Messages 450 - 451 : Director of New PV is...

[Lee^ChaN]

both PV are boring..
well.. let's wait and see

[emi♡]

aw so well...I kinda take back my previous comment a LITTLE.

Since I asked my friend to translate to english from the original japanese (no offense to linza-mo, I'm very grateful you give us the messages)...and there's a good chance that she's sort of joking and laughing about it...

so...I'm getting the impression she doesn't really mind...

[Empress]

Originally Posted by ayumisrael

And I thought that ayu acts like a drama queen (in those PVs)

i thought that too so it's because of that CRAP director after all
i really hate ayu's diva acting in MW and green

[Endless_RAINBOW]

I hate that guy. He made a horrible PV for MW and then completely killed GREEN with that awful PV. Ayu should consider her old directors like Wataru or Tange and definitely DISMISS Kazuyoshi.

[bluegie]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

GREEN was at least a little better... (I think the editing was more at fault than his directing...)

Doesn't the director need to take care of the whole production? If the editing is bad, he should have said something (besides, he was the one directing the scenes... so probly it's hard to edit something that is bad already).

Originally Posted by Linza-mo

First time she had did trust a foreign director (Luis Fernandez) he made for her Pride and Bold and delicious, not really a success -__-

I kinda agree with B&D because it's pretty average. I think he did a better job on Pride. Also, the editing and scenes transitions are much better compared to Shimomura.

Originally Posted by micster

Pride is a lot better than anything Kazuyoshi has ever pulled out his ass

Originally Posted by se7entheaven

you guys are sometimes overreated U_U sorry I know that like and dislike are relevant. BUt I think MW is a nice PV, so does GREEN (just that I don't like her style, but not the video). I mean ayu herself thinks that MW PV is cool n great why you guys kept on complaining? as long as ayu looks pretty in it I don't care. Her mouth movements are OK. Really it is just fine. you can't expect ayu to sing with her mouth literally closed. In MW she's soomehow showing 'power'. so did she in Rule PV. I know for slow paced song like GREEN some of you said she's overreacting. But I guess they just wanna make it more dramatic ^^

I also think MW is sorta a nice pv (not too bad... her fierceness does match the song). For the GREEN pv, I still hold up my breath against it. I can't just say I like the pv because "as long as ayu looks pretty in it". The overacting part shares some faults, but the main point is that he could not bring out what we suppose to see. Look, he just kept telling ayu to do those OVER dramatic stuff. I know probly he wanted to use the "drama" to express the meaning of the song. However, the way he chose is totally irrelevant. As a result it just makes many of us thinking ayu looks like a drama queen. Also, he did a extremely bad scene transitioning. I assume he is really good in photography (2D), but I feel like he's using such concept to make a video (3D). It doesn't work this way, and he totally ruined the pv (and the song).

And I do feel the same way about she has been using the same team over and over again. Sometimes I do feel she isolates herself from the real world. First her band, then peco and princess, then her dancers, and now even the pv directors. When was the last time her dancers and the band not showing up on lives? JEWEL, which was two years ago. I think it's hard to see ayu alone in recent years. Basically nowadays ayu = ayu + those people. It's not necessarily bad (at least to the band), but she doesn't need to bring out the dancers every single time. And now the dancers even show up in LUMIX cm. This is a bit ridiculous (and yeah... I must admit funny at the same time... seeing them on LUMIX).

[Jwiz]

It's kinda expected, ayu should look for other directors!! :/

[waterballoon]

Thank you!

Kazuyoshi Shimomura. Oh my God. Ayu omg get out from your drunken state now!

[jbrat2219]

Originally Posted by emiko

aw so well...I kinda take back my previous comment a LITTLE.

Since I asked my friend to translate to english from the original japanese (no offense to linza-mo, I'm very grateful you give us the messages)...and there's a good chance that she's sort of joking and laughing about it...

so...I'm getting the impression she doesn't really mind...

She may not mind, but I do lol!

Originally Posted by bluegie

Doesn't the director need to take care of the whole production? If the editing is bad, he should have said something (besides, he was the one directing the scenes... so probly it's hard to edit something that is bad already).

If that's the case, he's just even more incompetent... =/

[Blasterion]

I'm not too fond off Kazuyoshi Shimomura, as are many of us here I see
but maybe this one will be better..?? I hope he tones his directing down a bit and just does an awesome job..

and lucky Ayu with her bathtub... I want one too!

[duque]

Originally Posted by jbrat2219

So she KNOWS what he's doing is stupid!.... Oh, Ayu

i know!!!...come on ayu do something about it!!!

[RikkuChii]

*siiiiiigh*

...Why...?

[~X2RADialbomber~]

That comment was totally lost in translation.

[pommy48]

Originally Posted by emiko

aw so well...I kinda take back my previous comment a LITTLE.

Since I asked my friend to translate to english from the original japanese (no offense to linza-mo, I'm very grateful you give us the messages)...and there's a good chance that she's sort of joking and laughing about it...

so...I'm getting the impression she doesn't really mind...

oh thanks for that, totally lost in translation...i don't mind linza-mo's translation, but it'll be nice if deli post her translation~

[sanzo2011]

OMG ! Ayu needs a new director ! her new PV with overacting like MW , Green 'll kill the song ! i'm really sick with his stuffs , plz Ayu .

[KarenPang]

thanks for the updates

[DA1SUK1DAY01691]

Well, because of Idealist's interpretation of the PV, I thought MW was GENIUS. I mean, we all know Ayu isn't the most talented actress (remember her crying from HANABI ~Episode II~?), so I think the PV was to be expected. And if she likes it (which I assume since she let the PVs air in the first place), then I'm taking many are judging her taste a little too harshly.

I for one find that her recent music (especially her lyrics) have been reminiscent of the pre-I am... era. Although may be the execution (for some of you) wasn't up to par, I find her recent material a compromise of her older sounding lyrics to her new sound. It's all pretty surreal, really, kind of like a blast from a past with a dash of new.

I'm really looking forward to this next PV, because his PVs seem to have an actual storyline to it, which are my favorite kind (like RAINBOW or No way to say). Plus, the interpretation is up in the air, which is art is supposed to be (IMO): something people can see from different perspectives.

[emi♡]

Originally Posted by pommy48

oh thanks for that, totally lost in translation...i don't mind linza-mo's translation, but it'll be nice if deli post her translation~

I actually didn't ask deli lol I only asked her for the original japanese, but she did say herself it was a little awkward.

It's always hard translating, and translating from japanese to french to english...some things might get lost. Things get lost translating from only one language to another lol

I really wish I could read Japanese, even a little.

[ownsarai]

MW and GREEN weren't absolutely horrid, so I'm hoping something good will come out of this.

[Luther10]

Both MW and GREEN had great settings on location, but both were wasted opportunities... Hope the director will do better this time...

[Handjan]

New PV? That's interesting, but I hope the director will do more then he can and PV would be better than GREEN.