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Summary: I expected more
Review: Plot: It's the future, there's android machine people, and the story follows a cop who's an android. The humans get body parts replaced, even their brains, but they have a "ghost" which seems to be what makes them "human". Deals with a theme of what makes us human. (It was hard to follow, that's what I could gather from it.)My thoughts: The plot was very hard to follow, the dub of the main character's voice is horrible, didn't give me any care for what happens to the characters. I watched the first half, with no desire to watch the second. The animation itself was good, which is what gives it the 2 stars.
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Summary: THE BEST ANIME OF ALL TIME
Review: This movie with its stunning visuals , Itelligent Subject Matter , that MAKES IT A MUST HAVE ANIME even for the non-otaku crowd
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Summary: Nothing to Get Fanatic About, But Worthwhile
Review: On the one hand, you've got some of the best visuals the world of animation has seen, occasionally interesting ideas, and a thought provoking ending. On the other, you've got an unbelievably cluttered plot and utterly pretentious dialogue. Overall, the goods outdo the bads, making this a good enough film, though nothing compared with some other anime movies.
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Summary: THE BOOM BANG AND THE BLAH BLAH
Review: I really enjoyed the movie! The action was top notch, the story line was great, and the animation and art was AWSOME!! The movie, "ghost in the shell" is about a program named 2501 or the "Puppet Master" that gets off on its own and forms its own idenitdy, and section 9 trying to stop it from getting away. I gave this movie a 4 because the movie is rather short and the superly dupper challenge to understand what the *uck the conversation between some people is about.
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Summary: when i was a child i spoke as a child
Review: this is one of my all-time favorite movies! not for the feeble minded, this movie brings into thought ideas of reincarnation, and the questions "what is my soul and how does it make me myself?" full of action and intelligence, i highly recommend this one!
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Summary: A must have for any otaku or cyberpunk fan
Review: The effects in this movie will blow your mind, and this isn't just one of those "blow up anything that moves" type anime.This will actually make you stop and think when you finish watching it.
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Summary: Great Production Values, But Story Falls Short
Review: Let's face it, this anime is beautiful. But instead of deciding to tell Masamune Shirow's epic story in a series of films, the producers decided to pack hundreds of pages of manga into a 2 hour feature with slick production values. What's even worse is that Shirow's characters are drawn and animated by other people! His great artistic style is not at all present here. If you have ever seen the "Ghost in the Shell" PlayStation game, you've seen Ghost in the Shell as animated by Masamune Shirow. That is what this film should have looked like. Roger Ebert and James Cameron gave this film two thumbs up, but it's doubtful they read the source manga. If they did they would say the film is the equivalent of trying to grasp the meaning of the Bible in a 10 page synopsis. The plot of this Anime falls terribly short. I've read the entire manga and what the film presents is the prologue, and the last two chapters hastily slapped together. If you are an anime/manga fan, I urge you to spend the money on the manga and not this DVD.
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Summary: Very good
Review: This is a great anime dealing with many transhuman questions, such as what is human, and what is life. How and when do we become human, or beyond human. Why should we try to evolve? What is life, its components and unity, and relationship to each other, and all else? These questions are set up for you to explore throughout this action sci fi film. Lots of blood, violence, and chases are interrupted with the discussions of the main characters, reacting to their current case dealing with a hacker taking over peoples souls. These people can be hacked because they are all connected in their brains to the net, where information thrives. Who is this mysterious hacker and what does he want? At the end he gives an interesting proposal, ask yourself if you would take it. 5 stars, highly recommended.
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Summary: Provocative, dark, disturbing....perfect.
Review: I have been a big Anime fan for about 4 years now. I have had "Ghost in the Shell" for about 3 years. I have NEVER come across any Anime more extraordinary than this. It's bold, truthful and challenging. The animation is the best quality that you'll ever find. When you watch it, pay close attention to when Kusanagi is talking to Bateau on the boat. If you don't get all of it the first time, rewind it. Is this movie basically about Section 9 (a security force) hunting down the ultimate computer-criminal known as the Puppet Master? NO. There is much more. Conspiracies, cyborgs and artificial intelligence being more than the real thing... It is a world were only the Ghost - the indefinable element of human consciousness - exists to determine who is truly alive and who is purely a creation of the Net. Kusanagi is caught right in the middle of everything, but she's not by herself...someone or something has taken a special interest in her alone. Don't waste your time renting it. Go ahead and buy it. "Ghost in the Shell" will shock and amaze you. It is an intelligent movie aimed at an intelligent audience.
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Summary: An intelligent,stylish film made for well studied people
Review: Ghost in the Shell is to work-laiden brilliance as Michaelangelo is to disciplined raw talent... or visa-versa. If Michaelangelo were still around, I bet even he would regard this film as a truly respectable masterpiece. The unprecidented quality of animation and design, the complex and engaging web of plots, the depth of the characters, and the premise of challenging philosophical themes make this arguably the best animated film ever made. I personaly don't see any reason to argue.
Motoko Kusanagi, the central character of the film, is as intriguing as she is titanium. Her personality is fittingly ambient and driven by logic, with a sassy comment awaiting any critique of her performance. Her constant philosophical questions and evaluations of the meaning of humanity proves that she is a fully matured adult, yet throughout the film she hints at the possibility that there is still a little girl inside of her heavily cybernetically modified personna; she is so readily willing to accept anything that she is told, especially when the subject is the human soul. This theme of a little girl still dwelling in Kusanagi is interestingly accentuated in the last scene of the movie. Her character is phenominally executed by the animators, as is the entire film, which is another ground-breaking aspect of Ghost in the Shell.
The flawless blend of CGI and traditional cell animation was a selling point for this film, but even without the CGI, the hand-drawn work would still be regarded as the best ever done. Every frame of Ghost has been rendered with meticulous consideration of composition, proportion, fluidity, dynamics, detail, and atmosphere. The final product is nothing short of breath-taking, and has yet to be exceeded (not even Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, not even Jin-Roh). Never has an animated film created such a sense of atmosphere.
The story is complex , consisting of multiple sub-plots fueled by a well developed cast of characters and twisted political espionage. The dialoge seems to have been derived from the "Collegiate Book of Really Big Words For Smart People", but is understandable if you pay undivided attention, and you'll still end up watching it again so that you don't raise an eyebrow every time you reflect on the film.
This review is getting lengthy, so I'll get to the point. Buy this film. Or at least rent it, see how good it is, and then buy it.
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