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Monday, August 01, 2005

Here's a review about a VCD I just bought on saturday, 'Swing Girls'. I won't spoil you too much so dun worry and read on. =)

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It's a very nice show!! Haha... It's about a bunch of girls who were initially branded useless people and have to stay in school during the summer break for make-up lessons. Then somehow they caused the whole school brass band to become sick and replacements are needed.

The band's only survivor, the dorky Takuo, recruits three: Sekiguchi, who can barely toot a recorder(and damn cute too!), and two guitarists from a recently dissolved punk band. Then Tomoko, the leader of the useless people group, has a brain wave. If they all join, they will get out of class permanently. Takuo is suddenly teaching 16 new musicians; none of whom know nuts about the swing jazz band he proposes they play.

From here things get twisty, with reversals of fortune, narrow scrapes and funny but touching triumphs over adversity. The less committed fall away, until only a band of hardy, jazz-loving survivors, led by leader saxaphone-player, Tomoko, is left. We see them overcoming every obstacle to finally perform in a sort of a "battle of the bands" competition.

Then there's the big kicker: the girls REALLY went from clueless beginners to impressive intermediates. Swing Girls is a true story. Kind of. The film was based on an actual girls' jazz band, but the official press for Swing Girls explains that the young actresses actually played their own instruments, and all were complete novices when filming began, just like the characters they play.

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This violates a musical movie convention: of dubbing in professional musicians for amateur stars to spare audience ears. But though they may be no match for the originals, the girls bring an energy and passion to their playing that is infectious -- and made me want to run out and sign up for lessons at Yamaha (whose schools are prominently plugged in the film).

It's always charming to watch a bunch of nobodies go from zero to hero, and the fact that this happened in the film AND behind the scenes is enough to make the film's a really enjoyable show to watch. The Swing Girls themselves may not hit all the right notes, but this movie does. =)

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And this girl so cute! Haha... She's the trombon player I think? I dunno wad's the instruments called la, but I think it is a trombon. Lol. All the pictures I posted has her in it, hehe.

Here are some trivia which I found on the net! But you would probably already know from my review. Haha.

Trivia for
Swing Girls (2004)

  • All the music scores in the movie were actually performed by the actor and actresses themselves. They were not dubbed.

  • Many of the actresses had never played an instrument before. They took intensive music lesson at Yamaha Music School for several months before the shooting began.

  • To promote the movie, the actor and the actresses performed live in concerts in Japan and USA.

Well, this movie really rocks man! I'm now so into jazz and I've seen the show like 3 times in 2 days. Haha. Crazy right? =p

I give this movie 5 out of 5 stars! Woot!!


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