[REVIEW] Waterboys
Oct. 18th, 2012 07:15 pmJapanese Movie

Genre: Comedy
Cast:
- Tsumabuki Satoshi as Suzuki
- Tamaki Hiroshi as Sato
- Miura Akifumi as Ota
- Kondo Koen as Kanazawa
- Kanebo Takatoshi as Saotome
- Hirayama Aya as Shizuko
- Takenaka Naoto as Isomura
- Sugimoto Tetta as Sugita
Synopsis:
It's springtime in Japan and the Tadano High School swim team is barely keeping afloat. When a pretty new coach turns up with the nutty idea of creating a top synchronized swimming team of her own, she has just a few problems to overcome. First, she's teaching at an all-boys school; second, the 5 boys who have committed to the team are all hopelessly bad swimmers; third, she suddenly discovers she's 8 months pregnant and due for maternity leave.
Inspired by their darling coach's dream, the boys bumble through the spring and summer, preparing a routine for Tadano High's festival. They face great adversity: the derision of their fellow students, a swimming pool full of dead fish, the mounting pressures of college entrance exams, and worst of all, their own dismal record of constant failure. Their only encouragement comes from a gaggle of local drag queens and the crazy owner of an aquarium, whose idea of trainin them, is making them polish fish tanks round-the-clock.
When autumn finally rolls around, the boys have not only miraculously perfected a truly unique routine, they've won the respect and participation of a whole crew of new teammates. On the eve of the festival, the performance is threatened by one last catastrophe. Will the Waterboys hard work be wasted, or can they paddle their way to the success and recognition they've worked so hard to win?
info credits: http://asianwiki.com/Waterboys
Sukaretto says:
p.s. contains major spoilers.
TROLL MOVIE. XD never expected this to be freaking funny. i thought this was a really serious movie, the reason why it got 3 drama seasons. XDDD i wasn't able to enjoy their bodies cox they're waaaaaaay too skinny. except for Tamaki Hiroshi. i was like "who is this guy again? he looks so familiar but i can't remember his name." and then the credits rolled in. Tamaki Hiroshi. ARE YOU SERIOUS? NO FUCKING WAY. he doesn't really look like the Tamaki today and the past 5 years. he's skinny but he's got muscles. the facial structures are different. he looks more like his brother than himself (if ever he has one). what happened to you Tamaki? bring back the old days.
and their performance in the end. secondhand embarrassment. XD look at them guys in swimming trunks swinging their hips like that. hahaha. that scene where they went up from the water and wriggled their butts in front of the girls (audience) and Satoshi went nearer his girlfriend and started shaking his skinny shoulder... i think that was sweet. lols. but yea, i enjoyed this movie a lot.
My Ratings: i'll give this 8/10 :)







