Armitage III - Poly-Matrix

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Summary: excellent movie, one drawback
Review: I have no problem with the movie ITSELF whatsoever. Armitage III has a wonderfully cryptic plot in the beginning that doesn't leave unanswered questions in the end, fantastic visuals that don't pull any punches in graphic violence or scenic beauty, and superb pumping music.
The only problem I have is with the dvd itself, in that it lacks a Japanese audio track. And I don't mean on the DVD. I mean COMPLETELY. This movie is just a mishmash of several larger straight to video releases. The English track is the only one to ever exist. I just can't stand Elizabeth Berkley. She can't voice-act. ... The supporting characters are just plain horrible. Characters being brutally murdered sound more like they're being pestered by a small child.
A better translation in the subtitles would be also be nice; semi-complex plots seem to be explained better in original Japanese (I assume the original OAV's were in Japanese) as they need to change the words around a bit to fit the movements of the character's mouth in English.
But hey, for [the price], might as well get it.

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Summary: great emotion
Review: this moie is takes place on mars, many years in the future. Humans created robots called "thirds" that actually have personalities and emotions. Armitage is a third, and a sassy cop, but her partner dosent know that. then humans are starting to kill the thirds, and so is this murderer, whos after Armitage. So she's trying to stay alive, and find out why she was created if her kind is being destroyed. Its a good movie, but there were some scenes in it only for mature audiences, and quite a bit of violence.

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Summary: Cyborg girl questions existence.
Review: I loved this. From the butt-kicking heroine to the qestion of 'What is humanity?' that lies at the core of the whole story, it'll satisfy those looking for intelligence as well as those looking for explosions and cute anime girls. My only gripe is the voice acting of Elizabeth Berkeley. She sounds a little flat at times.

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Summary: In the tradition of Bladerunner
Review: If you are a fan of Bladerunner, than this movie is right up your alley. In fact the storyline is so similar it borders on plagerism. I think this is one of the main reasons Pioneer hired Kiefer Sutherland and Liz Berkley for the dubbing. The actual anime itself is fantastic with beautiful coloring and detailed artwork. If you are a fan of anime, I don't need to go further. If you are new, this is a perfect DVD to start with. Not much else on the disc, creator bios and a trailer. Still, highly recommended

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Summary: A Beautiful, Breathtaking, Thought-provoking Film!
Review: This film is created from the Armitage III OAV series, and the cuts are occasionally apparent, but only to the highly-attentive eye. There is so much happening visually and aurally, with narrative conflicts and twists, plus changing political tides and intense philosophical issues - all of which truly tax the mind in a great way. The only drawbacks to the DVD version of the film are: 1.) the lack of a Japanese-language version, and 2.) the corny sounds attached to virtually all menu selections. However, once the film begins, the experience will leave any spectator in extreme awe of the power of (Japanese) animation.

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Summary: I LOVED IT!
Review: I'm not THAT big of an anime fan. I never really was. Some plots are drawn out and they are boring, but this one, was GREAT! It completely kicked butt! I SOOOO LIKED IT!!!!! It's one of my favorite movies now!!!

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Summary: WOW!!!!!
Review: The first time I ever watched this movie it was soooooo great, I couldn't get enough of it so I went out and bought it. It has to be the best Japanese anime movie I have ever seen, I'm not a big fan of Japanese anime but i can tell you the special affects and Plot to this movie were amazing. But one thing for sure by the end of this movie all i could say was WOW!

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Summary: it's good but is not enough
Review: i'm a graphic desinger, and the law for any graphic desinger is the image talk's, the first look is the important, i see the movie and i see wich the quality of animation is average, the plot is interesting, the "chara" have some interesting, but a first sigth i saw, don't stick me enough, sorry for the people that enjoy this movie, usually i bougth the movies that recommend Guilles Portrais, but in his list don't appears this movie but i heard good comments about this, but i repeat it's good but is not enough. sorry for my bad english but i hope that you understand me

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Summary: good anime film, but not in the same league as many others
Review: armitage 3, is kinda like ghost in the shell, in that it takes repeated viewings of the film to understand the entire plot of the story, though this story's plot is not as complicated as ghost in the shell's (good anime which i might addd.) what the dubbed english version has is mediocore voice-overs by elizabeth berkeley( why jessie spano from saved by the bell????) and kiefer sutherland(who once had a career), aside from their mediocore voice-overs, this film could be much better. sutherland's voice is unemotional, maybe he should have been the robot. and berkeley's voice is kinda annoying at first, but i guess it kinda plays into armitage's character-she does resemble her, in some ways, maybe i'm thinking of her showgirls character. anywho, as for the animation-surpsingly, not much action. more dialogue, maybe 4 action scenes i can think of, off the top of my head, which is kinda like ghost in the shell. still, the lack of action scenes, don't ruin the film. what ruins this film is probably, like ghost in the shell, it's too short for us to understand who armitage really is...why she wants to find out who she is..that's why, i'd recommend one to purchase the individual volumes of this film, which as spliced to fit 90 min. you miss a lot from this dvd version as compared to the individual volume, which i believe are only in vhs format only. story, isn't bad. character design is pretty good. you have some good surprises and storylines in this film. compared to ghost in the shell though, this film's goriness is rather tame. overall, the repeated viewings to understand the film make it worthwhile, and 12.99 is pretty good price for a film of this quality.

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Summary: man we have some tough critics around here
Review: This film RULED! Put aside the awesome voice tallent (Keifer Sutherland and that chick from show girls doing animated voice overs!?). And what do you have? A movie still worth about 3-4 stars! I am gonna see the full series soon, but all I have seen so far is the Movie. This movie DOES jump around a bit, and you DO have to watch it a couple of times to figure out every little nuance of the plot butchered out in the full length movie, but hey, in a way isn't that what makes some movies kinda good? I mean It's not butchered so bad you can't figure it out, and it lets YOU decide what exactly is happening in your own mind. sure a lot of people don't like to take the time to think about a film when they watch it. but me? I DO! Like blade runner, you end up asking all kinds of questions about the characters. I am gonna watch the series to see if what I took away from the cut movie, is anything like what the series intends you to realize. But if I never see it... And all I ever see is the full movie... I don't care, This thing had it all. from incredible art and animation, great voice overs and acting, to action that was dead on. I like my animie flicks to have a sense of reality in the action even if it is fake. I like to see flicks that are like a live action movie with GREAT special effects. This movie delivers in spades. Sure some parts seem hoaky. But so what, every great film has to have it's fumble here and there. I just hope Armitage and Ross live the life they always dreamed of living, and I hope they find that what makes us human goes beyond flesh and blood. Humanity is not found in the biological system we call the human body, but in the heart, and soul that commands it... So what if you have circuts instead of blood vessels...