Ghost in the Shell

when it comes to cinematography ghost in the shell is by far the best in some time, but story and acting wise it leaves a lot to desire. the story is shallow and has plot holes the size of grand canyon. i know you can fit just so much in one and three-quarter hours, but this is ridiculous. i have no idea how someone that isn't aware of the universe from before has a snowball's chance in hell to make sense of this. and to add insult to injury, there's so little character development that you barely care for the major let alone the supporting cast. when it comes to the acting, scarlett read more

such a shame. i can't say i had high hopes but i did have some hope that this would be good.  visually it's beautiful and fairly faithful to the 1995 anime. there's numerous shots that are a perfect recreation of the originals but they just made it even more apparent that i was watching a lesser movie. scarlett johansson was on good form and clearly put a lot of effort in but sadly it was got naught read more

i didn't think this was bad and seeing a live-action adaptation of a 90's cyberpunk anime in the theater feels like i jumped into some kinda alternate timeline universe where someone made a period piece about a reality that never was anddddd that's sorta cool? is cyberpunk back??? anyway there's really no reason for this to exist aside from oh yeah no one wants to give money to 2d animation (let alone re-release something that still holds up) even though as opposed to cg graphics: it never ages. visuals aside it's a ghost-less copy of the original, that in a mind-boggling move added an actual... read more