General Movies Thread

[Trubo]

Cyborg bodies man

[Sunara]

I want wolf blitzer to play at least three separate relevant characters in the adaptation, otherwise I won't watch it

same with ghost in the shell

he just has one of those faces you know

Since Ghost in the Shell opens this thurs, I'm afraid you won't get your wish on that one. XP

[Neir]

Since Ghost in the Shell opens this thurs, I'm afraid you won't get your wish on that one. XP

They've made their choice

[Huitante]

Light doesn't look sleek and charming enough, as per those few shots at least

[Trubo]

The new Power Rangers movie felt like a studio exec watched the new Fantastic Four movie and demanded that Power Rangers be done like that.

[2Bad]

SKULL ISLAND IS PRETTY COOL

[Phil12]

The new Power Rangers movie felt like a studio exec watched the new Fantastic Four movie and demanded that Power Rangers be done like that.

Now I need to see this movie

[kotelo]

[Phil12]

So according to reviewers apparently the Ghost in the Shell movie is pretty good, though not as good as the original. Supposedly the soundtrack and visuals are amazing. I might have to see it.

[Elthanes]

It sounds pretty horrible from what I've read

[Neir]

Finally saw Get Out. Very well done

[2Bad]

It's a documentary.

[Mcjon01]

It sounds pretty horrible from what I've read

It looks pretty enough but I'm a little irritated by how it looks like they're shoehorning the Major into a Robocop character arc.

[Neir]

My dad said "the creator is very happy with how it turned out"

but i can't believe that

[Arashi_Leonhart]

I dunno about Masamune, but I know Oshii and I think Kamiyama gave it the thumbs up.

Masamune would probably go "if I see Scarjo naked that'd be good."

[LJ3]

Lol

It looks pretty enough but I'm a little irritated by how it looks like they're shoehorning the Major into a Robocop character arc.

So OG movie never had angst from her about being a toaster?

[Neir]

Lol



So OG movie never had angst from her about being a toaster?

did you not read the original manga?

[Mattias]

So just got back from GitS. They basically cut a bunch of stuff from Stand Alone Complex into the plot of the first movie. Badly. Everyone speaks English, (sometime very badly, but not from who you'd expect) and 90% have English names, yet Aramaki speaks in only Japanese. He's the only one in the whole damn movie to do so. Oh and the movie constantly has Motoko calling herself "Major" like it's a name not a title. Like "My name is Major." or "This is Major.". It's weird.

So...

Movie Plot

This movie is basically the plot of the original, but instead of the opening scene they basically use the the hostage situation from the first episode of SAC, but only use the Major, instead of the whole team. Puppet Master is replaced by Kuze from 2nd Gig, who instead of being a pacifistic hermit like Kuze (TV) or trying for asylum like Tits McTorso, he instead on a roaring Rampage of Revenge ^TM. The Foreign Ministry is replaced by Hanma, goon squads and all, and they created the major a year before the movie begins. They perfect their robots by abducting anti-tech hippies runaways and erasing their memories and seeing if they mesh with their new robo-bodies. They then lend these robots out to the government, while still owning them. Thus Japanese hippy Mokoto Kusanagi becomes white-girl Major Mira Killian. I don't know how you can be a Major when you're not part of the armed services and are instead on loan from a private entity, but whatever. Hanma orders all section 9 wiped out. Aramaki kills like six people, and guns down the main Hanma rep who is remotely piloting the Tachikoma (which is actually a really solid set piece scene). Oh and instead of doing something subtle to the garbage truck drivers by messing with their memories, Kuze just directly controls them and makes the ram the truck into the car of one of the scientists who made him. They still have the scnee where they interrogate the guy afterwards, complete with non-photograph, but it lacks the set up as they were talking about takeout before they went all "Assuming Direct Control". And at the end only Kuze gets headshotted by the Helo snipers, and the Major just walks away with Batou.

Some character stuff: Batou is mostly human, only has an artificial arm, but over the story gets exploded and needs new eyes. Ishikawa is Black now and has a roibo liver for better drinking (I think that's his only line). Togusa is still Asian but speaks English, unlike the chief. Paz is now an English girl. And Borma is there, apparently, since the shots all have the right number of people but damned if he does anything. Oh and the major can swim fully using only flippers despite being made of metal.

All said, I couldn't get a good read on the movie because I was to occupied wondering why they did a certain thing with the story to enjoy the film as a whole. All the shots lifted directly from the source worked and looked good, but since it was so disjointed in my mind I felt detached from the whole thing. My friend with almost no knowledge of the material enjoyed it however, so maybe I'm just being too much of a neckbeard. I mean I liked ARISE and this just felt 'meh' to me.

[Neir]

Oh and the movie constantly has Motoko calling herself "Major" like it's a name not a title. Like "My name is Major." or "This is Major.". It's weird.

confirmed garbage

[Arashi_Leonhart]

ouch

hahahaha genderflipping