Before watching this film, I took the time to do something I've wanted to do for years, which was to watch the entire Ghost in the Shell animated work, in chronological order of the story of Motoko Kusanagi, starting of course with the Arise series.
So I watched all the films and series from Motoko's very debut in the section 9 (even before she was named Major), up to the very last series currently on Netflix (Ghost in the Shell - SAC 2045).
Yep, it's a lot of hours, but easy when you consider that it's a masterpiece.
I was apprehensive about the live action movie, because I knew that it had not been very popular with critics and that there had been controversy upon release, damaging the image of the film.
Maybe it's because my expectations were limited, but I was quite pleasantly surprised by the result.
The film is very visually rich and respects the cyberpunk-urban style world of Ghost in the Shell surprisingly well. The characters are quite well respected and the casting of Scarlett Johanson is not so bad. Although she doesn't match the charisma and sex appeal of Motoko from the anime, her attitude and style match the style of the Major.
The original story is complex and interesting and corresponds to a mixture of important elements found among the different anime.
It's pretty cool to see scenes almost identical to the first anime and I must say that the overall production is well done.
Overall, I believe that a fan of the anime will be very satisfied with this live action and especially with being able to see another story version of the most badass-sexy-cyborg I know.
So I watched all the films and series from Motoko's very debut in the section 9 (even before she was named Major), up to the very last series currently on Netflix (Ghost in the Shell - SAC 2045).
Yep, it's a lot of hours, but easy when you consider that it's a masterpiece.
I was apprehensive about the live action movie, because I knew that it had not been very popular with critics and that there had been controversy upon release, damaging the image of the film.
Maybe it's because my expectations were limited, but I was quite pleasantly surprised by the result.
The film is very visually rich and respects the cyberpunk-urban style world of Ghost in the Shell surprisingly well. The characters are quite well respected and the casting of Scarlett Johanson is not so bad. Although she doesn't match the charisma and sex appeal of Motoko from the anime, her attitude and style match the style of the Major.
The original story is complex and interesting and corresponds to a mixture of important elements found among the different anime.
It's pretty cool to see scenes almost identical to the first anime and I must say that the overall production is well done.
Overall, I believe that a fan of the anime will be very satisfied with this live action and especially with being able to see another story version of the most badass-sexy-cyborg I know.
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