Comments | sangatsu7: ハルフウェイ。。

sangatsu7

ハルフウェイ。。

Oct 07, 2009 20:32

Alright I've finally seen Halfway. It's the directorial debut of Eriko Kitagawa (who was screenwriter for some very highly rated romance dramas such as Long Vacation, Beautiful Life and Orange Days), and was written by both herself and Shunji Iwai.

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kurikuribebi October 7 2009, 18:24:46 UTC

I'll probably pass on this one but the caps are pretty!
I definetly wont miss 'Boku no hatsukoi wo kimi ni sasagu ' though!

sangatsu7 October 10 2009, 07:46:07 UTC

Sure. It seems like "Boku no hatsukoi.." is an adaptation from a popular manga.

33_snowfish October 7 2009, 22:17:28 UTC

you were right when you thought it was ad libbed by the actors. the director said that most of the movie had been improvised by the actors. i thought that was kinda cool, but it also turns me off b/c i had a feeling it might not flow very well. i love the fact that Shunji Iwai was a part of this and i like pretty much the whole cast except for kitano kii. thanks for the review! i can't wait for subs~

sangatsu7 October 10 2009, 07:53:21 UTC

So they did ad-lib? No wonder. Actually I thought the conversations seemed very natural. But if you don't like Kitano Kii maybe you're not going to enjoy this much.. because she is in it 90% of the time and sometimes went overboard with the improvisations and came off a bit mental :P

Shunji Iwai's taking so long to make another movie :(

ajlordnikon October 8 2009, 02:35:56 UTC

Looks cool, but frack, I'm so tired to watch J-drama.

sangatsu7 October 10 2009, 07:54:59 UTC

You should try it. It's a movie you dont have to spend as much time as watching a drama.

kireira October 9 2009, 13:28:13 UTC

Sounds like something I would very much enjoy! =) I like down-to-earth themes. I need to finish up 'Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata' first though. xD I recently got distracted by 'KIDS ~Kizuna' (Tamaki Hiroshi, Koike Teppei) and watched that instead... =PP Wonder if you watched that too?

Ahhh, so many good things, so little time...

sangatsu7 October 10 2009, 07:58:34 UTC

Lol. Take your time to watch them all. The theme here is much lighter than 'Ashita no Watashi no Tsukurikata' but I liked it a lot too.

Actually I've never heard of KIDS ~Kizuna. I'll try to look for it. Thanks^^

kireira October 10 2009, 13:33:13 UTC

KIDS is kinda dark and personally I think the apparent morals are questionable =PP but I was attracted to the supernatural element and the (tiny!) slashy potential ahahaha. I watched the Chinese-subbed version from tudou (http://www.tudou.com/playlist/id/4348467/) if you're interested.