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DougFunnieee
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Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:01 am Post subject: |
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thtl wrote: | Sorry for going off topic a bit. DougFunnieee, are you a Swing Girls fan in general, or a Mizuta Fumiko fan in particular? |
Both. I love Swing Girls and because of the movie I became a Mizuta Fumiko fan.
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thtl
Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 5016 Location: Hong Kong Country: |
Posted: Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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DougFunnieee wrote: |
Both. I love Swing Girls and because of the movie I became a Mizuta Fumiko fan. |
In case you don't know the following web site contains a lot of links to various cast members of Swing Girls.
http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/anglewings/linklist/
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DougFunnieee
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Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2006 4:52 am Post subject: |
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Oh, that's great. I've only been to mizutafumiko.com, but I haven't checked out any of the other cast members yet. Thanks!
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chika
Joined: 06 Jan 2005 Posts: 1027 Location: Kuala Lumpur Country: |
Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 11:58 am Post subject: |
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DougFunnieee wrote: |
I need to re-watch the movie, but I think it's some sort of mental panic disorder. That's why he doesn't surround himself with other people or else he'll freak out, and also he can't exert himself too much. |
ohh so des ka..but in the dorama, it seems different..he had pain on his chest...but, anyway, thanks soo much for the info! I got to watch the movie...
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chika
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Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2006 12:02 pm Post subject: |
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MokaGirl wrote: | I'm currently following the drama version. ( actually never knew there was also a movie ) and I found it rather cute. Actually, I'm perplexe about the storyline and as I read the spoiler I think it was a bit unrealistic. But guess I'll just watch till the very end before voicing my opinion. ... but hey, such twisted-ending is surely cuter than a a preditable "Myo-got-a-twin-sister-that-has-lost-memory" and all that, right ? so yup. I'll continue the drama will see the ending and I'll comment later on.
I first thought Hiroki and Mimura looks strange side-toside. But I've changed my mind as I found their character really cute together. Mimura is lovely looking. So far, until episode 7, I found it a bit clich� with few scenes but I can get over it so good drama so far. |
waahh..then you can tell me what's takumi's sickness...
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MokaGirl
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thtl
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thtl
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 12:32 am Post subject: |
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I just finished watching the drama, and felt compelled to write a few words. To those of you who haven't, and are going to, watch the movie and/or the drama, don't worry, I won't put in any spoilers.
The most obvious difference between the movie and drama versions is the depth of the drama - not surprising considering the drama has 5 times as much time as the movie to tell the same story.
While both versions deviated from the novel, it seems that the drama tries to maintain the details in the movie.
I am a big fan of Takeuchi Yuko, so I make no apologies in saying I prefer her in the role of Mio (movie) over Mimura (drama). Both Nakamura Shido (movie) and Narimiya Hiroki (drama) does the job well, although Nakamura's appearance actually fits better with the description of Takumi in the novel. Yuji was played by Takei Akashi in both versions, and I can't think of anyone better for this role.
Another grip I have with Mimura is that she seemed a bit 'big" (as in large-framed) for the role of Mio. Again I prefer Takeuchi.
What surprised me was the similarity between the two young Mio's. Otsuka Chihiro (movie) looks more like a young Takeuchi than Kurokawa Tomoka's (drama) portrait of the young Mio. The two young Mio's, however, looked almost identical.
I've read a couple of reviews in which the reviewer compared 'Sekai no Chuushin' to such classics as 'Love Story' - they preferred 'Sekai' over 'Ima' because they think 'Sekai' is more intense, and they don't like the quasi-sci-fi plot of 'Ima'.
While I liked 'Sekai' a lot (I watched the movie), it is really about closure - or lack of. Aki died because she was ill, and Sakutaro was love-sick for 17 years because he cannot let go.
Mio, however, chose a predicted death-at-an-early-age because of love. She knew exactly what's in store for her if she seeked out Takumi, and yet she did. While Takumi was also love-sick part of Mio, in the form of Yuji, will always be with him.
There is no sacrifice in 'Sekai', hence IMHO 'Ima' is a more positive portrait of love.
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DougFunnieee
Joined: 07 Nov 2005 Posts: 638 Location: Bay Area, home of "hyphy" Country: |
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:06 am Post subject: |
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MokaGirl wrote: | Out of Topics: I saw Swing Girls too !!! Really enjoyed !!! It was way better than I thought. I watched it out of boreness but it turns out really entertaining. |
Off-topic and late: Great to see another person enjoy Swing Girls. Definitely one of my favorite movies. I wish we could start a thread, but it would just get moved to the Japanese movies thread.
Attempt to stay on-topic: Is the drama better than the movie?
EDIT: I changed my question because I realized where I was asking this question.
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thtl
Joined: 27 Oct 2005 Posts: 5016 Location: Hong Kong Country: |
Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 8:46 am Post subject: |
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DougFunnieee wrote: |
Attempt to stay on-topic: Is the drama better than the movie?
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Personally I prefer the movie because it is tighter (less time to play around with side lines) and the cast is better.
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thtl
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thtl
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Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2006 10:27 am Post subject: |
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DougFunnieee wrote: |
Off-topic and late: Great to see another person enjoy Swing Girls. Definitely one of my favorite movies. I wish we could start a thread, but it would just get moved to the Japanese movies thread.
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I took a look at the Japanese movies thread and it is dismal - no management at all and all movies are sort of mixed together.
If we start a thread in the Japanese Entertainment Discussion board do you think we'll get kicked to the movies thread?
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