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Hisako
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Just saw this today, and LOVED it. Kept giggling at the cliches/ cheesiness (which I think is intentional) but it's a lot better than what I expected.
I didn't like Mako too much-- she behaves like someone who just learned English and couldn't express herself better
Young Mako is such a good actress though. And I liked the scientists, didn't think they were annoying at all.
I wish there was more of Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon though.
Or the Kaiju blood looking like mako.. jk
I didn't like Mako too much-- she behaves like someone who just learned English and couldn't express herself better
Young Mako is such a good actress though. And I liked the scientists, didn't think they were annoying at all. I wish there was more of Cherno Alpha and Crimson Typhoon though.
Or the Kaiju blood looking like mako.. jk
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I didn't like Mako too much-- she behaves like someone who just learned English and couldn't express herself better
Throwing it out there, Rinko Kikuchi's first language is Japanese and her second language is English, and her speaking proficiency in the film is pretty close to what she speaks like in real life.
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^Yeah I get that, but there were scenes where I felt like she wanted to say something but just went "fuck it, I'm just gonna let my face do the talking"
It's kind of nitpicking here but that's type of decision is something that's made by the script/director, not just the actor's performance - unless she was improving on those scenes by not saying her lines. It's totally fine if you didn't dig her performance, but based on what you've said it seems more like you were missing that she is actually bilingual, or misinterpreting the character direction of using expression over speech for a flaw in her performance of that character.
To me, having a background in speaking with a lot of Japanese exchange students who don't always speak quite enough English and I don't speak quite enough Japanese to convey specifics of certain topics, this type of interaction becomes something that you end up relying on more because it's largely universal. So, it makes sense for the idea of a bilingual character to interact this way, and was used really extensively with her (plus it's a bit of a cultural thing, too). For example - the little nuances of her expression being disappointed after each match in the scene where they're choosing Raleigh's copilot, and him picking up on it, because he's not expecting a verbal response from her (for me it was also an indicator that they'd be more Drift compatible).
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This is never commented upon in the movie, but
I wonder if Mako and Raleigh were compatible despite her thirst for revenge because he had that emotion in him too?
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I think that
the reason that their first Drift is so strong that the failsafes won't break it is because he triggers is with the flashback of his brothers' last memory that triggers the pain-of-loss-into-hatred-and-desire-for-revenge that coincides with Mako's emotional state with the memory of Onibaba's attack on Tokyo and being saved by Striker in Coyote Tango.
Drift compatibility seems to be composed of being able to relate to someones experiences, reading their general thoughts and emotions (what the 1-on-1 combat test is for - reading body language, and why it's, "a dance, not a fight"), and being comfortable with that level of a connection and trusting your partner.
This also gets into why Stacker can Drift with Chuck - he's spent YEARS focused on becoming that fixed point that he yells at Raleigh about, and that allows him to stay focused on the task at hand and not carry his own emotional baggage into the Drift.
Drift compatibility seems to be composed of being able to relate to someones experiences, reading their general thoughts and emotions (what the 1-on-1 combat test is for - reading body language, and why it's, "a dance, not a fight"), and being comfortable with that level of a connection and trusting your partner.
This also gets into why Stacker can Drift with Chuck - he's spent YEARS focused on becoming that fixed point that he yells at Raleigh about, and that allows him to stay focused on the task at hand and not carry his own emotional baggage into the Drift.
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@X: I'm aware that the character is bilingual (so am I, and I've resorted to expression over speech countless times before-- I know just how essential that is). While I didn't expect her to be impeccably fluent (because that would take away from her character), I expected her to interact a bit better than that, having worked in the Corps, etc
By my own standards of course. I'm not sure if that's exactly how the writers want her to be.
By my own standards of course. I'm not sure if that's exactly how the writers want her to be.
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HUGE opening in China: http://www.deadline.com/2013/07/pac...a-biggest-ever-for-warner-bros-sequel-likely/
One more week until it rocks through Japan.
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One more week until it rocks through Japan.
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Hisako
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Fucking assholes have almost completely pulled the film from the theatres around here (probably to cut their losses)
I mean jesus harold christ there's only one time slot across the vast majority of theatres and its at 9.30 fucking pm
I mean jesus harold christ there's only one time slot across the vast majority of theatres and its at 9.30 fucking pm
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That's so odd, because the film is doing better overseas than it did here, and I've still got 2-4 showtimes for it at basically all the main theaters in my area. That's so obnoxious. :\
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Hisako
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Wait till Eid comes to the Middle east. A fuck ton more to come. Voltes V, Gundam, Eureka Seven and many godzilla films (like I said, the 1998 was popular here :x) will attract the arabs to spend time with family this eid watching Pacific rim, I expect it to be full as hell!
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