Nana (2005)

As far as manga animations go Nana is a success and, despite my rule against sequels, I am going to watch Nana 2 next.Two girls who could not be any different find companionship, friendship and enduring love. Differences are ignored and left by the roadside as the two come together and stand shoulder-to-shoulder. It is cool and fun. The music is handled well, as well as the emotional turbulence. The music is billed as punk, but is real just pop rock.The girls are so cute and thin. It is great to see slim and healthy girls not being hated on by other girls. it is sad, but true. I guess Japan is a different story. Still, one has nice hair and the other one has a masculine short bob.One last thing: if you rent an apartment on the seventh floor and there are no elevators you are clearly telling your parents 'do not visit.' lol

Nana may suffer from being a condensed version of an expansive Manga universe, but it also knows exactly how much time to spend on individual plots strands. Nana is a coming of age, female friendship film that handles immature and young emotions with absolute maturity. The most impressive aspect was creating a relationship between one of the protagonists boyfriends and another girl. It easily could have made him a villain, but instead took an unbiased look at how the relationship came to be. Luckily, for a film focused on bands, the music is relatively good. Nakashima and Miyazaki both inhabit their roles well and build up a believable friendship. Highly enjoyable, even if it doesn't quite feel complete.

so many problems where to start...too many story lines, no clear protagonist, voice-over that didn't add to the story, a subplot with the boyfriend that should've been cut and then it'd have been better and shorter,the lesbian subtext between the two nanas, no clear goal for nana the rocker. and most of the time nana non-rocker is like the best friend who somehow has her own movie though it's still the main actress' movie.im sure the free flow of scenes works well in manga form and it seems a lot of the manga fans also enjoyed the movie, but for lovers of movies in general, i found this to be meandering and aimless and slow. it's a shame because there's a lot of acting talent here in ryuhei matsuda who was excellent in renai shasshin. unlike others, i found the look of the film very muted and boring. it reminded me a lot of love letter down to the snow scenes and music, but that movie was better.

I am a great fan of the manga and to see the movie for me was not really a disappointment because I knew it would not be a great movie, and so it was... nevertheless, you can enjoy the movie because it is a great reproduction of the places in the manga (just like the apartment the two girls share), and you just cannot say that it is not faithful (plot, dialogues) but the characters are so boring because of the way they act... and you have in the movie the worst kiss ever (you'll understand when you'll see it!) and the worst way of walking (Nana, the "rebel" one) of the cinema! So if you are a great fan, it is better to watch the "anime" which is excellent.