Boys Before Friends

It's still an adaptation, the same way the korean version was one, even though they took a whole bunch of liberties with the plot...

SeRose wrote: I recommend having a little drink before watching this. Also, with friends, so you can snark together. In that sense, it's entertaining.

But please, I would take LMHs curls any day over this wig-fest. At least the badly styled curls were funny. Excuse me now while I go rewatch Hana Yori Dango now. I need something to get the taste of this out of my mouth. (But I will still continue to watch probably - I'm too curious to see how weird and/or terrible it's going to get!)

Let's initiate a custom then. Before one start an episode of Boys Before Friends, one must have a strong drink!
Unless you're underaged lol

I actually rather liked her two friends. Especially Chloe. She seemed a lot more natural. Also, the Rui guy. He was pretty good. The lead girl's acting was actually not that bad IMO, but her hair was awful!!!! Like, distracting awful. The three divas...so fake. We American girls do not walk or talk like that. Any of you seen that movie Clueless? Reminded me of that. Totally overdone and fake.

I just watched it. I must say, my experience wasn't at least a funny one. Sooo, this is my "review" or maybe rant, I don't know! Its more or less my ramblings. Acting - No, no comment. Seriously. Dialogue - Script sounds like it was in it's second draft and written by a tween. Enough said. Sound/Music - The music jumps you like mugger in an alleyway. The volume is cranked way up to the heavens and good lord, has the director ever heard of a Boom Mic? Actor's voices are far too quiet you can't hear what their saying. Love that handling noise tho, really adds to the tension. Visuals - flailing dances, wigs, cake and bad fake falling - pretty much all I could catch I'm afraid. Directing - Probably the best scenes were of the cityscape stock footage they bought. I can't say much about the actual directing itself apart from the camera seems to be glued in one place in nearly every scene. Some scenes were clearly shot on an iPhone. Techniques used were mainly Depth of Field, which basically means your staring someone's blurred ass or the back of someone's head most of the time. Story - Uh, due to the shoddy editing, it was hard to make out. It starts then stops and then BOOM timeskip, then starts again and BOOM another timeskip. But wait it backtracks a bit to a flashback about some irrelevant guy, then throws you back to the present. Literally, wft is the deal with aeroplane engine noise between shots! AH geez, I think we all can admit its a ripped off version of its predecessors. It did not inspire the SLIGHTEST temptation in me to watch Episode 2. Concluding thoughts: Probably what your thinking.

Well one thing is sure, this won't get me addicted. I think the F4 thing doesn't feel good in the American context. Anyway. I was kinda looking forward, but this is weird. This school feels empty too. The acting is really something too, and I have to say, I usually don't notice when it's bad! I will continue just to see how it turns out, because I actually like her friend but that'd be nice if they did someting at least about the hairstyles idk. My comments seem pretty badly organized but so was this ep. Seriously. I just want to see how they will make it turn out... Well we'll see. If we're patient enough.

Clemi-chan wrote: I think the F4 thing doesn't feel good in the American context..

are you referring to the name or the group and it's actions?

if the group and it's actions, this is something that has baffled me since i 1st watched Boys before flowers and then later the other incarnations.

F4, even Ji Hoo or Rui, are horrible human beings. yes, as the show progresses they chose a small handful of people to be decent to but they are never called out on their actions except when the writers want to use Makino's outrage (only at how her friend was treated) as a plot device.

they're horrible in any language.

"You look like a different person". I am. Duh. lol apart from that, it does look different. In a good way. Let's see how it goes.

I just remembered. Did anyone else notice? Liam is supposed to be the best basketball player but during the game he missed every shot yet he was cheering like he made it. >_<