Ghost in the shell the live-action movie!
I just saw the movie tonight so here's
my review and thoughts on this
live-action Hollywood version of it. So
going into this movie we have the
Dragonball Evolution in the back of our
minds. Like that piece of crap this one
also has the whitewashing controversy
going in. Right now this movie is also
sitting at about fifty percent on rotten
tomatoes but how did I feel about this?
Let me go ahead and first give you my
background on the Ghost in the Shell
series. I did grow up watching the Ghost
in the Shell Stand Alone Complex anime
series. It's definitely a series I really
like so I did have that comparison in
mind going into this. Plus I did
read some of the original manga in the
past but at this point it must have been
a decade ago. Just note that I have not
seen the original Ghost in the Shell
movie and I chose not to before seeing
this. Now here's my top three best and
worst things in this Ghost in the Shell
movie. This is spoiler-free. Sorry but let
me begin with the worst things. Number
one, the story. I really think they could
have done a much better job here. For a
lot of the movie it felt like they did
the bare minimum for the story beats.
This includes a lot of the character
interaction. We could have spent more
time fleshing out some of the characters
and their motivations. At other times it
also felt like the movie was just
dragging on. This movie isn't even that
long anyway. It's under two hours. I feel
that part of this was just a pacing
issue. Combine that with the fact that a
lot of ideas in this movie are things
you've already seen done and that's
unfortunate. Maybe if this movie had come
out a decade or two ago it would have
been better. Oh wait. It kind of did.
Second worst thing sorry but cheating with
two characters the villain and plus one
more. I'm not going to get into spoilers
here but the enemy reminded me of a
Marvel villain. Completely forgettable.
And then we have Aramaki. The actor
that they got to play Aramaki in
this version did not work for me at all.
This dude just looks too old. It
seemed like this Aramaki was falling
asleep or it's about a fall over any
moment. I just couldn't imagine this
Aramaki putting its fist down and
commanding his team. The final worst thing.
The action scenes.
I was honestly really disappointed by
this. I did think that we're going to
take advantage of the fact that the
major is a cyborg to show more amazing
fight scenes but no if you're expecting
this to you're going to also get burnt
just like I did. I even think all the
best shots were given away in the
trailers anyway. Anything that we do see
here is nothing that we haven't already
seen before. The fact that we have
Scarlet Johansson as the Major also
doesn't help. You're definitely going to
find yourself comparing her to action
scenes from Black Widow. Maybe it's not
fair to compare her to the Marvel stuff
but honestly even the Lucy movie that
she was in had much better action
scenes. Now let's talk about best things
in this ghost in the shell movie. For
one Scarlett Johansson as the major.
We have to admit it we got this hot
amazing actors here and she just looked
freaking awesome as a Major. acting wise
it's no surprise that her scenes came
off pretty believable even if I did
mention that action scenes were kind of
men at least we didn't get a kick-ass
major for whatever fight scenes we did
get number two Bato yes freaking bottom
I was surprised at how will it look
actually worked in live action the actor
that played bato also did an excellent
job in in bringing his character to life
part of it was just his natural charm I
even left this movie wishing we got more
screen time from him who knows maybe for
the sequel number three I just love the
visual that we got for this world of
ghost in the shell it is supposed to be
this somewhat rundown but high-tech
futuristic Japan although I do wish we
got more of it but this movie somehow it
does get a steep cool it'd be nice to
explore some more areas around the city
now let me touch on this whole
whitewashing controversy regarding this
ghost in the shell movie whether you're
against the change or fine with it I
think both sides have valid points it's
not exactly a black-and-white issue with
this movie the story we get here for
both in the show actually gives us a
very good explanation for why the majors
portrayed by a white actress we even see
how this is used to make some other
reveals later on that much more damning
it is also true that this high budget
100million plus movie might never have
been a without of big-name line
Carla Johansson attached I really did
like starlett Johansson in the row as a
major but that being said it didn't feel
like she did anything that another
actress couldn't have done notably an
actual Japanese actress so coming down
to Scarlett Johansson bringing her huge
10 name and also in a way her body to
the question of it to you is would you
rather this movie possibly never have
been made at all instead of what we got
at the cost of changing up one character
in a way that naturally works with the
story this high-budget movie was
actually made possible now should you
see this movie in theaters or even at
all I do the Amanar if you've seen any
other ghost in the shell anime series
this movie is worth checking out at some
point whether it's worth checking out in
theaters is a different story if this
sounds like you and you're on the fence
definitely check this out whenever is
cheapest just be sure to bring some
coffee or some other type of energy
drink before going in as for anyone else
honestly I don't see this being a very
welcoming movie for newcomers to this
series unless you're fairly need to move
is in general I don't think most people
want joyless I mean I'm someone who's
familiar with the source material and I
was almost falling asleep at some points
that's really unfortunate too there are
some good parts but good all over this
movie but it just doesn't come together
to become a good movie at the very end I
was hoping that just maybe this version
was a huge actress like Scarlett
Johansson could have been a turning
point for enemy and live action movies
we're just like for video game movies
we're just gonna have to keep on waiting
anyway have you gotten a chance to check
out this movie what did you think of how
this live-action take turned out did you
love it or hate it also was a white
controversy an issue for you did it keep
you from seeing the movie however you
thought about it post your thoughts down
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