I don't actually know what I really was expecting but after hearing so much positive things about 'Ghost in the Shell' I was really disappointed of what I finally saw.
The marriage of flesh, mind and machinery. Can the machine, or artificial intelligence become self aware? What makes humans human? Can a self aware entity become human if it can live, give birth and finally die like everyone else. These are the question and the holding theme of the movie. And it brings nothing new to these questions. Philosophical babble flings left and right among pretty imaginary yet I was left more bored than amused. I felt nothing for the characters, thus their existence became secondary for me.
'Ghost in the Shell' has a couple of effective and well directed scenes in it but overall, after considering all the great things said about it, I really couldn't see why this film has been chosen as a marker of sci-fi anime of this genre. Maybe people settle for lesser things than I've thought or maybe I'm not japanned enough... yet.
The marriage of flesh, mind and machinery. Can the machine, or artificial intelligence become self aware? What makes humans human? Can a self aware entity become human if it can live, give birth and finally die like everyone else. These are the question and the holding theme of the movie. And it brings nothing new to these questions. Philosophical babble flings left and right among pretty imaginary yet I was left more bored than amused. I felt nothing for the characters, thus their existence became secondary for me.
'Ghost in the Shell' has a couple of effective and well directed scenes in it but overall, after considering all the great things said about it, I really couldn't see why this film has been chosen as a marker of sci-fi anime of this genre. Maybe people settle for lesser things than I've thought or maybe I'm not japanned enough... yet.