Japanese acting…most of it is based around looking really hot, and over-acting.
75 gekipuriko 1 comment Sep 2nd, 2008 at 9:33 am

sheesshh..chill k?
it may not be the best movie but at least show some respect..
i think that cinepuri sucks..but i still adore the cast and respect their work..
thus i DO think that koizora is a GOOD movie..

you need love.. reaaaaally reaaaally bad
tsk tsk..
76 chyano 1 comment Sep 6th, 2008 at 9:51 pm

OmG!! wat a jerk!!
Yur Jus jelous cuz u aint dat gd enough
n da movie was rlly gr8..
if it was. bad, dumb watevaaa…y will dem ppl watch it nywaie???
dumbass..bytch!! hu eva u r..dnt jus ryt shit..
cuz yaanoo its nut tru!!

nwaii Luv dis FilM!!
rlly GuD:)
77 todiloo 1 comment Sep 7th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

Dude. Why did you even watch Koizora then?
You should be more serious if you want to make reviews. It´s not like anyone forced you to watch (at least I bet that´s the case).
Sure I agree with you (a bit) but you don´t have to be rude. It´s a really cheesy drama, lame too. Still, it seems like you tried to extend the bad points.
And dude again, I hope YOU never go to Japan.
78 tako 1 comment Sep 8th, 2008 at 10:05 am

I must say, please do the world good and NEVER write a review like this again. It’s very unprofessional and rude in all aspects. Even if some ideas are agreeable, there was no need to be so rude about the characters and spoil the ending. You sound so sure of yourself that the movie sucks shit without considering why others may like it. And also, i think you’re racist.
79 duiio 1 comment Sep 14th, 2008 at 1:12 am

you’re extremely terrible at reviewing.
you might as well go make one movie of your own. don’t be an idiot and say people with such negative comments while you didn’t even tried it.
you’re hopeless, dude.
80 Jennifer 1 comment Sep 15th, 2008 at 6:46 pm

Could not agree with you more. Every asian drama cliche was pulled together to make this movie. Pure crap.
81 angel 1 comment Sep 15th, 2008 at 9:58 pm

You are absolutely freaking awesome for this review.

I just wasted 2 and a half hours of my life watching that. I wanted to see what the “fuss” was about. My friend linked me to your review once I finished and everything you say is 500% true.

I sat there, shaking my head throughout the whole movie. Also, every time that female actor spoke, I got so annoyed. her voice… is… Well, lets just say I think a lot of Jap girls need lessons on how to “talk”

LOL @ the guy who doesn’t want you write anymore reviews like this. I on the other hand look forward to more posts like this. *saves link*
82 uncle fail 1 comment Sep 16th, 2008 at 4:38 am

wow you actually had the guts watched the whole movie.

I couldn’t agree more. even typical bollywood movies are better than this crap. not that i like bollywood anyway, but at least indian guys have normal hair

people who think koizora is good probably never watch good romance movie like Byousoku 5cm (japan animated movie) or Baran (Iranian).
83 physics152 1 comment Sep 16th, 2008 at 7:31 am

Read from other review that dumb chick gets the pregnancy scare from the rape but it was false. However, after such event you’ll think the dumb guy would be more cautious and NOOOOO….., they get right down to it and gets her pregnant. GOOD JOB!?
84 javier 1 comment Sep 17th, 2008 at 1:18 am

chida peli
85 Suki 1 comment Sep 18th, 2008 at 12:14 am

Ehh, worst review I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
First off, it’s filled with nothing but lousy jokes that has nothing to do with the movie at all. I understand though, perhaps you’re doing it to entertain people but I think exerting more effort in including smarter jokes would have been preferable.

Second; I’m not sure if this is the first time you’d ever made a review, hopefully it is because if so it would have been forgivable. But bare in mind that when making reviews, it’s okay to include personal opinions and preferences, but what’s more important is stating the pros and cons of the movie in a generalized point-of-view. Not all people share your crappy criteria when it comes to judging whether a film is good or not. (>.>)

Third; I dont get why you’re bitching about a 16-year-old having sex with someone she loves. As if everybody stays a virgin till they’re in their twenties. Open your eyes and see the reality, buddy. Also, with regards to Hiro’s hairstyle and way of talking; if you ACTUALLY understand Japanese and the modern Japanese culture like you said so, then you’d totally understand that some delinquents actually talk, act and look that way nowadays. Do your research first.

And lastly, I know everyone’s entitled for their own opinions. But this is a movie review, not a personal blog entry of yours that nobody would give a rat-ass about. It’s okay to not approve of how the movie turned out but do it in a proper, civilized way. Because I’ve read a lot of disapproving movie reviews, but this is one of the most useless. It’ll do nothing but condone hate and prejudice to other people who probably have already left a harsh comment above even though they haven’t watched it.

But sure, kudos to your precious review.
86 airin 1 comment Sep 21st, 2008 at 3:57 am

?
you’ve got me confused, cause it seemed you were reviewing the movie, but then you mentioned the show?
cause in the show, they don’t meet that way.
but you said shows.
anyways, i think the show was awesome, i’d love to watch the movie too.
so screw you, i think
plus, you should’ve just reviewed step up 2 separately, you only gave it a paragraph!
87 will people get over themselves 1 comment Sep 21st, 2008 at 4:35 am

geez, listen would everyone stop posting this hate crap as coments. it pisses me off to see people flaming someones opinion. if you liked the film good for you go and watch another weepy epic film….. i did after watching koizora because i liked it.

but obviously tj_han didn’t. oh bloody well, whoop-dee-do. if you dont agree with her then dont read the damned review. i think its obviously from the first 3 lines thats its not gonna be nice or unbiased, so if you like the film, DONT READ THE REVIEW AND DON’T WASTE YOUR FACKING TIME WRITING A FLAME COMENT WHICH ONLY MAKES YOU SEEM LIKE AN IDIOT… because that really is the only thing that those sort of comments accomplish.

on another note, even though i like koizora so many things in this review were true. i laughed so much at this review. nice one
88 elvadrieng 10 comments Sep 21st, 2008 at 10:24 am

@Akira Don’t degrade all the female population! Not all will watch this trash willingly.

What’s the big fuss anyway? Another than being mildly offended at the Japanese actor part (though this is partly true), this review is hilarious. Why so serious? In fact, I have a good mind to watch the movie myself and see how bad it is.
If anyone wants a good teen pregnancy movie, watch 2 young. It’s a good HK movie.
89 NN 1 comment Sep 21st, 2008 at 10:16 pm

for a movie so suckingly sucked. u’ve paid a lot of attention to it, so much that u can wrote such a review.
when ppl think a movie is bad, they dont watch it till its finished :). like kungfu girl for example.
90 Li 1 comment Sep 22nd, 2008 at 6:57 am

Have to seriously LOL at some of the people here who are truly, completely flipping out over the fact that someone would DARE bad-mouth Koizora. You’d think the reviewer just murdered their newborn baby. XD
91 abcd 1 comment Sep 26th, 2008 at 11:39 pm

You probably just wanted to fuck shit up.
You’re probably laughing reading all your hate mails.
Actually your crap of a review made me want to watch Koizora so thanks for suggesting it.
92 Meiko 1 comment Sep 28th, 2008 at 12:17 am

I find the person who wrote this offensive. If you were to write this on a newspaper you would have alot of hatemail.
fair enough everyone is entitled to their own opinion yes?
You are allowed to critise yeh? but to only some extent.
I haven’t seen you make a movie. You seem quite heartless.
And alot of what you have written is not true.

The reason why i loved this movie was because everything that happened in it, happened to me.
I know her heartbreak, i understand her confusion- waking up everyday thinking that yesterday didnt happen.
I dont expect you to understand nor do i want your sympathy.
But if you ever get raped and then end up pregnant and your bf decides he doesnt love you anymore, yeh you would be fucking hurt too.

Seeing as you obviously don’t understand how to write a review , here’s some advice.

Tip- There’s no need to critise EVERYTHING in the film.
When writing your review on a film, you state if the target market will enjoy this film, how much money it is estimated to sell and then a few facts on the actual film.
You can give reason as to why you didnt like it, one small paragraph. Not an essay.
DO NOT GIVE AWAY PLOT.

By reading your “review” you’ve only wasted my time.
There is no facts in it. You’ve just stated the plot and critised everything.
I personally think you’re a waste of space.
No one here expects you to understand the story because you’ve obviously never been in love.

p.s I think you’re well full of shit.
93 anon 1 comment Oct 4th, 2008 at 1:53 pm

uhm. shut up?

thanks.
94 nica 1 comment Oct 5th, 2008 at 2:29 am

i love your review
its perfect…made me laugh so hard i cringed with pain
keep it up !
95 ela 1 comment Oct 5th, 2008 at 6:51 am

“Hiro commands Mika to go to his house and ‘eat lunch’, where ‘lunch’ refers to his penis.”
OMG THAT’S MY FAVORITE LINE RIGHT THERE. XDDDD
You are SO right. I watched Koizora thinking there was a REASON everyone loved it and cried during it, and I was sorely disappointed. More like disgusted. It is so freaking unrealistic… the cellphone part was REALLY creepy and stalkerish and not cute at all, the having-sex-after-getting-together-for-5-minutes was really appalling, and the rape scene was poorly performed. Like they made it seem as if it wasn’t even that big of a deal. And the pregnant part was too predictable, and… I actually stopped watching after that, because I was too bored and went surfing for spoilers. Of course, after reading yours, I don’t feel like finishing the movie. I feel sorry for you that you spent 2 hours and 30 minutes and actual MONEY on this movie. Poor you.
96 발렌타인 1 comment Oct 5th, 2008 at 11:26 am

Whether you like this movie or not, this was a horrible review…Not even a review.
Before you start on writing a movie review, get the structure down, please.

And your language. Just totally rude and unnecessary.
97 alice 1 comment Oct 6th, 2008 at 11:17 am

didnt see the movie but have seen the actor’s photo before, he really does have shaped eyebrows doesnt he
japanese men like looking pretty
98 Angel 1 comment Oct 12th, 2008 at 2:30 am

fuck this. this is shit. koizora was GOOD!
99 Sylphie 1 comment Oct 12th, 2008 at 1:27 pm

Well, I think I might be one of the very very few females who actually sort of agree with this review. I admit, Hiro was way over the top in well, everything. Like you said, he is way too slick to be real. Do keep in mind that this is a scripted movie; all the lines are going to sound scripted to some extent. Miura Haruma actually exhibits okay acting skills, but maybe my standards for Japanese actors have been lowered by the influx of Johnny’s talents in the drama industry lately…

In fact, both of the leads were good looking and okay actors, which actually made the drama seem more fake. I spent the first ten minutes wondering why the stupid girl thought that having some random guy call her every day was romantic and how much hair gel Hiro uses every day. As the movie progressed, I wondered why the ex-girlfriend has to be so bitchy (because they usually aren’t in real life), why the parents are okay with all of this, why they don’t know about contraceptives, why she isn’t happy with the perfect boyfriend, and YES, WHY DOES HE LOOK PERFECTLY FINE EVEN THOUGH HE HAS CANCER? That part really got to me, because I work at a hospital, and terminal cancer patients do not look like that.

Bad acting and plot holes aside, I’d like to say the cinematography was gorgeous and the actors were all good eye-candy. I had so much fun laughing through this movie; in fact, it was my boyfriend who teared up at the end.
100 Bunny 1 comment Oct 15th, 2008 at 5:14 am

The best review ever!! Seriously, the worst movie I’ve ever watched. I don’t understand what’s the hype over this movie.
101 KIKI 1 comment Oct 15th, 2008 at 1:45 pm

Miura is SO hot in this movie.

Gaki is so cute.

Movie was shot so beautifully.

Story line sucked though D: His cancer was so unbelievable.. seriously.. that part was so bad.. and it got boring at times…. if it weren’t for Miura’s “fucking perfect” hair looks.. i wouldn’t have watched it
102 A-Ko 1 comment Oct 16th, 2008 at 11:54 pm

You are absolutely right. This movie sucked so much it is a parody for itself. I cried for the two hours that i will never get back.

I cannot believe the person who wrote the story is apparently a ‘millionaire’ now…
103 dewey515 1 comment Oct 17th, 2008 at 2:24 pm

haha! your review is hilarious… and so true. i’m a typical asian girl who likes romantic dramas, but i couldn’t even bring myself to finish the movie ’cause it was that ridiculous.
104 Sammy 1 comment Oct 18th, 2008 at 6:13 am

Monkey men speaking english? You really are horrible at writing, and you sound pretty darn ignorant. Still though, you stopped me from wasting my time watching Koizora.

Cheers
105 DJ 1 comment Oct 19th, 2008 at 8:12 am

I will hate you along with the general public, but I guess you can be better than koizora because apparently it makes you look smart

There’s too many of us in the world and we should all die, but we would get rid of you first because your hot air is causing global warming.

If you ever go to Japan they’ll arrest you for dancing naked on the street.

If you stay here they’ll…Well I don’t know, but if anyone reads this I’m sorry I wasted your time.

By the way you were an accident, your mom got raped and had you. But she was so scared of men she married your dad. Sorry to tell you the truth so late but I am actually your old girlfriend’s friend. I just happened to find this out about you.

~I hope you never read this, but I had to find a way to convey this dark message to you…and I couldn’t do it directly so I wrote it in the form of a hate message.

Well gotta go. I love you dad.
106 ZuMiNo3 1 comment Oct 21st, 2008 at 11:57 pm

it’s a drama not a movie.. gosh, how come you people can’t understand what a good drama is. It is realistic too, just because it dun show porn, dun mean its lame. people these days, dun know what’s good for them..
107 aizen 1 comment Oct 25th, 2008 at 2:10 am

*ROFL*

wtf?!! that was one heck of good review..

hahaha i was so about to say all he did the entire day is style his FUKCING hair hahahahaha
108 利久 2 comments Oct 25th, 2008 at 10:36 pm

なんか…あんた最低やな…
やって確かに恋空が別の映画と比較すりゃあらすじなどがあんま変わらへんけど…上記がやりすぎやんちゃう？？
あんたそう思うならええけどそりゃあんたの意見なんや。ウラミでもあるんかい？あんた可愛そうやねん！！
三浦春馬の演技はどこが悪かった？新垣結衣は？結局あんたがキャラのこと悪くユっても賛成でけへんで！その上あんたが日本の若者にステレオタイプなどつけてアカンで。うちら皆同じ行動しとるわけやないしな。後はいつまで三浦のルックスにかかわる？！関係あらへんのに。
まぁどうせあんたニクイ奴やな。赤ちゃんやった頃転ばへんかったんちゃう？頭ぶつかった？
109 리오 요시다 1 comment Oct 28th, 2008 at 8:07 am

Uhm…
I really liked this movie because it’s based on a true fuckin story.
And I think both Aragaki Yui(Mika) and haruma Miura(Hiro) Are very pretty.
You must have no fuckin life going around talking about Japanese people cant act.
What race are you then HUH?! Would you like it if some bitch just came up to your face and talked constantly about your race. Now I think your just hating.
If your gonna talk about this why dont you just go talk about some other fuckin fantasy story’s for once eh?! Something that’s NOT based on some true story. Bullshit!
I HATE! What you wrote here. I should just go to Mika’s blog and post your fucking URL and maybe she could see with her own damn eyes!
あんたね！ちょっとは人の気持ち考えたらどうなんだい！
もしあんたも日本人ならさ～　てめえーの頭おかしいんじゃね？！
殺気の子が言った見たいに　三浦春馬のどこが割りぃんだよ！
Btw you and these bitches posting bullshit about this fuckin movie
YOU GUYS HAVE NOOOOOOO FUCKIN LIFE!!!!!

AND AND
I HOPE YOU GUYS ROT IN HELL!!!!!!
Idk what you guys think about people w/ cancer dieing
You fuckin whores with no fuckin heart!
110 mika 1 comment Oct 31st, 2008 at 5:15 pm

a good day to you
SUCK..

how could you insult koizora like that
you didn’t know anything at all
why don’t you criticize your self first
before you criticize others

you didn’t know much about that
movie.you’re not perfect to insult
others’ work.
why don’t you make your own
then let’s see if people will
gladly like your work
i’m pretty sure that people
will just waste their money.
time and effort with your work

and lastly,
japanese people CAN ACT

maybe you just envy their talents
coz you didn’t know much about acting

you SUCK
111 2Hx 1 comment Nov 1st, 2008 at 7:39 pm

This review over dramatized a lot, but it nailed the core points. Based on a true story bahahaha, that’s just ignorance right there. Just, because an anonymous writer says so you believe that? Why doesn’t he have the the right to criticize. That’s what critics do.

I liked the cast though. It sucked, because of the story for the most part.
112 ayami 1 comment Nov 9th, 2008 at 2:16 pm

I have to disagree with you I found this movie very enjoyable. But i have to admit i did snicker at alot of the points you made. Oh and i did find hiro’s hair annoying but it was even worse black i think i would have chosen a soft brown in a more relaxed style.
113 andynai 1 comment Nov 11th, 2008 at 5:58 am

it seems a lot of my female friends liked the drama. some were even brave enough to admit that they were somehow sadly stimulated sexually by the rape scenario. summing it all up, i’m not sure if females watch this because it’s “cute” to be raped and sexually consoled by their knight-in-fucking-armor.

the show is a point-blank epic failed. i hate the stupid plot. it’s an annoyance. the climax still irritates me. the conclusion is a waste of my fucking life. i hope this becomes a masturbating material for me in the near future. i’d love to masturbate to all the crap-sulking pathetic scenes. *fap fap fap*
114 Wow, GREAT REVIEW 1 comment Nov 16th, 2008 at 3:02 pm

I feel kind of bad since i haven’t watched the movie itself yet. That’s why I was running around looking for spoilers, haha. Anyways, for me though, I am reading the manga at the moment, and I can still laugh at this review, since i can recognize most of the parts. To clarify, I do know this movie was based on a real life story. But I hope you guys also need to know how much to separate from a movie and from the real-life story. Director’s and publisher will always use ways to exaggerate and emphasize a movie to appeal to the audience. Also, the manga I’m reading is closely based on the novel, so I can tell you guys Hiro didn’t phone stalk Mika in the beginning. It didn’t happen that way. Anyways, I just have to say I hate reading this whole story. It sounds like bullshit with the way the events happen, and I hate the protagonist for being so stupid. Yea, just by reading what I read, i knew in the end he was gonna turn out to have some terminal disease and had to throw away, literally, his girlfriend. You know, there are other ways to stop a person from liking you instead of putting them in immense pain, and then have them find out you have a terminal disease, and when you die, be put in immense pain AGAIN. So, I knew I wasn’t gonna like the movie, but I wanted to see what would happen in the movie, so I’m glad I read this review. I don’t want to waste 2 hours and 30 minutes of my life, and if I ever do choose to watch this movie, it will be to see just how ridiculous the story looks and screen and of course, Hiro’s styled hair. I have to say, I only liked the final dance scene in Step Up 2.. =P haha

I feel bad that you have to read all those hate comments. I render them totally unnecessary, but as a die hard fan of other things, I guess I can kind of understand. Still, I think some people took it a tad too far, and I will reiterate this: Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. So, even if the larger population liked the movie, there’s bound to be a small percentage who thinks it’s shit. But I have to agree with some people, that I don’t think Japanese acting is bad. Still, I loved your review because it was hilarious.
115 利久 2 comments Nov 17th, 2008 at 8:50 am

ふーん。ただのやりすきやんちゃう。
誰かブラッディ･マンデイ見た？めっちゃおもろいねんと思うで↑↑
116 Saiko 1 comment Nov 19th, 2008 at 1:39 pm

Your review was pretty funny to read. Got some points here and there… 10,000 BC was really far fetched too… But majority of Korean and Japanese movies have plots that are just way too flimsy. They love each other. So what? I prefer Titanic over this. Classic. And I’m not just saying that because it won a lot of awards.

I’m pretty sure the cell phone novel was a lot better than the movie, even so if it claims having, what, 3 million Japanese viewers cry in theaters? I initially thought the movie was going to be “sweet and innocent” but my thoughts have changed.. I’m kind of disappointed, actually, but it’s not the worst movie I’ve seen. Bad movies are like “Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins” or “You Don’t Mess With the Zohan” or “Over Her Dead Body.” Seriously. Not even 10,000 BC is that bad.
117 troubledmoi 1 comment Nov 20th, 2008 at 6:07 pm

I’ve watched the movie half way through and now I found your review and YOUR REVIEW IS SO JUST I CAN CRY. I actually enjoy reading your review more than the movie itself. Koizora was.. HORRIFYING, DISGUSTING, MISLEADING, and just plain STUPID. I only watched it because many people seem to love it so much.

Hiro, I detest him so much. He thinks he’s all that. It’s pretty darn OBVIOUS he’s just desperate to get laid. Him and his cheesy lines. And his fugly hair. And a demeanor that calls for a slap. That girl Mika’s not any better either. She’s got nothing up there, I tell you. An easy lay.

Now the other guy.. Yu.. I haven’t watched Koizara far enough to know who this character is. But he sounds like a gem. The kind of guy I’d like to watch in a movie. But ngeh, the movie’s a total ruin for me, i’m not going to continue watching it. Pshaw, cancer! AGAIN. Lame.

Thank you for your review. Your review stopped me from continuing with this movie. I stuck through till this far only because I’d hope it’d turn out better, cause it’s just that bad it’s pitiful. Thank you thank you for your LOVELY review.
118 randomo otaku 1 comment Nov 22nd, 2008 at 5:38 am

¬¬”… apparently this is a true story. so would you feel as comfortable at criticising them with what actually happened to them?

hmmm i agree with the acting…Miura Haruma was pathetic at the bit where he suddenly broke out in tears after “marrying” Mika.

Overall… the first half was rushed but the second half was good.
119 Susan 2 comments Nov 24th, 2008 at 4:52 am

Wow.. I haven’t watched it yet and i was about to not watch it after reading your review. But after reading the angry comments of some of the above, i shall watch it and get back to you.
120 Susan 2 comments Nov 24th, 2008 at 5:32 am

Yeah, I’d agree with certain aspects of the movie:
1. Hiro’s yellow bleached hair is atrocious.
2. The acting on hiro’s part is terrible. Mika’s acting is better. (If his acting was better, maybe we can excuse his ridiculous hairstyle which may be suitable for an anime character.. but definitely not him)
3. THe plot is pretty darn stupid. Esp how she sleeps with him after meeting him for the first time.
4. another complaint. i dont like how easily her parents accepted him.
Its promoting the false image that raising a baby at their age would be easy. Or even acceptable. (but thats my own opinion)

I stopped watching shortly after.

The only good aspects of the movie are the scenery, “mika’s” acting, the music, and the actors/actresses appearance (with the exception of Hiro’s hair. that has to go).
121 Matsu 1 comment Nov 25th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

Okay, I normally don’t respond to reviews like this, because I usually can’t be bothered. But, in this case, I need to get a few things off my chest. Call this a review of your review, if you like.

First: A critical review that is worth its readership would not give away the ending even if it is a negative one. Bad form on your part.

Second: This is supposed to be a movie review, right? With all the racist comments you keep making toward the Japanese acting community, it was hard to see what could possibly be construed as a valid point from your end.

Third: Personal attacks on the characters in the story do not make you sound smarter, instead, you seem even less qualified to me making any type of critical review.

Fourth: If you plan to review more than one movie, give both movies equal time and space. I’m sure you could find as many good things to say about Step Up 2 as you found bad things to say about Koizora….that is, if you were any good at making reviews.

Have a nice day.
122 sucks to be you^_^ 2 comments Nov 30th, 2008 at 10:07 pm

wow!! surely a lot of people hate you now… dont they?? hahaha!! poor review.. i thought koizora was good.. not the best, but good. goodluck on those death threats… hahahha!!

p.s. learn how to write a good review.. okay? or better yet, finish grade school first!
123 LOL 1 comment Dec 2nd, 2008 at 11:27 am

lol i really loved the movie Koizora but i found ur “review” really funny and entertaining
but MEH~~~ i still love the movie
124 basement68 1 comment Dec 3rd, 2008 at 8:58 am

whats wrong with you??
your review is s0o0o0o0o0o damn bad…
i shall spare my words as it had been said by various people beforehand..
the only thing i’m left with is…
maybe you should try to produce a film/movie…produce a script of your own…direct it yourself and better still if you could act it yourself…
i’m fine with people having different taste and preferences..
but to sarcastically insulting people ( no matter how i sees it..i shall never see it as critics) is t0o0o0o offensive…
suggesting improvement is better than to give offensive comments…
give it a chance…
its a movie of a 1st timer..the actor is quite new t0o0o..
people deserve time and space for improvement..
nice effort by the way on expressing your thoughts..
125 highskies 1 comment Dec 8th, 2008 at 5:32 am

Your review sucked, go get a life, this movie was awesome.
126 lol. 1 comment Dec 12th, 2008 at 10:45 am

first of all stop being so fucking racist to the japanese
also stop fucking saying bad stuff about his hair. jsut becasue you’re such a fat lazy shit to get up and go style your hair like his hair. and stop blaming the actor about the hair because there’s such thing as a fucking hair stylist and a director, okay?
or maybe you hate the movie because the male lead is hot and you’re an ugly mother fucking jealous son of a fucking bitch.
and please, go learn how to criticise a movie, before you write a review on one, only insulting it and not even criticising.
and don’t go telling everyone not to watch it, because this is YOUR OWN fucking opinion got it? stop trying to shove it in other people’s faces that their wrong about liking this movie and should hate the movie becasue that’s their own opinion, and this is yours.
and stop fucking insulting the actors. even if their acting was bad then the director would’ve done soemthing, yes? and maybe you should go see some of the other dramas/movies miura haruma has been in, like his recent one and see what you think of him now? and practice does make perfect. give the boy some time, geez.
good day.
127 Sierra 1 comment Dec 14th, 2008 at 8:24 pm

I loved Koizora because i am a fan of the sappy and romantic, but your review was hilarious. Even though it was a pretty bad review. It sort of made you sound illiterate and idk, uneducated. Not all of it was about sex, you know. :/

Miura’s acting wasn’t exactly that great in this movie, but his acting in Bloody Monday is so much better.
128 jenny 1 comment Dec 18th, 2008 at 1:06 pm

Although I haven’t seen Koizora your ridiculous review forced me to comment: first of all, I’m repulsed at your remarks. How can you even post a review when as a critic, you only take in the bad, and as a writer you have no manners, no artistry, and no consideration? Although I’ve read the plot and understand where you’re coming from in terms of the fast pace of the main character’s relationship, was it really necessary for you to be so misogynistic? I mean, you calling this movie evidence of “how fucking stupid women” are is not only rude, but, it also proves you to be an arrogant - pardon my language - asshole and, quite simply, an incompetent critique. Discrimination against the Japanese film industry? Sexism? Profanity? Who includes these personal opinions in such a nasty way in a review?

If you’re going to go and write a review, the least you can do is actually put some thought into it. You need to revise the way you go about presenting your opinion. Nothing wrong with hating on characters, or the movie its self, but the method you chose to present your opinion has made me any many others see you as an inept critic - open your mind a little. Look at the comments you received - they’re basically all offensive reviews of an offensive reviewer.

You’re, quite frankly, not ready to be critic, especially one who posts reviews. Review yourself first.
129 Hirari 1 comment Dec 21st, 2008 at 4:14 pm

Ahaha I agree so much with your hilarious review. Absolutely GOLDEN.
Mika never deserved Yu. Yu was such a sweet guy who sadly fell in love with a dumbass girl. I think I will marry Yu now.
props!
130 Cathy 1 comment Dec 22nd, 2008 at 12:00 am

Hey, I’m one of the few that really enjoyed Koizora, even though I found it pretty lame at times. And it’s not all about sex! And something about it makes me think that if you’re not Japanese or haven’t lived in Japan, then it might take a little more effort to understand the subtle in-between-the-lines stuff. Japanese romances aren’t like western romances. There’s a lot of in-between-the-line stuff.

Funny review, anyhow.
131 SLAK MUCH!! 1 comment Dec 31st, 2008 at 3:03 pm

u r soo slak!! just cos u didnt like it doest mean u have to citisize it that much!!

dont u understrnad that this was all true and not friken made up?

and u call that a review? JEEZ!!

y dont u try and make a movie as good as that!! like u can even do it

if u have time to make a review like that critisizing it, get a LIFE!!

srz u r soo SLAK
132 Fate 1 comment Dec 31st, 2008 at 9:46 pm

u dirty ASSHOLE! KOIZORA iz such a gd show…thx 4 blowin it up…

N about HIRO’S hair, i pretty much lik it, n wads best iz im a boii=P

don go arnd criticizin directors lik a spoilt brat, if u hav so much time, com dota 1v1 me?

Japanese RAWKZ, DON U EVA 4GT DAT….

N 1 last ting? GROW UP!! U ASSHOLE!
133 fucker 1 comment Jan 6th, 2009 at 9:04 am

YOSH

This review was the best and funniest shit ive ever read. God i loved it, who cares if your slamming some stupid mother fucker, hes only slammed cause hes a bastard. I hated hiro, he fucking made me run for a razor. Claiming he loved her and shit, and then screwing the shit out of another girl at some party. I remember that part clearly, partly cause im a pervert, partly cause it made my blood boil. I hate bastards like hiro, the kind who doesnt know how to just change his phone number and move, rather than tearing her fucking heart out. or at least dump her, dont relentlessly stab her the punk.

And you know what, dumb mika should be facilitated. She just can’t let things go can she. what a clingy woman, i hated her thoroughly.

Loved the review, totally brightened my day, since the movie was such a waste of time.
134 Tii 1 comment Jan 9th, 2009 at 12:03 pm

You cannot slam the Japanese saying that they ‘cannot act for shit’ just because of one film. That makes you sound like a pig-headed idiot. Contrary to what you, and the other little kids on your level may think, this was not funny.

I can understand that you didn’t like the movie. You don’t have to be unprofessional about it.

-___-
135 Seymour Butt 1 comment Jan 12th, 2009 at 8:04 am

Seems like you were oppressed in high school or something…..
136 kimi_chan 1 comment Jan 13th, 2009 at 9:46 am

I’m guessing you should have added a IMHO…^_^ v

I suppose I can understand where you’re coming from…Koizora- compared to many other Japanese romantic dramas- was not the best…however, I can say that I’ve seen worse.

People- this is a review, an opinion. You don’t have to agree, but respect someone’s opinion.
and don’t take everything personally…

but LOL- you made me laugh…:D
137 Hikage 2 comments Jan 13th, 2009 at 1:39 pm

Its interesting and amusing to see how different people think about different things.
You are free to think whatever you want.
Different people different tastes.
To me Koizora was EPIC.
Jya.
138 miyuki 1 comment Jan 22nd, 2009 at 8:46 pm

kimi wa hotone BAKA !!!!!

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139 Mizu 1 comment Jan 25th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

lol. Actually I thought it was a good review.. At least you didn’t cry through the whole movie and forgot how totally stupid the girl and her decisions were.
140 Asian-Insider! 1 comment Jan 27th, 2009 at 6:55 am

you ASSHOLE has NO SENSE for REAL ACTING!!!!!!!

you fucking bastard, just look at those movies you recommend us. or western movies!!! they just deal about fucking SEX!! thats all!! no romance, no sense of respect but just fucking fucking fucking!!!

FREAK!!! ASSHOLE_FREAK!!! no sense at all!!

I HATE PEOPLEWHO DONT RESPECT OTHER CULTURS AT ALL!!! WHATS SO GOOD ABOUT YOUR CULTURE???? IN MY EYES YOUR MOVIES ARE ALSO JUST FUCKING BAD!!! ONLY FOR PEOPLE WITHOUT BRAINS LIKE YOU!!!!

so just look in the mirror before writing those non-sense, asshole!!!
fuck off you ass, motherfucker!
go die, freak
141 Stupid Otaku 1 comment Jan 29th, 2009 at 5:29 pm

I might be an otaku and all…but i like Koizora. Some people just ENJOY those kinds of stories. It isn’t the first if it’s kind and certainly won’t be the last. Obviously, they made a lot of money and a lot of fans and they will continue to do so. It’s nice that you have your opinion and all, but you have to think sometimes. Didn’t Mika still look gorgeous and well dressed even after she had been raped? And her crying bit? Hardly looked as if her makeup had run. So why just pick on Hiro? The females like him. Oh well, the directors decided against making them look like normal people when they were upset. It happens in quite a few movies. I have seen romantic dramas that are way worse than this one. But if you’re going to insult this one, please have more of a reason to. And when you make your own movie that makes you millions and is better than this one, than maybe more people will respect your opinion. For now, you’re just someone who likes to rant. Sorry to say, very unappealing.

And as for Step Up 2, it was a lame response to a very decent first movie. That’s what happens with sequels. But it’s not a sports movie. Far from it. Dance is an art. Don’t bunch them up with the jocks who barely have a brain cell between themselves. What they do takes years of effort and training compared to someone who picks up a ball and throws it.
142 di-chan 1 comment Feb 1st, 2009 at 4:59 pm

you, sir, are a fucking bastard. this was a terrible “review”. first of which, you didn’t even get some of the facts right. to think you actually thought that this was a horrible movie– you must not be romantic at all. you must be one of those people that only have fucking on your mind, who only care about a girl’s looks instead of the actual girl. shame on you– you must be a lonely person to actually write something like this. but hey, i guess you want the world to hate you right? hah, well you got it– we hate you. congrats.
143 MI 1 comment Feb 1st, 2009 at 5:57 pm

Koizora are my favourite movie..
how could you say that..
this is the best movie..
it’s not about sex at all..
144 Leo 1 comment Feb 2nd, 2009 at 9:50 am

I THINK U R SUCH A USELESS MOTHERFUCKER TO EVEN COMMENT ABOUT SOME MOVIE…………IF U DONT LIKE IT JUST STAY QUIET MOTHERFUCKER…………I WONDER YOU ARE EVEN WORSE AT FUCKING THAN THAT GUY.
And I agree with Di chan on everything he/she said…its so true…WE ALL HATE YOU….LIVE WITH IT.
145 YOUR MOTHER 2 comments Feb 2nd, 2009 at 4:05 pm

Hey Smartass!

Do us all a favor and instead of sitting on your computer criticizing the work of many people,
why dont you go make a movie?!
and we can all tell you how bad it is STUPID FACE ! yess i said it ~
suck it MOFOOOOO!
everyone hates your reviews
dont bother posting anymore PLEASE .
you have a retarded & DISGUSTING sense of humor.
you are an IMMATURE BITCH (: who desperately needs a fucking .

“SOMEONE GIVE THIS GUY A HO !”

fuck man , i’ll pay
because i feel so damn sorry for your jealous ass.

dont blame the actors, they just act, everyone else tells them what they should wear, what they do for a scene and id they should keep their eyebrows or not -_____- SMARTASS.

QUIT being such a baby you chicken shit.

just beacuse HIRO is getting ass and you are NOT .

you have absolutely no respect for these people and you deserve a good beating from your mother !

you know what else , you’ve probably never been in love thats why you dont understand.
i wouldnt wonder who could love someone with a peanut sized brain, a horrible personality and probably a 2 inch dick like yours?

GROW A DICK !

i understand perfectly well that this review is based on your personal opinion and everyone is entitled to their own opinion it juts so happens that your is STUPID and not worth the minutes it took to read your review.
poor readers like me who bothered to read you review, our brain is rotting from being contaminated and corrupted by your stupidity.
GREAT JOB BASTARD ! now i have to go read something educational so that my brain cells will multiply.

I WANT TO CHOP YOUR WEEWEE AND MAKE TEMPURA, I WILL SEND A HEARD OF GAY MEN TO ASS RAPE YOU AND I WANT TO GO TO THE CONVENIENCE STORE AND BUY YOU A BRAIN.

oh and i would like to shove you back up your mothers ass (:

i wont bother continuing to express my disgust for a human like you.
im afraid my fingers will rot from commenting an idiot and my eyes will dry up from being on your blog.

suicide is a good option mr. psycho ^______^ next time dont forget your happy pills !
oh and quit PMS’ing and shove a pad and tampon up in it !

have a nice day !
146 YOUR MOTHER 2 comments Feb 2nd, 2009 at 4:15 pm

SON THIS IS YOUR MOTHER !
I AM SO ASHAMED OF YOUUUUUUU D:
GOODNESS!

thats it your going to an orphanage (*_____*)
but who cares right?
since you dont seem to give a damn about anything sad that happens because you think its STUPID.

well have fun enjoying your stupidity.
147 jajajjaja 1 comment Feb 3rd, 2009 at 5:53 am

after reading the comments of people who agreed the movie sucked i realized that a bunch of DUMBFUCKS watched it and didnt understand the story at all !

1)
Hiro’s hair is white because he is “the bad boy(along with his other bad boy friends like Nozomu)” the real Hiro’s hair was probably white too. So dont blame the Actor Haruma Miura ! it wasnt his choice, he HAD to dye his hair for the role !

2)If you’ve read the original story or watched the drama you would know that they DIDNT have sex right away it just seems that way because the movie was rushed .

3)Mika’s parents also didnt agree right away , also the father never really accepted it he just wanted to believe in his daughter Mika.

4)Watch Haruma Miura’s (HIRO) other dramas like Bloody Monday and you will know what an AMAZING 19 yr old actor he is.

5)dont blame the actor about his eyebrows !
148 your father's mother 1 comment Feb 3rd, 2009 at 3:11 pm

thank you YOUR MOTHER…u said everything i wanted to say!!!
149 jaye 1 comment Mar 17th, 2009 at 5:56 pm

haha.. I soo agree to your rebiew. I like the actor (Haruma Miura) but I’ve got to agree that this movie SUCKS… and I, for the life of me, can’t see why my girlfriends were all so over it… hahaha… you siad everything I wanna say.. woohoo.. great review.. ^^
150 konadora 17 comments Mar 22nd, 2009 at 5:10 pm

Best review ever.
151 OneSin 2 comments Mar 23rd, 2009 at 5:46 am

The comments made me LOL more than your “review”

you fail
152 Soulstrider Apr 27th, 2009 at 12:15 am

This movie has fail written all over it
153 Anonymous 1 comment Apr 27th, 2009 at 5:30 am

A year has passed , and it is still funny.
154 Zeroblade 163 comments Apr 27th, 2009 at 8:20 pm

The idiocy and closed-mindedness of the comments on RIUVA still make me laugh, even a year after they’ve been up.
155 some guy from the internet 1 comment Apr 28th, 2009 at 1:20 pm

hahaha, and i thought the review was pretty damn funny. you sir deserve a medal for this review.
156 Noname 1 comment Apr 29th, 2009 at 11:59 pm

The comments made me lol

Teenage fan girls are hilarious saying stuff like “YOUR REVIEW SUCKS” when that displays poor reviewing of reviews on their part.
157 unicogirl 1 comment May 2nd, 2009 at 4:49 am

I never seen this movie, but I will probably agree with review even if I had watched it.

A lot of comments don’t seem to understand “Blog reviewers”.
Blog reviewers don’t have to hold themselves up to a standard that official movie sites do, they don’t have to be nice or consider others. That is what makes them loose and funny.

And I will definitely agree about Japanese acting… >_>;; This is usually why I avoid watching Live-action, because the acting is so terrible. You get some rare gems though, like NANA for example.
158 Orenji 22 comments May 4th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

I’d never even heard of Koizura before. How can something I’ve never heard of, have such a large and shitty fanbase?
159 peiyi 1 comment Jun 14th, 2009 at 4:01 pm

I like the cinematography of this film. It’s quite beautiful. The plot is not stupid because it is real so you can’t say it’s not realistic.
160 minako 1 comment Jun 27th, 2009 at 1:25 am

Oh my, this is a lousy review. Of course you don’t have to like the movie, but you don’t have to trash it like that! I think it’s a really beautiful movie, and the fact that it’s real it’s just fantastic.. It’s a beautiful movie and the remake that’s a drama is also great. Japan make better movies.. They always do..
161 Irien 1 comment Jul 2nd, 2009 at 8:54 am

Oh man, this review was spot on. I wish I’d seen it before I wasted two and a half hours watching this heavy-on-the-ironic-quotes “romance”.

The relationship was bad enough (what is it with tweens and confusing stalkerish controlling behavior with love? the first half was like watching a Twilight remake in japanese) but the relentless piling on of scenes that were so obviously contrived to be as heartwarming/heartbreaking as possible got incredibly tiresome after a while.

Subtlety, guys. Try it sometime.
162 royalfreshness 1 comment Jul 3rd, 2009 at 2:25 pm

as much as i love plotlines that are dramatic, cliche and make no sense…… wtf is this shit? this movie was horrendous lmao throughout the whole thing i was like really and i’m the type of person who really likes anything that i watch no matter how bad it is, but this was just utter shit WOWOWWOW i don’t even want to kno about the drama version.
163 Mon 1 comment Jul 4th, 2009 at 6:54 am

I just watched the first half hour of the movie and a lot of it made me angry. Haven’t watched the rest but judging from your review.. ain’t that good.
164 ::: 1 comment Jul 4th, 2009 at 11:27 pm

Haha, nice “review”(!)
you obviously are a very ignorant person with a limited view.
With regards to everything you said about the plot being unbelievable: obviously it’s going to be unbeleivable. Its a film !ADAPTATION! of a novel !BASED ON! a real life experience. It’s going to be glammed up and have a fantasy element, it’s what it was about. It’s not a documentry so don’t get worked up that them lead characters are good looking. Afterall, it’s a love story, Did you ever see Titanic (good looking characters with perfect teeth in 1912?, clean sea water?, etc etc etc), but in the end, it was only a moral-love story so it doesn’t really matter…
Maybe you were watching the film with the wrong expectations, it wasnt a film to gross people out about fatal diseases. it was about love and loss.
It was always going to be slightly unbelievable and magical. In what world does it ALWAYS, without fail, snow on the 24th of December every year…?? I’m sure no medical students were observing it to see the effects of cancer on a patient, so why would have to be so accurate?? If it was, i’m sure the type of cancer would have been mentioned and more story would have been based around the medical condition, rather than the love between the characters. That wasn’t the focus.
Next time you watch a film be a little more open minded and suit your expectations. Every thing has a target market so think of it that way.
I enjoyed watching the film, even though it was unbelievable and unaccurate in certain (..most..) aspects, because i expected that and appreciated the things that the director and writer were trying to convey.
165 hey, you really suck! 1 comment Jul 13th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

i loved this movie!
well…everyone IS entitled to their opinion…but don’t watch the WHOLE thing then go bashing it like some stupid retard. i think your review is just over-the-top and fake.
and geez you’re so racist! bagging the whole japanese population because of this >_> i think YOU’RE the one who’s fucked up. it’s people like you who really make me sick.

………………………………..
리오 요시다 1 comment
Oct 28th, 2008 at 8:07 am

Uhm…
I really liked this movie because it’s based on a true fuckin story.
And I think both Aragaki Yui(Mika) and haruma Miura(Hiro) Are very pretty.
You must have no fuckin life going around talking about Japanese people cant act.
What race are you then HUH?! Would you like it if some bitch just came up to your face and talked constantly about your race. Now I think your just hating.
If your gonna talk about this why dont you just go talk about some other fuckin fantasy story’s for once eh?! Something that’s NOT based on some true story. Bullshit!
I HATE! What you wrote here. I should just go to Mika’s blog and post your fucking URL and maybe she could see with her own damn eyes!
あんたね！ちょっとは人の気持ち考えたらどうなんだい！
もしあんたも日本人ならさ～　てめえーの頭おかしいんじゃね？！
殺気の子が言った見たいに　三浦春馬のどこが割りぃんだよ！
Btw you and these bitches posting bullshit about this fuckin movie
YOU GUYS HAVE NOOOOOOO FUCKIN LIFE!!!!!

AND AND
I HOPE YOU GUYS ROT IN HELL!!!!!!
Idk what you guys think about people w/ cancer dieing
You fuckin whores with no fuckin heart!

………………………………………..

I DITTO THE ABOVE!!!
166 jhea 1 comment Jul 19th, 2009 at 6:59 pm

wow~
your review is sooooo damn funny.
pfft.
you were quite right.
i agree with some of yer idea.
but still, i looooooooove koizora.
167 cuteness23 1 comment Jul 22nd, 2009 at 11:36 pm

YAH! You sucked in your Review, Man! :)) But anyway, i also hate the part where they made ***. I haven’t watched it but my friend told me the story. So, when i heard that *** part, i was like… “OH MY GOD! With that age?! How could they do that?” i hate the the one who wrote that novel. God! Kissing scenes are better. :s
SUCK the author!!!! :))=))
168 lawls 1 comment Aug 4th, 2009 at 3:37 pm

its based on a true story and i dont understand why you’re such a “bloody” hater. you sir are a fuckhead clearly. you rant like some 5 year old its hilarious really=]. i dont expect shallow people like you to enjoy these types of movies.
169 stupid. 1 comment Aug 11th, 2009 at 11:37 pm

this review is stupid.
just like your face.
170 1478956 1 comment Aug 12th, 2009 at 8:14 am

its the beginning of the movie and already i feel nothing for the movie. i think its pathetic.
171 C.Y. 2 comments Aug 15th, 2009 at 4:13 am

Wow, I really loved your review. Never saw the movie, but you had me laughing at the indeed awful plots people sometimes come up with. Loved the mini-rant about 10.000 b.c. (which I did see and got into an argument with my bf and brother because “I should just enjoy movies, not analyze them nor their chronological accuracy”), loved the puns about the hair styling. Was not really happy that you said, I quote:

-”CRY AT WHY WOMEN ARE FUCKING STUPID!! ”

Personally, I don’t consider myself stupid and I don’t think bad boys are attractive at all. Then again, I go for geeks who feel it’s more important to show up at a raid in Ulduar (WoWarcraft) than to spend some quality time together. I have to hand it to you, though, some people (men and women alike) can be really stupid when it comes to relationships… but then it also happens to women that we have to pretend we’re more stupid than we really are, men think stupidity is endearing and not many men can stand a girl smarter/more successful than themselves. I’ve honestly never understood why deforming your feet, mutilation of ears and other body parts and wearing a freaking string up your butt are considered standard acts of decency and beautification for women.

I really had a lot of fun reading your review. You saved me from wasting my time, so thanks so much!
172 C.Y. 2 comments Aug 15th, 2009 at 4:13 am

Wow, I really loved your review. Never saw the movie, but you had me laughing at the indeed awful plots people sometimes come up with. Loved the mini-rant about 10.000 b.c. (which I did see and got into an argument with my bf and brother because “I should just enjoy movies, not analyze them nor their chronological accuracy”), loved the puns about the hair styling. Was not really happy that you said, I quote:

-”CRY AT WHY WOMEN ARE FUCKING STUPID!! ”

Personally, I don’t consider myself stupid and I don’t think bad boys are attractive at all. Then again, I go for geeks who feel it’s more important to show up at a raid in Ulduar (WoWarcraft) than to spend some quality time together. I have to hand it to you, though, some people (men and women alike) can be really stupid when it comes to relationships… but then it also happens to women that we have to pretend we’re more stupid than we really are, men think stupidity is endearing and not many men can stand a girl smarter/more successful than themselves. I’ve honestly never understood why deforming your feet, mutilation of ears and other body parts and wearing a freaking string up your butt are considered standard acts of decency and beautification for women.

I really had a lot of fun reading your review. You saved me from wasting my time, so thanks so much!
173 donnay 1 comment Oct 1st, 2009 at 9:09 pm

hehe funny review…… but I thought it was pretty good allbeit alitle long
174 Rylan 2 comments Oct 3rd, 2009 at 12:33 pm

Kay… I’mma watch the movie right now and give MY opinions on it
175 Rylan 2 comments Oct 4th, 2009 at 4:34 am

hmm… well, the movie wasn’t as bad as the review said. it’s worth a try tho.
the movie starts out pretty corny & cheesy tho. i got no tears for this 1.
176 nassy 1 comment Oct 12th, 2009 at 8:52 pm

>> Yu is such a dear, he is like the typical Korean male lead. Sweet, charming, interesting, intelligent, caring, courteous, has good self-control and a car.

Unfortunately, while I agree that movies like Koizora are built on cliches and unrealistic premises, I have enough experience with Korean dramas and films EXACTLY the same is true for them. Just look at Winter Sonata, Autumn Fairytale, Beautiful Days. Stereotypical premise, loaded with mind-numbing tear-jerker sequences, unnaturally high rate of mortality and amnesia. Totally and completely unrealistic.

I don’t know what dramas you watch, but MOST TYPICAL Korean males leads I see, are arrogant, pushy towards girls, DRAGGING their girlfriends by the arm when they wish to discuss something, ignoring the protests of the girls, with an unhealthy tendency towards shouting. They also like to look exasperated whenever the girls talk, AS IF girls lack a BRAIN.

Some of hot favorites like Kim Sam Soon, Coffee Prince, Pure 19, Be Strong Geum Soon, are BUILT upon these gangsterish cliches, yet hoards of fans swoon over these stupid man-jerks. Even Lee Dong Wook and Lee Byun Hyun are not free from playing swaggerish characters. The only one exception I can think of is possibly Bae Yong Joon — his image is really too gentlemenly to be a thug.

Of course, a whole range of smooth versus unruly characters exists in fandom, irrespective of nationality, so I was really surprised that you THINK the TYPICAL Korean drama male lead is sweet and charming. I was also surprised that you criticise cliches WHEN you buy into the typical K soap opera, because, what ELSE is MORE cliche?

As for bad acting, I’ve seen it before. I was really annoyed by Sawajira wearing mascara in hospital bed during her illness (1 Litre of Tears), and yet people cry over them. This is another one of those awful tear-jerkers with bad acting. Bad acting, basically is pandemic.
177 Yimmy 2 comments Oct 27th, 2009 at 9:11 am

Rofl.

I watched the movie and I really liked it, but your review was hilarious.

“Before they’ve even gone on a date, Hiro commands Mika to go to his house and “eat lunch”, where “lunch” refers to his penis.”

“Meanwhile, old jealous girlfriend beats the shit out of Mika and gets her a miscarriage. So much for Hiro and his constant “I WILL PROTECT YOUSS”, he’s never here when she needs help, probably STYLING HIS FUCKING HAIR.”

XD

Love a guy’s perspective on chick flicks. MOAR PLZ.
178 sandy 1 comment Oct 30th, 2009 at 6:48 am

i think Koizora is a really good and romantic movie

besides this isn’t a review at all
this is just what YOU think

if you didn’t like this movie than why didn’t you just walk out?
you didn’t have to stay and watch it if you don’t like it

it is actually a great movie

some people just have bad taste

for people who didn’t watch this movie yet, you should give it a chance and look on the bright side of the movie
the love that Mika gives to Hiro
and their relationship is great
179 LittleX 1 comment Nov 2nd, 2009 at 5:33 pm

Is this a review? Nope I don’t think so. Its just your OPINION of the movie, and its damn biased. You cant even write a review properly, then DONT. Dont write stuff that make other people disgusted with you. I loved koizora and I think its okay for you to express your opinion, but this is altogether too biased. No one needs side commentary from you. Besides, you cant even interpret the movie properly. Retard.
180 noodles 10 comments Nov 4th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

One year after I read and commented on this post, I am deeply surprised that people are still flaming you for your review of this crappy movie. Thanks for the laughs people!
181 Yimmy 2 comments Nov 12th, 2009 at 1:09 am

Erm, so just because his review of the movie doesn’t coincide with yours, it’s not a review? You guys are being so silly.
There are critics that give professional reviews of movies and you can see for one movie one critic will give rave reviews and another will slam it. Why? Because it’s THEIR OPINION. And all opinions are biased.

Now we can say tj has bad taste (I personally loved the movie ;p), but I think he gave a good, funny review. Why are people so uptight?
182 == i hate this review 2 comments Nov 30th, 2009 at 6:28 pm

== wtf is ur problem koizora is fucking awesome nd u kant say single shxt bout it until u read the dam book. its a fucking tru story nd if u have fucking time to criticise this movie here why dont u go make a better movie urself?
u dont get it at all do u? why did mika do it? why did hiro do it? coz they have a fucking life instead of spending ur time criticising a movie like this. if u dont lyk the movie then fine, but u have no fucking right to diss the characters and what they’ve done. they are real people with real stories, some one like u probs dont even have the guts to do what theyve done.

koizora is dumb? i think ur dumb . so dam dumb i hate you.
i dont care if u find this comment offensive coz uve offended me and millions of other koizora fans by posting this review. u have the dam right to say watever u want but u kant go and tell ppl to not watch it.
comparing koizora to step up 2 is just stupid. its two different types of story, made by two directors from different countries with different point of views .
GRR. koizora is dumb? ARH. god i hate you for posting this review on the internet!!
go read the dam novel people then u will know why this movie made so many people cry.
the movie doesnt have the whole story, not even half of it.

YOU ARE GOD DAM STUPID FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THIS MOVIE.
if u kant take the dam jap culture then dont go off criticising it. u know nothing nd u have no right to say this movie is dumb. BUT I HAVE RIGHT TO SAY YOU’RE DUMB BECAUSE YOU HAVE NO BASIC HUMAN FEELINGS AND YOU HAVE NO LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ARH. hate this. == nvr swore so much in my life.
183 Nyle jackson. 1 comment Dec 1st, 2009 at 4:22 pm

Did you seriously watch the same koizora as the rest of us?!!!
Hiro doesn’t steal her phone, she finds his and stitches the teddy bear on itt.
He doesn’t stalk her…..hes not around her 24/7, however he does make adament attepmts to make her consider him.
he doesn’t rape her, thier sex was of mutual consent, because they were in love….and by this point they had been in the relationship many months, and he waits for her to even kiss him on the lips properly (he used to kiss her forehead because she was so timid) he doesn’t force anything on her.And before this He saves her from his ex-girlfriends attempt to sabotage their relationship (she had a gang rape Mika) which is probly why they had sex in the first place….and better Hiro acting angry than moaping about like a weakling crying that it’s all his fault, imagine how Mika would’ve felt if he did.
They might only be 16 but if you want to make a ocmiitment like that, then it’s completely between the two of them, let’s face it….there isn’t an age of consent for japan, they both have thier own minds and it was their decision.
Hiro never chos Mika because she was hotter than Saki. He chose her because he’s had a schoolboy crush on her ever since she found his cellphone and he saw her fix it in the reaing room.
In my opinion Hiro did a very very brave thing with the pregnancy. He chose to stick around even though when you think about it logically, the baby might not be his, and Mika’s family are dtiermind to not let her have the baby, and still he persits, changing himself to fit thier views, so that he can stay with the girl he loves.
After the loss of the baby Hiro finds out he has a tumor, cancer. He decides to push Mika away rather than tell her and make her cry (bit of a meathead decision as he makes her cry more by doing this) so at the party his best friend kisses Mika, and when she goes to wash her mouth she comes back to find Hiro’s best frien’s girflfriend kissing Hiro, she runs off…The next day he goes all meathead again and gets into a ight with her, he breaks up with her.
Yuu is only a temp, Aya (Mika’s best friend) introduces them…and after Mika gives up on Hiro (thinking he’s forgotten all about her and doesn’t love her anymore(another meathead decision on his part))
she decides to move on with Yuu (bearing in mind Hiros best friend is the only one who knows he has cancer besides his family, and Hiro has forbidden them all from telling Mika.) Mika goes to the place that she and Hiro pray for their baby’s memory and find his best frind there doing it for him….Mika find out that Hiro has cancer…she pretty much drops things with Yuu, because her feelings for hiro resurface.
She makes up with Hiro, after calling him an idiot for not tellling her(personally I would’ve slapped him first, for not teling me, then hugged him for being so stupid)
Hiro constantly goes for checks, and when the doctors decide he doesn’t have very long to live they allow him a day out with Mika (this is where they have sex again) And then he goes back to the hospital, soon after this Hiro askes Mike to get some pictures developed for him, whiles shes doing this, he dies.
the we see the funeral and so on, and then we see Mika with a small girl, playing by the river (imlying that the girl is Hiros daughter) (and secretly we’re hoping it is) the story ends here.
So yea Hiro is a complete meathead and extremely stubborn in places….but what fun is love without a little hardship, if none, then we take love for granted and think it’’s always going to be there. that the moral, don’t take things for granted because you never know when they’ll end.

Personally I think this is more for the ladies, as it is a serious chick flick, but well worth the watch if you’re into a good weeper. I cried at it (I’m a girl) I never cry at anything and yet this managed to evoke the female sorrow in me…so something must be uber fantastic about it.
Your opinion is your opinion, but please….don’t fuck about with the storyline.
184 == i hate this review 2 comments Dec 2nd, 2009 at 11:31 am

=w= -agrees wif all ppl who hatess this review-

gay author of this review doesnt have the guts to show his face agen. how gay.
185 fakatza.hater 2 comments Jan 17th, 2010 at 3:43 am

I’ll give a virtual hug for the reviewer…wow ppl you’re harsh.
186 Dessi 1 comment Jan 18th, 2010 at 6:56 pm

I don’t get why you’re so upset about a 16-year old couple having sex..?
187 xoxo2945 1 comment Jan 19th, 2010 at 5:14 pm

I seriously thought your review was pathetic and it’d be better if you switched jobs now (if you’re really into journalism or somewhere along that line) since you can’t watch movies w/ half a critical eye.

Even if Koizora wasn’t the best movie in the world and you didn’t like it, you didn’t have to go to such an extent to spout nonsense about it. Yes, I like Koizora, I like Miura Haruma who acted as Hiro and I even like his hairstyle, in case you’re wondering. But your review was just horrible. I can’t believe you can even write something like that and call your own opinion a review. If this continues, you’ll be hated by your audience i dare say.

To add on, I’m absolutely disappointed. You might have entertained some people, but you disgusted me. Do get a life.
188 JC 1 comment Jan 26th, 2010 at 7:30 pm

Woah haha you slammed Koizora.
Funny review, if I read it any other time I’d laugh at reading your perspective, but I can’t ’cause I just finished watching it myself and cried my eyes out.
Imo saddest film I’ve ever seen and the best.
I thought the leads did an amazing job, much better than Westerners and they at least had chemistry.
What Hiro did was something few people would do - sacrificing his own happiness for the girl he loves. And contrary to popular belief that this is cliche and only happens in movies, Koizora was a phone novel that’s fictionous but based on the author’s (Mika) own personal experiences.
I believe that if you watched the drama you’d slam it even more ’cause I watched parts of the drama and it was bad acting, very stiff while Miura and Aragaki did an amazing job [after Mika get’s raped, Hiro comes to her and she’s not letting him hold her, she’s sort of grabbing at his shirt - that was very realistic acting because it’s like she felt dirty after what happened]
And your eyebrows don’t fall off if you have chemotherapy, it’s just your hair on your scalp. I remember my dad still had his eyebrows.
Since it says movie review I assume you’re reviewing the movie but there are parts you talked about that don’t make sense. Hiro didn’t steal her cellphone, she left it in the library, he put it between books so that she would find it and he doesn’t stalk her for one day, they actually talked for like months or something before they finally met. The reason she found it romantic was because they could talk a lot about anything and she already knew he was in the same grade and school as her.
His hairstyle you say takes 2 hours? Wrong, if you have the right hair/haircut (Asian hair is easy to style), spiking only takes about 10min I should know since most of my guy friends do it and it looks really nice.
It’s pacing was actually perfect compared to other films I’ve seen. I could slam so many well-known Western films for their unrealistic horrible pacing. Koizora’s one was believeable and not rushed or too long.
I have to admit you’re pretty heartless not to have found this sad. I bawled my eyes out watching this, it wasn’t fake and the acting was done well. The scenario as well was realistic (well have to be since based on a real story) and Hiro actually showed the ultimate love by sacrificing his happiness for the one he loves (as stated before).
Maybe you yourself have experienced too much hurt and so found this shit? Or maybe you haven’t. I’ve gone through a lot of pain in my life so I can really relate, a person changes after people close to them die. It’s like the Chinese proverb “if you haven’t been pricked by the needle, you don’t know the pain”.
This was a seriously heart-wrenching story and as I retold it to my mum she got teary as well.
However, a good alternative take on the movie. I wouldn’t call it cynical or satirical because your review had no real evidence/basis for the points you provided, it seemed more like you personally just didn’t like Hiro.
Oh wells, maybe if I read this another day I can laugh.
And another note, I don’t know what Korean films/dramas you’ve been watching but I’ve never seen a Korean lead that’s “Sweet, charming, interesting, intelligent, caring, courteous, has good self-control and a car”, that’s usually the supporting male that tries to steal the girl but doesn’t get her. The typical male lead starts off as a jerk, arrogant, selfish, verbally abusive and extremely egotistical but then eventually changes to sweet, shy but still a bit of a jerk that’s hardheaded.
I don’t know what sort of blog this is since I just typed Koizora into Google, but if you wanted to write a proper movie review, in places like “Hiro spouts cheesy rehearsed lines non-stop with the same old expression” then at least provide quotes to support that, because I don’t remember him spouting any cheesy rehearsed lines.
Ah wells what a long reply, you probably laugh at everybody who likes this movie…
189 Lamp 1 comment Feb 1st, 2010 at 6:56 am

HAHAH. to all the people that hate the reviewer: SCREW YOU. It’s his/her opinion, he/she has a right to criticize the movie.
I thought your review was hilarious and true. I loved the part about how he tried to do her after she got raped.
190 Shawna Hoell 1 comment Feb 3rd, 2010 at 9:53 am

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191 Haruko 1 comment Feb 6th, 2010 at 7:48 am

I like the movie and drama very much.
i feel very depressed to know that there are people that can be so negative .
i dont know,maybe she should have ended with her dad?that would make you happy wouldnt it. cuz I totally forgot that the show was about you.

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