Naoko

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bmwracer wrote:
If it's too much trouble, don't bother... Without the subs, it's not that important... I can live with the avi. :)

Ever use DVDShrink? It'll compress that 7GB to fit a 4GB DVD disc with very little in the way of artifacts... :victory:

I am having problems trying to upload to MU, even after I tried shrinking the file to around 4GB. I'll try to work out how to start a torrent and let you know asap.

thtl wrote:I am having problems trying to upload to MU, even after I tried shrinking the file to around 4GB. I'll try to work out how to start a torrent and let you know asap.

Ehh, don't worry about it... I'll make due with the AVI you posted... :victory:

Head tilt. :inlove:

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Killer smile/laugh! :inlove:

Well I watched it through without subtitles, so my impression is tempered by that fact. First, despite being titled Naoko and top-billing going to Juri-chan, the movie seems to be centered around Yusuke.

Spoiler — click to reveal

The story seems to be about him getting over his loner attitude and becoming a leader for the racing team. The secondary story seems to be about Naoko's attempt to get Yusuke to forgive or accept her over his father's death. Whether Naoko's story is the driving force behind Yusuke's development I don't know. I would need to have the subtitles to find out.

Directing was pretty good. In fact the director seems to be one of the few people in the world who actually knows how to use slow motion correctly. No crazy or stupid filming angles or styles that seem to be the trend these days. Just good old no-gimmick filming.

Acting wise, Juri-chan's performance is quite a bit different from what we're use to. Even her less peppy characters tend to be outspoken and strong. Naoko is a very quiet, solemn character who says little. However, one of the benefits of having no subtitles to read is being able to catch other nuances. Here, it's Juri-chan's ability to project Naoko's feelings without dialogue. There are scenes, like the first water handout, that you can literally see Naoko's pleading and pain just from Juri-chan's eyes. You can understand Naoko's story without understanding a single line of dialogue. Haruma was all right, but you can see the difference between the two leads. He seems to fall under the "Takuya Kimura school of only three expressions" acting, though that may have been the intent of the character. Or not. :hehe:

The movie drags at times, especially right before the middle, but that may have been due to not having subtitles to follow the story. I wouldn't mind giving it another viewing if subtitles become available.

Kijinnmaru wrote:Well I watched it through without subtitles, so my impression is tempered by that fact. First, despite being titled Naoko and top-billing going to Juri-chan, the movie seems to be centered around Yusuke.

Spoiler — click to reveal

The story seems to be about him getting over his loner attitude and becoming a leader for the racing team. The secondary story seems to be about Naoko's attempt to get Yusuke to forgive or accept her over his father's death. Whether Naoko's story is the driving force behind Yusuke's development I don't know. I would need to have the subtitles to find out.

Directing was pretty good. In fact the director seems to be one of the few people in the world who actually knows how to use slow motion correctly. No crazy or stupid filming angles or styles that seem to be the trend these days. Just good old no-gimmick filming.

Acting wise, Juri-chan's performance is quite a bit different from what we're use to. Even her less peppy characters tend to be outspoken and strong. Naoko is a very quiet, solemn character who says little. However, one of the benefits of having no subtitles to read is being able to catch other nuances. Here, it's Juri-chan's ability to project Naoko's feelings without dialogue. There are scenes, like the first water handout, that you can literally see Naoko's pleading and pain just from Juri-chan's eyes. You can understand Naoko's story without understanding a single line of dialogue. Haruma was all right, but you can see the difference between the two leads. He seems to fall under the "Takuya Kimura school of only three expressions" acting, though that may have been the intent of the character. Or not. :hehe:

The movie drags at times, especially right before the middle, but that may have been due to not having subtitles to follow the story. I wouldn't mind giving it another viewing if subtitles become available.

Yay, a first review...! :victory:

Maybe I'll try watching it sometime this weekend.

No surprise, but this movie has got a lot of fangirl buzz because that pretty boy Haruma... I hope Juri-chan's performance isn't overshadowed (yet again) by the squeals of fangirl "Ooohs" and "Aaahs," like in Last Friends... :shakehead: :bleh:

bmwracer wrote:
Yay, a first review...! :victory:

Maybe I'll try watching it sometime this weekend.

No surprise, but this movie has got a lot of fangirl buzz because that pretty boy Haruma... I hope Juri-chan's performance isn't overshadowed (yet again) by the squeals of fangirl "Ooohs" and "Aaahs," like in Last Friends... :shakehead: :bleh:

Unfortunately, that's likely to be the case. The movie, despite its title, really ends up being about Yusuke. Or so it seems when watched without subtitles. Screentime and amount of dialouge is his. Performance wise there really is no comparison. The scene where she hands him a bottle of water during the race made me sit-up and notice when I was just skipping around through the movie. No dialogue and in slo-mo, you really see Juri-chan's skills in those seconds. Haruma on the other hand....... :hehe:

thtl wrote:I am having problems trying to upload to MU, even after I tried shrinking the file to around 4GB. I'll try to work out how to start a torrent and let you know asap.

Preferably, use uTorrent - http://www.utorrent.com/ (I'm using it under Linux with WINE)

Tjhen open it, menu "File/Create New Torrent... CTRL+N".
"Add file" (or "directory" if it's few files in the directory), in "Trackers" window add these trackers:
[code:1]
http://open.tracker.thepiratebay.org/announce
http://www.torrent-downloads.to:2710/announce
http://denis.stalker.h3q.com:6969/announce
http://www.sumotracker.com/announce
[/code:1]
check "Start seeding" and use button "Creat and save as" - save to Desktop (for ieasier handling).
Then open this torrent file with your uTorrent, right click on the file in torrent list and use "properties".
In the openned window at the left bottom side check "Initial seed" radio button (this saves your bandwith without compromizing uploads - you upload only this amount that the file have and no more, the rest will be carried by other downloaders)
And now you will be ready to post it here (you must upload it somewere to dl for people).

Thank you for the very clear instructions. I'll post a link as soon as I'm done ripping and compressing the disc.

thtl wrote:Thank you for the very clear instructions. I'll post a link as soon as I'm done ripping and compressing the disc.

Here is a link to the torrent file:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G2BT4NFM

Please bear in mind this is a very big file (7GB) of the IFO folder for the Naoko movie. There are no subtitles at all.

thtl wrote:Here is a link to the torrent file:

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=G2BT4NFM

Please bear in mind this is a very big file (7GB) of the IFO folder for the Naoko movie. There are no subtitles at all.

It's gonna be a looooong download. :sweat: :beaten: :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
It's gonna be a looooong download. :sweat: :beaten: :victory:

There's only one person downloading at the moment. If that happens to be you, my gauge said it's going to take 4 weeks to complete... :sweat:

thtl wrote:

There's only one person downloading at the moment. If that happens to be you, my gauge said it's going to take 4 weeks to complete... :sweat:

Mind if I download it as well? I have the .avi you uploaded before, but having the ISO would be nice as well.

deseipher wrote:

Mind if I download it as well? I have the .avi you uploaded before, but having the ISO would be nice as well.

Not at all, please go ahead.

thtl wrote:There's only one person downloading at the moment. If that happens to be you, my gauge said it's going to take 4 weeks to complete... :sweat:

Yup, that's what my uTorrent gauge says as well... Don't know why. :headscratch:

thtl wrote:

Not at all, please go ahead.

Thank you! :victory:

deseipher wrote:Thank you! :victory:

Is your download crawling as well?

bmwracer wrote:
Is your download crawling as well?

Actually, I just started downloading, and utorrent is waiting to connect to the seeds and peers :sweat: