it's a ビューティフル・ワールド
Hey everyone! So as you may know, I got my copy of the Beautiful World con DVD in the mail on Wednesday. It was quite ironic because that was the day that I finally got enough free time to even WATCH the concert, so I was planning on going home and watching the one I had gotten earlier, but lo and behold, there the DVD was, sitting and waiting for me ^_^ (along with my copy of Face Down :D)
Anyway, you know I promptly ripped that box open as fast as my grubby little hands could lol I haven't opened Face Down yet, for my vlog purposes, but that's ok!
I popped the DVD into my JPS2 and watched away :D woo!! So, without spoiling it for those of you who haven't seen it, a cut!!
So, I can safely say that it is definitely not one of my favorite concert DVDs... in fact, it's lower than a lot of my favorites. I still say that Kokuritsu is fun, but as a concert DVD it's too wide open and spacious so the guys are always separated a LOT and they need to cover a lot of space as well, because they want the fans to get the most out of it, but that cuts out on a lot of fun and silly interactions by the boys >_<;; so it was a little slower than usual for sure. Especially the first disc I thought.
I definitely still really love all of the songs on the Beautiful World album, though, so seeing them performed in concert was really quite enjoyable to me.
The second disc redeemed the first disc a little in my opinion, and made it a lot funner. There was more interaction, plus the little interlude in the middle where they did the dances and performance with the screen and such I thought was fun and something new (even though they've been doing that kind of performance since Jun saw it on Sekai Ichi no Show Time...) even though it's kind of a rip off of another person's idea, they went with it and I thought it was pretty fun -- and the music was nice and refreshing..
The encore was great as well, both of them. I love Gori Muchuu, I swear. And they sang a few songs during the concert that I really like but they don't sing during concerts very often so I was very pleased with that.
As for SOLOS... I think the solos were actually one of my favorite part of the DVD, but I definitely didn't like ALL of them. Let's talk about them one by one :3 (In order of the DVD!)
Jun: I was NOT a fan.. and yet I was so excited to see this one because I love the song :( Literally my first thought when seeing Jun come out for his solo was "WHAT. THE FUCK??!?"... because his outfit. His outfit omg I could just cry. I did not think that anything Jun wore could make him look gayer but.. this totally takes the cake. That and his attempts at doing seductive moves, I literally groaned when he did his little "kneel on the floor and spread your legs" move. It was just.. awkward, weird, and uncomfortable to watch. Really.
Aiba: I think Aiba's was next? I LOVE AIBA'S SOLO. Aiba always manages to blow me away somehow with his solos, even with such songs like Magical Song (which is still not a favorite of mine, but his solo performance IS...).. Janakute was something that I enjoyed listening to, much like Magical Song, but it wasn't something that I would strive to listen to whenever I could. BUT... omg his performance.. first of all, his outfit was AAAHHH!!! I don't understand how a man can pull off suspenders without looking like an idiot, but Aiba managed to do it not once but twice... aside from that, I'm not usually a chair dance person (*cough* can you say Ohno's solo for AAA 08?) but I really really loved this one :D It was so good it forced me to text mystical_mayhem who is an Aiba lover, and tell her just how good it was ||D
Sho: Meh. Sho's solo was seriously forgettable for me. Everything. His outfit was meh. His dancing was okay. The song was alright. Nothing really did it for me. I think the dancing was alright but his outfit was just so boring to me.. oh well :(
Ohno: I surprisingly liked this one a lot :O I've heard from some other fans that they were not impressed with Ohno's solo and feel like it was the same as all of his other ones. I definitely feel that way about the song itself but I was actually quite impressed by the performance of it. I feel like he had some really awesome choreography compared to his other ones lately, and.. I don't know I just really liked it. I felt like he was going back a little more to his roots of how his solos used to be.. which is the way that I like it. ^^
Nino: VERY impressed. I feel like he wasn't just going through the motions. There was actually something there this time.. for his AAA '08 performance of Niji, '09 performance of Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono, and '10 performance of 1992*4##111 they all just felt like there was something missing.. or empty in those solos. After he finished his solo I honestly was just wowed by it. Really really enjoyed it.
And that's it for the actual con DVD!
As for the 3rd disc... WakuWaku Gakkou... it basically redeemed it as an amazing, amazing con DVD... I thoroughly THOROUGHLY enjoyed it, even if I am sad they took out the part where Nino squirts the other members in the crotch with a water gun, and Ohno calling a fan in the audience.. I hate when they cut things out :( but Johnny's is all about exclusivity. If you are in the fan club and go to the events you get the exclusive rights to see the extra, fun stuff. I loved Nino's, Jun's, Aiba's, and Ohno's presentations. Sho's was okay XD;; it was interesting at least lol..
I especially liked when Nino made them all do a baton race around the track and Jun had to run the longest and Aiba the shortest, but Jun started running waaaay before Aiba got to him, and he basically had to run the whole way XD he caught up to him right at the finish line! lol...
Aiba also was going all out on the bike things... while I was watching it I couldn't help but wonder if it had anything to do with his lung half collapsing last year.. :\\
And lastly!! I watched the full PV for Your Eyes today, and the Music Station performance as well. For Your Eyes being a slow song, I actually enjoyed the PV. It was visually interesting and had some really pretty shots. And I like the song :D at least somewhat! lol.. it's not a bad song.
The Music Station performance was good, Nino's hair stands out so much especially since Ohno has black hair now. Jun's brown hair looks pretty good on him, I like it lighter with that hairstyle.. and Aiba's hairstyle looks especially good right now..! I don't know why, but it does ^^;
Anything else..?? hmmm... I liked that they talked about their trips and stuff on the show. I remember reading on the jweb Matsujun was talking about his sudden trip to Spain, and it was interesting to hear more about that ^^
Okay, that's it!! I'll talk to you guys later!! ^_^
(P.S. I had homemade cinnamon apple crepes for breakfast today.. YUMMY YUMMY!! :D)
Anyway, you know I promptly ripped that box open as fast as my grubby little hands could lol I haven't opened Face Down yet, for my vlog purposes, but that's ok!
I popped the DVD into my JPS2 and watched away :D woo!! So, without spoiling it for those of you who haven't seen it, a cut!!
So, I can safely say that it is definitely not one of my favorite concert DVDs... in fact, it's lower than a lot of my favorites. I still say that Kokuritsu is fun, but as a concert DVD it's too wide open and spacious so the guys are always separated a LOT and they need to cover a lot of space as well, because they want the fans to get the most out of it, but that cuts out on a lot of fun and silly interactions by the boys >_<;; so it was a little slower than usual for sure. Especially the first disc I thought.
I definitely still really love all of the songs on the Beautiful World album, though, so seeing them performed in concert was really quite enjoyable to me.
The second disc redeemed the first disc a little in my opinion, and made it a lot funner. There was more interaction, plus the little interlude in the middle where they did the dances and performance with the screen and such I thought was fun and something new (even though they've been doing that kind of performance since Jun saw it on Sekai Ichi no Show Time...) even though it's kind of a rip off of another person's idea, they went with it and I thought it was pretty fun -- and the music was nice and refreshing..
The encore was great as well, both of them. I love Gori Muchuu, I swear. And they sang a few songs during the concert that I really like but they don't sing during concerts very often so I was very pleased with that.
As for SOLOS... I think the solos were actually one of my favorite part of the DVD, but I definitely didn't like ALL of them. Let's talk about them one by one :3 (In order of the DVD!)
Jun: I was NOT a fan.. and yet I was so excited to see this one because I love the song :( Literally my first thought when seeing Jun come out for his solo was "WHAT. THE FUCK??!?"... because his outfit. His outfit omg I could just cry. I did not think that anything Jun wore could make him look gayer but.. this totally takes the cake. That and his attempts at doing seductive moves, I literally groaned when he did his little "kneel on the floor and spread your legs" move. It was just.. awkward, weird, and uncomfortable to watch. Really.
Aiba: I think Aiba's was next? I LOVE AIBA'S SOLO. Aiba always manages to blow me away somehow with his solos, even with such songs like Magical Song (which is still not a favorite of mine, but his solo performance IS...).. Janakute was something that I enjoyed listening to, much like Magical Song, but it wasn't something that I would strive to listen to whenever I could. BUT... omg his performance.. first of all, his outfit was AAAHHH!!! I don't understand how a man can pull off suspenders without looking like an idiot, but Aiba managed to do it not once but twice... aside from that, I'm not usually a chair dance person (*cough* can you say Ohno's solo for AAA 08?) but I really really loved this one :D It was so good it forced me to text mystical_mayhem who is an Aiba lover, and tell her just how good it was ||D
Sho: Meh. Sho's solo was seriously forgettable for me. Everything. His outfit was meh. His dancing was okay. The song was alright. Nothing really did it for me. I think the dancing was alright but his outfit was just so boring to me.. oh well :(
Ohno: I surprisingly liked this one a lot :O I've heard from some other fans that they were not impressed with Ohno's solo and feel like it was the same as all of his other ones. I definitely feel that way about the song itself but I was actually quite impressed by the performance of it. I feel like he had some really awesome choreography compared to his other ones lately, and.. I don't know I just really liked it. I felt like he was going back a little more to his roots of how his solos used to be.. which is the way that I like it. ^^
Nino: VERY impressed. I feel like he wasn't just going through the motions. There was actually something there this time.. for his AAA '08 performance of Niji, '09 performance of Kotoba Yori Taisetsu na Mono, and '10 performance of 1992*4##111 they all just felt like there was something missing.. or empty in those solos. After he finished his solo I honestly was just wowed by it. Really really enjoyed it.
And that's it for the actual con DVD!
As for the 3rd disc... WakuWaku Gakkou... it basically redeemed it as an amazing, amazing con DVD... I thoroughly THOROUGHLY enjoyed it, even if I am sad they took out the part where Nino squirts the other members in the crotch with a water gun, and Ohno calling a fan in the audience.. I hate when they cut things out :( but Johnny's is all about exclusivity. If you are in the fan club and go to the events you get the exclusive rights to see the extra, fun stuff. I loved Nino's, Jun's, Aiba's, and Ohno's presentations. Sho's was okay XD;; it was interesting at least lol..
I especially liked when Nino made them all do a baton race around the track and Jun had to run the longest and Aiba the shortest, but Jun started running waaaay before Aiba got to him, and he basically had to run the whole way XD he caught up to him right at the finish line! lol...
Aiba also was going all out on the bike things... while I was watching it I couldn't help but wonder if it had anything to do with his lung half collapsing last year.. :\\
And lastly!! I watched the full PV for Your Eyes today, and the Music Station performance as well. For Your Eyes being a slow song, I actually enjoyed the PV. It was visually interesting and had some really pretty shots. And I like the song :D at least somewhat! lol.. it's not a bad song.
The Music Station performance was good, Nino's hair stands out so much especially since Ohno has black hair now. Jun's brown hair looks pretty good on him, I like it lighter with that hairstyle.. and Aiba's hairstyle looks especially good right now..! I don't know why, but it does ^^;
Anything else..?? hmmm... I liked that they talked about their trips and stuff on the show. I remember reading on the jweb Matsujun was talking about his sudden trip to Spain, and it was interesting to hear more about that ^^
Okay, that's it!! I'll talk to you guys later!! ^_^
(P.S. I had homemade cinnamon apple crepes for breakfast today.. YUMMY YUMMY!! :D)