Tenshigure wrote:
I have to be honest...at Episode 2, I had felt the same way in thinking that the entire case (yes, even Ryo) were doing a fantastic job, and I had even thought this show would've been one of those "recommend to all" shows. However as the series progressed and with little depth changes from him or the writing, it just showed it's true colors (as opposed to, say, Juri's evolving of the Ruka character or Eita executing Takeru's complex yet lacking story in near-perfect form).
I can't disagree more with what was said. Last Friends was one of the dramas that I was really looking forward to. It had an interesting storyline, interesting characters and that opening credits thingy with all the symbolism shit got my expectations high but alas, a potentially good drama is basically what it is.
On Ryo's acting, I guess we can't entirely put the blame on the poor guy. I didn't think he did all that bad and he is after all, at the baby stage of his acting career (as compared to his co-stars). To be honest, I thought there were possibly some intense scenes with Sousuke in the first few episodes which I thought Ryo did pretty well. But from ep4 onwards, I think Ryo felt tired of beating people and getting into the same ole routine - looming in the bg suspiciously, grabs hair, kicks, punch, threatens- basically just following what the script required him to do. It was tiring and definitely not inspiring for an actor and it just felt like he gave up at trying to be intense, as if he wanted to get it over and done with. It was disappointing, the writers screwed him. Same goes for Masami I guess. Ihavn't watched anything with her in it other than LF and with the amount of acting she has done she didn't display the slightest bit of acting experience in her acting. It was as if it's her first acting gig and she wasn't very good either. :bleh:
And what's up with the Eri and Ogurin characters?! Most underdeveloped sub-plot ever. And then the Most disappointing resolve for side-characters ever. :grumble:
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Is it just me? I totally didn't sense the chemistry between them! So when they both appeared walking down the aisle together, I was shocked, no, disgusted, maybe. It was more disappointing than when Sousuke slit his wrists(which was prfft! the writers were obviously out to butcher the story)
Despite all that, I dont't thikn I regretted watching this series though. I thought, Last Friends, good or not, was one of the dramas that attracted some critical attention and brought out some interesting dicussions on almost all aspects of the drama - content, storyline, acting, etc. I thought discussing (or for some pple, dissing :sweat: ) was more fun than watching the drama. but then again, i'm new to watching jdramas so uh...yeah. :beaten:
