Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
Length: 1h 22m
Synopsis: The year is 2029, and technology has really sped up. There are cyborgs, invisibility cloaks, super giant walking tanks, and other neat things. One of these cyborgs is Motoko Kusanagi, and she's the leader of the secret unit shell squad, which was formed by the government to deal with a wave of crime it can't deal with alone. One of these criminals is the puppet master, a super cyber criminal who hacks into peoples bodies. Her unit is sent to get this guy and now we have our movie.
Good Stuff
Animation: Realistic, and fluid
Music: That really cool Japanese choir in the beginning is the perfect way to start your movie, sound really epic.
Motoko Kusanagi being "invisible": Whenever she uses her stealth cloak she has to get butt naked and damn is it good looking. This movie is proof that fan service existed in the 90's.
The bad
Story: Way too many things aren't explained well enough.
Felt like the "Middle" film in a trilogy: This movie felt like there was a bunch of shit going on before this movie, and you should already know it.
THE FUCKING ENDING!!!!: ARRRRRRGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH
Review
Watching this movie would be like watching the "two towers" without watching fellowship of the ring. Sure it's fun to watch, the actions cool, and the characters are likable enough, but you really don't have an understanding of who everyone is and what there motivations are. That's how it's like to watch ghost in the shell. During the whole movie I'm thinking "whats a shell?", or "whats a ghost", or even "WHAT THE FUCK IS SECTION 9, OR SECTION 6?". This all seems like things we should be told right? Wrong, the major downfall of this movie is that it ends up being an under explained mess which leaves me with more questions than answers (and not in the good way).
And the ending was oh so disappointing. I wont spoil it for you but it will leave you feeling so unfulfilled that it makes you question what was the point of this movie? How the hell are they one entity now? It sucks and makes no sense. But bitch and moan, bitch and moan lets get to what I like about this movie. Well I really liked the animation and the color design. There are a lot of greens so I was constantly thinking of the matrix, and for some reason I thought of blade runner as well. The actions cool, it felt intense and got me engaged. The music is freaking awesome, that choir really add a sense of just scale to the movie and makes everything seem important. The puppet master character was really interesting, kind of reminded me of HAL from 2001. The fan service is a nice touch. Seeing the major naked quite a few times is definitely a plus (sadly there was no lesbian cyber threesome like there was in the manga).
So in the end was it a good movie? It was above average. It was definitley entertaining, and I enjoyed watching. Id recommend that you watch it at least once.
Overall I give this Anime a
7/10
No comments:
Post a Comment