tokyographers

Finally got around to watching NANA 2 this weekend! I admit I was worried about it due to the cast changes - particularly Yui Ichikawa replacing Aoi Miyazaki as Hachi - but in the end, I’m still glad I watched it. Definitely, I liked the first movie better, but the NANA story is awesome anyway (even though I haven’t finished reading the manga). In fact, I couldn’t resist and had to rewatch the first movie today… I’ve heard the anime is good but I never got around to watching it, so I’ve put it down on my list of things to do!

Yesterday I had also planned to watch The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, but the disc I had rented was actually cracked, so that’ll have to wait. Instead, I pulled out Takeshi Kitano’s Takeshis’, which I picked up a while ago but had put off due to the negative stuff I’ve heard about it. And while I generally like Kitano’s works, this one was way too surreal and bizarre for me. I kind of understand what he was aiming for, but overall, I don’t think it needed to be that long. I can normally appreciate his style of humor, but it seems that several parts of Takeshis’ just went completely over my head. I still plan on watching Kantoku Banzai! though.

I also went through two episodes of Code Blue - episodes 8 and 9, the ones that start the whole Kuroda-sensei story. Dramatic! To be honest, the show is actually better than I initially expected, but I think we all know it’s not going to win any prizes on the basis of artistic or literary merit. And in terms of medical dramas, it’s nothing compared to Iryu. But hey, I’ll still watch it (yay for Gakky!), and I’ll also be checking out the special episode scheduled for next year.

So… what did you watch this weekend?

This entry was posted on September 14, 2008 at 4:31 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.