Hi, I just rewatched Rise of the Guardians because I remember Jonghyun enjoyed that film and it was oddly comforting. Do you know of any lists of movies/tv shows/books/music that Jonghyun liked?
such a beautiful movie; i remember watching it and thinking of jonghyun the first time i watched it too.
fyjjong/jaekyung probably knows more than me about this; you can look at the ‘about’ page that she made on fyjjong, but here’s a list that combines what’s in my mind and what she has down; i got a lot of this off of her “jonghyun 101″ tag:
“phone booth” (movie; horror)
“american psycho” (movie; horror)
“her” (movie; science-fiction/romance)
“captain america: winter soldier” (movie; action)
“doctor strange” (movie; action)
“school of rock” (movie; he once met jack black at the airport)
romeo and juliet (movie; drama, romance)
eternal sunshine of the spotless mind (movie)
時をかける少女 (the girl who leapt through time) (movie)
inside out (movie; animated)
君の名は。 (your name.) (movie; anime)
“game of thrones” (tv show)
“goblin” (drama; someone correct me if i’m wrong, but i’m pretty sure he enjoyed this?)
any drama with onew/key/minho/taemin tbh
“kafka on the shore” by haruki murakami (novel)
“metamorphosis” by franz kafka (novel)
book of edgar allen poe’s short stories (has mentioned that “the black cat” was the inspiration for the lyrics to 욕 (obsession))
“sky, wind, star and poem” by yun dong ju’s (novel)
“demian” by hermann hesse (novel)
“crime and punishment” by fyodor dostroyevsky (novel)
“malice” by keigo higashino (novel; mystery)
“naruto” (anime; he dressed as naruto for halloween once)
“ghost in the shell” (anime; anime of his dreams)
“attack on titan” (anime; he dressed as a titan for halloween once)
“neon genesis evangelion” (anime)
“10 out of 10” by 2pm (song; karaoke)
lee sora’s debut disc (lp disc)
julie london’s music (lp disc)
in general, jonghyun was a fan of anime/manga and webtoons/webcomics. in ‘one fine day’, he went to one of those pop culture stores and walked around trying to buy manga/anime media; he said that it reminded him of his childhood, if i remember correctly.
jonghyun was also a huge movie fanatic. he loved fantasy animation/animated films and horror ones especially. he was also a huge reader; many of the books listed above are ones that he’s been seen holding at the airport.
for music, he often posted screenshots of what songs he was listening to on his instagram & twitter. i’m also sure that any song that he played during blue night was probably one that he liked; he’d often talk about each song after it was played. he also created a playlist through apple music that most likely is comprised of songs that he really liked (it’s from may of this year; screenshot below)
if anyone else knows of any movies/tv shows/books/music that jonghyun liked, please reply to this post or send me a message if you’d like to tell this anon. i’m honestly curious too; i’m sure i’m missing a lot from this really small list, lol.
