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Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 2:37 pm Post subject:
Ender's Girl wrote:
I didn't cry because of the Yakuza stuff, obviously. They could've taken out the whole gangsta slant and instead focused on an ordinary bunch of misfits forced to help out in a nursing home, and the story would've worked just the same. It was the treatment of the various issues on eldercare -- and just the thought of growing old in general -- that turned on the waterworks for me. That, and the central story arc involving Tsuyoshi, Natsukawa Yui, and the little kid. I did not expect the plot to develop the (ironic) way it did. This drama made me care about their characters when I never even expected to. And I'm glad the writer went easy on the slapstick, as I doubt I would've invested as much emotionally had the series gone the way of-- oh I dunno, My Boss, My Hero or something.
Yes it did have its moments which kept me watching.
Joined: 06 Sep 2008 Posts: 134 Location: United Kingdom Country:
Posted: Wed Feb 17, 2010 6:00 pm Post subject:
Ender's Girl wrote:
I didn't cry because of the Yakuza stuff, obviously. They could've taken out the whole gangsta slant and instead focused on an ordinary bunch of misfits forced to help out in a nursing home, and the story would've worked just the same. It was the treatment of the various issues on eldercare -- and just the thought of growing old in general -- that turned on the waterworks for me. That, and the central story arc involving Tsuyoshi, Natsukawa Yui, and the little kid. I did not expect the plot to develop the (ironic) way it did. This drama made me care about their characters when I never even expected to. And I'm glad the writer went easy on the slapstick, as I doubt I would've invested as much emotionally had the series gone the way of-- oh I dunno, My Boss, My Hero or something.
I couldn't put it better myself. This really is two shows in one. The first deals with the Yakuza and is dumb, unbelievable, poorly acted (by the younger cast members) and is best ignored. The second is about the Care Centre, Natsukawa Yui and her son and Kusanagi's interactions with both of them, which is much more realistic, thought provoking, well acted and emotionally involving.
Been watching the opening sequence and end credits on Youtube. Love the gritty, stylized, Hong Kong noir cinema feel of the action. Tsuyoshi fighting in the rain, hellyeahhh! Lol
Cerebus wrote:
I couldn't put it better myself. This really is two shows in one. The first deals with the Yakuza and is dumb, unbelievable, poorly acted (by the younger cast members) and is best ignored. The second is about the Care Centre, Natsukawa Yui and her son and Kusanagi's interactions with both of them, which is much more realistic, thought provoking, well acted and emotionally involving.
Watching the last several episodes had me going from time to time, "Oh, now I know what Cerebus was talkin' about," lol. But yeah, the younger Yakuza boys' faces were practically interchangeable. Only the tall dude and Kuroki Meisa were given a backstory. I'll have to disagree on Mesia, though. Take away the ridiculous young-chick-is-Yakuza-family-head premise of her character, and I thought she did a respectable job. She played it tough, and I believed her.
Still, the care facility scenes outnumbered the Yakuza scenes 4:1, so I guess we had a good enough deal on this schizophrenic drama.
Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 6884 Location: Syracuse, NY Country:
Posted: Thu Feb 18, 2010 7:54 am Post subject:
Anime Dad wrote:
Jikou Keisatsu ep. 3.
The "cold cases" are pretty forgettable, but the interactions between the cast members are great
True, cases they solve aren't that exciting, but the cast is great, especially the interaction between Joe and Kumiko. Just finished episode 4, every one seems to be getting just a bit better ...this seems like a series that needs at least one more viewing, there are so many subtle things going on easy to miss them, so far though a big
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:02 am Post subject:
hitomi #1 wrote:
True, cases they solve aren't that exciting, but the cast is great, especially the interaction between Joe and Kumiko. Just finished episode 4, every one seems to be getting just a bit better ...this seems like a series that needs at least one more viewing, there are so many subtle things going on easy to miss them, so far though a big
Joined: 13 Feb 2010 Posts: 189 Location: Ontario Country:
Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 5:52 am Post subject:
Man, JIN is addicting. I finish an episode and want to watch the next episode right away. The Finale better be worth it :-p
It's just me, but while watching JIN I feel like this is a superior version to Back to the Future Part III Obviously there are a few differences, but oh well
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Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 6:06 am Post subject:
Rev wrote:
Man, JIN is addicting. I finish an episode and want to watch the next episode right away. The Finale better be worth it :-p
It was the same for me, too, but I watched just 1 episode a day to stretch it out otherwise I would've finished it in 2 days. Post your thoughts after you watch the finale.
Joined: 14 Feb 2009 Posts: 6884 Location: Syracuse, NY Country:
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 12:55 am Post subject:
Anime Dad wrote:
Yeah, I watched ep. 4 last night too. Hilarious
Also took a slight detour with Jikou Keisatsu, watched the first 2 episodes of Liar Game 2. Think it's better so far then season one, didn't need an episode to introduce everyone, started right in on the action, can see though how some may not like it, quite a bit of stats, etc, can get a headache trying to figure all that out, movie that ties everything together will be out March 6th..for some! _________________
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