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tallulahgs) wrote2005-08-02 08:08 pm
tallulahgs) wrote2005-08-02 08:08 pm
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Battle Royale with chocolate
I'm back home after an absolutely hideous train journey which I don't feel the need to recount - let's just say that at the cinema today there was an ad for Virgin trains and Nik went ballistic...
But anyway. We were at the cinema because we took my sister to see:
which was very good. More faithful to the book, and more interplay between the various characters than in the book. Also the songs were great! I loved them! And the Oompa-Loompas worked very well. Johnny Depp was scary, but not as irritating as I'd envisaged - although I'm still not sure I liked his portrayal that much. All the kids were very good except Charlie, who was a bit blah - but it's not his fault, playing the good guy is very hard. I especially loved the way they portrayed Mike and Violet. Zoe has developed a Verruca impression... not good. But basically, the film had a darker atmosphere... see my subject line. Oh, and Mr Bucket was disturbingly attractive.
I also realised I wrote down my thoughts on Ghost In The Shell ages ago and forgot to post them (I am an LJ addict, I admit it), so...
Very, very beautiful and eerie. I absolutely loved the animation and the cityscapes, and the eerie, sad sense of it all. The plot was interesting although I get the feeling that they crushed it all up to fit it into the film (I don't understand why they didn't make it longer, eighty minutes is not that much for a movie).
The stuff about false memories was interesting and I wish there'd been more of it.
Kusanagi is the love child of Kei from Akira and Kiriyama from Battle Royale ^_^
I haven't had many LJ comments recently actually. May be just holidays. But eh, this thing is a record for me and that's useful.
There was a very irritating article in the paper today in which loads of people wrote in to say what their definition of Britishness was. Cricket, queueing, fair play (ha ha) and tolerance featured highly. I think this is bollocks.
Britishness, for me, is:
Red Dwarf
The sun shining but not too brightly
Having been invaded by loads of people so that we are a huge cultural melting pot but don't notice
That's it.
I am definitely not a patriot.
But anyway. We were at the cinema because we took my sister to see:
which was very good. More faithful to the book, and more interplay between the various characters than in the book. Also the songs were great! I loved them! And the Oompa-Loompas worked very well. Johnny Depp was scary, but not as irritating as I'd envisaged - although I'm still not sure I liked his portrayal that much. All the kids were very good except Charlie, who was a bit blah - but it's not his fault, playing the good guy is very hard. I especially loved the way they portrayed Mike and Violet. Zoe has developed a Verruca impression... not good. But basically, the film had a darker atmosphere... see my subject line. Oh, and Mr Bucket was disturbingly attractive.
I also realised I wrote down my thoughts on Ghost In The Shell ages ago and forgot to post them (I am an LJ addict, I admit it), so...
Very, very beautiful and eerie. I absolutely loved the animation and the cityscapes, and the eerie, sad sense of it all. The plot was interesting although I get the feeling that they crushed it all up to fit it into the film (I don't understand why they didn't make it longer, eighty minutes is not that much for a movie).
The stuff about false memories was interesting and I wish there'd been more of it.
Kusanagi is the love child of Kei from Akira and Kiriyama from Battle Royale ^_^
I haven't had many LJ comments recently actually. May be just holidays. But eh, this thing is a record for me and that's useful.
There was a very irritating article in the paper today in which loads of people wrote in to say what their definition of Britishness was. Cricket, queueing, fair play (ha ha) and tolerance featured highly. I think this is bollocks.
Britishness, for me, is:
Red Dwarf
The sun shining but not too brightly
Having been invaded by loads of people so that we are a huge cultural melting pot but don't notice
That's it.
I am definitely not a patriot.
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And yes, the movie does not capture the essense of the series very well, but that's what the Second movie AND the 26 Episode series, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, is for. Which I also recommend. ^_- Highly recommend. Very much.
Plus the tv series makes literary references to JD Salinger, which makes it smart. ^_^
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I know you recommend them - I am keeping an eye out but we live in an anime desert here.
Have you read any of the manga?
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Yes there is a second movie. It's in Japanese only which kind of upset me a little, because I found that the english voice work for the series was quite fantastic and fitting. Nevertheless, the movie was still awesome.
Anyway, as far as I know I believe that burned DVDs are region free, but I could find out. If that's the case, I actually don't mind burning a DVD and sending it over if I can make it region free. Just have to ask my dad...but we have a thousand DVD+Rs and RWs, so we're set. The whole entire series is on 7 DVDs unfortunately. 3-4 eps per DVD. Ripoff if you buy retail, eh?
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Well, I think the first one definitely had room for a sequel, so it's not surprising one exists. Do you know what it's called?
That's very nice of you, but check with your dad first. This region stuff makes me nervous.
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