April 25, 2005
Ghost in the Shell 2
I just saw Ghost in the Shell 2 on DVD last night. I really wish it had come to the big screen theaters here, because the visuals were just mindblowing.
Just like the first Ghost in the Shell, this film pushed out the limits of what is possible with the current state of the art of animation technology. Character design was interesting if fairly conventional, but the sets and landscapes were detailed to an exquisite level of layered complexity that I've never seen before.
I'll probably have to watch it twice (poor me), because there was no English dubbing available, and I'm sure I missed some details in the complex, philosophically deep plot by trying to divide attention between the subtitles and the visuals. I highly recommend this one.
Posted by case at April 25, 2005 08:41 AMit looked great, really great, but I found the script and plot to be a bit shallow, with grandiose philosophical quotes thrown in at random to help it seem more complex. I caught it on the big screen though, and it really helped the jaw dropping visuals to take over and run the show.
Posted by: jeremy at April 26, 2005 01:10 AM