So this American movie just made it over here to Japan last weekend, and I took my day off today to head to Koriyama to see it. I had heard good things about it, and I wasn't disappointed. I'll state first that I did watch the Japanese dub, so what I will talk about disregards the voice talents.
Most of it really seemed to work, and I was really impressed with especially the visual style. Characters seemed to move and match the game genre they were supposed to parody. The music was pretty good and matched the atmosphere as well. Even the short before the film really impressed me, and they didn't even talk. The only thing that seemed really out of place was the romance they threw in there. That seemed kind of forced to me. So that's what I thought of the movie, but this post is more to show that I was actually pretty glad I watched the Japanese dub. I mean, I would have loved to hear the original voices (Maurice Lamarshe and Jim Cummings, among a few other really talented voice actors, were in there!), but it felt awfully good to be able to listen and catch most of the story without aid! Learning a language sometimes feels like you're going nowhere (we call that a plateau), but this movie turned out to be a great motivator. "You DO know some things!" it seemed to shout at me. Aggressively. It was kind of a jerk about it. But I'm getting off the topic now, and I've said what needed saying. Happy April Fool's day and Easter everyone, and keep a look out for my Cherry Blossom update! They're coming soon!!
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Greetings everyone! I'm on a bus heading to Fukushima today, and on the way, I reread an article I found a while ago. It's a blogger writing about monolingualism in Australia, and he makes some points that are relevant to America and other English-speaking countries. I like how he compares the attitude many English speakers have with a type of imperialism. Anyway, here's the link:
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/fullysic/2011/12/13/too-monolingual-for-our-own-good/?wpmp_tp=0 I've previously looked (very quickly, and I know it's Wikipedia!) and it turns out that America, as a nation, has no official language. Seriously. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States Not even English. Some states have made it the official language, but many others haven't. I used to fall into the same boat with the "if they're going to live here, they should speak our language" people, but being in a place where almost no one speaks English has been eye opening, and so has learning another language. I guess I'm just writing this one to make a few more people aware because I think a lot of the reason Americans are so monolingual is the attitude. Heck, maybe allowing citizens who don't speak English would actually be a good way to encourage bilingualism, but I sure am not a politician. Just a thought. Have a great weekend everyone! I know, it's ridiculous! But I finally got an internet connection at my place, and I can finally give you those pictures me and my lovely lady friend took waaay back in December/January. Remember me mentioning those? I thought not, but here they are anyway!
So there ya go! I do have many, many more pictures, but not only would you be forced to stay here all day looking at them, I'd probably have to spend the next week just putting 'em up here, so I'm saving myself a bit of trouble and only posting a few of the pictures for now.
Besides, it's been about two months, and I've moved on to doing some other things. I've been snowboarding almost every week since the beginning of February at a number of different mountains. I knew there were a lot of mountains near Aizu, but the amount of ski resorts within a one hour drive is just crazy! In fact, I went boarding yesterday. The day started out a little rainy, but pretty soon it turned to snow and I was enjoying myself quite a bit. I spent a good portion of the time on my backside, but even soaking wet, it was a hell of a time. And on that note, I'll take my leave and clean this friggen apartment up! It's not that bad, but I'm sure if my mother or my girlfriend was here, I wouldn't be typing this right now. Have a great day, week, month, and year everyone! Only a short time before spring and the cherry blossoms, so look out for my update on that! |