Review of Ghost in the Shell (2017) by Henrik P — 25 May 2017

Another bad anime-adaptation. Sad, because for once they got the visuals down to a point; the story, however, is ridiculously dumbed down, simple, and quite frankly an insult to the complex themes present in the original.

Sure, it works as an action flick, the same way you can make a Schindlers List-remake would work as an action flick. It doesn't mean you should.

This is basically the problem with all anime-adaptations nowadays. Lack of respect for the source material. Imagine all media treated equally, would you believe someone could succesfully remake The Godfather, The Usual Suspects, Star Wars, and the aforementioned Schindlers List? No, you wouldn't. So why do directors and producers think they can manage exactly that when it comes to anime? I wonder when they are going to slaughter Ghibli-films, making a search-for-identity film out of Ponyo, or an Avatar 3 out of Mononoke.

It's a damn shame, I had my hopes up for this one, but save for a few moments where they actually recreated some iconic scenes, this movie is a condescending mess.