The movie lacked depth and nothing was really engaging about it. Although it delves into the music industry a bit, nothing about it was all that interesting. The plot revolves around a pop/rock band that think they are way more cool than they really are and have this idealistic perspective on how rock band should be. There are other movies with similar premise and direction except it's done better. This movie sort of reminded me of "Twilight" except it revolves around a band and not vampires, which isn't necessarily a good thing. Because I was never a fan of the "Twilight" movies. It's like the director wanted to make a cool movie with a rock band and romance in it but it just didn't get my attention most of the way through. Few minutes of the beginning I thought the movie might have potential but was let down for the most part. I can see the direction it wants to go with a normal Japanese girl getting involved with a band somehow and see them go from underground to mainstream in japan. But it just doesn't really work because it isn't crafted very well, the romance part isn't very well done because the connection between all the characters isn't all that believable. Especially between Natsu Takasugi(Jin Akanishi) and Asako Suzuki(Kie Kitano), there just isn't anything really distinguishable about her that leads the audience to believe why the character Natsu would fall for her. He just does and that is about it. This movie just didn't have the elements to get me excited or anything like that. The reason this movie is liked by some is because of the "Twilight" movie elements that are in this. I personally found this movie to be boring for the most part and disappointed cause it had the premise and style I enjoy in other films. The emotion in this is repetitive and not very believable either.
4/10
