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post Mar 31 2017, 12:36 AM

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Ghost in the Shell (2017)

This... is maddening.

This is very difficult to write.

Difficult because it got so many things right and at the same time so many things wrong....

What they got right

The production of this movie is OFF THE CHARTS (with a budget of 110 Million dollars)

There are two previous movie that gave me this "wow" factor, namely

1) Star Wars (1976) (Now known as New Hope) (George Lucas coined the term Used Technology)
2) Blade Runner (1982) (when it first released)

Now this movie used the concept of Used Technology to the next level! Bravo!!

The surprising representation of the character Aramaki (by Takeshi Kitano a veteran Japanese actor) wowed me. Kuddos!!!

What they did not

I will be crucified for stating this, Scarlett Johansson. I am very sure alot of you went to this to see her. I just thought she was so... awkward here. I don't think she was quite sure what she was doing and it shows.

I never read the original comics. My introduction to this material was thru the animation Ghost in the Shell (1995). So many of the action sequences in the animation ran rings around this live action movie. It is like DAY and NIGHT!!! Meaning there is NO COMPARISON....

And another signature of the animation is the soundtrack. From the first frame, the very unique soundtrack grabs you and never lets go until the last frame...

If I use cognac to describe the animations soundtrack, the soundtrack of this is.... drain water???

They did use the original soundtrack at the end of this movie, and again very diluted and too little too late...

So, this movie, is a disappointment...

Just my opinion

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post Mar 31 2017, 08:46 AM

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QUOTE(skylinelover @ Mar 31 2017, 06:06 AM)
but stuckmann says otherwise woh hmm hmm.gif



A- means 70%-79%
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Go watch lah. laugh.gif

It is not all bad

Just not good enough (to me)

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post Mar 31 2017, 09:55 AM

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QUOTE(Dominic Toretto @ Mar 31 2017, 09:35 AM)
But I thought Motoko Kusanagi's character was describe very emotionless, no expression and dull even in any version of the anime? Except for the lesbian sex part in the comic lah. brows.gif

I will give my review later on soonest possible. But my suggestion for GITS fans is you just go watch it. Its because there  are many scenes they used as a homage to the original 1995 anime.  As for the people who haven't watch it, its up to you guys whether waiting for jack sparrow to give u free or watch it in cinema where you can treat it as a copy of Blade Runner movie.
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Correct, I understand where you are coming from

Where I thought they had to deliver a swan lake (dance wise) they delivered an aggressive hip hop.

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I hope that makes sense...
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post Apr 1 2017, 10:01 AM

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QUOTE(skylinelover @ Mar 31 2017, 06:06 AM)
but stuckmann says otherwise woh hmm hmm.gif

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A- means 70%-79%
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Oh my goodness I TOTALLY disagree with him!!! laugh.gif
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