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Watched two completely polar pieces of Japanese media yesterday. As one of the final, random things I did with my visiting friends we watched "One Missed Call 2". Because it was free off of my cable. And wow, that was a poorly written movie and really not that scary. There were a few jumpy moments and I appreciate when a horror movie tries to scare me instead of just grossing me out. But next time, maybe try sticking with one antagonist. None of us could keep anything straight. And then it pulled out a random twist and ended with nothing explained. LAME JAPAN.
I was kind of intrigued with how western the whole production looked. Maybe it's just because I don't watch a lot of Japanese movies that I've never noticed this before. But there is something about the way jdramas are shot that make them look very jdrama-ish. This really didn't hold true for OMC2. If they hadn't been speaking Japanese, I could have easily bought it as an American movie, slick production values and all. Of course, this could very well be all in my head.
After everyone left (*sadface*) I did laundry and finished Skip Beat!. Really, THAT'S the ending? That wasn't a complete story. There was NO resolution. At least with Fruits Basket, which had to cut off at some point, you got that whole story arc with Kyo and Tohru's acceptance of him. At the end of Skip Beat! the story isn't even ABOUT Kyoko at that point. LAME. I want resolution. There are few things I despise more than open endings.
I also watched the first episode of Buzzer Beat, which promises to be everything I hoped it would be: cute and fun. Nothing ground-breaking here, and Pi's character is kind of a non-entity, but I think I'm going to enjoy it. My favorite characters at the moment are the two girls. Keiko is adorable and the other one (who supremely annoyed me in Love Shuffle) is pretty funny.
I was kind of intrigued with how western the whole production looked. Maybe it's just because I don't watch a lot of Japanese movies that I've never noticed this before. But there is something about the way jdramas are shot that make them look very jdrama-ish. This really didn't hold true for OMC2. If they hadn't been speaking Japanese, I could have easily bought it as an American movie, slick production values and all. Of course, this could very well be all in my head.
After everyone left (*sadface*) I did laundry and finished Skip Beat!. Really, THAT'S the ending? That wasn't a complete story. There was NO resolution. At least with Fruits Basket, which had to cut off at some point, you got that whole story arc with Kyo and Tohru's acceptance of him. At the end of Skip Beat! the story isn't even ABOUT Kyoko at that point. LAME. I want resolution. There are few things I despise more than open endings.
I also watched the first episode of Buzzer Beat, which promises to be everything I hoped it would be: cute and fun. Nothing ground-breaking here, and Pi's character is kind of a non-entity, but I think I'm going to enjoy it. My favorite characters at the moment are the two girls. Keiko is adorable and the other one (who supremely annoyed me in Love Shuffle) is pretty funny.
