Review of Jellyfish Eyes (2013) by Jenna I — 16 Jul 2015

One of the worst films! I say this as somebody who both loves Murakami's art and tv shows like Pokemon or Digimon- this is a disservice to both. The problem with this movie is how conformist it is- it's exactly a bad made-for-tv quality live-action anime movie.

I don't know why that surprises me, because quite honestly what I love about Murakami is his conformism and capitalism. Yet the best part about Murakami's art to me is when he both conforms but undermines- that subtle dig on the emptiness and hollowness that comes with the cute images and the designer bags; the horror that peaks through when you're surrounded by thousands of dead technicolor eyes staring at you in a room.

I'd sum up Murakami's art as "the cuteness of a nuclear meltdown." This movie, unfortunately, is just bland and run of the mill- there's just surface.