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Appleseed (Widescreen) (2004) Actors: Ai Kobayashi, Jûrôta Kosugi, Yuki Matsuoka Director: Shinji Aramaki Number of Items: 1 Format: Animated, Color, Widescreen, Dolby Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Running Time: 105 minutes Studio: Geneon Entertainment Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10 Buy from Amazon |
 "again not perfect, but highly recommended"The fact that people here kept saying its not perfect, what they didnt mention is the characters' animation, they are a bit lifeless. Now I repeat its just a bit, as matter of fact maybe some people wouldnt reconized this to see what I mean. My standard on CG animation is high, ok I'll give all the other parts - background, story, music, action, etc - an 5 indeed if not the character animation took off a star back. So where my angle is? simple, compare this to something like Shrek2 and u know what I mean. The movement of the characters are a bit odd when ur very critism about it, but I repeat again, its ACCEPTABLE, just not the best for all. The action part at the end, however, one word, breath taken. If ur looking for action movie, this is ur juice! "Decent Story. Excellent -- but not perfect -- CG"The story in this is not the best, but it is better than most of the trash the Hollywood puts out now-a-days. There were parts that I felt a little bit lost (and that is pretty rare) but everything cleared up by the end. There really is nothing ground breaking in either the story telling or science fiction technology. However, in the end, I did find this quite entertaining and action-packed. However, what blew my mind away was the computer graphics!! There were three things that really did fantastically well... pretty much ground-breaking. Though none of them were perfect, they are some of the best I've seen in animation. 1) The buildings and the cities. They looked really, really close to being real. They weren't perfect as I was still easily reminded that I was watching a cartoon, but I haven't seen anything this close before. The randomness of what was happening on the streets (a good variety of cars fills the streets) and the shapes of the buildings is what you would expect to find if you were looking at any large city from above. It was really done well. 2) The people, especially their movement. The biggest problem I had with them was their heads. Their eyes are too big and colorful. They are either too blue, too green, or even too ??red??. And the hair was very clumpy as if everybody on earth only had about fifty strands of really, really thick hair. It was too easy to remember that this was an animation I was watching whenever humanoids were on the screen. Three years ago a movie called Final Fantasy: The Spirit Within was released that nailed what I would consider perfection when it comes to facial looks and hair. Especially the hair. So what did I like? The motion of their bodies! They were very, very fluid and looked very life-like. They ran like humans, they walked like humans... they all looked very, very lifelike. Except their heads, of course. There is even a scene were Duenan (the story's protagonist) is hanging from something and swings her body up to get on top. Very, very lifelike. The motion of the bodies is fantastic and I've never seen it done this well before. Now if they would only work with the producers of Final Fantasy to perfect the heads. Okay, enough on that. 3) The water. Water was done well once again. There was one time, when looking at a stormy sea of water, where I had to rewind it. It didn't look like an animation; it looked like it was actually filmed. I had to look very close to catch the small little imperfection and lack of randomness in order to convince myself that it wasn't filmed. The only time water was off was when they came from the eyes of somebody crying (mostly Duenan) or tearing up. That didn't come across convincingly whether it was swelling up in her eyes, dripping down her face, or splashing on the floor. I haven't seen so many tears since Alice in Wonderland. If you like action, even if you don't like cartoons, pick this up. It has plenty of it. If you like Sci-fi then I can't think of any reason to skip this movie. If you like Anime then this is one I doubt you'll want to miss. If you don't fit in any categories then forget it, I can't think of anybody else who would want to see it. I must say, this isn't for the weak of heart (i.e. small children), there really is a lot of action and violence.  "A great anime....the perfect anime..."Humanity's last stand...whose side are you on? Olympus is populated by a mixture of humans and bioroids. Under the guidance of a supercomputer, the city has had peace but only on the surface. The battle lines are forming, as cracks start to appear. Terrorists, the human military and the ESWAT forces are about to clash. Which side will Deunan Knute and her boyfriend end up on? Not only does the movie have tons of action, good character interaction, great music soundtrack and a story line that makes sense AND is set deep in the details of the manga, but the disc has previews, staff profiles and commentary. A must for any sci-fi fan, anime fan, or Shirow Masamune fan. "Great movie"i thouroughly enjoyed this movie. the story is pretty much the same as the original Appleseed, but the updated visuals certainly add a punch. no, the CGI isn't perfect, but it IS a step in the right direction. the problem with stuff like this is that these companies don't get the budget of something like Shrek, but they still manage to get the job done, and rather well, all things considered. it's interesting to me that the majority of animation geared towards older audiences still comes from japan. sure, things like Shrek have humor for older audiences, but the only serious CGI movies are this one and the two Final Fantasy movies (Advent Children will be released in september). where are you, america? "GOOD ACTION DVD"A GREAT CGI ACTION DVD MOVIE BUT KNOW NUDITY FOR A (R)RATED ACTION PACK FLIC . |
