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Summary: The BEST example of anime so far!
Review: When I first looked at the box for this movie about a month ago, I knew I just HAD to see it. So, a week ago, I rented it, watched it, and couldn't sleep that night. It's one of the most whacked-out psychological thrillers I have ever seen. It's, basically, 45% "Psycho", 25% "Silence of the Lambs", 15% "Scream", and 15% "No Exit". I don't recommend anyone under 15 seeing it, because there's grisly murders, a rape scene, and a, er, 'ridiculous photo shoot'. There's a HUGE reality/dream sequence where Mima Kiragoe, the delusional, paranoid protagonist, gets run over by a truck, then wakes up in her bed, breaks a teacup with her own shaking hands, then wakes up in her bed, then works on her movie "Double Bind", then wakes up in her bed, and so on and so forth. Then there's the sequence in the TV station where she and the mysterious stalker get into, as my grandfather would say, a rip-snortin' fight. And the last ten minutes of the movie will keep you so on the edge of your seat that rigor mortis will set in your clenched, shaky hands. All in all, a great, disturbing movie Hitchcock would have been envious of.
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Summary: CONFUSING!
Review: A very confusing movie! The overall animation is okay. But the character animation is horrible! Most of the characters look like fishes! But, the detail of backgrounds and settings is pretty good. What I thought the confusing parts were, that she keeps slipping into dreams. I sometimes could not tell which was which! This movie tries very hard to be realistic, but it fails. The soundtrack sucks too. You don't have to listen to this review, but this is how I truly felt. If you like movies where it is confusing and messed up, and eveything comes together at the end, but it still leaves you with questions, then rent this movie. But for everyone else, DO NOT BUY OR LOOK AT THIS MOVIE!
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Summary: BUY IT NOW
Review: Definitely not sci-fi. It would be awful if it wasn't anime, but the animation quality nicely balanced the bizarre story. Wierd but GOOD.
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Summary: A great., mature anime
Review: This has to be one of the greatest anime movies ever. The story is thrilling and deep. The characters are great, and the dubbing is top of the line (listen for the voice of Miaka from Fushigii Yugi). This may be a great anime, but it is very mature. I viewed the un-edited version, and to say it is extreme at times is an understatment. There are scenes of extreme gore (you see a man being stabbed with an ice pick in the croch). Plus, there are some sex related scenes (there is a rape on the TV show). With all that aside I think that this film has done more then alot of American made films. If you can handle the subject matter see it!
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Summary: wake me up when its over
Review: Well sorry, but this was tedious beyond belief. I've seen some good Anime and bought this on the recommendations of other reviewers. I'm writing this, my first review to warn against blindly believing everything you read. To be honest, I can't remember an awful lot of what happened in the film because it was so boring. You might like it but my friends and I were utterly unimpressed. Roll on Akira on DVD...
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Summary: The Best Anime Movie I`ve Ever Seen!!!
Review: Perfect Blue is a great movie and you get so into the movie you dont even see it as an anime. Perfect Blue messes with your mind with a weird and confusing storyline. This is an action/adventure/thriller adult film. Just buy it.
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Summary: Perfect Noir
Review: If you like anime (or even if you don't), and crave Hitchcock, David Lynch or Cronenberg at their best, then look no further. Perfect Blue is a superbly realised nightmare of fantasy cinema combining top-notch manga-style animation, serpentine noir plotting and surreal hyper-violence. It's a twisted look at the nature of obsession, voyeurism and celebrity (neatly sidestepping disclosure of plot to maximise your entertainment), and makes for compulsive, if unsettling, viewing. Make sure the kids are tucked up in bed, and enjoy this deep dark headscrew of a movie.
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Summary: A good example to follow
Review: Perfect Blue is an excellent example of what happens when you mix great story telling with animation. Pop and TV culture, obsessive fans, sycophants, perverted writers and a serial killer. You will find them all in this story.Perfect Blue tells a twisted tale of what happens to Mima, a pop idol from a girl band, who decides to become an actress. What is interesting about this film, is that you see the reactions from those within the industry, (her agent, the other members of her band, the veteran actors in the drama series etc) along side the reactions of her fans (both those who take it in their stride and those who take it badly). The film successfully conveys how difficult it can be for someone famous who has excelled in one area to gain acceptance from her contemporaries and fans when trying to do something new. As the film progresses we see her pushing herself beyond her own personal limitations, to the point where she agrees to do a rape scene for the series she is in. The further away from her safe, sweet, pop image she goes, the further into insanity she seems to fall. Added complications to the re-creating of her image are the hallucinations of herself as the pop idol, the blurring of reality and fiction (which intensify after the rape scene), troubling messages being printed under her name in Mima's room (a chat room on the Web), and the murders of people she works with on her new tv series. This film is very clever and stylish but at the same time distubingly real for animation. The rape scene is particularly disturbing, but handled well I think, in the context of the story. This is a smart story for adults, definitely not one of your run of the mill manga features that can only deliver on violence. It would be wonderful to see Anime produce more stories that appeal to a more mature audience through the art of great story telling. A definite must see for anyone who wants to see a really good film, because that is what Perfect Blue is.
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Summary: Perfect Blue is STUNNING
Review: Perfect Blue was not only a wonderfully and amazingly animated piece of artwork, but it was also an anime with an outstanding plot. The twist and turns of the plotline kept you completely riveted, never allowing you to turn away unless you miss a key piece of the story line. For anyone you feels that anime needs to be filled with robots and supernatural characters (not that there is anything wrong with that), they need to watch Perfect Blue and see what a thriller anime can truly be.
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Summary: Alfred Hitchcock and Japan collide
Review: Imagine what Alfred Hitchcock could have done in the field of animation. That is what Perfect Blue is, an animated thriller in the Hitchcock-ian style. Pop idol singer Mima Kirigoe decides to quit her career as a singer and become a serious actress. She has the talent to succede, but it requires her to leave Cham, her singing group, as well as all her fans. That proves dangerous, for one fan doesn't want her to go, and he will stop at nothing to bring her back, even if it means he must kill to do it. At the same time, Mima is being haunted by a vision of herself as a pop idol, and the apparition doesn't want to leave. This film is very twisted. It's surreal to a point where trying to guess who the killer is becomes nearly impossible. The animation isn't excellent, but it is nice to look at sometimes. The music is not bad. The real asset of the film is it's story. This is definately for adults. The biggest flaw with the DVD is that it promises you many features and only delivers on a few. You have to find ways to open other features (I had a hell of a time trying to find the Manga 2000 trailer - which was a disapointment when I did finally open it.) Maybe it's just my DVD, I don't know. Get this film if you enjoy Wicked City and Silence of the Lambs. PS. Doesn't the show(?) Mima is working on seem an awfully like Silence of the Lambs?
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