Of Nino, Iwo Jima and MatsuJun
Sep. 16th, 2007 11:33 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
elennielI love talking to Snow sometimes. XD
elenniel: my sis still thinks the other guy - Nino - is better-looking than MatsuJun... haih...
snow: who is nino
e: the guy in Yamada Tarou loh
snow: yer
YERRRRRR
YERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>.<"
Think of "yerrr" as "yuckkk." :P
e: rofl
you are verrrryyy rare, do you know that?
snow: why
e: a lot of ppl really like that guy
snow: the rich guy ar
e: no no the poor one
snow: or the poor guy
OMGGGGGGGGG
i seriously don like him leh
like OMGOSH
(She doesn't think much of Sho either... but I emphasised the brilliance of Keio-boy - getting a degree from the Japanese equivalent of Harvard while he was still in Arashi - so I think that rather mellowed her opinion of him a bit... Even though she still doesn't think he looks that good.)
snow: am i really that rare
hahahahaha
e: yes you're very rare... there are SO many Nino fans out there.. and a lot of ppl think he's a better actor than Jun
snow: >.<"
WAT?
jialat*
erm
e: hahahaha
snow: i think he is VERY short
e: yes he is :P
For a guy I sure think Nino's kinda short... I mean, 1.68m only? That's 5cm taller than me, and 3cm taller than Snow.
* "jialat" = Hokkien dialect, meaning taihen (Jap), or that's terrible/horrible/bad
snow: and i think he looks REALLY POOR
e: ROFL
snow: n not prince like
so whenever the girl imagine him as prince sama
i will be like puke
hahahhhaaa
e: ya ya
I agree
and every time he smiles, they all go nuts... I'm like.. "huh?"
snow: YES
snow: nino ish
totally OUT
he is super not my cup of tea
First time I've ever heard anyone lambast Nino like that. Gotta agree with the "short" and "looks really poor" comments... Especially the latter. Yea, the character of Yamada Tarou is supposed to be from a poor family, but it just isn't plausible how everyone around him in school seems to think he's a rich "prince."
snow: who is nino
e: the guy in Yamada Tarou loh
snow: yer
YERRRRRR
YERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
>.<"
Think of "yerrr" as "yuckkk." :P
e: rofl
you are verrrryyy rare, do you know that?
snow: why
e: a lot of ppl really like that guy
snow: the rich guy ar
e: no no the poor one
snow: or the poor guy
OMGGGGGGGGG
i seriously don like him leh
like OMGOSH
(She doesn't think much of Sho either... but I emphasised the brilliance of Keio-boy - getting a degree from the Japanese equivalent of Harvard while he was still in Arashi - so I think that rather mellowed her opinion of him a bit... Even though she still doesn't think he looks that good.)
snow: am i really that rare
hahahahaha
e: yes you're very rare... there are SO many Nino fans out there.. and a lot of ppl think he's a better actor than Jun
snow: >.<"
WAT?
jialat*
erm
e: hahahaha
snow: i think he is VERY short
e: yes he is :P
For a guy I sure think Nino's kinda short... I mean, 1.68m only? That's 5cm taller than me, and 3cm taller than Snow.
* "jialat" = Hokkien dialect, meaning taihen (Jap), or that's terrible/horrible/bad
snow: and i think he looks REALLY POOR
e: ROFL
snow: n not prince like
so whenever the girl imagine him as prince sama
i will be like puke
hahahhhaaa
e: ya ya
I agree
and every time he smiles, they all go nuts... I'm like.. "huh?"
snow: YES
snow: nino ish
totally OUT
he is super not my cup of tea
First time I've ever heard anyone lambast Nino like that. Gotta agree with the "short" and "looks really poor" comments... Especially the latter. Yea, the character of Yamada Tarou is supposed to be from a poor family, but it just isn't plausible how everyone around him in school seems to think he's a rich "prince."
Talking about Nino, I saw Letters from Iwo Jima yesterday. Had to put my inner fangirl aside and let the 'film critic' take over. (Being "trained" in film and animation does help...)
I think Nino did well as Saigo - the role is just his type, although he looked a tad stiff in the flashback scene with his wife. Watanabe Ken-san was impressive as General Kuribayashi - reminded me a bit of his role in Last Samurai. Rather wished there was more of his story. Actually at the beginning it felt a bit more like Kuribayashi's story, then towards the second half it swung to Saigo's story... Didn't really disturb the flow, but I do prefer to know who I'm supposed to concentrate on. Hahah...
The washed-out colours in the movie suited the mood and era - the grittiness and bleakness of war.
Overall I thought it was a pretty good war movie (although I wouldn't watch the whole thing twice because of the gruesome battle scenes with blown-off limbs and blown-up bodies...). I liked that the portrayal of the Japanese and American sides was balanced in that both sides had "good guys" and "bad guys."
Best scene? Former Olympic equestrian competitor Baron Nishi reading/translating the letter from Sam's mother to his troops. (Sam was an American P.O.W. in Nishi's squad, whom he had ordered treated. But Sam died eventually.) You could almost feel their perceptions of the "savage Americans" change as Nishi read the letter aloud - it was just like something their own mothers/wives might write.
I think Nino did well as Saigo - the role is just his type, although he looked a tad stiff in the flashback scene with his wife. Watanabe Ken-san was impressive as General Kuribayashi - reminded me a bit of his role in Last Samurai. Rather wished there was more of his story. Actually at the beginning it felt a bit more like Kuribayashi's story, then towards the second half it swung to Saigo's story... Didn't really disturb the flow, but I do prefer to know who I'm supposed to concentrate on. Hahah...
The washed-out colours in the movie suited the mood and era - the grittiness and bleakness of war.
Overall I thought it was a pretty good war movie (although I wouldn't watch the whole thing twice because of the gruesome battle scenes with blown-off limbs and blown-up bodies...). I liked that the portrayal of the Japanese and American sides was balanced in that both sides had "good guys" and "bad guys."
Best scene? Former Olympic equestrian competitor Baron Nishi reading/translating the letter from Sam's mother to his troops. (Sam was an American P.O.W. in Nishi's squad, whom he had ordered treated. But Sam died eventually.) You could almost feel their perceptions of the "savage Americans" change as Nishi read the letter aloud - it was just like something their own mothers/wives might write.
Seriously, though Nino was good in Letters, I think he has a little less acting range than Matsumoto Jun. Sure, Nino was in the big Hollywood flick... But Nino's roles will always most likely be Yamada Tarou or Saigo types. The Average Joe, the everyday guy. From what Skyura tells me, his older dramas have also been of a similar type. Lots of emo-ness too, unsurprisingly.
Matsumoto Jun, on the other hand, has handled more varied roles. Yes, he has a tendency to be cast in the romantic lead role, but when you look at some of his major dramas, they are so different! In Gokusen he was the cool, clever Sawada Shin; amused by his new teacher who's from a yakuza family. In Kimi wa Petto he was the rather childlike, perky Momo; the young fellow who becomes a "pet" of an older woman (as in literally a pet... she considers him as a sort of replacement for her dog that died or something). In Hana Yori Dango, he was Doumyouji - arrogant, selfish and high-handed rich brat who falls in love with a "commoner". In Bambino, he was Ban Shogo, the enthusiastic but cocky kid who learns that he isn't all that great a chef as he thinks he is.
Ban Shogo was a more 'normal' role for Jun, I think. It wasn't as peculiar or eccentric a role as the others (no way is Doumyouji or Sawada or Momo entirely normal). Bambino's also a more 'serious' drama than the other three I mentioned, but it seems to have paid off for Jun. After all, he did win Best Actor for it. :P And it did show that Jun can take on more normal roles - not just the incredible, fantasy-types that are Doumyouji and Sawada.
Aaah. I wanna "theorize" more. Hahah. But I need to sleep. @_@ (Gah. It's Monday.)
Matsumoto Jun, on the other hand, has handled more varied roles. Yes, he has a tendency to be cast in the romantic lead role, but when you look at some of his major dramas, they are so different! In Gokusen he was the cool, clever Sawada Shin; amused by his new teacher who's from a yakuza family. In Kimi wa Petto he was the rather childlike, perky Momo; the young fellow who becomes a "pet" of an older woman (as in literally a pet... she considers him as a sort of replacement for her dog that died or something). In Hana Yori Dango, he was Doumyouji - arrogant, selfish and high-handed rich brat who falls in love with a "commoner". In Bambino, he was Ban Shogo, the enthusiastic but cocky kid who learns that he isn't all that great a chef as he thinks he is.
Ban Shogo was a more 'normal' role for Jun, I think. It wasn't as peculiar or eccentric a role as the others (no way is Doumyouji or Sawada or Momo entirely normal). Bambino's also a more 'serious' drama than the other three I mentioned, but it seems to have paid off for Jun. After all, he did win Best Actor for it. :P And it did show that Jun can take on more normal roles - not just the incredible, fantasy-types that are Doumyouji and Sawada.
Aaah. I wanna "theorize" more. Hahah. But I need to sleep. @_@ (Gah. It's Monday.)
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Date: 2007-09-17 07:03 am (UTC)Oh, sent links to your gmail ;) Enjoy laughing at niiban ne..
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Date: 2007-09-17 07:11 am (UTC)I don't think there are any serious/crazy Nino fans who read my LJ so I'm safe. XD
Yay, linkssss! Shall go check now. Thanks! =D
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Date: 2007-12-17 03:44 pm (UTC)hahahahhaahhahahahha im sorry nino fans