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| Millennium Actress was more of an animator's playground than anything else, and even then failed to impress. The story lacked direction and winded in a sappy mess. The Japanese love to drive their characters to madness via brief childhood love, and this film is no exception. Forrest Gump does this concept right. And it's actually funny. |
| Well... If I would write a review of this movie I would write one sentence and it would be: It was so amazing it broke my heart. And one sentence can't be a review. I loved the story because this kind of love is difficult to accept. You would be called stupid and a madman if you loved in that kind of way. But I think it is noble to love so free and fully. Even if it's an illusion. I loved the storyline. The mix of scenes like they were from here movie scenes. You could interpret it like her reincarnation over and over again, born again and loving him again, never catching him. You can interpret everything just by pure coincidents. The main thing that is amazing is that the jumps in betwen the sceenes doesn't hurt the main thread. I cried when the director told that the man died ages ago and she was chasing and illusion. But that is the real life and human brains which creates an image only able to be seen to one and only person. No matter what. This movie is amazing and I am chasing something similar to it everytime I am loged up here. :D I am happy I stumbled over this, it cleansed me. :) |
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| It was alright at first but I started losing interest as it went on. I liked the line she said at the end though, about loving the chase. |
| I wasn't paying much attention to it XD so I was inevitably wtf'ed near the end it got a bit clearer and the ending was quite sad animation was okay nothing special and the sound was good overall 7/10 |
| "Where will a newborn go from here? The net is vast and infinite" - Motoko Kusanagi |
| Maybe I'm overreacting. The first time I saw this movie was two years ago, and up until now I still think it's the best movie I've ever seen. No, not just as an anime movie. |
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| I love this movie. Such great story telling and a heart warming plot. Forgive me for sounding poetic but a woman's love knows no bounds. |
| I enjoyed it a hole lot maybe one of his best. Great move 9/10 |
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| That was a great movie! I watched Paprika first and the style is great, Most of the movie I couldn't tell if some of the parts were from reality or from the movies. One of the best movies i've seen. |
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hellogoodbye said: Millennium Actress was more of an animator's playground than anything else, and even then failed to impress. The story lacked direction and winded in a sappy mess. The Japanese love to drive their characters to madness via brief childhood love, and this film is no exception. Forrest Gump does this concept right. And it's actually funny. Come off it; the story totally had direction. And fuck your complaints, the animation was glorious |
Slurpentine said: Come off it; the story totally had direction. And fuck your complaints, the animation was glorious Totally Agree The film was completely linear. I didn't lose pace but found myself understanding more about it. I loved how the prologue ran into the whole story telling aspect. You saw her life in 3 minutes, then again explained in detail. My only real quip was that they didn't bring the earthquake motif full circle, or tie it to a certain story element. It felt like it was just thrown in for dramatic effect. 9/10 for the moment, I may knock it down to 8/10: The method used to tell the story was awesome, the animation style is my favorite (similar to Jin-roh circa 2000), music was noticeable and proper, but the story wasn't very long as it took a great amount of effort to cover a short period of time. It tugged at my emotions but I never really felt connected to the characters, I had a sense of watching a movie. |
| Superb story telling. Really enjoyed this movie, even with its flaws. It gets a solid 8/10 from me. Going to download the OST right this instant. Loved the music. |
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| There are almost no downsides that you can easily point out about this 'work of art'. The only thing i noticed (or didn't), was the soundtrack. I'm not sure if i played too much attention to the plot and everything that was happening so fast, and probably missed the OST. 9.8/10 (because of the OST, that wasn't quite outstanding, maybe that was the goal, Satoshi Kon probably wanted to keep us focused on the story rather than the sound). I admit it, i shed few tears at the ends :S |
| Its a masterpiece... im going to hunt all his works... dammm he was so **ng good. Everything is perfect, nothing was there for no reason, everything was connected, well paced, and necessary to describe all about her life. And there's some comedy in a movie like this? god... this is wonderful. |
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| Holy crap this movie was amazing. I'd expect no less from a Satoshi Kon film. At first I was wondering why this movie wasn't tripping out...but then it did, and I loved it. |
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| a masterpiece, truly a masterpiece... love it from beginning till the end~ |
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| G-R-E-A-T M-O-V-I-E I loved it!! It was great, with action, laughs and drama. FABULOUS FILM, I LOVE ;3 |
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| RIP Satoshi Kon. Very unique, enjoyable, and unforgettable movie. |
| ''After all, its the chasing after him that I really love.'' Wow. I Loved how they ended the anime with this line. Apart from the plot being a bit boring at times, It was truly an astonishing anime with a unique way of storytelling. I think we all can relate to Chiyoko to a certain extent about that it's the chasing after something that matters, i'ts not always about getting there. And that definitely doesn't have to be about a person you love, it could be applied to a dream or a passion anything.. 9/10 |
K0S-M0S said: It was the chase she loved. WIN EPIC WIN,Best movie by satoshi kon for me.Ending made it worth for me. |
| This was such a good movie. I went into it expecting the typical high quality of a Satoshi Kon film, but this might be his best piece. It's a real shame that such a masterful creator is no longer with us. |
| This is an incredible movie and I'm glad to be surprised once again by this anime world. |
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| I like movies about.. movies. And Satoshi Kon is good for that. But it's more, of course. The whole is more bitter than sweet for me, since I don't like the chase... |
Hell is empty and all the devils are here. |
| I never thought I'd ever rate anything a 10 ever again... But wow, I really have to now. It's no exaggeration when I say that was the best movie I've ever seen. |
| Other than Perfect Blue, this is the only other Satoshi Kon work I've seen. The story was presented well and the cinematography was fantastic. A work of art with a strong underlying message. My favourite anime movie along with Princess Mononoke. 9/10 |
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| Finally got around to seeing this. Loved it! Really unique storytelling and a touching conclusion. Aside from that though I'd just like to comment how I think this is one of the best combinations of music, animation and art I've ever seen. In particular there is something I find very beautiful and even soothing about the color palette of this film. It can be compared to Ghibli films in the quality of these 3 elements however Millennium Actress's art and color palette has never been replicated by anything else I've ever seen. |
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| It's hard to tell what kind of movie it'll be just by looking at it's title "Millennium Actress" Having seen Tokyo Godfather & Paprika before I recognized the style right away and the story telling kept intriguing me It was both about chasing/finding a cause I wish this kind of animation style would be around and brushed up a little It still looks good despite being over 12 years old itsvero said: RIP Satoshi Kon. Very unique, enjoyable, and unforgettable movie. Seen a few more quotes about him here and I didn't knew it, RIP Satoshi Kon. That's so sad, I hope some of his apprentices could do produce something a like Time to check out "Perfect Blue" sometime Offtopic: The key is interesting, now Attack of Titans is airing with the same item The Author must have seen this movie before |
| 10/10 |
| [25/04/14 4:04:39 PM] Skitzo: doujins have deep psychological undertones about the sexual intrigue of human behavior |
| The earthquakes did have a point, she was born in one, and she died in one. That's why she thought she was in the spaceship when she was dying. |
| Does anyone know if any sub groups are currently working on the BD release? |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
| Whoa okay. What an ending... Loving all of Satoshi Kon's works so far. Next up will be Paprika (I've seen this and Perf Blue) Man...That was sad. And kind of mindfcking LOL So many "era jumps" in this movie. xD It was fun though. Definitely goes into my list of favourite anime movies. Gonna say a 9/10 |
| holy shit 10/10 absolutely brilliant creative, mindfuck storytelling Didn't mind the sad/bittersweet ending at all. So the old witch/hag was actually a projection of herself...... The hag says she loves her and hates her more than she can bear. It all makes sense in the end. Her love is for her youth that she clings on to by chasing the man she once met, but her hate is the reality of her aging and inability to let go of the shadow of a memory. |
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| This film was SO moving. It left me without words. |
| "Me ni wa me wo, ha ni wa ha wo, aku ni wa aku wo." |
| This is my third Kon film and definitely my least favorite so far. To me it seemed nothing more than a plotless romp with your typical childhood promise love story behind it that only tried to be different through the direction. I don't see what everyone says is so good about it. |
| Another page to the history of the Fujaku. |
| when i first watched it a few years ago i found this movie to be great and i liked the lovestory, but after rewatching it i think this movie has a very wrong moral message. This movie could have been very great if she said something at the end like :" all my life i have waited for this one man and focused so hard that everyone realy caring for me became unnoticed. I lived a very sad life and never expirienced love......" But no what we got here is old woman who couldnt face reality and remaind in her little girl fantasies. it kinda resembles the wishfullfilling idea, shown in many anime that the woman will wait for you as long as it takes, just because you are so special. Its bullshit and only for people who doesnt know how humans are. Besides that is the lovestory very Very retarded. I mean: what does she know about this one guy: he ran into her, said he is making pictures (which she never have seen) and talked about some snowy country where he wanted to go, despite the fact being chased by the police and used HER place as a shelter. After that he is never shown to give a shit about her. The painting on the wall is probably not even from him. I mean yeah, as a young girl she can fall in love with him because he looks cool or some shit like that. She is in puberty, so... but when she grows up she should become an adult.. i mean thats reality. And the idea that the policemen comes after the war to apologize is retarded as well. What did he do wrong? He imprisond some criminals and tortured them when they didnt want to talk. That were probably normal methodes back then. After all they were CRIMINALS. So overall it was a nice movie, nice artstyle and soundtrack, nice execution and quite interesting story, but the moral of the story was so freaking wrong and the love-subplot was utterly retarded |
| Loved the style and surrealism. Definitely my favourite Satokon film. |
| Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon! |
| Boring, elitist crap. The 'plot twist' at the end was just plain stupid. The art was so poor even for 2001, wtf Madhouse. The way of storytelling didn't appeal me completely. 1/10 |
| 8/10 This was very enjoyable story telling |
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| Good movie! Very much a Satoshi Kon kinda movie. Unique way of telling the story.. I loved seeing all the different time periods shown |
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| very unique method of story telling, i like how she acted through a "millennium" through her films. Satoshi Kon is a brilliant man |
| Beautiful for the eye, beautiful for the ear, beautiful for the heart. Who's to judge what the shape of real love is? She may have never felt love for that mysterious person directly. Maybe it was just her love for life. Her inspiration. Her shadow. And yes, the storytelling was very effective. |
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| It was really boring 5/10 |
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