Hana and Alice

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 09 Aug 2006, 11:03

Sa this Japanese movie at a local store. It's a japanese movie about 2 girls who fall in love witha guy. The guy gets unconscious and 1 of the girls tells him he has amnesia and that they used to date. When she tells her friend, she also wants to get with the guy...

yeah, sounds like a pornflick, but supposedly it's a movie about growing up... and growing apart... at least thats what the tagline said.

But anyway, I googled and couldnt find anything, neither could I find reviews on it on midnight eye or KFC cinema or whatever...

Anyone has a clue as to what movie this is, and if it's any good?

memetic · Post by **memetic** » 09 Aug 2006, 11:38

I found it a bit disappointing. There was some discusssion of it over here a while back.

https://www.bulletsnbabesdvd.com/forums/ ... .php?t=607

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 09 Aug 2006, 11:52

I've had it on DVD for about 1 year now and have not got round to watch it. Am I a bad human being? Probably, yes. I have so many good movies at home that are still unwatched.

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 09 Aug 2006, 12:54

It's "Hana and Alice" which is probably why you can't find anything on it. It's by Shunji Iwai who is my favourite contemporary director by far and I think it's quite lovely. It's the sort of coming of age thing the Japanese love to make but without the usual exploitative clichés. Beautifully filmed, most amusing and a little touching.

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 09 Aug 2006, 20:21

thelostdragon wrote:Am I a bad human being?

No... you're evil! :x

You took ages to watch Go (Isao Yukisada). Watch the good films first.

Yi, read my crappy review here:

Click.

Like Lourdes, I absolutely adore this film and all things Iwai (although admitedly, I've only seen Arita, Swallowtail and Hana).

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 10 Aug 2006, 01:09

Hana & Alice is a wonderful film.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 10 Aug 2006, 01:44

Thanks guys. Sounds like a good movie. I'll wait till a review of the dutch DVD comes out, and if the AV is any good, I'll pick it up...

Cant believe I didnt get the name right...

Lourdes · Post by **Lourdes** » 10 Aug 2006, 03:01

Yi-Long wrote:Thanks guys. Sounds like a good movie. I'll wait till a review of the dutch DVD comes out, and if the AV is any good, I'll pick it up...

Cant believe I didnt get the name right...

You can't go wrong with the R3K. It's an R2J port + Subs.

Bisc, I loathe Swallowtail. I thought it was brilliant the first time, on the next viewing I wodnered what the hell I'd been thinking.

ReconFive · Post by **ReconFive** » 10 Aug 2006, 12:44

Lourdes wrote:
You can't go wrong with the R3K. It's an R2J port + Subs.

Yep the R3K is awesome. Don't get the HK disc as it apparently suffers from image ghosting.

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 10 Aug 2006, 13:20

Lourdes wrote: Bisc, I loathe Swallowtail. I thought it was brilliant the first time, on the next viewing I wodnered what the hell I'd been thinking.

I've only seen it once. Thought it was brilliant

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 10 Aug 2006, 17:47

I too have only seen it once and thought it was awesome. However I'll test this second-time viewing theory sometime...

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 26 Jul 2007, 19:47

tom2681 wrote:Hana & Alice: 2 / 5

130 minutes... for this ?!
Sorry, but no way.

The storyline is barely thick enough to fill a 90-minute romantic comedy.
The camerawork is poor, the editing is clumsy and the pace is too slow.

It's my first Iwai film and probably the last, by the look of it.
1 point because I like the concept, and 1 point for Ann Suzuki (who is both funny and cute).

Watched it. Thought it was boring and clumsy. Won't buy the DVD.

EvaUnit02 wrote:You haven't seen a truly shit movie until you've seen All About Lily Chou Chou.

HungFist wrote:Lily is a stunning film and Hana is great, but you really should start from Iwai's best films like April Story and Picnic.

Shingster wrote:Saying the camerawork in an Iwai film is poor is like saying the choreography in a Lau Kar-leung film is amateurish.

HungFist wrote:I remember how I was supposed to take a few caps of Anne Suzuki in Hana and ended up taking like a hundred caps because the visuals were so exceptionally great...

EDIT: motherfucker, 256 caps. That's just how good the films looks (which doesn't necessarily completely mean the cinematograpgy is good, but still...)

tom2681 wrote:I found the visuals in Hana and Alice simply atrocious.
Wonder whether we're both talking about the same film at all.

Bah...

HungFist · Post by **HungFist** » 26 Jul 2007, 19:47

old caps from the Thai dvd

frimann · Post by **frimann** » 16 Aug 2007, 09:20

I've got the HK dvd and I did notice some sort of problem with the image (now I know it's ghosting)

So I'm looking into buying the R3K but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Anybody know a website I could order it from?