But whatever works because I enjoyed the movie just as much as the first two series. If you want to read more detailed thoughts into this series; how much I liked the look and feel, how I feel about Akiyama and Nao, and mostly what I feel about the mind twisty games and great writing, then feel free to go back and read my reviews if you care to.
I will say this: I enjoyed that Nao had further character development in this movie but without losing her essential personality. I know a lot of people have problems with Nao and I was one of them in the beginning. She's so overly trusting and honest to the point where most in our society look at her and just see "stupid" written across her forehead. But I got used to her...I came to actually like her and by the movie's end...I was proud of her. And even more importantly..you can see that Akiyama is proud of her too. Don't underestimate the truly honest!
Also, I loved the ending of this movie. It made me warm and fuzzy all over. Perfect end to a great series. Have fun watching!
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My jaw dropped and eyeballs almost popped out of my head when I logged on to DC today. The long waited Liar Game Final Stage movie has come out. And what’s better it’s SUBBED.
Deceiving, believing, greediness and back stabbing. Plus top of it good plot, an awesome cast and more awesome music. This movie has it all.
Even though I hate Kanzaki Nao I have to admit that Toda Erika CAN act. Her acting in this movie was way better than in the drama.
All in all: this is a movie that is definitely worth watching. If you didn’t like the drama then I guess you may like the movie because this movie was way much better than the drama. The only good point of the DRAMA was the music and Akiyama Shinichi (minus his hair).
Have fun watching this movie! It really makes your brain work. I watched it while I’m suffering from light fever :D.
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Liar Game is not only fantastic but awesome (they don't mean the same thing right?). Liar Game is a Japanese drama. As the name implies is a game based on lying. I actually watched this drama because of it's title. I have also read it's manga synopsis (it an adaptation from the manga) months ago. Okay, enough with the history.
Liar Game is a drama filled with mind reading, thinking far ahead of others, being smart, lying, deceit, trust.... to make the list short. It's filled with psychology and how good you can manipulate and trick people. Liar Game is divided into 3 parts (It has 2 seasons and a movie titled The final stage). The first season has 11 episodes, the second 9 episodes and the movie. For me this is one of the best Japanese dramas I have watched.
Storyline - The drama is about a stupidly honest girl (Nao) (as in she damn too honest for her own good, plus she trust people without any doubt). She got caught up in this liar game, due to her inability to play the game right she seeked the help of a guy called Akiyama Shin'chi. Things got pretty interesting as they try to survive through the game, by manipulating their opponents and saving every participants from falling into debt. They had to try to gain their opponnet's trust because that's Nao's motto.
Plot- The plot was basically playing various games, that includes deceiving, manipulating and the other stuffs. Among the games were, Russian Roulette, 17 Joker, Contraband, Gold rush.......
Acting - The naive and trusting girl was played by Erika Toda - she is really a good actress, she portrayed what it means to be naive, stupid if not dumb and also innocently stubborn. Akiyama-san was played by Matsuda Shota, he was just too smart and he really had the aura (I don't think anyone could have done a better job). There's the ever- betraying and weirdly dressed Fukunaga. Every actor really did a good job. They also had ridiculous way of laughing that would make you want to burst out into laughter just by hearing it.
Music - The music and beats was just too perfect (I'm not exaggerating, honestly). The music has a way of making one's heartbeat race.
I really didn't see anything wrong with the drama all in all. The drama was okay and I really enjoyed. The drama also made me love Matsuda Shota and I have also taken a liking to Erika Toda also.
I love this drama beacuse of the music and I also learnt a couple of things. We can all work together as one; to gain people's trust one must be a person of his/her words; there are ways of gaining people's trust (that sounds tricky right?); the world can be a better place if those that keep doing good keep up with it, not only keep up with it but believe in it; because when one does that, others will also believe in you and in it. I also love Matsuda Shota and Erika Toda (I almost forgot and Fukunaga also).
I sincerely hope you enjoy Liar Game!!!!
-AdeNike
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I actually didn't find this movie annoying. The acting was superb. And let me say... I LOVE ETO KOICHI!
Above all, I loved the ending - the ending of the game, the last scene with Akiyama and Nao, and the ending of the movie (make sure to watch AFTER the credits for a special clip ;]). It was the perfect way to enforce the belief that trust and compassion can benefit more than greed. This movie actually made me squeal in delight a few times, something I didn't do for either season of the drama. This movie, for me, made the almost 20 hours of drama series worth watching.
I very highly recommend this, but only after watching the drama. The movie doesn't really stand on its own. You have to watch everything in order to fully appreciate the movie.
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Overall the movie storyline is really good- with twists and turns it gives the audience enough room to think and wonder what is going on and who is responsible for what. (I love doing that! I'm fond of movies where you have to follow closely in order to understand EVERYTHING and not just the gist).
However: At some point I got bored of the many 'special effects' (repetitions etc). In my opinion the makers overdid it at this point. And a second point of criticism (well, how you take it, it might be a good point as well): Everyone had his/her scene. Mostly falling down to the knees. I think there are 3 ore more people doing it. It kinda annoyed me.
The Acting: AWESOME. Especially from the leads - Matsuda Shota and Toda Erika!
Shota-kun plays the part of the smart and sly ex-con Akiyama perfectly. He is absolutely believable even though at some parts he overacted a bit. But it's kind of a charm to the movie.
Toda Erika manages to convey Kanzaki Nao's innocence in a supreme manner- it does not appear artificially or overacted.
Fukunaga...well he is just hilarious as always!
Music: The music seems misplaced in quite some occasions. Overall I like the music (the soundtrack is from the japanese electronic band 'Capsule') and fits most of the time the movie and the style how the movie is done, but at some saddening scenes I wished for some more appropriate music.
Rewatch Value: I watched that movie now twice and I'm pretty sure that I will watch that movie again. Liar Game Final Stage is a movie which definitely captures you and makes yo watch it all over again. Maybe not directly but after some time.
Overall: I love that movie! And I didn't give it a full 10 because of the music - there is still some room left for improvement.
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Wrap Up.
The final stage of the Liar Game only had a single game. But, it is this lone game that people refuse to take risks with.I enjoyed the Garden of Eden a lot. The tricks were more intricate and I failed to see through many of them, just like the second season. But, Nao-chan had an incredible character growth compared to the first season. She is much more braver and less 'stupid' than before. Akiyama never really changes. (Which is a good thing.)
Though I liked the game, I understood why it was made as a separate one without combining with the episodes. But, I missed seeing more intense games like the first two seasons. Overall, it's an almost perfect wrap up to the Liar Game. I will surely miss every player's antics.
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Disjointed from the drama, but has the best moments
This definitely feels like a TV movie and I have very mixed emotions on it.Just to get it out of the way, I don't think this HAD to be a movie — it could've been added as a few more episodes for Liar Game 2 and the story might've been better for it, as I'm not sure the story or game was mind-blowing enough to warrant its own film.
The first thing that I didn't like was that some of this felt disjointed from the drama. I'm not sure if I missed something, but characters who had gone through development in the show backslid or completely felt like different people. I felt like some of the character relationships that grew on me were lost, or some scenes felt random.
The best part for me, however, is what we saw between Nao and Akiyama. Yes, some scenes were still disjointed and I felt like I missed something, but my absolute favorite scene between them out of the ENTIRE two seasons takes place in this movie. It is probably the clearest depiction of how much they mean to each other, and for once I really felt like the stakes were high.
Other than that, the ending is satisfying (albeit a little confusing where I felt like some dialogue just missed the point of everything), the editing is still very campy and hilarious, and I think the game was one of my better liked ones.
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