I still feel that way...

[nana_komatsu7]

Day 11 - A drama that disappointed youA drama can disapppoint me in some different ways... it can be boring and slow (most of kdrama I tried watching fits this category... look at my drama list for titles ^^ ); it can be an adaptation unfaithful to the spirit of its original work (a book, a manga, whatever... titles like Honey and Clover, Cat

Comments

[showjuro]

I didn't watch the drama for Honey and Clover, but I thought that the movie was boring. I stuck to it just to listen to Aozora Pedaru at the end, haha. I wonder if the original story was supposed to be like that, I duno xD

[nana_komatsu7]

What can I say... the original story, Hachimitsu to clover by Umino Chika, is AWESOME. It's a really mature slice of life seinen, I totally adore it.
The movie version was cute, I didn't find it boring at all. Not total loyal to its original manga but decent and with a good cast. (but I don't think a story like Hachikuro can be summarised in a 2 hours movie).
The drama was boring and really far from the original story, I had to drop it at episode 3 because it was full of out of characters (and a shame, my favourite character, Morita, was played by my hatsukoi ;_; )

[showjuro]

I guess I found it a little slow moving, and halfway through I didn't understand what was going on. It was kinda 'quiet' too. But many Japanese movies are 'quiet', that's what I noticed.

[nana_komatsu7]

Japanese movies are "quiet" for sure... a part of them embrace the phylosophy of the slice of life in a pure way... they talk about a certain time in a certain space, like they are talking of a sort of... different dimension. I like this way of narrating stuff so usually I don't find them boring at all.But it's a matter of taste I guess.

As for Hachikuro... I don't know if I can understand the point of someone who can watch it without knowing the manga or at least the anime like you because at that time I watched the anime (it follows the manga pretty strictly and it's awesome as well. I prefer the manga for some little things but the anime is GREAT) and I was reading the manga... so I was aware of the original story. It's always different when you have a form of comparison... you notice different stuff ^^

(my icon is from the manga btw ^^ )

[showjuro]

Sometimes I like the quietness, but other times, I think it can get a little boring.

As for me, I prefer watching the movie before reading the manga/original story because it can make it less disappointing when you find out that certain scenes are cut off. Of course, not all adaptations are that bad :P But you've got a point there. Some movies can get confusing if you don't know the original story. So well, it depends, I guess.

[nana_komatsu7]

I've got no preference in this field... I watch stuff from books or manga I like because I want to see how they adapt them and I reach for the spirit of the story, not for the single scene, unlesse that scene is something fundamental for the feeling of the story itself ^^

[showjuro]

I think I'm the opposite, haha. I read manga because I love the story from the drama/movie. xD

[nana_komatsu7]

I read comics from... before you were born ^^;;;
So to me it's normal start from them ^^

[showjuro]

Haha, I still remember the first ever manga I read - Death Note! It was because I was gonna watch the movie soon, And it was a good thing that I did, because the subtitles that came with the dvd I borowed from my friend were just... terrible.

[nana_komatsu7]

I can't remember my first manga XDDDDD All I know it's the first title I brought with my own money... Sailormoon :D
I was really young at that time ^^ 12 years old I think. 18 years ago o_O

[showjuro]

I was 14 when I read my first manga :P

[nana_komatsu7]

I really can't remember... I started reading comics at elementary school... manga came a few years later ^^