1. One of my very favorite movie scenes ever is the one in 500 Days of Summer, when the screen is split in half, depicting simultaneously Tom's expectations when visiting Summer after their breakup, up against reality. It's such a heartbreaking scene because it's so very real.
2. I just play that scene in my head over and over again whenever things don't go the way I had hoped.
3. No, but really. 500 Days of Summer is one of the best movies ever and I need to rewatch it one of these days. But I just keep hoping that maybe I won't have a reason to want to watch it.
4. I really dislike both Sci-Fi and Fantasy, which people find surprising, considering the long list of magical girl manga I've read and my love for Ultraman characters. But if you think about it, it's really not that weird. The series I like pretty much all take place on Earth, in the present time, and involve mainly humans. Hints of magic/aliens/robots are cool, but cannot be allowed to overrule the human element of the story. I like stories that are in some way believable, with characters and stories that somehow I can relate to. Which is probably why I prefer 30-min sitcoms more than any other kind of TV series. A bunch of friends, in a basement/bar/school/apartment, talking about stupid daily problems and their attempts to solve them is pretty much all I really need.
5. Unfortunately, Japanese TV shows tend to be over-the-top, over-dramatic 10-12 episode drama series, which I really have trouble getting into. If I had a TV I'd probably just watch them anyways, but I really have trouble going out of my way to watch TV shows Im not especially interested in online. Which means that most of the TV shows I end up watching are in English, which really does not help me improve my Japanese in any way, shape or form.
