Jan
3
2007
Love Com (Lovely Complex)
Posted by luna6
Movie : Love Com / Lovely Complex / ラブ★コン
Release Date : 2006
Country : Japan
Director : Kitaji Ishikawa
Starring: Ema Fujisawa, Teppei Koike
Runtime : 99 Minutes
Editor Rating : 5.5
(46 Votes, User Rating: 8.74)
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Plot Synopsis : Risa, a tall Japanese girl, gets rejected by a boy because she is taller than him. Otani, a short Japanese guy, gets rejected by a girl because he is shorter than her. Obviously these two would never be able to make it as a couple right? Well love doesn’t always follow such logic as Lovely Complex will show.
Movie Review : Love Com aka Lovely Complex is another movie adapted from a Japanese Manga, so you can expect a film filled with cute teenagers that talk like chipmunks, with eyes that are held as wide open as possible, and set in a colorful world that seems inspired by the Wizard of Oz.
The story isn’t very complicated and doesn’t hold much surprises for that matter. The premise of the film is your basic: shorty (boy) and too tall (girl) falls in love with each other. The variation set in Love Com is that too tall confesses her love to shorty, but shorty thinks too tall is just joking and even if too tall wasn’t joking, they would just look too odd as a couple.
Even with such a basic plot, I did find the first 45 minutes or so of Love Com to be fun and at times quite funny. The tall girl (Risa - 170 cm) was genuinely charming and whenever she screamed “Eehhhhhh!” it did make me smile. The short boy (Otani - 159 cm) was charming enough as well, although it seemed he was plastered with way too much makeup, but perhaps this was to make him look younger than his actual age - probably early 20’s. There really wasn’t a doubt that the the couple would eventually get together, so after the first 45 minutes or so, the movie just fell into a repetitive rut, with more scenes of “I don’t like you (but I really do).” The movie also suffered from an ultra cuteness that got more grating as the movie continued. Fortunately there were some funny cut scenes interspersed in the movie to provide a break from the ultra cutesy-ness. I did hold out hope that the two main characters would go to a karaoke bar and bust out a Japanese rendition of “I Got You Babe,” but sadly this never happened. In its place there were a couple of Puffy AmiYumi tunes on the soundtrack that were pretty good on its own.
Love Com isn’t a complete waste of a movie. The two main characters are cute, but get too damn cute as the movie plods along. Also, the plot is utterly predictable and after the two main characters start their initial romance period, their just isn’t much left to be said in the movie’s razor thin plot. If you have an affinity for ultra cute Mangas, you might enjoy Love Com more than I did. On the opposite end of the spectrum, I can’t really stand Takashi Miike films, but after watching Love Com, I think the next movie I will watch will be Ichi The Killer - just to cleanse myself from the ultra cuteness of Love Com. “Eehhhhhh!”
Cast:
Ema Fujisawa - Risa Koizumi
Teppei Koike - Atsushi OtaniShosuke Tanihara - Kunimi “Mr. MIghty” Maitake
Nami Tamaki - Nobuko Ishihara
Risa Kudo - Chiharu Tanaka
Yusuke Yamazaki - Heikichi Nakao
Hiro Mizushima - Ryoji Suzuki
Shizuyo Yamazaki
Ryota Yamazato
Masanori Hata
Shugo Oshinari
Eiji Wentz
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Comments
22 Comments so far
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i reeally love this movie its so awsome!!
and i think ema is so cute because she looks so little even thought shes like 26 or 27 lol and teppai hes so cute especilly when he sneezes
LOVE this movie! The manga is my favorite of all time and this movie did it justice! I think Teppei and Ema portrayed Ootai and Risa very well! I hope they make a second one, though >>
Very funny and pretty true to the original manga. GIVE IT A SHOT! I loved it :D
whats the song in the part where she ask for a date then when she saw the two ugly tall guys,,she felt hopless then when nobu chan said theres one more of their friend so don’t be hopless.. then when they found out that it was otani the song there was pretty…what was that?? the lyrics there is like “aha~aha~….”
something like that….
Oh ..sorry wrong type -*-
Speed Live ~~~
I found OST. in thia movie
haha so glad
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Artist: Misono
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OK Bye bye…
Just a note for Love Com fans in the U.S. - Viz Media will release Love Com on DVD in February, 2008. More info here.
godamn!
“lovely complex” is one of my fave comic. i really really enjoy the story. but i can’t forgive YOU, “aya nakaraha” for create the good characters!!! (haha.. kidding. you’re truly the briliant comicus ever!!congrat!)
I love lovely complex!
Thank you for Aya Nakahara. .. .
Because she can make a manga very nice!
I love Otani! >__<
:D
otaniiiiiiiiiiii
sukiiiiii
cup cup muaccch muacch
risa chan ganbatte
arigatou for aya nakahara yang udah buat lovely complex
^^
We Love OtaNi!!!!he small n cool!!!this film omoshiroiiiiiiiii!!!!!!!!!!!cool,,,funy!!!!
AISHITERU
link of the festival scene song
whiteberry - natsumatsuri
^^
oh my god….. thank you so much hebikage!!!!!
ありがとうございます…. U.U
i want to ask something, did anyone knows the festival scene and the love confess to the senpai song? please tell me,,
here’s the link for Radio by Judy and Mary…
http://www.4shared.com/file/11853779/3ef3134a/Judy__Mary_-_Radio.html
cheers! ~~,
I couldn’t find Love Com with Thai subtitles, but this site seems to sell the DVD with english subtitles, DVDASIAN.com …I’ve never ordered from this place before and the price ($48) is high…maybe someone else will find a better place. Cheers…
I Love Teppei ู ^_^
Are there any available dvds of this movie with an thai subtitle?
Gosh! Koike Teppei is really cute! Are there any available dvds of this movie with an english subtitle? thanks!
Oh, I found it. It’s Radio by Judy and Mary. But!!! I can’t find the song.. If you can find it, please please send it to me. Thanks a lot.
Wow, you are quick in responding. Thanks so much, I will keep looking, when I find out, I will let you know. thanks….
Hey…good question.
I don’t have the soundtrack or anything like that I just knew it was puffy amiyumi by their voice and being familiar with their music. Their last album kind of stunk but I do love their other stuff. That’s the Way It Is (Korea ga Wasahi no Ikirumichi) makes me drool…but anyways thats not your questoin :)
I did try to figure out who it could be in the first classroom scene. I am like 80% sure it is this band called “Whiteberry.” They seem to be a 5 piece girl group that broke up a few years back. Unfortunately I can’t figure out which song it is by them in that scene :(
Anyways this is another song by Whiteberry called “Power To Believe.” Like I said from comparing voices and stuff I am 80% sure its the band in that scene. If you come across the exact song title let me know. cheers
Hello, like you said, puffy amiyumi’s songs are in the movie lovely complex. Do you know then title of the song played in the very first school/classroom scene (where the movie introduced the characters and Risa and Otani had their argument)? I really like that song. If you know the name, please please tell me. Waiting for your response. Thanks