Well this comes out this weekend in the US.
It's about 50% on RT. Meh, I'll probably wait for a cheap showing.
Well this comes out this weekend in the US.
It's about 50% on RT. Meh, I'll probably wait for a cheap showing.
Caught it yesterday, was fun. They stayed close to the source material in few aspects/scenes, which I enjoyed, it wasn't a GiTS in name only film which is what I feared. A few scenes were almost direct copies from the 1995 anime.
The Puppermaster/plot of the film was changed and simplified, which I don't see why, they could have followed that part of the script considering both this and the source anime are about the same length. That in turn also altered the Major's backstory; not for the better, imo.
Maybe it was just me, but the CGI seemed rather cheap at times and rather great at others, bit inconsistent there.
Originally posted by Robtard
Caught it yesterday, was fun. They stayed close to the source material in few aspects/scenes, which I enjoyed, it wasn't a GiTS in name only film which is what I feared. A few scenes were almost direct copies from the 1995 anime.
Originally posted by Robtard
Maybe it was just me, but the CGI seemed rather cheap at times and rather great at others, bit inconsistent there.
I can't speak for the critics as they didn't deter me in seeing this at all, but I left the theater in love with the film. Visually, it was enthralling and I found myself trying to analyze/take in all of the different aspects of the city. Highlights being the massive Koi fish, the giant astral humans, and the designs of the androids were all amazing to me. The plot didn't need to be as expansive at the 1995 animated film, even though they did touch on the nature of reality/Transhumanism but not as much as the anime. Its very clearly more of an analysis of Motoko's origins, and how her mind/Ghost still recalls things even in spite of being in a machine body. What the film did better than the anime was give Motoko far more character, she emotes with her conversations with Batou, has relationships with Kusei, is striving to learn her past with Dr. Oulet, and finds kindred spirits with Kusei/Batou. I felt like the writing really did her justice in having the plot center around learning about her, instead of intermingling with some of the philosophical Mind/body questions (Which are still addressed briefly) and with her arc throughout expand on her moreso than the anime. I don't actually recall much of her character in the anime as much, other than her relationship with Batou. So any chance in expanding her character is welcome, as I don't hold the anime in as high of esteem as Akira or Miyazaki's Major releases. While some might bemoan the lack of the Puppet Master, I felt that they incorporated enough of his influence to lead Motoko onto her path of self-discovery. The film incorporates a lot of the anime's influence so its not a loss at all (like Dragonball Evolution).
I'm honestly shocked that pieces of shit Social justice crybabies have to make a mess of her casting, and I have to disagree vehemently with the critics. I hope the box office picks up a bit, as I truly loved the story and would love nothing more than to see these characters again.
9/10
Hm... Stuckmann's review of this actually makes me a bit more interested in it. He gives it an A-
That and some of the footage I've seen of it is visually amazing...