i thought you'd like that one, man. the thing is the fans don't mind because all the offside calls slow down the game and give the fans more time to see aya in her cute soccer shorts and silk soccer socks.
i thought you'd like that one, man. the thing is the fans don't mind because all the offside calls slow down the game and give the fans more time to see aya in her cute soccer shorts and silk soccer socks.
i thought you'd like that one, man. the thing is the fans don't mind because all the offside calls slow down the game and give the fans more time to see aya in her cute soccer shorts and silk soccer socks.
Very good thinking
You should write the script for this drama too
Should end up with bunch of laughs and some good soccer action _________________
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:32 am Post subject:
scathing review of azumi in the NY Times....not for the faint of heart or any Aya fans currently on medication....
July 21, 2006
MOVIE REVIEW
�eAzumi�f Offers Sharp Sword, Short Skirt and Blood
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Adapted from the manga of the same title, this 2003 action flick tracks the blood-spurting adventures of its title character, a young female assassin who wields a lethally mean sword. In feudal Japan, the orphaned Azumi (played by the actress and pop singer Aya Ueto) is hotfooting it across rolling hills and dangerous dales with her fascistic mentor, a samurai called Master Gessai (Yoshio Harada), and a posse of cute male comrades, all of whom look like headliners for boy bands and probably are. Having raised his murderous crew since childhood, the Master has vowed to purge Japan of its feuding warlords, body count — along with narrative logic and moral reason — be damned.
The director, Ryuhei Kitamura, whose earlier films include the cult film �gVersus,�h brings nothing new to the samurai-swordsman game other than some styling shorts for the whelps and a miniskirt for Azumi. The abbreviated costumes show off the performers�f leg muscles nicely, which proves particularly crucial to Ms. Ueto, who looks best and certainly most convincing when standing stock still, the camera gazing adoringly upward. A wispy beauty with a lower lip as big as an airbag and no discernible acting chops, she seems barely big enough to lift her sword, which may be part of her appeal, at least to a certain demographic. Those who like their tough girls with a whiff of sweat may be disappointed.
Despite Mr. Kitamura�fs attempts to distract our attention with his whirligig camerawork, Ms. Ueto looks especially ridiculous going blade-to-blade with a giggly psycho (Jo Odagiri) who, with his nose forever buried in a red rose, murderously swans about in flowing white robes and flip-flops like some demonic refugee from a day spa. The scene-stealing Mr. Odagiri has been better served in films like Seijun Suzuki�fs �gPrincess Raccoon�h and Kiyoshi Kurosawa�fs spooky �gBright Future,�h but he does add a dash of brio to this otherwise unmemorable romp. Which is why it�fs too bad that for �gAzumi 2: Death or Love,�h the inevitable 2005 sequel, this actor (spoiler alert!) seems to have hung up his roses and robes, leaving Ms. Ueto to twirl her skirt solo.
AZUMI
Opens today in Manhattan.
Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura; written (in Japanese, with English subtitles) by Rikiya Mizushima and Isao Kiriyama, based on the comic by Yu Koyama; director of photography, Takumi Furuya; edited by Shuichi Kakesu; production designer, Yuji Hayashida; produced by Mataichiro Yamamoto and Toshiaki Nakazawa; released by AsiaVision. At the Village East, Second Avenue at 12th Street, East Village. Running time: 128 minutes. This film is not rated.
WITH: Aya Ueto (Azumi), Shun Oguri (Nachi), Hiroki Narimiya (Ukiha), Kenji Kohashi (Hyuga), Takatoshi Kaneko (Amagi), Yuma Ishigaki (Nagara), Yoshio Harada (Master Gessai) and Jo Odagiri (Bijomaru Mogami).
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:37 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
scathing review of azumi in the NY Times....not for the faint of heart or any Aya fans currently on medication....
July 21, 2006
MOVIE REVIEW
�eAzumi�f Offers Sharp Sword, Short Skirt and Blood
By MANOHLA DARGIS
Adapted from the manga of the same title, this 2003 action flick tracks the blood-spurting adventures of its title character, a young female assassin who wields a lethally mean sword. In feudal Japan, the orphaned Azumi (played by the actress and pop singer Aya Ueto) is hotfooting it across rolling hills and dangerous dales with her fascistic mentor, a samurai called Master Gessai (Yoshio Harada), and a posse of cute male comrades, all of whom look like headliners for boy bands and probably are. Having raised his murderous crew since childhood, the Master has vowed to purge Japan of its feuding warlords, body count — along with narrative logic and moral reason — be damned.
The director, Ryuhei Kitamura, whose earlier films include the cult film �gVersus,�h brings nothing new to the samurai-swordsman game other than some styling shorts for the whelps and a miniskirt for Azumi. The abbreviated costumes show off the performers�f leg muscles nicely, which proves particularly crucial to Ms. Ueto, who looks best and certainly most convincing when standing stock still, the camera gazing adoringly upward. A wispy beauty with a lower lip as big as an airbag and no discernible acting chops, she seems barely big enough to lift her sword, which may be part of her appeal, at least to a certain demographic. Those who like their tough girls with a whiff of sweat may be disappointed.
Despite Mr. Kitamura�fs attempts to distract our attention with his whirligig camerawork, Ms. Ueto looks especially ridiculous going blade-to-blade with a giggly psycho (Jo Odagiri) who, with his nose forever buried in a red rose, murderously swans about in flowing white robes and flip-flops like some demonic refugee from a day spa. The scene-stealing Mr. Odagiri has been better served in films like Seijun Suzuki�fs �gPrincess Raccoon�h and Kiyoshi Kurosawa�fs spooky �gBright Future,�h but he does add a dash of brio to this otherwise unmemorable romp. Which is why it�fs too bad that for �gAzumi 2: Death or Love,�h the inevitable 2005 sequel, this actor (spoiler alert!) seems to have hung up his roses and robes, leaving Ms. Ueto to twirl her skirt solo.
AZUMI
Opens today in Manhattan.
Directed by Ryuhei Kitamura; written (in Japanese, with English subtitles) by Rikiya Mizushima and Isao Kiriyama, based on the comic by Yu Koyama; director of photography, Takumi Furuya; edited by Shuichi Kakesu; production designer, Yuji Hayashida; produced by Mataichiro Yamamoto and Toshiaki Nakazawa; released by AsiaVision. At the Village East, Second Avenue at 12th Street, East Village. Running time: 128 minutes. This film is not rated.
WITH: Aya Ueto (Azumi), Shun Oguri (Nachi), Hiroki Narimiya (Ukiha), Kenji Kohashi (Hyuga), Takatoshi Kaneko (Amagi), Yuma Ishigaki (Nagara), Yoshio Harada (Master Gessai) and Jo Odagiri (Bijomaru Mogami).
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:52 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
and a posse of cute male comrades, all of whom look like headliners for boy bands and probably are.
The abbreviated costumes show off the performers�f leg muscles nicely, which proves particularly crucial to Ms. Ueto, who looks best and certainly most convincing when standing stock still, the camera gazing adoringly upward. A wispy beauty with a lower lip as big as an airbag and no discernible acting chops, she seems barely big enough to lift her sword, which may be part of her appeal, at least to a certain demographic.
None of the males are in a boy band
Yuup, she got nice leg muscles and does look like she can barely lift her sword But she played her role beautifully _________________
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:55 am Post subject:
K.T.Tran wrote:
None of the males are in a boy band
Yuup, she got nice leg muscles and does look like she can barely lift her sword But she played her role beautifully
i know you guys loved the film but as i mentioned....it was too goofy for me to keep watching....next time they use a 2 dollar instant camera to shoot the film....i'll know what to expect.
they probably spent more money on that panda suit in one of Aya's CMs then they did on that movie...
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:57 am Post subject:
Tu_triky wrote:
i know you guys loved the film but as i mentioned....it was too goofy for me to keep watching....next time they use a 2 dollar instant camera to shoot the film....i'll know what to expect.
they probably spent more money on that panda suit in one of Aya's CMs then they did on that movie...
Yea I know what you mean.
My friend who knows some martial arts kept saying "the way these guys are swinging their sword, its really hard for them to actually be able to kill someone"
Goofy.....at times yea. I wanna read the manga to see how close the movie was to it. If it was really close, then i think the movie did a good job. _________________
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Posted: Sat Jul 22, 2006 1:58 am Post subject:
K.T.Tran wrote:
Yea I know what you mean.
My friend who knows some martial arts kept saying "the way these guys are swinging their sword, its really hard for them to actually be able to kill someone"
Goofy.....at times yea. I wanna read the manga to see how close the movie was to it. If it was really close, then i think the movie did a good job.
well it is really close because i heard in the manga...the characters also made their swords from aluminum foil purchased at CostCo.
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