on the cross-dressing shows...
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mayoraaseiWatched Ouran Koukou Host Club live drama yesterday, which means I've attempted 3 out of the 5 crossdressing dramas this season.
It was only 30 minutes long and my face looked like my icon 80% of the time.
It wasn't wholly bad. I thought Yamamoto was actually okay as Tamaki. He's certainly gone into it with the gusto that Miyano (anime) had and manage to sound like he really believes the idiocy he's spewing. Hani wasn't bad either...actually most of the boys were tolerable. What annoyed me most was Haruhi. I had doubts of her acting in Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (another film that was sadly buoyed by its male leads and sunk by its female). She reduced Haruhi to simple wide-eyed incomprehension. And I know Haruhi didn't make an effort to act male, but at least Maaya (anime) gave Haruhi a convincingly unisexual voice. This girl looks so stiffened and bored by the exercise -___- The other thing that really ruins it is the cheap special effects. When the plastic pumping heart popped out I had no words...
Hanakimi version 2 was as boring as predicted. I have no love for Maeda or Maki, but I thought Maeda does a better job as a crossdressing tomboy, simply because Maki's fault in all her roles is she's so shy and self-conscious and wary of showing any passion. Again the actors overall were passable but who wants to see a rehash of something that pointless anyway? The reason Gokusen succeeded was because they actually changed the class structure and introduced different conflicts each season.
Ikemen desu ne I thought was probably the best of the lot. Takimoto is a fairly new face on the block but she really gets into her role (unlike Maki) without going overboard (like Naka Riisa is frequently guilty of doing). I didn't think much of Tamamori in Gokusen movie but he's convincingly aloof and ill-tempered here. Hikaru is adorable as the comedic baka of the group but I really hope he doesn't get tied up in idol dramas like these. He was the best of the lot in Orthros no Inu (surprising...since it was like his first drama) and I think he'll benefit much more by following Toma's lead in taking up interesting side roles and branching into more serious stuff in theatres. However, the ratings have been unremarkable (although not quite as abysmal as Hanakimi) and unless it works its way up (which it might) I can't see it being a good launch platform for Kis-My-Ft, which is clearly the plan.
On a not dissimilar subject....
The reviews for Captain America have been rolling in and it seems to me there are basically two types of reviews.
One goes like this: CAPTAIN AMERICA. Man it's been a long wait. Aww look, Human Torch shrunk down to squirrel size. WOW was that Howard Stark? Super soldier time, YEAH!! Red skull~! COSMIC CUBE!!! Hugo Weaving is so cool, dude! OMG HOWLING COMMANDOS. Yay Captain America kicking ass. Yay Captain America throws his shield. YAY CAPTAIN AMAERICA'S SHIELD-THROWING SOUND EFFECTS!!! Hah...we already know what's gonna happen. See. Teehee Nick Fury so badass. Credits! Cap back on again! Aha Tony Stark! Thor! THE AVENGERS!!!!!!! *Dies in fanboy heaven*
And the other version goes like this: okay so here's ANOTHER superhero movie, the THIRD of the season seriously th-...wow what cheapo obvious CG face-planting effects (*). Stark Industries sounds familiar. Uh what, the head of Nazis isn't a guy with bad face prosthesis! ...WTF is this some magic cube giving the Nazis LASER WEAPONS?? Uhh okay so is this SUPERHERO dude going to just...throw his shield and run really fast? WHERE ARE HIS SUPERHERO SUPERPOWERS?? ...Man what's up with those tacky-looking sidekicks. Huh. HUH?? Okay so WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END. ........Right. The Avengers. So this movie was a 100 minute commercial for another movie coming out next year? FAIL.
[*] It's amazing how many critics said Chris Evans face was stuck onto a double's body when he spent all of his interviews saying how they decided NOT to do that.
In other words the reviews are completely unreliable since the critics who like it tend to be the ones who've paid attention to the news and knows the plot before seeing the film, and the other side is people who just DGAF. Also it's funny to read the huge contrast in the perception of the Captain America character, from he is so flat and boring and bland, to he is the perfect morally upright character with very little character flaws that hark back to retro hero ideals.
.......Now I don't even know if I want to watch it at all since I know half of the plot already Orz
It was only 30 minutes long and my face looked like my icon 80% of the time.
It wasn't wholly bad. I thought Yamamoto was actually okay as Tamaki. He's certainly gone into it with the gusto that Miyano (anime) had and manage to sound like he really believes the idiocy he's spewing. Hani wasn't bad either...actually most of the boys were tolerable. What annoyed me most was Haruhi. I had doubts of her acting in Yankee-kun to Megane-chan (another film that was sadly buoyed by its male leads and sunk by its female). She reduced Haruhi to simple wide-eyed incomprehension. And I know Haruhi didn't make an effort to act male, but at least Maaya (anime) gave Haruhi a convincingly unisexual voice. This girl looks so stiffened and bored by the exercise -___- The other thing that really ruins it is the cheap special effects. When the plastic pumping heart popped out I had no words...
Hanakimi version 2 was as boring as predicted. I have no love for Maeda or Maki, but I thought Maeda does a better job as a crossdressing tomboy, simply because Maki's fault in all her roles is she's so shy and self-conscious and wary of showing any passion. Again the actors overall were passable but who wants to see a rehash of something that pointless anyway? The reason Gokusen succeeded was because they actually changed the class structure and introduced different conflicts each season.
Ikemen desu ne I thought was probably the best of the lot. Takimoto is a fairly new face on the block but she really gets into her role (unlike Maki) without going overboard (like Naka Riisa is frequently guilty of doing). I didn't think much of Tamamori in Gokusen movie but he's convincingly aloof and ill-tempered here. Hikaru is adorable as the comedic baka of the group but I really hope he doesn't get tied up in idol dramas like these. He was the best of the lot in Orthros no Inu (surprising...since it was like his first drama) and I think he'll benefit much more by following Toma's lead in taking up interesting side roles and branching into more serious stuff in theatres. However, the ratings have been unremarkable (although not quite as abysmal as Hanakimi) and unless it works its way up (which it might) I can't see it being a good launch platform for Kis-My-Ft, which is clearly the plan.
On a not dissimilar subject....
The reviews for Captain America have been rolling in and it seems to me there are basically two types of reviews.
One goes like this: CAPTAIN AMERICA. Man it's been a long wait. Aww look, Human Torch shrunk down to squirrel size. WOW was that Howard Stark? Super soldier time, YEAH!! Red skull~! COSMIC CUBE!!! Hugo Weaving is so cool, dude! OMG HOWLING COMMANDOS. Yay Captain America kicking ass. Yay Captain America throws his shield. YAY CAPTAIN AMAERICA'S SHIELD-THROWING SOUND EFFECTS!!! Hah...we already know what's gonna happen. See. Teehee Nick Fury so badass. Credits! Cap back on again! Aha Tony Stark! Thor! THE AVENGERS!!!!!!! *Dies in fanboy heaven*
And the other version goes like this: okay so here's ANOTHER superhero movie, the THIRD of the season seriously th-...wow what cheapo obvious CG face-planting effects (*). Stark Industries sounds familiar. Uh what, the head of Nazis isn't a guy with bad face prosthesis! ...WTF is this some magic cube giving the Nazis LASER WEAPONS?? Uhh okay so is this SUPERHERO dude going to just...throw his shield and run really fast? WHERE ARE HIS SUPERHERO SUPERPOWERS?? ...Man what's up with those tacky-looking sidekicks. Huh. HUH?? Okay so WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS MOVIE DOESN'T END. ........Right. The Avengers. So this movie was a 100 minute commercial for another movie coming out next year? FAIL.
[*] It's amazing how many critics said Chris Evans face was stuck onto a double's body when he spent all of his interviews saying how they decided NOT to do that.
In other words the reviews are completely unreliable since the critics who like it tend to be the ones who've paid attention to the news and knows the plot before seeing the film, and the other side is people who just DGAF. Also it's funny to read the huge contrast in the perception of the Captain America character, from he is so flat and boring and bland, to he is the perfect morally upright character with very little character flaws that hark back to retro hero ideals.
.......Now I don't even know if I want to watch it at all since I know half of the plot already Orz
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Date: 2011-07-24 06:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-07-24 07:51 am (UTC)Yeah Marvel films are really making a trend out of having really anti-climatic climaxes, aren't they >_>
You're right about the side characters, although I did like Loki in Thor, but since he's the main villain I guess you can't really call him the side character. I'm kinda looking forward to The Avengers more now. At least I think the actors can hold up their roles.
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Date: 2011-07-24 01:03 pm (UTC)The HanaKimi remake was indeed boring as hell.
^This.
Granted, it had its good points (Kiriyama Renn is a better Nanba than Mizushima Hiro imho, and Nishii Yukito is just too fabulous for words), but it really felt like a rehash of all the less interesting things about HanaKimi.
There's far better series to spend time on out there.
IA. That coming from someone who hated the original Korean series with a fierce passion. Miori was quite cute, and I liked how her character at least had some brain cells and resolve. I hope it manages to get some hype for Kisumai's sake at least. :/
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Date: 2011-07-27 11:47 pm (UTC)I don't plan to try Ikemen Desu Ne. Not even interested in the premise. I'm really surprised they've all gone so nutso with the girl-as-a-guy show this summer; you'd think even rival stations would have more sense.
Hana Kimi was PAINFUL to watch. Extras tried WAY too hard to be like the first season; the AKB girl's face pissed me off more than Maki's; and the addition of the whole Blossom school is, in my opinion, a HUGE miss, since petty-girl-drama is super boring to watch and because those girls all look like they have no personality to at all. All in all, I'm not surprised the ratings took a nose-dive.
Ouran was just boring. The only boys I was into were the twins; even YamaYu, who I think is adorable, kind of annoyed me. But I agree about Haruhi. She's my FAVORITE character in the anime/manga, and she just seemed super disinterested in being interesting at all. blah blah blaaaah
Ugh, I'd say more, but I have to get to work. Yikes.