Review of Ghost in the Shell (2017) by Herrkapitan9 — 16 Apr 2017

I was soooooo exited for this movie, I was really glad hollywood studios looked for an anime story to make a movie and I hope the continue to do so, they are so many masterpieces there. Yet something quite don't go as I was expecting with this one, here are my points.

1- Concept and Visuals, they are **** incredible!!! the level of artwork and concept is sublime! I loved the work, the clothes and also all those little things, like the noodles in a plastic bag I never new I need it or the bubble digital media headset that busy people watch as they walk in the streets. In this regard I think is a solid 10! Btw check the work of Maciej Kuciara. Damn Good!

2- Characters, In this regard I think its a little mixed, I like the concept of this japanese weird excentric boss in section 9 and I like Scarlett as Mayor, but most of the time they felt flat as the rest of the characters, there is not much development in their persons, so its not possible to have much sympathy with any of the characters, Plus the evil guys are not very convincing in their goals. Yet I loveeeed these cyber yakusa gang, though I think that goes more in the concept area.

Story/ Plot, this is the weakest part of the movie and its weird that in its run time a compelling story cannot be told properly, there is never a genuine threat and it feels so isolated from the beautiful world they created (which is a shame, its truly awesome). Way to many things fell exactly where they supposed to and so many things are too convenient to the story that it pulls you out of the story for the obviousness of it :/ In the end they do explain why the main character is not asian, and its a clever way in my opinion (yet I don't care about that particular situation) The movie as a whole is a beautiful eye candy that when it starts to taste good it never deliver that last flavour and then it ends. Hope they make good, next time.

And yeah Scarlett s hot as hell.