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Kimi wa petto (2003)
Beautifully Captivating
I don't give a movie or a show ten very often but this show touched a nerve in a way no other show has. I found the entire series on mysoju.com and thought the premise looked interesting so I took a look see. I wasn't disappointed in what I saw; I was moved. This story stays on the tender side as the main characters move us through the scenes. Sumire Iwaya, played thoughtfully by Koyuki, shows us human nature as she wants to keep troubles from being shown. No one really wants to lay their soul out in front of a perspective mate. So instead she substitutes a human, played by an adorable Matsumoto Jun, as a pet. This pet is like any other creature we would consider a pet. The difference; he can retaliate in the same way, after all Momo is a man, not a dog. As he is treated like a pet, he reacts to situations how a dog might react. She spends time with the new boyfriend, Momo gets jealous. It's when she realizes that her pet isn't just a pet that the sexual tension between the two starts to become thick - Momo is a dance prodigy. Her thinking slowly changes as we start to get a glance at his own thoughts. Matsumoto takes us from seeing a character who is very one dimensional in the beginning, to two dimensional when we see he's a dancer, to a three dimensional character when we see him start to fall for his master as a man, not as a dog. In my opinion, it's worth watching this story just to see this character develop. Plus Matsumoto plays Momo with such tenderness you almost start to wish you had one too. Neither wants to think about the future and how their relationship will change, but as Momo (the name she gives him as one would name their new puppy) states – we both knew this wasn't going to be able to last. Watch this show with a open mind, it's worth it.
Treed Murray (2001)
It's about seeing yourself thru someone else's eyes
I bought this movie because of Mr. Hewlett. I find him fascinating. The few people who had seen this movie warned me how "stupid" it was. I disagree. I don't know about other people out there, but this film hit home. I didn't see any villain or hero in this movie. I just saw people, normal people. Neither good or bad, just misdirected. Yes the kids chased him up a tree and kept him there for a night while they argued about what to do. Yes he did admit to getting it on with prostitutes and that he saw no problem with taking illegal narcotics. The scene where Kel gets him to admit how unfaithful he has been is brilliant. That's when he realizes he's just as "bad" as the kids who have him trapped in a tree. I recommend this movie for anyone who wants to see a movie about seeing who you really are thru the eyes of someone else.