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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: A fairly interesting story and great animation. The art is supurb, at times you almost forget you are watching an animation. The story in good too and has an interesting ending. It keeps you into whats happening and is never dull, though a bit confusing at times. I would definitly recomend watching this movie!
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Summary: simply great...
Review: probably nothing I'll write will have any effect on your decision to get this DVD since it already received 5 stars from everyone, but if you're new to Manga (otherwise u own this movie :)) like I was, maybe we have something in common... simply great... beats watching the crap that hollywood puts out nowadays... great visually (I mean top quality!), awesome music, nice and slow, but the action is fast paced, oh and the plot... and if people still refer to these as "cartoon with big eyes" then I guess I love watching 'cartoons with big eyes'...
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Summary: Amazing Animation
Review: This movie is out standing and is a big break-through to Anime. I suggest this if you want to explore more anime. Not for young children.
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Summary: Good but had it's flaws
Review: Ok this movie is great, and the story is very action packed. It also has a sort of deeper aspect to it with the whole ghost story (you have to see the movie to understand). The only reason I gave this movie four stars (I actually would have given four and 1/2 but I can't) is because of the nudity. While it isn't sexual it is gratutious. Whenever a person uses invisibility they have to take off their cloths. It gets a little annoying. The rest of the movie is good though, and I would say that this would at least get a PG-13.
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Summary: Great movie, thought required
Review: This movie is one of the best anime movies out there. Great animation, great story, great music and sound. Warning: the story takes though to understand. definately worth the money in my opinion. Its like a blade runner with more action, nothing like the matrix in movie style, except for the cyberpunk atmosphere.
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Summary: Ghost in the shell
Review: "Ghost in the shell" is one of the best movies I have seen. This movie is really good for anime lovers. This movie is from MANGA and the animation is excellent. It's a must see. You'll absolutely love the movie. The movie is also good for those of you that love science-fiction.
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Summary: Anime to the Extreme!
Review: This is without a doubt the best feature film anime around. All the action and suspense you come to expect in this genre. The storyline is intriguing, to say the least. You will not regret getting this movie, watching it numerous times.
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Summary: an animated masterpiece...
Review: Ghost in the Shell is extremely impressive on two fronts. First, outstanding technical expertise reveals itself in the animation. In a strictly aesthetic level, this film is awesome. There are some parts that you will be forced to rewind. These are the beautifully sequenced scenes of the metropolis, candid pictures of the everyday, with ambient music that is well-fitting. This is, perhaps, one of the most absorbing animated films I've seen in awhile. The second aspect of this film I enjoyed was the sophisticated science fiction story. Though the dialog is sometimes cumbersome, the subjects touch upon are all very modern. The idea of an all-encompassing computer network is within grasp, though still fantastic... definitely not childish in anyway.
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Summary: Great but short - Kiváló, de rövid
Review: It is a must to see title with a great story, but I found that the release informaiton is incorrect. Its run time is not 115 minutes, but only 83! I had this film from another shop, so I though yours is different than it. (In hungarian language) Kiváló film, de a hossza nem 115 perc, mint ahogy itt áll, hanem mindössze 83! Én azért vettem meg, mert azt gondoltam, ez egy hosszabb verzió.
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Summary: It's lacking...but it's still good.
Review: "Akira" may have been confusing, but keep in mind that film's challenge of adapting 2,000 pages into 2 hours...right! And I still think that movie did remarkably well. Now we have the brainchild of Masamune Shirow, the current cyberpunk manga genius adapted for the screen. And in spite of the endless praise this film gets for its action and its skillful blending of computer graphics and tradition cel animation, I have to say that this film is lacking. Don't get me wrong, it is still my #2 favorite anime of all time, and my #4 favorite sci-fi film of all time ("Blade Runner," "Akira," and "2001" being the first three). However, in reading the comic, I have to say that the script-writer for this film (even the original Japanese script, which always tends to be better translated in subtitles than dubbed) made the mistake of taking a series of 6 storylines, cutting 2 or 3 of them out, and cramming the rest, even though not all of them were related. Elaboration: almost each issue of the original manga had its own storyline, connected only by characters. Not ALL of them had to do with the Puppet Master. However, cut a few unnecessary stories out, add the Puppet Master in place of the badguy, and blend it all in...you got the plot of the movie. In spite of that, the film did a rather good job of adapting the original comic, but because of the cramming of storylines, there is a sense of the film being rushed. Hell, it doesn't even clock in at 90 minutes, which tends to be the animated film standard. Now, with that aside, let's get to the real point. The movie itself. It is fantastic! Without this film, "The Matrix" would not exist, or it simply would not have been as good or as interesting, because 90% of that movie (plot, stunts, special effects, etc...) came as a result of the innovations of this movie. The story is very well thought out and brilliantly executed. Because of its shortness, there is a sense of something missing or being lost, but the action in the main gunfight scenes make up for this. The animation is wonderful. The set designs are remarkably well-crafted to recreate a Hong Kong-style city, and the integration of computer-generated 3-D virtual cityscapes is exceedingly well-done. The character designs and their personalities are given their just attention, and while the unbelievably pale white skin of the characters might blind the viewer, the use of transparent eye colors give the cyborg populace of this film a soul all their own. That is the entire point of the movie...the soul. The computer effects are wonderful, and the music score by Kenji Kawai is soothing, ambient, eerie, and beautifully compliments this shadowy virtual world. Of course, the Japanese dialogue is better suited to the characters (especially since they really tend to go all out and pour their souls into it...heh, souls again!), but the English voice cast holds its own. Somehow the bland and almost monotone nature in which Mimi Woods delivers her interpretation of the character of Major Kusanagi compliments the quandary of the cybernetic femme fatale's ghost. The voices of Bateau, Togusa, and Chief Aramaki are well-suited as well, but the dark voice given by Abe Lasser to the Puppet Master is almost frightening. Overall, this film is one of the best animated films to be released in a long time, not to mention one of the highest ranking sci-fi films of all time. Flaws and all aside, this is not to be missed!
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