Review of Ghost in the Shell (2017) by Graileon — 31 Mar 2017

Where to start? Lets start with the VERY FEW good things. The movie is pretty. The Effects and Scenes are fantastic visually. That's about it for the GOOD. As a hardcore Ghost in the Shell Fan, I am horrendously appalled with this being called Ghost in the Shell.

There are clear MOMENTS where they seem to follow the story but they failed at trying to follow any bit of the Original Story. The notable scenes that scream to GitS fans are from all manner of points within the history of the Anime/Manga and not one full coherent story arc.

Hollywood yet again takes liberties in the story to add elements that aren't even supposed to be there to try to justify how they wrote this monumental failure. I refuse to put in spoilers but it is obvious that this is more of Futuristic Cyberpunk Movie based loosely on Ghost in the Shell, for the general consumer with little to no knowledge of the Manga/Anime.

This film would have been something decent had the character names been changed and been named something else entirely. If you are going to make a Ghost in the Shell movie, make one with one of the ample story lines available and stick to it.

I won't even touch the casting or character portrayals in this film because the casting is mired in controversy that I want no part of and the Portrayals, while not necessarily on point, they weren't as bad as they could have been.

Overall, if you don't know and or care about Ghost in the Shell pre-Hollywood movie you might love and enjoy this, but for any real GitS fans out there this is a bitter disappointment that reeks of a failure that will devastate any hopes we have for a real Ghost in the Shell live action ever to come into existence.