What dramas are you currently watching?

I just finished Hula Girls - not a drama, I know, but enjoyable nonetheless. I can't help but draw parallels between this movie and my all-time favourite, Swing Girls. Granted, the circumstances were different, but in both cases we have a bunch of girls learning a totally foreign skill. They went through untold hardships but managed to triumph by the end of the movie.

Both Juri-sama and Ms. Aoi both shone in their roles, and both seemed to have picked a particular type of role to excel in - Juri-sama with her music, and Ms. Aoi with her dancing.

BTW both movies had another thing in common - local dialect. Swing Girls had a Yamagate background with a distinctive difference from the Tokyo dialect in the use of terms; Hula Girls was set in Fukushima in Showa 40th year - the first few minutes into the movie I thought I had the Korean voice-over on by mistake. It was very different from the Tokyo accent and practically impossible to understand, not that I understand much Japanese anyway.

For details on what I'm rambling on, watch the movie.

Watching HYD episode 1..Looks interesting :naughty:

i'm watching almost all of the spring drama 2007 right now!!!!

i love Bambino, Kuitan 2 and also Jikou Keisatsu 2!! they are the only one that i love right now...the other dramas are ok..not too bad...

krim wrote:

i thought he was exactly like he was in Pride.

eh? you haven't watched it yet? he was completely different, he was more serious compared to his previous roles in several dramas like Pride, Engine, Good Luck etc.

Wah! I watched Good Luck... again! straight through too I really do love that show, I need to find another show to watch quick because if I start watching it again people are gonna think me crazy!... between that and Heroes I don't have much time to watch other stuff these days :beaten:

thtl wrote:Just finished Udon. Konishi Manami is reaaaally cute!

I liked this movie a lot and, as a result, sent an order to Amazon for the OST and the official book. The items have been shipped and I'll be picking them up next week.

k-role wrote:

eh? you haven't watched it yet? he was completely different, he was more serious compared to his previous roles in several dramas like Pride, Engine, Good Luck etc.

i've seen them both, which is why i can say he's exactly the same. the same stern expression, smile that looks like he's always mad. I think he's pretty serious in Pride, less so in Engine, and even less in Good Luck.

But once you've seen a Kimtaku drama, you know exactly how he acts. No offense, but he's fairly one dimensional. Some actors can look different when they're mad, thinking, smiling.. when they are in different roles...he can't. It's the same expressions in each of his dramas. I blame it on him being pseudo-typecast. His characters almost all have some difficult emotional issue, or some sad past that he must get past.

if he can successfully star in a comedy or even a character that doesn't have a troubled past that he must get over, ill give him more credit, but for now, he's a one trick pony.

Still at GalCir.

Erika Toda, Suzuki Emi, Aragaki Yui, Iwasa Mayuko, Yaguchi Mari, Satsugawa Aimi and Natsuko are all great actress. :applaud:

episode 4 later on. :naughty: :victory:

just finished byakuyakou

Orion wrote:just finished byakuyakou

How did you like it? I like Ayase Haruka and Yamada Takayuki's pairing in Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu. But I read byakuyakou is really dark. Maybe I'll give it a go after I finish this drama.

finished watching GalCir episode 4.

pretty decent story. :victory:

Just finished HYD2 epi 5. It's getting better now, but no where near as grand as part 1. Unsurprisingly.

uhno wrote:

How did you like it? I like Ayase Haruka and Yamada Takayuki's pairing in Sekai no chuushin de, ai wo sakebu. But I read byakuyakou is really dark. Maybe I'll give it a go after I finish this drama.

I watched 10 minutes of byakuyakou and deleted it. I'm sad two of my most favorite actors had to be cast in such a depressing drama. I'm just not into self flagellation these days. there is enough depression in the world without having to succumb to that in my entertainment also.
:grumble:

thtl wrote:I liked this movie a lot and, as a result, sent an order to Amazon for the OST and the official book. The items have been shipped and I'll be picking them up next week.

Sugoi....! :thumbsup:

Must be nice to be independently wealthy. :beaten: :victory:

bmwracer wrote:
Sugoi....! :thumbsup:

Must be nice to be independently wealthy. :beaten: :victory:

More like independently starving...

krim wrote:
if he can successfully star in a comedy or even a character that doesn't have a troubled past that he must get over, ill give him more credit, but for now, he's a one trick pony.

Try watching him in SMAPxSMAP where the SMAP do skits/gags like Saturday Night Live. He's a very good comedian as well as imitator (He imitates Beyonce REALLY well). Maybe he needed really good comedy role in a drama/movie to convince you guys that still is not convinced with his acting skill.

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Finished Nodame Cantabile 2 days ago. I took my time with this one. Wonderfull :applaud: Absolutely wonderful. Its been a long time since I laugh out loud & cried at the same time. Its that good.

thtl wrote:More like independently starving...

Same thing. :beaten:

omg!! hana yori dango 2 is soooo good! The season 2 is actually better than the first season! I also think Jun looks better in 2. ^___^ lol.

Ralph,

Everyone's got a perfect right to their own opinion, and I'm not saying you're right or wrong. But you've got me a bit puzzled here. (Maybe it's just the terminology.)

Earlier today you said:

I watched 10 minutes of byakuyakou and deleted it. I'm sad two of my most favorite actors had to be cast in such a depressing drama. I'm just not into self flagellation these days. there is enough depression in the world without having to succumb to that in my entertainment also.

But weren't you the guy who went on about how wonderful, that toe tapping, side splittin', laugh fest called "Sekai no Chuushin de Ai wo Sakebu" was?

And yeah... though a tragic story, I thought "Byakuyakou" was a whole lot better, a whole lot more interesting, than "Sekia no Chuushin...".

acupracacia wrote:omg!! hana yori dango 2 is soooo good! The season 2 is actually better than the first season! I also think Jun looks better in 2. ^___^ lol.

I don't think season 2 is better personally it was good but I much prefered season 1. Yet everyone's entitled to their opinion ^_^