Dreadalus (12th Jan 2009 02:11)

As I watched it I wasn't exactly sure how to respond. The comedy was a little dry for my taste and the story just way too out their. But I liked the fact you didn't go overboard with the No religion vs religion. You actually handled such a controversial topic very skillfully.(practically a lost art these days.)Also the pictures were well selected the more I watched it. For me this wasn't bad but it wasn't great either. I have nothing to say for improvement, because still pics aren't my expertise. So I'm going to give it a neutral rating of 3/5.

ben3308 (11th Jan 2009 00:20)

Oh, no absolutely. I had a sneaking suspicion you were going to bring up Casino Royale's beginning, heh. I suppose I just think that 'Ramen' is more.....innocuous compared to your other work and, despite what it may seem, this is likely by virtue of the limitations of the assignment. Sure, you couldn't have made this film under any different circumstances, but, then again, the learning, transitional nature of frame-and-sequence makes it something to be considered on a different level than motion picture; while both black-and-white and color films maintain similar storytelling tenets of motion and dynamics. Sorry to hijack the thread, man!

Evman (10th Jan 2009 22:39)

Yeah but I don't think moving pictures are necessary to tell this particular story. In fact, I think that if this film included motion, it wouldn't be nearly as successful. To criticize it for the very thing that makes it what it is doesn't make any sense to me. That's like saying the opening of Casino Royale is a bad scene because it was shot on black and white film, when all people involved had proven themselves before adept at color photography.