LOVE GO GO(1997) ラブゴーゴー（愛情来了）

（下のほうに日本語訳があります）
（There's the same story in Japanese in the last half.）

There is some metion of the ending.  （ネタバレあり）

Hello, everyone.  I've been thinking of organizing my movie brochures for a long time.... They are packed in a shelf at home. They occupy only one shelf board, so not so many brochures are there. I'm not sure but maybe 150 or so...

By the way, it occured to me that I watched "Love Go Go" at a small movie theater. Its brochure was yellow and stood out in that shelf. It was easy for me to find it. So let's talk about that.

But actually, the movie is from Taiwan. So it won't help your English study. If you are a native English speaker, I'm not sure you can enjoy the movie in English.... Sorry.

I'll try to give phonetic equivalents to their name.

There are many funny people in the movie, but it is basically about love. Three stories go at the same time.

The first lead character is a dowdy man, Achen, working in a bakery. He meets a beautiful woman, a customer of the bakery, and falls in love. Actually, they are childhood friends, but she, Leefa, doesn't recognize him. She has an affair with a married man, and is suffering. Achen try to encourage her in various kinds of way, for example, a lemon pie he bakes. She loves it so much. And ...

The second one is a young and fat lady, Lily, who is working as a typist. She is always dreaming a dream lover, but has a sweet tooth. She is Achen's neighbor, and always eats a lot of sweets he brings.... One day she finds a beeper on the street. It often beeps, and she enjoys the beeps imagining they are from her dream lover... But she becomes unsatisfied with it, and she starts to leave messages on the caller's answering machine. And ....

The third one is a young salesman, Ason, who sells goods to drive off molesters. But he is too kind for a salesman. He always visits a shop for sales only to be a customer and to sell nothing. One day he visits a beauty parlor and meets Leefa. When Leefa starts to cut his hair, a woman comes into furiously. She is Leefa's affair's wife! And ....

Wow. I didn't think I would write so much. It took me so much time again. I like the first episode best. The actor was really great. I was surprised to know that this is his first career as an actor. He won a prize for this movie in Taiwan. The woman in the second also won a prize.

This movie is not so big one, but I think it will encourage you when you are depressed. So I categorize it into "Make you happy." If you have a chance to see it, give it a try.

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Frankie & Johnny(1991) 恋のためらい フランキーとジョニー

（下のほうに日本語訳があります）
（There's the same story in Japanese in the last half.）

Hello, everyone.

Now I think I'm going to write ramdomly about the movies I have ever watched.

I love to go to the movies. Of course it costs a lot especially in Japan, but it is worth. I can concentrate and be moved much more at a movie theater than at home.

Though I went to movie theaters so many times, it is still difficult to choose a nice seat in many ways.

Popcorn smell, (mainly) a man snoring, a child kicking the back of my seat, bla bla bla. I really hope they stop selling popcorn at theaters. I don't want to smell popcorn watching movies like "Letters from Iwo Jima."

Lately there is a slope in many theaters so that people can see the screen well. It is very nice.

I have a little ashamed story about myself. When I was a student, I went to the movie with my friends. A very tall man sat in front of me. I couldn't see the screen well because of his head. Before the movie start, I said to the man, "I'm sorry but please lower your head so that I can see the screen." He was very nice person. He accepted my request.

But it was not enough. Oh, no! I asked him again! But he was still nice and tried to do that. Then his wife sitting next to him said angrily, "He can't help it! He's tall!" She was a nice wife!

To make an excuse, I was very looking forward to watch the movie. I still remember the title, "Frankie & Johnny." I don't know why I was so excited about it. It's a love story of middle aged adult, starring Al Pacino and Michelle Pfeiffer. Maybe I liked Al Pacino at that time. The movie was not so good as I expected, but I enjoyed it.

Anyway, I was tired of writing English today. It took me a lot of time again. I'm sad.

See you next!

(BTW, I wrote "please lower your head," to express what I said to the man. But first I wrote "please sit back more." I'm not sure how exactly to say that in English, but I think the latter seems wrong.)

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