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Political, but funny and irreverant
Wish it was more middle of the road politically, focuses mainly and joking about the left, but on occasion roasts some dumb republicans. Enjoyable and feels like a group of friends that make fun of each other, with less worry about "offending" someone.
Created: 10-18-2024
Hilarious!
Crazy how great this film is and how all the corporate media won't review it, and also how it shows the number of "bought" movie reviewers are out there. This helps explain how a movie can be horrible, yet get great reviews. I guess part of the "marketing budget" is paying these types of reviewers/critics?
Very funny movie that let's the grifters of racial division sink their own ship. Must watch!
Created: 10-18-2024
Less philosophy, more action thriller
Well, slightly less philosophy. More like sociology. Anyway.
My main gripe is the Major trading depth of character for depth of cleavage. She's less borderline-psychopath bad-ass, more passive eye-candy. Not necessarily a good move, considering the franchise is built around her. On the other, the ensemble cast gets a lot of character building, so there's that.
Both seasons are mostly one overarching plot each, across 26 episodes, so casual viewer beware. Also, can run quite talkative, especially the 2nd gig (Individual 11).
Still, creative, well written, clever. Loved it.
Created: 10-18-2024
Some call Oshii pretentious
and they very well might be right.
This one is probably too high-brow for it's own good, but I still loved it.
Exploring the GitS themes through Batou is a welcome change of pace; the visuals are mind-boggling, and the flawed pacing was OK with me.
Overall, probably a fantastic failure, but worth a see.
Created: 10-18-2024
Season 2 gets a makeover from 3rd wave feminist writers
I loved the first season, but in season two they must have hired a bunch of writers from Disney apparently to inject girl bosses galore and render all the powerful men secondary characters including Dan Chase! They could have renamed this show "The Young Daughter" because Shawkat was made the center of the first half of the season because apparently they needed her to be in the desert so they could keep her in robes to hide her pregnancy weight. This show has been ruined. I keep watching to see if they even try to pull out of the nose dive.
Update: I kept watching. The "writers" have decided to turn Angela into a terminator even with her mom-bod. Never mind that she was never in combat like where her father learned to kill. They just keep shoving her up viewer's asses expecting us to buy this BS plot divergence. This is nothing but a 3rd wave feminism narrative.
And Zoe is now in the spy loop. She's making spy moves and saving Dan Chase's life. They have merely flipped the script on all the white men who were running shit. Now only women and men of color can get anything done. Hollywood garbage. Can it get more woke?
Created: 10-18-2024
Subtle masterpiece
Directed by Oshii, so, simultaneously a action-packed cyberpunk thriller, and a reflection on the human nature.
Same as the original manga, one could argue, but with less gratuitous nudity. No insult to the author, but sometimes lesbian orgies do distract from the flow of the narrative.
I'll admit that Oshii introduces non-gratuitous nudity (is clothing enough to make a (wo)man?), but hey, it's intellectualized, but it's OK.
Visuals are top notch, soundscape is fantastic, highly recommended.
Created: 10-17-2024
Uninspired copy
Best part are purely visual, frame-for-frame copies of Oshii's animated movie.
Oshii uses nudity as a marker of psychological state; Johansson renounces leveraging her bountiful bosom and butts.
This should leave her acting talent apparent, but I seem to have missed it. Should have opted for 4k, I might have seen it.
Also, Johansson (and Binoche) add a discreet aura of girl-boss to their characters. Might be me, and maybe they just don't understand strength, and are thus unable to render a legitimately strong character.
Asbaek and Kitano (well, obviously) are solid in secondary roles.
The movie may not deserve of 0 by itself, but it's bad plagiarism, and the original exists. Watch the original.
Created: 10-17-2024
More of the same, and it's a good thing
Well, this one adds a layer of self-serving politics (or are they?) butting heads with public safety and common-sense morality. It's delightfully ambiguous.
Visually more ambitious than the first movie, to its detriment : it does feel more dated.
Still, warmly recommended.
Created: 10-17-2024
Don't be deceived by the art
It looks childish, but it aged well.
A techno-thriller, a subtle commentary on the clash of tradition and modernism ripping apart Japanese society, understated humour and giant robots.
And all this with Oshii at the helm.
Not everyone's cup of tea, but if it's yours, it's a strong brew.
Also, not for the kids. Nothing offensive, but it will probably bore them out of the room.
Created: 10-17-2024
Good craft though not good art
Production's I.G. attempt to replicate the (financial) success they found with Ghost in the Shell.
It is well done, the production value is beyond reproach, the characters are decently deep, with somewhat adult motives, and it tackles (somewhat) interesting themes.
I personally found it lacking somewhat, missing that extra little spark. Akin to magazine models, theoretically beautiful but lacking charm.
Still worth a 4, though, but was inches away of being much more.
Created: 10-17-2024
