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I *liked* it! Remember this for future reference Goatboy et al. You can add it to the list of Robert Rankin, Final Fantasy VII and Led Zeppelin.
Anyway, for some reason they decided to show the film today a few weeks after release. And it was on the premier screen. Which is r0x0ring to say the least. The seats are actually normal, non-folding ones, and there was more legroom than a normal screen when the seats are folded. And the drinks holders were better. And there was a little table on the end of each row. And it was really small, and two tiered. And there were three people in there, one being the person I went with. And and and...
The film was excellent, but completely bonkers and a lot....most of it didn't make sense, but to be honest it wouldn't be a good anime if it did. And if that's not enough it's got Tara Strong, voice of Rikku in FFX, the guy who did Colonel Campbell in MGS (who more than likely has a name, but if he has I can't remember it), and John Ratzenberger, Cliff in Cheers and seems to have been in most Pixar films, all voice acting. Yep. So watch it. And not as in "so watch it or I'll duff you up".
Anyway, for some reason they decided to show the film today a few weeks after release. And it was on the premier screen. Which is r0x0ring to say the least. The seats are actually normal, non-folding ones, and there was more legroom than a normal screen when the seats are folded. And the drinks holders were better. And there was a little table on the end of each row. And it was really small, and two tiered. And there were three people in there, one being the person I went with. And and and...
The film was excellent, but completely bonkers and a lot....most of it didn't make sense, but to be honest it wouldn't be a good anime if it did. And if that's not enough it's got Tara Strong, voice of Rikku in FFX, the guy who did Colonel Campbell in MGS (who more than likely has a name, but if he has I can't remember it), and John Ratzenberger, Cliff in Cheers and seems to have been in most Pixar films, all voice acting. Yep. So watch it. And not as in "so watch it or I'll duff you up".
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I *liked* it! Remember this for future reference Goatboy et al. You can add it to the list of Robert Rankin, Final Fantasy VII and Led Zeppelin.
Anyway, for some reason they decided to show the film today a few weeks after release. And it was on the premier screen. Which is r0x0ring to say the least. The seats are actually normal, non-folding ones, and there was more legroom than a normal screen when the seats are folded. And the drinks holders were better. And there was a little table on the end of each row. And it was really small, and two tiered. And there were three people in there, one being the person I went with. And and and...
The film was excellent, but completely bonkers and a lot....most of it didn't make sense, but to be honest it wouldn't be a good anime if it did. And if that's not enough it's got Tara Strong, voice of Rikku in FFX, the guy who did Colonel Campbell in MGS (who more than likely has a name, but if he has I can't remember it), and John Ratzenberger, Cliff in Cheers and seems to have been in most Pixar films, all voice acting. Yep. So watch it. And not as in "so watch it or I'll duff you up".
Anyway, for some reason they decided to show the film today a few weeks after release. And it was on the premier screen. Which is r0x0ring to say the least. The seats are actually normal, non-folding ones, and there was more legroom than a normal screen when the seats are folded. And the drinks holders were better. And there was a little table on the end of each row. And it was really small, and two tiered. And there were three people in there, one being the person I went with. And and and...
The film was excellent, but completely bonkers and a lot....most of it didn't make sense, but to be honest it wouldn't be a good anime if it did. And if that's not enough it's got Tara Strong, voice of Rikku in FFX, the guy who did Colonel Campbell in MGS (who more than likely has a name, but if he has I can't remember it), and John Ratzenberger, Cliff in Cheers and seems to have been in most Pixar films, all voice acting. Yep. So watch it. And not as in "so watch it or I'll duff you up".
Yeah i'm considering watching this when its on DVD.
Non of ma mates are really interested in Anime so its pointless asking them. We're going to see Cabin Fever on saturday though.
Non of ma mates are really interested in Anime so its pointless asking them. We're going to see Cabin Fever on saturday though.
Cabin Fever saturday
Finding Nemo sunday...
Can you feel the ever approaching pressence of Kill Bill...
I think you can. Listen carefully.
Finding Nemo sunday...
Can you feel the ever approaching pressence of Kill Bill...
I think you can. Listen carefully.
Saw Spirited Away too, very very good indeed, although the plot was changed slightly from the Japanese version I saw a few months ago.
Looking forward to Kill Bill as well..
Looking forward to Kill Bill as well..
Seeing in Traditional japanese is alot better.
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gamezfreak wrote:
> Yeah i'm considering watching this when its on DVD.
The US dvd has been out for some considerable time now, and is most likely fairly cheap from various places (provided you have a multi-region player that is).
Excellent film.
> Yeah i'm considering watching this when its on DVD.
The US dvd has been out for some considerable time now, and is most likely fairly cheap from various places (provided you have a multi-region player that is).
Excellent film.
I can't. I just can't.
Anime makes me bored the moment it starts, I just don't like cartoons anymore.
It may be well written, it may interesting but anime/manga/japanimation just bores me stupid no matter how much I try and kid myself otherwise.
Anime makes me bored the moment it starts, I just don't like cartoons anymore.
It may be well written, it may interesting but anime/manga/japanimation just bores me stupid no matter how much I try and kid myself otherwise.
But your old mucker Quentin Tarantino loves it.
I think the reason why modern anime would never totally catch on in this country is what has gone before. We've had the ultra violent nature of it shown off with early UK releases like Akira and Ninja Scroll etc, those early releases set the standard of people's expectations, shoe-horning the entire genre into the sort of underground culture we see today by marketing itself rather poorly, despite there being many accesible titles available too.
Then we had the Pokemon craze, where all anime was seen as this kind of hyperactive junk brainwashing children and giving them convulsions because it's so crazy.
My dad doesn't like anime either, but he tends to group the entire industry in one specific thing: "just cartoons".
To the untrained eye, they are cartoons. Many of them have nothing to say, many are crazy or highly sensationalist, but there are also some amazing things out there, things with real stories, characters, amazing action or deep meanings.
They have as much merit as any normal films, they just happen to be animated. That's what I tell my dad, but he doesn't seem to care. He doesn't care for martial arts films either.
I wouldn't push someone to begin taking an interest in anime, but if they were only to try the better examples of the genre, they might think "hey, this old crap is actually pretty good."
I think the reason why modern anime would never totally catch on in this country is what has gone before. We've had the ultra violent nature of it shown off with early UK releases like Akira and Ninja Scroll etc, those early releases set the standard of people's expectations, shoe-horning the entire genre into the sort of underground culture we see today by marketing itself rather poorly, despite there being many accesible titles available too.
Then we had the Pokemon craze, where all anime was seen as this kind of hyperactive junk brainwashing children and giving them convulsions because it's so crazy.
My dad doesn't like anime either, but he tends to group the entire industry in one specific thing: "just cartoons".
To the untrained eye, they are cartoons. Many of them have nothing to say, many are crazy or highly sensationalist, but there are also some amazing things out there, things with real stories, characters, amazing action or deep meanings.
They have as much merit as any normal films, they just happen to be animated. That's what I tell my dad, but he doesn't seem to care. He doesn't care for martial arts films either.
I wouldn't push someone to begin taking an interest in anime, but if they were only to try the better examples of the genre, they might think "hey, this old crap is actually pretty good."
But I don't say it's crap, I say I don't enjoy it.
I've tried watching it time and time again, with a mate that is obsessed with it and I just think "I don't care, I really don't care" and end up reading a magazine until he turns it off.
I just don't enjoy it, it doesn't work for me.
I've tried watching it time and time again, with a mate that is obsessed with it and I just think "I don't care, I really don't care" and end up reading a magazine until he turns it off.
I just don't enjoy it, it doesn't work for me.
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