Archive for April 29th, 2005
2005.04.29
Casshern
CasshernOver a year ago on OOKEE.com I linked to the trailer for a Japanese movie called Casshern (official movie website here). A few weekends ago I was at Amoeba in the Haight and saw it on DVD and picked it up. My typical worry of reality not meeting up to expectation went into effect, but I have to say that even if only the effects were good I’d probably enjoy the film.
My initial impression was that the visuals were completely amazing and the story was merely OK. Now that I’ve slept on it, though, I think the story was pretty good, just perhaps a bit too subtle for my generally American sensibilities. I’ll have to watch it a second time to appreciate what I am now piecing together. WARNING: the rest contains some spoilers which might still be useful for understanding what is going on if you watch the film.
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