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Summary: Intelligent and deeply powerful
Review: This movie is good psycological experience. It deals with Shiro, a normal human, who battles with his emotions, mind, and religious side. The movie has excellent animation almost real. The music is okay, but not great like Gundam Wing or DBZ. The plot is slow moving, a little funny, but somewhat slow. This movie is for deep, intelligent and mature audience like for bladerunner. You shouldn't buy this movie if you're looking for action.
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Summary: Do not buy this DVD
Review: This is the worst looking DVD I own. I read the DVD looks excellent on widescreen TVs but the video on my NORMAL TV looks worse than VHS taped in EP mode.I do not care how great the movie is the Video is too distracting.
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Summary: Great movie if you can handle it
Review: An extreamly wonderfull film if you can handle it. The animation is beautifull and the story is phenominal. The only problem is how extremely powerfull the film gets at times. Some viewers may not be able to palate this film, simply becouse of how complicated the relationships between the charectors are and how complicated the plot line gets at times. Watch it when you can really pay atention. It's a must see for all true anime fans.
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Summary: Has some moments but lacks structure
Review: Enter a parallel world where television is black and white, the setting is art deco, strife is everyday life and man is struggling to reach into space. The main character is Shiro, a middle of the road kid who is the most unpromising cadet in a class of washouts in a space program that is held to be little more than a joke. Lacking inspiration he finds it in the form of the beautiful but troubled religous girl. Shiro decides to try and be the first man in space and so begins the saga of getting there with all the odds stacked against him. The story of WOH is very innovative and the setting is very unique. However i felt the film moved a little too slowly in many parts and lacked the visceral quality that it could have eaaily pulled off had it been more coherant and better structured. The film had some very definitive moments though (such as the beginning and the end) but sadly couldnt keep them up. Its a real shame because i think this film had real potential with the characters, story and setting. The music in the film (depending on your taste) is very inspiring in some moments but very lacklustre in others. I really wish it had a better soundtrack (like Jimmy Sommerville's work in ORLANDO) because i think it would have really set the film off. I can honestly say I thoroughly enjoyed PARTS of the film but on whole it seemed a little too scattered and very confusing. It was full of cuts to scenes that really didn't make much sense or had little relevance (they seemed to provide irrelevant, too little information or none at all) and made the film feel very unorganised. But those few moments (like the very start when Shiro talks about his life and his passion for flying) really burn into your brain. I feel really disappointed that such a film with huge potential couldn't keep it up.
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Summary: Well structured, funny at times. rates with the best.
Review: Put simply this has to be the greatest anime story of all time.
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Summary: Much better than the dubbed version
Review: Before I begin to explain WOH, let me explain why you need to get the subtitled version. First off, ever wonder why the Kanji appeared during the time the enemy was talking? Well, they don't speak the same language in the subtitled version. In fact, its a made-up language. I also feel that the Japanese voices do a better job. Anyway, lets talk about the film. The movie itself is viewed as a different civilization that mankind could have created. Money exist as little sticks, books are read vertically, TVs are black and white and the time is made up of 'maals'. It tells the story of Shiro who voluneteers for the next person to be shot in to space. Currently, the Space Force hasn't sent anyone into space succussefully, but this time, its going to work. Shiro also meets a young lady who is very religous. Yeah yeah. Your thinking they're a love couple, right? Wrong. This story tells the tale about a man who fails at love, but still lives on. The most impressive scenes are when Shiro plays a game at a bar with his buddies, when Shiro tests out an airplane and when the shuttle gets ready to take off while the enemy fights only a few miles a way. Overall, a great film with superb artwork and voice acting. Very inspirational. You haven't seen an animated film until you've seen Wings of Honneamise.
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Summary: The sky's the limit
Review: "Wings of Honneamise" juxtaposes personal motives, personal motives as recorded for posterity, and personal motives as seen by the public. Case in point: Shiro Lhadatt, a chronic slacker serving in the pointless, oft-ridiculed Space Force of the tiny kingdom of Honneamise. Inspired by the teachings of a humble young woman (he instantly falls in love with her, only to realize that her kindness shapes in him in unforeseen ways), he jumps at the chance to be the world's first cosmonaut, even though due to mechanical errors and reduced government funding, all previous missions were outrageous failures. The viewer is likely to be captivated by the artful, imaginative parallel world of "Wings of Honneamise". "Art Noveau" fits the feel very well. This is a world of fluted architecture and double-decker streetcars, narrow alleys flanked by worn stone walls, and flickering sepia televisions. The film takes a variety of approaches to achieve the full impact: there are humorous scenes (the "engineers" designing the so-called "warship" are bowling-ball headed old men, whole lives' dream was to design this spaceship), thought-provoking scenes (it is suggested that were the funding for the program cut, the government could issue relief for the poor and the unemployed), thrilling scenes of suspense (the attempted assassination), love scenes (Shiro's hapless romance with kind, humble Riqunni), scenes of triumph against all odds (when the launch is approved despite the war that erupts over the rocket), etc. Definitely, this is something to see.
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Summary: Excellent Story, Great Animation
Review: This is a "must see" not just for anime fans, but for movie fans in general. No giant robots, no ninjas, just people involved in a race to put the first man from their planet into space. I was surprised by how entertaining this movie was and impressed by the quality of the animation.
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Summary: A disaster of a transfer
Review: The DVD release of this film had been delayed more times than i've had hot dinners, so i was with some some excitement that i finally layed my hands on a copy, esp. as i saw it was enhanced for widescreens TVs. OH DEAR. This is a disaster of a transfer, arguably the worst transfer of any anime disc ive yet seen (and thats a lot) On the plus side it does have a cool commentary track but surprisingly enough i don't buy a DVD to listen to, and this is like looking at the film through the bottom of a full beer glass, after having knocked back 10 pints already. This is what the net is all about, i waste my money so you don't have to. AVOID untill someone does justice to this film with a proper transfer.
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Summary: So much effort, you cant go wrong
Review: When I heard that the directors of the film used 800 million yen and had a team of 3000 animators, I couldn't help but buy it. What I got was 2 hours of the most well written plot I have ever seen since Graveyard of the Fireflies. The story takes so many plot twists and turns. Like when you see Shiro get interested with that girl, you might automatically think its a romance, but your wrong. After Shiro tries to seduce her, they break up, but as the story moves along, you'll see that shades of the girl grows on Shiro. The movie is mostly about religion, flight and life. And the last couple of minutes in the movie feature brilliant music set against stunning pictures of artwork. It is a brilliant movie and the dub was very well done. The music was a little questionable, but its not horrible for a movie made in 1987. Overall, if you liked Graveyard of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke or Patlabor, you will love this movie. 2 hours of excellent animation and engrossing plot.
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