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From: Phil
To: Emre
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Hi Emre,

I finally caught this movie this weekend (cause it was on the Starz
Cinema channel).  I'm interested to hear your thoughts on it.

I felt is was a solid anime movie and I enjoyed it. In particular the
characters were well-acted and the music was really well done.

The vehicles and net-integrated display stuff was pretty cool.  Also the
'thermo-optic' camoflage was a nice twist.

Negatives:

Didn't really break any new ground - once again it's that 'computers
taking over the world and merging with humans (with optional tentacle
porn)' plot that the Japanese seem so fond of.

Very slow pacing in parts.  In particular, there's one overly-extended
scene where somebody is on a ferry crusing down this canal, then the
cyborg girl Major sees the person and it's her (or something...).  That
was like 5 minutes wasted.

So basically I kind of felt like I was watching an ok remake of Akira.

Your thoughts?
P.

I just realized that most of this review would apply equally well to
Metropolis (the recent anime one, not the 1920s one).  Plus there was a
lot of tentacle porn in that movie.

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