Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts
Showing posts with label japanese. Show all posts

Monday, 6 August 2012

Jmovie: Usagi Drop The Movie(2011)

Rating: 5/6

The movie is about an office worker named Daikichi, who after his grandfathers funeral suddenly agrees to take care of his 6 year old aunt(his grandfathers daughter).

I for one have definitely heard similar plotlines before, and sometimes I’ve liked it too.
I didn’t just like this movie though. I loved it!

The approach is somewhat realistic, in a way that makes it funny without too much slapstick humor, and still real without being boring or tragic. 

 It’s definitely also one of those movies which make me a fan of Kenichi Matsuyama(Daikichi)>.< 
Because he did simply awesome, and Mana Ashida(the little girl) did a great job too, and both of their characters grow throughout the course of the movie. 

The clichés are still present though, and even though it’s not completely predictable you do sometimes get the feeling you’ve seen some things before. All the little details really make up for it though, and it didn’t really bother me that much. 

The thing that did bother me though was a few crying scenes, because they were kind of overdone, but I loved so many other moments along the way that I can’t bring myself to dislike the movie just because of that.

It is the only thing which makes me give it a 5 instead of a 6 though, because I just really, really love this movie! I even feel like I want to watch it again, and that doesn’t happen too often.

The long trailer catch the mood better, but it has some spoilers so here is the short one:

…I’ll probably pester all my friends now until they’ve watched it tooXD (Miss My, I’m coming for you!)
Watch it! Definitely watch it!




The whole movie can be found on youtube now:

But it might be removed soon…


Sunday, 8 July 2012

Visual kei air band!


The guitarist doesn’t play guitar, the bassist doesn’t play bass, and the drummer doesn’t play drums, but they are still so entertaining they have played in arenas housing 14 000 people, and now they are even releasing an international album. 

Japans first visual kei air band is here! Golden Bomber!


This interesting band started in 2004 and currently consist of four members:
From left to right:
Bass: Jun Utahiroba 
Vocals: Shou Kiryuuin
Guitar: Yutaka Kyan
Drums: Kenji Darvish


The vocalist actually does write and sing the songs, but the other instruments are played by hired musicians. The band is completely open about this, and compensate by pretending to play(which they do quite well), and otherwise acting silly(which they also do quite well).
 




A big part of the sillyness is their live shows. Not only do they make good shows, but they really spice things up by doing random and funny things, especially during guitar solos.
 
One example: Using the guitarist as a brush for writing kanji: (The writing part starts at 3:37)


Giraffes... Source: Rokkyuu magazine
The props they use during these shows(some of which are big) are made by their guitarist, so even though he usually doesn’t play an instrument he still has his part.
The drummer also has a big part in the shows though, as the songs are played and controlled from his ipod...

Live shows aren’t the only thing that makes them so fun though. They have music videos of course, and there are also lots of other random videos from them which can be found on youtube. 



Here's one of their music videos:



And here is some of their older more random stuff:





I must have been watching these random videos for hours, and it was there they first caught my interest.
At least no one can accuse them of taking themselves too seriously. 

Even though they are kind of doing a parody of visual kei, some of their songs are pretty catchy!
Or am I the only one who think they are awesome?
I’ve seen them around more often lately, which suggests they are rising in popularity, but it’s a bit difficult to tell really >.< 


Anyway, if they seem likeable, be sure to check them out! ^^

Friday, 23 December 2011

Jmovie: Akumu Tantei / Nightmare Detective (2007)


Rating: 4/6
Creepy, dark and macabre are the words that spring to my mind when I think of this movie. It's not awesome, but it's pretty good and still somehow one of my favorites.

The movie is about a mystery of several people killing themselves brutally in their sleep, and all of them called 0 before doing so. A female detective named Keiko Kirishima is trying to solve this mystery, and asks Kagenuma for help. He’s a guy who can go into peoples dreams. 

The acting is perhaps not the best part of the movie though, especially not the female detective, who is often spacing out in a way that makes her seem a bit retarded.
I guess she’s supposed to be sleep deprived, but if I were that sleep deprived I would stay at home…
The nightmare detective is oozing negativity in a way which makes it seem like he’s spewing it out in all directions. (Ryuhei Matsuda has serious emo skills.) But maybe anyone would be a bit like that in such a situation.
Together they create the Depressive Duo, and it definitely helps with the already dark mood of the movie. 

Not that it needs it, as the theme is suicide and the filming is having the typical gloomy look you might expect from a movie like this. 

The whole suicide thing is the red thread going through. Do they want to die, do they not want to die? And it’s especially interesting when the main characters are so clearly depressed from the start. 

The nightmare parts are freaking me out, and it’s also a big part of the movie. People are running around being cut to death in their dreams><
The dreams are macabre, panicky, creepy, and without escape. It goes down on a kind of psychological level of the people involved, and they are freaking out as well. 

And I guess that’s what makes me like the movie, because sometimes I like a bit of depressive scary macabre shit in my movies. And that is what this movie does best. But still, it could need some extra sprinkles to make it even better, because the dark and distant nightmare-ish stuff is good, but it could use that little extra something to make it truly awesome.
But I still like it^^ I guess you can’t always have it all.

Trailer:


You can find it here:
http://www.yesasia.com/us/akumu-tantei-nightmare-detective-dvd-standard-edition-japan-version/1004782664-0-0-0-en/info.html
http://myac.asia/j-movie-nightmare-detective-2006/


The sequel is also pretty good, so maybe I'll write about that one some other time^^

Friday, 2 December 2011

U-kiss, Tick Tack

Rating: 6/6
Their long awaited japanese debut are finally here. The boys are trying their luck over seas with their newest song Tick Tack. With its strong beat and deep lyric, it caught me in the first time i listened to it. After listening to it quite a few times I had the whole tick tack tick tack buisness iprinted on my brain xD But hey, the song isnt good if it aint having a good chorous that makes your replay button fucked up right? ^_^ The music video is quite well done. The dark consept really sets the mood for the song when you watch it.
As much as a hard core B2st fan/ b2uty i am , i gotta say these boys never fails to amaze me latly. After the latest Neverland album, all i gotta say is wow. What happened to these boys? I mean i thought their songs were great before to, but now they seem more grown up or how im going to put it. The lyrics and music in general are more well put togheter, and not so simply anymore. Dont bash me on that one >.< Brings out each members talent more clearly.
Whos their new choreographer by the way? When did theirs dances become so complicated? O.o Before i could actually dance along, but now i fell flat on my face before i can even getting started xD Its really cool, credit to the maker ^_^
I think they really grown with all the changes thats been done in their group. And YES, i miss Xander and Kibum just as much as everyone else and loved them to bits, but the changes would have been done anyway and they could have gotten much worse members. All the kissmes should be happy to get such talented artist as Hoon and Aj in their favourite group. To all the haters, if your truly a fan of this group you will support them no matter what. Its not like its the new members fault that Kibum and Xander had to quit. I gotta admit, would have been an amazing group with all 9 right?^^
This group deserves more reconition than they have, and i really hope they win 1 place at least once. Im really proud of the people voting for them. They really deserve it after going without any regonition for so long even though they made such good music for us that they have. Never do they or the kissmes complain either. Good luck to you guys in Japan, you done good and we really hope for more good stuff comming from your part :D
By the way guys, lets us help them win first place in the best male category :D Its only a click away ^^ both me and the kissmes would appreciate it very much if they win ^_^
Good luck to Xander and Kibum to with your solo promotion ^__^
fuhuuu, i really feel like a bad b2uty now xD

Sunday, 9 October 2011

Jdrama: Zenkai girl(2011)

Rating: 6/6

It's a loong time since I got really addicted to a Japanese drama(it's been mostly Korean lately), but this one actually had me hooked!

The story is about Ayukawa Wakaba(Aragaki Yui), who since she was little has worked hard to become a successful lawyer with lots of money and a rich husband. She gets a job at a big law firm, but is only given the task of babysitting the 5 year old daughter(Hinata) of her boss.
While doing this, she also meets a group of single fathers(among them Yamada Sota played by Nishikido Ryo) , and she starts questioning her current dream. At the same time, she also finds the kind of man she's been dreaming of the law firm, so what will she choose?

I guess what really makes much of the awesomeness in a drama like this is the characters.


Ayukawa is a strong-willed businesswoman who maybe focuses too much about her goals, while Yamada is a good guy who pushes his own goals too much aside. These two have major differences, and of course this creates some debate, as they challenge each others way of life.
Both are good actors, and especially Nishikido was better than I expected. Boyband members are not always chosen for roles based on their acting abilities, but he actually did really well!



And I love the kids! Ayukawa is babysitting the girl named Hinata, who is trying to act older and smart, and sometimes manages it. Yamada raises the boy Emitaro, who is the more typical sweet kid who in his innocence unknowingly has wise moments. They are really cute^^ and both have their own troubles, and sometimes give advice in their own way.


Not all of the others are super awesome though, both as characters and actors. The single fathers are obvious idiots, and some people are naive or overdone, but it's a drama, so that's how it's supposed to be.

Of course it's a quirky and awkward love story, but the whole environment with the situations and the goofy, sweet or allknowing cast members makes it really entertaining and good. You also wonder what comes next, like you should with a dramaseries, which is definitely a plus. 
 I don't really have anything more to say. It's awesome, watch it!

It's easy to find, for example at dailymotion:

Zenkai Girl ep01 Part 1 by shanta_khan2007

Thursday, 29 September 2011

Jmovie: Gantz live action(2011)

When reading this, remember these things:
Point 1: I have only read the first few chapters of the Gantz manga, and it's a long time ago. (I know it's popular, but I guess the close-ups of a naked woman, which then was attempted raped, gave a certain impression I didn't like.) I guess that means this is like watching a movie without reading the book, which should automatically give me a better impression of the movie.
Point 2: The only subtitles I had was Japanese, so I may not have gotten all neuances in their lines. I still understood what was going on though, and in action movies the most important stuff is most often not in what is said, but I still may have missed lines or details.
Point 3: The movie has a lot of famous people, among them Kenichi Matsuyama..

So my view of the movie may not be completely objective, and I may sound like an ignorant blabbering moron :D

But anyway, here's my opinion of it:

Rating: 5/6

The plot is about two guys who get killed by a train when trying to rescue a man from the tracks. They then suddenly find themselves in a room with some other people and a wierd black sphere that sends them all out on missions to kill aliens.

The plot is quite simple actually, but of course they fill in some emotional stuff and surrounding events to make the whole thing interesting.

I have serious issues with finding a trailer that only is for this movie, because it's really a two-part thing and the trailers I can without digging through all of them are for both. And here it is:



So the movie tell us about life and death, and the relationships and alien-fighting that comes along.

You don't see the aliens in the trailer, which is good, because I think the best thing with them was how unexpected and creative they were. They aren't really too easy to win over either, and stuff doesn't look like it's made of carboard, which is all good. 

You also have distruction on a large scale, for those who like explosions and shit.

As for the characters, the main ones are without doubt Kurono(Kazunari Ninomiya) and Kato(Kenichi Matsuyama), and as the movie goes their friendship becomes so clear it makes me suspect there are some fanfictions somewhere about this stuff.

There's also the asshole Nishi(Kanata Hongo) and the girl that shows up nude(Natsuna Watanabe), and it's with and about these four we see most.

As for acting, I think Matsuyama does the part quite well(I guess he's good at playing sad and brave). As for Ninomiya, he did good, but I think I just like him better in nervous teenager parts than this stuff.
 Kanata Hongo is playing a mischevious bastard, so I guess he's supposed to be kind of annoying, but Yuriko Yoshitaka didn't really leave an impression. Maybe she's more in the background and without strong overdone personal traits.. I'm not too sure.

And I guess the actors kind of made this movie a 5 instead of a 6 in my opinion, because the rest is really good, but I don't know... It may be a point for the characters to be "normal people", but I would have liked them to be a bit more action-ish:P It seems like they really decided to have famous actors in this one no matter whatXD

But I can't really come up with some other things I disliked about the movie, so I guess I really liked it then:D And I don't really have much more to say, because basically it's just like it seems in the trailer! 
So if it looks like a movie you'd like, you'll probably like it as well:)

You can find it here:
http://www.yesasia.com/global/gantz-dvd-japan-version/1024389067-0-0-0-en/info.html
Or here:
http://myasiancinema.com/j-movie-gantz-2011/




And I'm soon watching nr. 2, where they put in at least one more famous actor!(Takayuki Yamada, this guy seems to be everywhere latelyXD)
 It iz here: http://www.yesasia.com/us/gantz-perfect-answer-dvd-japan-version/1024668635-0-0-0-en/info.html
And here:
http://myasiancinema.com/j-movie-gantz-perfect-answer-2011/

Wednesday, 21 September 2011

Japanese metal

So. I this was my problem during my time of hardcore immersion(AJATT):

Though visual kei and jrock also can be good, I missed the more regular metal sound.
It's just not the same, and I needed something with more power ..Or something like that. I lack the music-vocabulary to describe itXD

Well here's my list of bands I have found with a sound I like and Japanese lyrics.
If someone ever reads this and has some recommendations, please comment :D

Sex machineguns:
Their videos are kind of crazyXD


Versailles: 
Allthough these are visual kei-ish, and the vocal is a bit smooth, it's still good^^


Ningen isu: 
I just discovered these, but the mixing of old and new is kind of cool.


Galneryus: 
Lots of English lyrics on these guys, but here's one that's not


Onmyouza: 
For some reason, I like these best in the live videos. But for once, female vocal is awesome.


Maximum the hormone: 
I think many has heard about these. They had some music in the Death Note anime, and that's how I found it. Some, like the vocals at the beginning here, is not of my taste, but still good.


 Detroit Metal City: 
This is not really a real band, but the music from a movie with the same name. But it's actually quite good! Even though the lyrics are overdone(killing everyone and such)XD



The 4 below here are some songs I found, but I haven't heard(or found) much else by the same artists. Except from FreaksXX, because I found some other songs by them.

FreaksXX:


Hooligan:


Inspire:



Deathland:




There are other bands that have it's moments, like Mucc, Dir en grey, Sadie and Born, but I think they still fall into the visual kei genera, so I'm not sure if I should put them here... If I start down that lane, this post will never be finishedXD

Wednesday, 6 July 2011

Jmovie: Alien vs Ninja(2010)

Rating: 4/6


When I first watched the trailer of this one, I thought for sure it was a wannabe-scary-action-movie with a low budget and bad effects.
Therefore I was really surprised by its epicness!


As the title may suggest, the movie is about a bunch of ninjas fighting an alien invasion.
For me at least, that sounds pretty awesome.

Here's the trailer:

Ok, this trailer was a bit better than the one I watched. It looks less cheezy.
But my expectations weren't that high, so that may have affected my judgement a bit, because I love this movie!

It manages to be rediculous and cool at the same time.

You have bodyparts, guts, goo and blood flying everywhere.
You have total idiots among the characters.
You have.. lots of other wacky stuff I won't tell to spoil the surprise.
And you have awesome ninja moves, which can make just about anything cool.

As expected, swords and ninja-stars are of course also present, and those parts are done quite well to my unprofessional opinion.

I don't know what more there is to say.
So to mention some bad things:

Though I like just about everything untill and after, I really don't like the end of the final battle or whatever. It goes from being funny-rediculous to just bad-rediculous, and it's not that entertaining.

Also, some effects are maybe not top class.
You can sometimes see the alien being a man in a suit, and it kind of looks like a dinosaur, but they give it lots of extra features, so it's ok I guess.
I find the rest of the bad effects tolerable, and they were expected, so it's not so bad.
It could've been a lot worse.

So even though it has these few faults, I really liked the movie.
Just one part and a few bad effects are certainly not enough to ruin that impression.

Fake tattoo. How badass.
Whether or not you'll like it as well all depends on what you expect.
If you want a serious sci-fi alien movie of the American kind, this may not be the movie for you.
But laugh at the foolish stuff and do some "eeew" and "wow", and you surely will enjoy the movie as much as I did XD


You can get it here, by logging in here:
http://myasiancinema.com/j-movie-alien-vs-ninja-2010/

Or I think you can watch it streamed on youtube:

If you don't mind... nonenglish subtitles.

Wednesday, 20 April 2011

Hyadain has shown his identity?:O

For those who don't know Hyadain, he is an artist who makes covers of game-songs and other quite fun songs online. Of course, what makes him kind of interesting is that he does even the female parts of his songs himself, which is really impressing when you hear his songs. And of course the fact that people didn't know who he was or looked like always make things even more interesting, and he is kind of known/popular/whatever.
Some examples:
Mario

Romancing SaGa(I haven't played the game, but I like the song)






Apparantly he already revealed who he was last year, but now he posted a youtube-video because he's releasing a mega-single:D Good for him! So it's not untill now I see itXD
But here it is:

He still writes that he sings the female parts, he just has some idol in the video:P
..Something else would be creepyXD


Somehow, you'd think his nose was missing or something since he didn't show his face, but I guess not.


Actually, those who watch the One Piece anime may know him, because he made this:

At least he composed it, but I don't know if he's the one singing.

Alass the mystery is solved!
This may not be so interesting for most folks, but to me it kind of is:P


Well anyway, he's blog is here: http://ameblo.jp/hyadain/
And his youtube-channel is here: http://www.youtube.com/user/hyadain2525

Tuesday, 5 April 2011

Official channels for Asian artists^^ Youtube for all:D

Apparently, people have started realizing the market value of youtube. Also some people in the Asian music industry.



From before, I knew that Miyavi had his own youtube channel
(http://www.youtube.com/user/myv382tokyo)
He posts a lot of videos of the screaming crowds at his shows, which I find kind of annoying, but other than that: Nice:D









Of course others, like Girugamesh, MUCC and Zoro, has their music-videos in the channel of their record company(or something).
In their case it's Danger crue records(http://www.youtube.com/user/DangerCrueRecords)
















But lately(as in today) I've also found the official channels of a few korean artists^^



Taeyang(http://www.youtube.com/user/YGTAEYANG),

Big bang(http://www.youtube.com/user/BIGBANG) and Se7en(http://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialSe7en) also has official channels:D





They aren't really my favorites(except how a few Taeyang songs get into my brain), and I haven't looked for any more yet, I could probably find more. But I think it's really great!





Because I don't know if I said it before, but since it's their material, they should be getting the views and income (when/if there is any) from ads.

I'm not saying it'll make them millionairs, but still:) It also feels more personal in a way:D
I wish more Japanese artist could have their own youtube channels^^

hm.. I sound like a stalker...

Oh, here's some more korean company channels! Brought to you by Miss My, the other half of this blog: (The ones in the pictures are marked in bold)



SM Entertainment: http://www.youtube.com/user/sment
Artists: super junior, snsd, f(x) , the trax, shinee










YG Entertainment: http://www.youtube.com/user/ygentertainment
big bang, 2ne1, gummy, se7en










CUBE Entertainment: http://www.youtube.com/user/entertainmentCUBE
Artists: b2st, 4minute, g.na, mario












JYP Entertainment: http://www.youtube.com/user/jypentertainment
Artists: 2pm, 2am, miss a, wonder girls, Jyp














Woolim Entertainment: http://www.youtube.com/user/woolliment
Artists: epik high, infinite




Miss My really is the expert in Korean music here^^


That's it for now:) I've also got some twitter accounts and blogs, maybe I'll stuff them into some blogpost sometime^^ I don't know if it's hard to find, or even of any interest, but I know I was happy when I found them:D

Monday, 7 February 2011

Jmovie: Battle league Horumo(2009)


ホルモー!

Rating: 5/6
Freshman Akira Abe(Yamada Takayuki) at Kyoto University falls in love with classmate Kyoko(Ashina Sei), and this makes him join a weird club Kyoto University Azure Dragons. Eventually, it turns out the club is actually a club that forms a team of oni(small spirits) to fight against other teams.
But everything doesn't go as planned, and the spirit gods(or something) are unpleased.



So you have the drama of love and friendship, the action of fighting with oni, and you fill it with some sillyness. You can tell just by looking at (some of) the characters, it's one of those moviesXD

Well, it's a good movie:D The characters are good, and the oni-fighting is also good, though you can see it is animated:P But I still feel the movie lacks the little extra something to take it from good to great.
It might be that the oni-fighting is kind of distanced from the movie, concentrating more on the people. Even though there are lots of oni, you don't really get... involved?
But it's not that big of a deal, and it doesn't ruin the movie or anything:P

I like it^^

Friday, 28 January 2011

Miyavi - What's my name (instrumental)



Video from miyavis own youtube channel^^
At least some artists have realised they can put their stuff on youtube theirselves.
It'll show up there eventually anywayXD

But really well played:D Miyavi's still a really good guitar player, and it's fun to see stuff like this, like in that old video of selfish love.

His new album seems to have some tracks without rapping too:D I know it's good to explore new styles, and it'd be boring with just the same over and over again, and it's kind of cool when he raps too, but I just love it when he actually sings:D He has such an amazing voice, and it doesn't come so well out when he raps, as when he sings^^




I just wish people would stop uploading videos, when he's uploading them himself.. He should get all the views, since it's his work after all^^

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

It haz arrived:D 2010 batsu with subs


(SUBBED) SPY 01
Uploaded by ShibataBread. - Sitcom, sketch, and standup comedy videos.
The newest gaki no tsukai is starting to be subbed:D Once again, I must say I LOVE this consept:D
Those putting subtitles on this really are saving angels, there's no way it'd be available with English subtitles, or even well known without them^^

..well maybe it's not that well known, but most people has heard of youtube videos of crazy japanese stuff:P

The subs will be available at the fanpage as they are made^^

Monday, 20 December 2010

Jdrama: Yamikin Ushijima-kun


Rating: 5/6
Yamada Takayuki plays a loan shark, and Katase Nana plays his new employee. We see lives of the people that loan money from them.

The plot isn't really that complicated, but it catches. The characters are interesting, as they have certain quirks. Like crazy desperate people, and how good the loan shark people are at their job. We see people making decisions, or consequences in the life they lead. It's ironic, it's dramatic, it's... cool?

Did I say how well Yamada fits in the part of Ushijima-kun? :D
And for guys, there are quite a few women in their underwear, as pretty ladies often turn to the entertainment business when in debt(not as prostitutes, but some kind of...company?).

There are no fansubs out for this yet, as far as I know. But I really hope someone will. Some things are hard to understand for a Japanese-noobXD

Friday, 5 November 2010

Falling down

Has MUCC began smoking something? Seriously, this new song is... wierd. And with the video of children in a club with blinking lights, out-of-focus, a random goat and.. SM? what's up with that? Sounds like some crazy shit, and not in the good way.
It's ok to change their style and everything, but I don't really like itXD
Sure, it still has some feeling in it, but they can do better than autotuning and technobeats. But that's just my opinion.. Maybe I'm just stuck on one style and only like their old songs, not accepting change.
I found the lyrics at http://community.livejournal.com/itai_tegami/569731.html But I don't understand them, so maybe I'm not poetical enough:)
"a red neon star is shining, you are a tropical fish swimming on the floor" sounds like something supporting the drug theory thoughXD


..not that I really think MUCC are doing drugs, I don't think they ever would do that:D But yeah.. weird song, weird PV..

Saturday, 16 October 2010

Jmovie: The suicide song/Densen uta


Rating: 3/6
Ugh. This movie should be named "mumbling high school girls".. The plot seems really good. A song called “Boku no Hana” has the power to force people to commit suicide after they sing it.
The problem is: it's badly done, full of bad actors, and actually kind of akward. Maybe it's just.. weak? Some funny scenes, but when you've seen one hour and just like two or three scenes, you know it's not right. The high school girls were just silly(not in a good way), and Matsuda Ryuhei should be glad I've seen him in other moviesXD The effects were kiind of cool, as far as I watched, probably more of it near the end. They had a pretty good faceless girl, but I weren't really scared.
Didn't bother seeing more than half though:P Wanted to spend my time on something else. Maybe I'd like more it if I watched the whole thing, but... nah.
Not awful, but could and should have been a lot better.

Trailer:

Sunday, 3 October 2010

Movie: Liar game - Final stage


The last piece of a great series. The Liar game series has really been one among my favourites. Yes it isn't perfect, but you can't seem to turn it offXD

For those who don't know:
"Based on a manga created by Kaitani Shinobu, this movie is set where the 2nd season of the drama series left off. In the first series, a college student Nao Kanzaki is lured into a mysterious game by tricking other players to win. However Nao got tricked by her former sensei, desperate for help, she enlisted the aid of person named Shinichi Akiyama. In the second series, the duo is faced against new opponents with the help of a rival player named Fukunaga . In Liar game: Final Stage, Players are encouraged to trust each other to win the tournament. However, a mysterious player named X is secretly plotting to sabotage everyone of their chances to win the LGT."

The movie wasn't all that I hoped for, as it's mostly a "humans should be able to trust eachother" movie. I hoped for it to be finishing(maybe even with some breakthrough on the romantic partXD), but it was more just kind of a prolonging of the series. Like an extra season, just shorter:P
Still. The movie had the good old magic from the series. You get curious of who's the guy fucking things up, and about what happens next.
The money doesn't seem to matter that much now, it's more about the game itself:P I wish mushroom-head had more awesomeness in this oneXD

Good movie^^ Short blogging better than no blogging, right?XD

Saturday, 21 August 2010

Nana the movie(2005)


Rating: 4-/6

For such a famous movie, I expected a bit more. This movie is about two women, both 20 years old and named Nana. They meet on the train when going to Tokyo, and by another coincidence ends up living with each other. The thing is, the two are really different in just about anything.

I never really fell for the nana manga, even though I tried reading some of it, and I get about the same feeling here. It’s got some interesting parts, but the rest almost gives me a feeling of… indifference? The good feelings of the manga was there as well though. If you liked the manga I think you’ll like this one too^^

I don’t know what to say about the acting and all. Seeing Kenichi Matsuyama, Ryuhei Matsuda AND Hiroki Narimiya should make me thrilled while watching any movie, but it still didn’t really catch me.

I guess it’s kind of too subtle for my taste, or that the plot is too predictable or something. It’s kind of hard to tell.

But it wasn’t all bad, even if I’ve only written negative opinions till nowXD If one were to sum the movie up, I actually liked it, but the stuff that filled it in between dragged it down. I liked bits and pieces of it, as some romance parts, friendship parts and life parts. Not all of these were good, but I liked the stuff that made me care. I just sat through the rest. I loved how it at least looked like it was the actor singing during concerts. I think it was her^^

There was enough of the good parts though to make me kind of interested in watching the second movie. So I guess it wasn’t all that bad. But still, I don’t think I’ll watch it again.

Trailer:

Saturday, 24 July 2010

Akihabara@deep movie(2006)


Rating 3+/6
I must say, lately I feel like Hiroki Narimiya is everywhereXD He doesn’t really fit the nerdrole though…

Well about the movie, the plot is as follows:
“Set in Tokyo’s otaku mecca Akihabara, “Akihabara@DEEP” tells the story of five otaku who drop out of society and end up founding their own successful IT venture called Crook. But trouble comes into their once peaceful otaku lives.” –Yellowcinema

Found half the movie really boring… I would expect a bit more spark, having seen a bit of the drama series. The peculiarity from the series is toned down though, which makes it a lot less interesting.

But the other half was kind of good, as they gradually put some spice in the mix, by means of action and some shocks. Just the way I like it. The question is, was it worth it?

I’d say the movie is more mature than the series, if you get what I mean.. I haven’t really watched the whole drama series though, so the ending might be REEALLY different for all I know, but I doubt it.

Don’t really know if I’d recommend the movie, but it might be interesting for the especially interested or something.
Personally, I preferred the series. Better casting, and better made characters:D

Trailer:


Yamasaki Hosei is in it! …for about two secondsXD

Saturday, 19 June 2010

Symbol/Shinboru (2009)


Rating: 4/6
This is the weirdest movie I’ve seen in a long time. I came across the trailer sometime last year, so when I now know who Matsumoto Hitoshi is, thanks to my Downtown obsession, I had to see it when I found out it was available.

Basically, it’s like it seems in the trailer: A Japanese guy stuck in a room with walls full of angel penises. And every time he presses one, something happens. And of course he wants to get away from there.
You also have this side plot about a Mexican wrestler, with also a cursing nun involved, and that’s what the movie starts with.
Well, the funny thing is, in the end things make sense.
…sort of..
At least I think I understood the ending, but I guess there could be several interpretations.
Either way, suddenly it’s all “ahaaa, so that’s how it is”. And that’s when the movie gets good, and almost serious.
Almost.
Because the movie is a comedy, no doubt about that. And it is funny too. Matsumoto might not be a great actor, but he does it believably well as a weird guy stuck in a room.

The randomness is funny, I laughed, but it’s more “hehehe” than “HAHAHA!”, if you get what I mean. Maybe it was the wrestler-part which was kind of uninteresting. Maybe it’s just not my kind of humor. My guess is on the first alternative.
Still, I liked the ending, so I’ll give it a good rating just for that. The rest is good as well, but…something dragged it a bit, I just don’t know what it was.

Trailer:




The movie is not yet subtitled, as far as I know. So your language-knowledge will be put to a little test. It’s in Japanese, and Spanish with Japanese subs, but as the plot is simple, so are the lines. At least the Japanese ones, as he’s alone in a room.