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Robobotnik wrote:

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I'll watch crap movies all I like!

Anyway, watched the Appleseed movie last night (the previous one was an OVA aparently), which is either a remake a la Batman Begins or a prequel to the old movie. This one was made in 2004 and if one of the few 3D CGI anime movies and is also cel-shaded.

The art and animation are stunning, the scenery, the mecha, the fights, the lighting, you want games to look like this, but it's not perfect. The character models seem to suffer the most, looking a little stiff and sometimes out of place with the excellent backgrounds, I really would have preferred them to use the same shading style the backgrounds and mechs have with the character models, they would have blended much better. The art style, however, feels far too crisp and clean, it lacks the charm and personallity of the original, which was more like the manga if I remember right. Also, the city reminds me a lot of Midgar from FFVII, when it's night anyway.

The story is good, the setting fantastic, but the plot feels a little too epic and cliche. The lead character from the original, Deunan Knute, is back, although this time is very important to the story, her history being key to the main events and the overall conspiracy that's actually really well thought out for the setting. You really don't know who to hate for a lot of it as there's no immediate antagonist like in the original. However, Deunan's personality, and Briareos' (Bully in the OVA) for that matter, are a lot different, much more melancholly as well as overly sure of themselves at times, darker I guess, this bother's me as I liked the more laid back and humourous personalities they had previously. Deunan also feels too important, previously she was just a really good cop doing her job, this time she has more in comon with Solic Snake in terms of necessity to the plot.

The music is big and epic, sometimes reminding me more of Final Fantasy VII than the visuals. Both me and my brother started humming the battle theme and Bombing Mission themes from VII in jest during the final event. I do think it's a bit overkill at times though, and ends up feeling rather cookie cutter. The OVA original had a nice jazzy soundtrack that was more memorable.

Overall I can't fault this too much, technically speaking it's pretty damn good, and a vast improvement over the OVA, but it's not where near as fun and it's lost a lot of the personality that made the OVA so good. Definitely worth a watch, but watch the original too.

Maybe I'll get Appleseed Ex Machina and review that. :P

HidoiKijo wrote:

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HyperSonic2003 wrote:

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As for me...I saw Love in the Time of Cholera last night. That movie/book was...made for me. XD! The premise of it atleast. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Might buy it someday. I need a killer romanatic movie collection so I can sit in my apt and watch them on rainy days.

Gosh...i'm such a girl. :O

I love Gabriel García Márquez, his books are amazing. Love in the Time of Cholera is one of my all time favorite books (we read it in school along with 5 other of his books). I too recommend watching this movie on any rainy day!

HidoiKijo wrote:

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So I just saw Terminator Salvation...
I feel so empty. The movie wasn't bad don't get me wrong. The romance 2 minutes of it was well a little on the eeek side, they could've spent 1 minute more on blowing something else up. The story was good but I don't know what was missing. The film felt too short. Other than that, it was a good movie. Like HS2003 said, I'm buying all 4 when they come in the collectors box. I'm in love with the story line so it works for me.

Need to go figure out what was missing.