Girls > CuW

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Watched the Change Ur World PV and...what was up with that little boy? What, did he have a dream about five JE idols dancing on a rooftop? I'm thinking his whole purpose is to add an illusion of a plot that is very clearly non-existent. Why, JE, why? I hate the PV trope of using voyeuristic curious children as a transition; am I the only one who finds it creepy and over-used?

Overall I found the PV really messy. It's like the directors were playing around with the graphics in bits and pieces. It seemed really disjointed. KAT-TUN were gorgeous, though as usual. Looking forward to the making~

While I'm slightly disappointed by the CuW PV, NTT's Girl is SO DAMN AWESOME. *______* I don't know what Junno was on about, because I don't feel the reggae-ness at all (the intro reminded me of Lady Gaga, actually lol). It's a full-fledged dance song. Didn't know you had it in you, Junno! <33 It's totally different than any of his other solos. On the complete opposite side of the spectrum, actually. I LOVE IT SO MUCH!! Why is there no PV for this awesomeness? T___T I can just picture Junno singing this with a smug, bow-down-to-me smile lol. I really want to see his inner narcissist in all it's unleashed glory; it'd be such a wonderful sight. *o* 

Comments

[scorch66.livejournal.com]

Yep, I saw the Arama post; it made me happy.^^ And compared to the recent Arashi vids, KT's CUW is def 100x better. But, I dunno, I was expecting a clean PV like DUES or NMP even. CUW doesn't flow as smoothly imo. The graphics are cool and all, but I think the PV could have been so much better given how great the song is. My expectations were just high I guess lol but it's hard to top DUES/NMP. ;p

[tmmyluong.livejournal.com]

Hi, this is my first post here. I started reading your posts backwards from today onwards. Anyway, my point here is I am surprised you didn't like the PV. You really nailed down Kame's personalities really well and I expected you to understand the PV as well. The beginning with the kid is this: The kid is all alone in a dark room. The atmosphere seemed gloomy and he seemed sort of lonely and sad. Then a lighted ball shows up and he sees Kattun. Kattun dances and all that. I see Kame punching a wall, Maru falling down, don't remember the rest; I think what it is trying to say is YOU CAN BREAK YOU WALL. All people have walls within them, except kids, I think; but then kids can have walls as well, depending on their environment. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO BREAK THAT WALL. At the end of the PV, the kid had the courage to open the door and go outside. It is metaphoric. Breaking the wall and opening the door to your heart. Notice the brightness when the kid opened the door. There is a story behind the PV. I thought it was a good PV.

[scorch66.livejournal.com]

Uh, I understand all that you've pointed out. It's not the content of the PV I don't like (except for the appearance of the little boy becuz not only was he expressionless, but also because the concept is extremely cliche -I saw a recent Gackt PV that used the same concept before I saw KT's pv lol- and it wasn't even pulled off well enough), but the quality.
There is symbolism that reflects the theme of the song, good. But the way all the symbols are hashed together with the flimsy 'plot' of the little boy changing his world by watching KT is what I don't like. Like with DUES, there was also a flimsy plot but it was smooth and flowed in a way that didn't seem so flimsy, even though there was a lot going on. I think with CUW, the pv directors focused more on the graphic effects, which were pretty cool, than how the pv came together as a whole. That's why I was disappointed. But it's all a matter of taste. This is definitely one of KT's better PV's, but I still think it had the potential for more. :)