those new dramas are great...
watching.... dragon zakura, densha, slow dance, ima aini yukimasu, jou no kyoushitsu... and so on... it gets too confusing... ugh...
anyone have the song kizuna from ima aini yukimasu??
I downloaded "Joou no Kyoushitsu""The Queen's Classroom" on spec this afternoon. I hadn't heard anything about it, but none of the other shows I've been trying to collect are up yet, so I figured I'd give it a shot.
I just watched it, and it was terrific. Amami Yuki makes a great Wicked Witch of a teacher. And the images of the world as seen through a 6th grader's eyes are just wonderful.
If you thought Sorimachi's Onizuka was the anti Kinpachi Sensei, wait until you get a load of the Queen.
She puts the fear in me and I'm not in school anymore. She kind of reminds me of the stories I hear about strict Catholic schools. Luckily I did not encounter that type of teacher when I was in school. :sweat:
I like the contrast of the ending song to the drama itself. What a juxtaposition.
I did 8 years in a Catholic Grammar School back east in the days when the Nuns wore the full Habit and Wimple. And she reminded me of all of my teachers.
Personally I didn't care for the switch at the end. She'd created such a powerful character, and set such a good mood for the shows to come. And then it was almost like they were desperately trying to yuk it up, as if to say, see, she isn't really a bad person. See her smile, watch her dance! She's really nice!
Geezer wrote:
Personally I didn't care for the switch at the end. She'd created such a powerful character, and set such a good mood for the shows to come. And then it was almost like they were desperately trying to yuk it up, as if to say, see, she isn't really a bad person. See her smile, watch her dance! She's really nice!
It just kind of bothered me.
I see your point. Kind of like "The camera is off, you can let down your hair and lose your character." I like the duality of it: the strict teacher and yet she can have fun at times.
I guess it's just me. I never want to see the actor or actress behind the character. I enjoy the whole suspension of disbelief thing. It's what makes stories like this fun for me.
Eve wrote:
Howre you liking SOS?
I havent seen it yet.
about to start ep 6 in a minute... so far it's pretty good, though the "that's why ill never ****** ***" every 10 minutes is kinda driving me crazy. Im sure there's a reason they did that, and I would speculate, but it would turn this post into a spoiler'ish type thing.