Moon Child

[Mycernius]

Just recently bought and watched this film over the weekend. Decided to put up a thread about, as most references to this film appear to feature a lot of J-rockers talking about the two leads. Gackt and Hyde, but not much about the film itself. (No offense meant)
It is set in the near future with Hyde playing a Vampire called Kei, who be friends a young boy called Sho(Gackt as the adult) and his brothers. They live as Japanese immigrants in Taiwan as the Japanese economy has collaspsed completly and many Japanese have moved on as economic migrants. When I say near future, if it wasn't for the occasional dates letting you know the passage of time, the world doesn't apppear to change with the passage of time. No spacecraft, aliens etc. In fact it remains very much as it is today. I found the years a bit off putting and felt they could have just put 10 years later instaed of giving a years, as the film is character driven. the film seems to be a bit of a mixture of gangster/action with almost an arthouse feel to it. As with most contempory vampire films Kei suffers from the angst of being immortal. This sometimes seem to give the film a lack of direction with it trying to be too arty or violent during the gun sences.
If you didn't know Gackt and Hyde were really two popstars you would think they are actors. Their performances are quite good in the film and they do a good job acting. I did find the occasional eyeliner Gackt wore a bit off putting especially as his character became older, but that is just me.
119 minutes for a film might seem a bit long, but it didn't drag and I would recommend it to anyone who is looking to branch out into lesser known Japanese films. Not just for the J-pop fans.:-)

[lastmagi]

Glad you liked it, Mycernius :). My favorite part was the ethnic tension, since that brought a more realistic feeling to the movie that seemed perfectly credible as a problem in the future, rather than making it another generic post-apocalyptic film. Oddly enough, most people seem to skirt the issue about the ethnic/gang tensions, despite it being a major backbone of the film.

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

I've said it many times, I love Moon Child not for who it stars but for the movie itself. My brother watched this film not knowing the two stars where J-Rockers and he said they were some of the best Asian actors he'd seen. He didn't know they were Rockers 'til he came in as I was watching my Laruku DVD several weeks later. He seriously did a double take saying, "Hey, isn't that guy in Moon Child???" LOL it was very amusing.
But back to the film. I actually love the fact that they sometimes give dates and sometimes don't. They give them when they're needed. And I LOOOOOOOVE that this film didn't go all Sci-Fi. Don't get me wrong I luffles Sci-Fi but in this case it was very refreshing to see a realistic future. Instead of thinking, "how cool could we make this?" or "how many Special Effects can we put in this scene?" they simply thought "where would these people and countries realisticly be in the future?"
This film has great realism especially when the Vampirism comes into play. Again instead of thinking "ooooh, how much blood can we get in this shot?" they went for subtly. The word "Vampire" is only used at two points in the film, which to me is brilliant. Instead of having a scene were someone says Kei's a Vampire when they really don't need to and are obviously just saying it to make sure the audience gets it, instead of that they assume their audience is smart enough to figure it out. And hell, you wouldn't just casually bring up someone's Vampirism in a convo.
Something else about the film that I love is that it shows the truly defining moments in friendships and relationships not what you THINK are the crusial moments but what truly ARE the moments. Like one would think Sho marrying Yi-Che is a "big moment" that should be shown but not really. That's not the moment that defines their relationship. One might also think Son joining the mafia would be another "big moment" but it really isn't.
I also love that for the most part the first half of the film is more light hearted but at the middle it starts on a downward spiral into misery that just gets deeper and deeper as the film goes on. So like life really.
There are a few techical problems with the film (some cuts don't quite line up etc) but they aren't too horribly bad or attention drawing.
Now about Gackt and Hyde's acting abilities. Hyde envokes my envy as an actress. I could watch him think as a character for HOURS and never get sick of it. He's always doing something, thinking something, feeling something. He is always In the Moment. Actors and actresses (like myself) have trained for YEARS to be able to do that and yet he can do it without any training. That's just sickening and unfair! *pouts* He can also hold his audience's attention with ease. His character can be emotionally dead yet your eyes are gloued to him. Like the scene in the jail cell, he's emotionally dead as a door nail yet you can't stop watching him! That is VERY hard to do as an actor. To be dead to the play universe around you and yet still be interesting. He also brings so many different levels to his character: angst (correction: LOTSA ANGST), longing, a cold-ness that allows him to kill, and yet also a strange kind of absolute innocence (as can be seen in the scene when Sho traps him in the corner with sun light). Now Gackt. He has some definite Acting Habits that he needs to break. He uses the same inflections when trying to get certain emotions across (mostly anger) etc. His performance in the scene right after the first gunfight when they're at that kinda outdoor Cafe thingie, or whatever it is, irks me the most. He's not In the Moment, he's PLAYING the emotion of being pissed. A sign of a bad actor is an actor acting his heart out. Be don't act. I know that sounds like a controdiction but it actually isn't. Gackt does have his good moments though, don't get me wrong, but his performance is not quite as solid as Hyde's.

OKAY, I think I've talked enough. I'll shut up now. :relief:

P.S. Okay just ONE MORE THING before I shut up. I do love the ethnic tension too. Again it ties into thinking "were would this countries be in the near future?" 'cause realisticly racism doesn't die that quickly.

[lost]

yeah hyde's acting is much more better than gackt....but still love them both....

i think Moon Child is a great movie...as foe me...everytime i watched that movie...i learned new points and messages that gackt's trying to make and i begin to understand the characters more than before...to be honest, the first time i watched it...i was a lil disappointed but after another few times...it got really good!

i think this movie is great because it gives me sumin new each time i watched it...

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Yeah, Gackt needs a few acting lessons from Ms. Luzier to get rid of those Acting Habits. But other then that he's fine (just not in that one scene *shivers*).

[plastic]

Well, unless you are a Gackt or Hyde fan (or both), I can't imagine why anyone would bother wathing this .... hum, movie

[Maria_the_neko]

Well I am Gackt:09: and Hyde fan and you are very good.Moon child is my best movie:wave:

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Well, unless you are a Gackt or Hyde fan (or both), I can't imagine why anyone would bother wathing this .... hum, movie

My brothers watched it without knowing who the stars of it were and loved it so hah! :v:

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Oh, to add to that when I first saw Moon Child I didn't know who the f**k Hyde was and barely knew who Gackt was. So hahahah!

[Aiiro-Bara]

Be don't act. I know that sounds like a controdiction but it actually isn't. Gackt does have his good moments though, don't get me wrong, but his performance is not quite as solid as Hyde's.

OKAY, I think I've talked enough. I'll shut up now. :relief:

P.S. Okay just ONE MORE THING before I shut up. I do love the ethnic tension too. Again it ties into thinking "were would this countries be in the near future?" 'cause realisticly racism doesn't die that quickly.
I have to agree. Gackt's acting was rather over-done. :relief: It was like he was putting too much effort into trying to act like Sho, rather than becoming Sho. What you were saying makes sense. I must agree, he did have good moments, but they were scattered giving the impression of trying too hard. :relief:

So true, even though it's around 50 years in the future, it would still be impossible for racial tentions to disappear, especially in poorer areas where one nationality is richer than another. :okashii:

I acutally saw Moon Child rather recently and only because I had heard about it (nothing good though) and wanted to know what people were ranting about. For the most part, I was expecting the worst, but I was pleasantly surprised. To be completely honest, I always have hated the whole pop-star-turned-actor thing so I didn't expect anything better than a B-movie, which it certainly isn't.:p

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

To me if a singer can act and actor can sing I see no problem crossing over. The problem is most of them CAN'T act or CAN'T sing worth s**t. Miss Lopez I'm looking at you. :okashii:
And yeah, Gackt needs acting lessons to get rid of his Acting Habits 'cause he has A LOT OF THEM.

[-rika- shinya`]

My brother watched this film not knowing the two stars where J-Rockers and he said they were some of the best Asian actors he'd seen.

HUH? sorry but i don't think they were 'some of the best Asian actors'.:okashii: [no offense to your bro and anyone else] .I think they wouldn't even rank among the top japanese actors. your brother obviously doesn't watch asian movies so maybe that's y he said that i guess..(again, no offense really) even though i love japan and everything japanese,but i don't like japanese movies so much x.x i think their acting is a little too dramatic sometimes..:relief:

hm..anyway moonchild is not really my thing even though i love j-rock and gackt n hyde. to put it bluntly, i think most of the people whose seen this movie are just fangirls/boys like ourselves. if the lead wasn't gackt/hyde or leehom, it wouldn't even be that famous..:souka: opps so sorry! :sorry: *runs away from the angry hordes of people holding axes wanting to chop me to death* :shock: :silly: :silly: :silly:

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

I honetsly don't understand why you people insist the only reason someone could possibly like this movie is if they're a rabid fan. I find that offensive.
I love Asian movies and the Asian acting styles. As someone who's training to be a professional actress but in the US it's easy to see their pros and cons. They aren't scared of emotion or showing it, which is a problem you run into over here quite a lot. Which is kinda funny since Asians are so reserved and we're not but when it comes to performing they're bolding then we are. I find this endlessly amusing. They also act with their whole body yet ANOTHER thing actors over here are scared to do. They aren't scared of movement or lack thereof. And sure, you have your s***ty Asian movies just like you have your God-awful American movies. But I think it's unfair to say all Asian movies are "too dramitc." Sure, they can seem that way to people who are used to very American films or stiff as a board acting (Tom Cruise, I'm looking at you) but they really aren't. Asian films just imploy a completely different acting style.
Also my brother is a trained and professional actor. He knows what he's talking about, thank you. He's one of the best actors I have ever met and I am not just saying that because he's my brother. He's also an everything Asia junkie like me (just on a slightly smaller level).

[-rika- shinya`]

i'm not really 'insisting' it has to be that way, but the reason why i said moonchild is mostly only watched by fangirls/boys are because like it or not, it WAS actually quite true. when it was released here, no one really rushes to get it because they like the storyline. they rushes to get it just because they want to see Gackt or Hyde. and those who haven't heard of them said they like the movie because it has super handsome actors. i didn't make that up, the store-guy told me that when i bought the movie myself. and you're not the only one that felt annoyed, i felt insulted too when that guy told me. but the longer it gets, what he said actually sinks in and i began to realize that sad truth based on some of the reactions of people when i talked to them about moonchild.

it's just that I'm living in HK and watching asian movies or dramas everyday since i was born and so,(as all of us do too)i recognize the difference well between asian styles and Hollywood. you read the sentence wrong.. i meant Japanese movies which the actors are too over-dramatic, not Asian movies as a whole. i'm not saying that they are expressive by saying they are over-dramatic.i do know that expressive and dramatic are very different. dramatic is entirely another thing and the facial expressions/little gestures just go way too far. i'm not saying all of them because some are actually reali good, but just most(including takeshi kaneshiro which is stiff like tom cruise like you mentioned) which i have seen in really bad japanese horror movies and some other forgettable doramas. and i'm certainly not saying that i don't watch japanese movies, i watched a lot of them and i still do,just not that much as before.i love some too(especially NANA,which is my recent favourite movie) and i also didn't mean that HK movies are particularly better than some because it also has crappy movies which suck too..

hm..i think we should get over this..little disagreement as fast as possible, i don't it being this way.. it's just some thread after all for god's sake.. and it's not even j-rock:okashii:

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

I still resent the fact that you think the movie's only for fans of their music, I don't care if you're quoting a "store guy" or not.
And duh, B-Horror Movies suck major monkey butt no matter where the f**k they were made but I wouldn't put Moon Child in that same category.
*sighs* I can see I'm fighting the 8 Mile war on this. Everyone thinks the only reason that movie made it was 'cause Eminem was in it (which is not true). It's depressing that truly good movies get ignored or bad mouthed just because their stars happen to be able to sing as well as act. :okashii:

[-rika- shinya`]

oh well, i've made my point and i'm not gonna argue over it anymore. what you think it's up to u. i edited that long damn message way too many times

[-rika- shinya`]

i didn't put moonchild into the B-type category. it's obviously big-budget along with casshern and returner

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

B doesn't always mean low budget. It's come to mean just crappiness in gen.

[Aiiro-Bara]

Oi, oi. Quit it. You two have different oppinions and that's fine, but just quit this and drop it. It makes the thread less enjoyable for everyone. :okashii:

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Well, sooorrrrrrrrry. But this is an issue that was bound to come up on this thread and even if we shut up now it'll come up again anyway.

[neostereo]

I think Moon Child rocks, though Gackt's acting sucks and well, I barely knew Hyde when I saw the movie for the first time. But it was - and is - very good movie, and Hyde's acting isn't bad at all. It's cool. ^-^

[do you eat crapz?]

MANY years ago (before i knew of all the wonders of JRock, i had heard of a few bands and listened to music, but it was not an obsession) my friend kept telling me to watch it, she told me the story line and i was very interested, however i just never got a chance to see it. And the first thing that made me curious to watch it was that there was a vampire in it ^.^
and all the blood made me love it
i think if gackt and hyde were not in it i would still love the movie (and still cry) but it would be preferable if they stayed in it...they are so pretty
but, i do agree that gackt does need some improvement on his acting, but i believe he still did a great job

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Yeay! I no longer stand alone on the "it would still be great even without Gackt and Hyde" point. Although I would REALLY miss Hyde if he weren't in it, actually as an ACTOR (not super hot J-Rocker) he makes the film. But that's just my own personal opinion.

[do you eat crapz?]

i would be so depressed if Hyde was not in it...he really is a good actor :cool:
but i still believe that the movie would have been wonderful without them

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Ezzactly! My point is more of it'd still be great even if they weren't rock stars. But yeah, that too.

[Jo Rose]

Moon child is like one of my all time fav films, i loves it loads :love:
the ending is sad though, a tear in my eye everytime :(

[Lady Blue]

I remember I was first interested in this movie for the only fact Gackt was in it, but then, since I just couldn't find it, I lost interest. I stop looking for it and it came to me... rare... Well, the fact is that I had this defender attitude towards it, because all I had heard about it was horrible critics. well, american critics (no ofense, I say American, i mean the entire continent). People tend to critizise very badly what they don't understand, and japanese movies are one of those things they don't understand.
I remember reading somewhere a bunch of ignorant girls messing around the movie, they simply couldn't understand why there was a vampire in it. Sadly, they were Gackt fans... Well, my dears, the story is not about Sho. Sho is just the last chapter of the life of Kei, who is, by the way, a vampire. In other words: a moon child.
Now i've seen it, and I did like it. I completly forgot It was Gackt I was watching it, cos it does have a nice argument. And c'mon! It's true it's not made like the greatest expensiest movie ever! but it does have a good standard. Even tho there were a couple of things that looked.. a bit out of place, the story matches everywhere. Those who watch it and keep their eyes on Sho will come to the missunderstanding of the whole story. Besides, there also another fackt to consider (why do I keep on writing Fackt like this???) The story of Moon Child goes farther behind. It goes back to the launch of Gackt's album Rebirth, which was followed by Moon.
Just as he said, it has a time line, and this movie was supoused to be the ending of the story. If you can tell, after Crescent, there was another change into Gackt's style of music with Love letter; but that's another story.

I totally agree with the fackt (shoot me, shoot me now!) FACT that Hyde is better actor. i could't take my eyes off him. The acting comes naturaly to him, or maybe it was just the character that was almost built on him.
Anyway, there are very good things into it, and also many cliches that makes me guess a few things, but one thing I did like and didn't see coming was their end.
This movie has great moments and many many feelings to capture. It made me laugh and cry. I loved it. I do. Now it stand inbetween The Matrix and Last Samurai...

[hamutha]

Great film with gorgeous actor and actress. the make up for gackt and hyde was so great...in their vampiric form, they look so pale and so errrrghhh vampiric :p ...huhu (imagining Hyde when he first met with Little Gackt). I can't find the right words to describe it. Uhm but i like Kage No Tsuki (Last Quarter) story line better than Moon Child :relief: . I think that because i've read the Kage No Tsuki manga comic.
But still, i've stuck with the effect and make up in MoonChild. Great Movies ! :cool:

[Lady Blue]

quick question:

During this part of the movie right after they go to the sea and begin to pass flashes of their time together, a song starts to play.
Q: ¿Can anybody tell me what's that song?

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

That depends on which version of the movie you have.

[Lady Blue]

ShootT! I don't know :p
A friend downloaded it and gave it to me. But you're right. how can I know which one is it? I also made a little search on my own and the only one I got was Mr. Bojangles, with nitty Gritty dirt band, but tht's not the one I want. Can I assume this is one of he versions?:?

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Asian version: "Mr. Bojangles"
USA version: "?" by Wang Leehom
Sorry, don't know the name of it. You might try putting in some of the lyrics and searchnig for the title that way.

[advigilo]

thats weird... that the songs they play are different.

it gives a whole different feel to the movie..

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

I KNOW!!! I had the USA release first, then I went to the mall and they had an original Asian release that was dirt-cheap so I bought it 'cause I am just that obsessive. I got home and watched it and when it got to that part I was like, "WTF??? What happened to my pretty ballad? *sniffle*sniffle*"

[moonchild3031]

I don't know where to ask this but how do you know if the Moon child Dvd you have is bootlegged? I have this weird feeling that my copy was a bootlegged copy and it wasn't cheap.


Anyways I thought the moon was good.It was better than what I expeceted, cause movies that have two really awsome singers being actors usually turns out bad.

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

A good way to tell is if the box says Region 2/3 etc. but it plays on your Region 1 DVD player, normally means it's been bootlegged onto a Regionless DVD. Also things like slight image distortion, parts of an image might move around slightly as if part of the image got left behind when it moved or might move when the rest of the image is still. OH! Pixelization is a big red light. That's were every once in awhile you can see the little boxes of separate images that make up the whole image. This will accure on heavily scratched or bootlegged DVDs. Also look at the box art very carefully. If there is any color bleeding or blurring that usually means it was photocopied. And look at the box itself, bootleggers usually use cheap boxes that they can buy in mass. The box will just look cheap, not sure how to put it into words but take a box of a DVD that you know isn't bootlegged and compare them, you should be able to see the difference that way.

[do you eat crapz?]

where did you buy yours??? sometimes you just have to trace it back :-)

[Lady Blue]

So, nobody truly knows the song's name... well, having who sings it is a great start. If I find it, I'll let you know, but if you find it first, please let me know the name!!!

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Yeah, because they didn't change the credits for the USA release it isn't credited there. It sucks. Dammit Gackt!! Why can't you ever make anything easy for us???

[Lady Blue]

I think i talked.... we discussed.. :okashii: somebody argued a lot about this in the Gackt in the Decline Thread...: But we love the man just because of that, dont we? He's complex, we know; we love him...:blush:

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

I luffles Gackt...even if he is a little odd. :-)

[BeLLa_MuErTe]

I've seen moonchild...Its great...Now i need to see Last Quarter..Haven't seen it..Some Japanese tourists who tour in Singapore,actually thought that my brother is Hyde..Coz he looks a bit like him..

[BeLLa_MuErTe]

I've seen Moonchild..Its great..Need to see Last Quarter..Haven't seen it..
Some Japanese tourists who tour in Singapore,thought that my brother is Hyde..He looks a bit like hyde from some angle..:wave:

[BeLLa_MuErTe]

Did cha guys see a scene in which Gacht and Hyde took a picture,Gacht was soooo close to Hyde when he put his arms around Hyde...Is there a chemistry between them?:blush:

[Lady Blue]

Wow... of course there is! Gackt's soooo inlove with him!!! hyde's married though, but they both like to feed our fantasies...

[Hyde_is_my_anti-drug]

Hai!!! Mochiron! Yeah, snowboarding, sure, we can call it that if you want guys. So THAT'S what they're callin' it these days. :D

[tomokazuginko]

the music was good at the end What's the end song they do together called

[lastmagi]

Orenji no Taiyou (Orange sun). The full original is from the Crescent album.

[Lady Blue]

Orenji no taiyou... I think it could've been a great song.. if it wouldnt be soooo long... and repeating...

[Sid]

I really have to see it... Mwaha, i´m so gonna cry when gackt dies... :blush:

[Jo Rose]

one of my fav films!! diddn't even like hyde til i watched it

well, it's not that i diddn;t like him it was back when i first got interested on all things jap and i was a hoooooooooooge gackt fan but diddn't know about hyde!! hehe :blush:

back to subjects, i love this film it's so lush <3

[Lady Blue]

Yes... Hyde is quite a jewl. Sings, composes, acts... and is cute! Well, I dont like much the idea of him being my height, but it's ok. Of course, im a gackt fan... They should work together more often.

[AnCafe]

gosh, I LOVE THIS FILM! one of my favorite whenever

it made me cry:souka:

[RoninH]

Oooh! Please tell me, where can I obtain this movie?

[AnCafe]

i found it in BearShare -.-' easy programme to download, maybe try this ;)

[RekcorJ]

I love Moon Child... it was my first real life movie from Japan... i watched it only because my mo told me it was Gackt(not know who Gackt was only that he was a singer from Malice Mizer) in it. It was a very good movie...
Like Gackt says when he made the movie it was to be 4 hour long but he cut it...
Gackt says that the movie "Makes men cry and women say 'men are baka'"
My dad and friend brother almost cried...

Love the movie!!!

[AnCafe]

very much persons said me that Gackt play in this movie bad, but i don't think so, i like how he played, it was a role and i think he good made it :)

[xxyamapixx]

i found that both gackt and hyde were surprisingly great actors.

[Yelsha]

I heard about this movie and that it had two j-rockers in it and I was like... OOOOOO... I didn't really know much about Hyde or Gackt at the time. I found the whole movie on youtube divided into parts. So I watched it starting at 2 am and I was up till 4 or so I never felt tired. I really liked it. I love movies that make me cry :( I thought Gackt and Hyde were both good and I was surprised by Taro Yamamoto! (He played Toshi in Moon Child) He was so different from the character Kawada in Battle Royale! I almost didn't recognize him.
I give it two thumbs up! :cool:

[JoRuDeNnA]

I heard about this movie and I knew about Hyde and Gackt, I had my daubts about buying it or not, so I read tons and tons of reviews; some good some bad and at last decided to buy it online. I liked it very much, I cried a lot the first time I saw it, well actually I cry almost everytime I watch it XDD

Ive heard lots of ppl saying Gackt wasnt good, but I think he was pretty good just like Hyde sooo yeah its one of my favourite movies :-)

[Sid]

Wah, I love Moon Child. Gackt is so funny. XD Heh, but my favourite scene is with the stupid guy that wants to be a ninja.. So funny. :lol:

[Lady Blue]

YES, I saw that part more than once too.

I love Gackt. but i really think Hyde made a better actor. You know he's in a new movie now, called Last Quarter? I want to see it!

[AnCafe]

YES, I saw that part more than once too.
I love Gackt. but i really think Hyde made a better actor. You know he's in a new movie now, called Last Quarter? I want to see it! yeah i saw Last Quarter, but i don't like this movie! too romantic for me .... MOON CHILD is the best ! ^^ sooo much better that LQ~!!!

[Kahaku no Ai]

I thought they could of done MUCH better on Moon Child.

I think the worst scene was were Kei fell on the ground and that guy started shooting at him. And he started moving his head back and forth...I was like "Aww..come on!"

Anywho. It showed to be a decent movie because I cried at the end. (doesn't understand why they couldn't live on forever and be a couple for the rest of enternity...).

It was a good movie, but the worst thing about it...Gackt's hair at the end. Hyde can pull off not having bangs, but Gackt NEEDS them.

[Broken Rose Ren]

YES, I saw that part more than once too.
I love Gackt. but i really think Hyde made a better actor. You know he's in a new movie now, called Last Quarter? I want to see it!Yes, your quite right. I thought Hyde was the superior actor in Moon Child, considering he had no acting experience prior to MC. I loved Gackt, but sometimes his acting seemed a bit cheesy for lack of better word.

As a matter of fact, I think the whole movie was a tad bit cheesy. There were some parts where I was like "WTF" ? Like when Hyde flew of that truck he was sitting on and they went into a crappy animation sequence. Oh, that made laugh like hell. But, I've seen worse movies...so overall the movie is good.

As for Last Quater...I bought it and I didn't really like it. Some stuff were just sort of thrown in there and it felt out of place. It's decent but, I rather Moon Child. I only really like it because I'm an uber Hyde (even though he got like no screen time or much lines) and Hiroki Narimiya fan.

[memadhushinde]

cant c download link
:(

[Aeronniell]

I love this movie! Hyde captivated me completly with his acting, and Gackt.. well he was ok, but for some reason I had a hard time taking him seriously. Propably because certain parts were slightly overdone, sort of speech.
I'd give the movie 5.5 out of 6, since Gackt sort of ruined a few moments for me. (like the part where he suddenly gulps/coughs up some blood after he's been shot.)
Don't get me wrong, I adore Gackt, but no love in the world can make me ignore those small flaws in his acting..:p

[janica-chan]

awwww I saw this movie the day before yesterday, and I love it! And the end of this movie... so sad. :( But it's funny too. Example that cigarette scene. cute :blush:

And Hyde and Gackt :love: yam! I really wanna buy that movie!~<3

[the-fatal-believer]

This movie is great.. but i think Hyde was better actor than Gackt here XP...

änd i *heart* the song G.&H. sang together/ost/

[chiaki1992]

Agree!!! hyde is a better actor than gackt, i luv this movie!!!:cute:

[yoru_kozi]

:love: yesh who knew Hyde had the talent!! Gackt was ehhh I guess....it was tolerable. But Hyde ...this man stole the spotlight the entire movie...made it that much more enjoyable :p

[semi~sweet]

i love moon child it so awsome and hello hyde and gackt are so hot. as for last quarter i've only seen half of it im still waiting to get the movie which should get here by this coming tuesday yay

[semi~sweet]

awwww I saw this movie the day before yesterday, and I love it! And the end of this movie... so sad. :( But it's funny too. Example that cigarette scene. cute :blush:
And Hyde and Gackt :love: yam! I really wanna buy that movie!~<3
well if you want you can go to www.discountanimedvd.com and they have both moon child and kagen no tsuki (Last Quarter) and they each cost $11.99+s&h

[Tsukiko-chan]

Hyde has tallent..
Gackt is a bad actor :D But love the movie !!

[CharismaticDeath]

I love this movie... and your sig dragonlady_e

I'm usualy a raging Gackt fan but often prefer Hyde in this movie... and have converted many people to Hyde fandom through showing them it! However... you have to give Gackt cerdit for writing it!

[semi~sweet]

yup yup gackt did a good job "yay for you Gackt you so awsome and hot!"

[CharismaticDeath]

Has any one got a translation of the book? (MoonChild Requiem)
I read the first part of it that someone translated but she hadn't got very far as neither Japanese or English were her first language.