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| I could not finish this movie. The entire story was driven by talk talk talk. I felt like every plot point was stuffed into Asuma's mouth and regurgitated to the audience. I don't want to hear about the current mystery - I want to see it! Oshii fans might recognize those long-drawn scenes showing off the cityscape and environment. But they fail to establish any kind of atmosphere. It worked in GitS and Jin-Roh as these were set in exotic, futuristic worlds. The world of Patlabor feels empty in comparison. If you want my opinion, I say skip this and go for one of Oshii's later and more matured works. |
| I finaly watch these movie today Wow one of the best anime movies ever good action and good story i love that all characters have they moment to shin , at the end it not one hero who save the day, but team work of police men and women who want to do they job |
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| I loved it, seriously. Intelligent, fun, and ingenious. I didn't expect anything good going in, but that was great! AND THERE'S MORE. YES. |
| Hey look! It's Ghost In The Shell before it was Ghost In The Shell! And it's just about everything right with Oshii Mamoru. That was some GREAT MOTHERFUCKING SHIT MAN I ALMOST WANT TO RATE IT HIGHER THAN GHOST IN THE SHELL 1995 |
| Great movie! I would've given it a 10/10, but a few of the scenes were a little too drawn out. The mystery in the story was fantastic, and way ahead of it's time. This is true sci-fi at it's best. The direction was almost perfect if not for the drag in a few places. Oshii is really becoming one of my favorites. The animation was some of the best I've seen from the 80s. But imo the character designs from the OVA are better. This was more realistic, but I really like the cartoonier look. Especially Noa, Asuma, and Clancy. They just looked a lot more flat in this. Also, needz moar Hiromi-chan! |
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| Great movie,I guess I'm used to Oshii Mamoru's way of presentation by now. You really see the roots for later,more popular titles, in here. Always amazes me how well most Production I.G movies age. |
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| I liked the vibe, style, and visuals. Also, the storytelling was better than in the serious arcs of the tv series. Still, the story itself was pretty bland and didn't make that much of an impression. |
| I enjoyed this even more than I thought I would. I originally taped this off my TV back in the late 90s when I was roughly 10 or 11 years old, but it'd been so long since I watched it, that I couldn't remember anything about it. Perhaps at that age, it wasn't able to keep my attention. So now that I'm older, I gave it another shot, and loved it. Watching them figure out the problem with HOS was fascinating, and I was thoroughly entertained throughout. The English dub was pretty good as well. |
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| With all the reading I had to do for this movie, I sure wish there was a dub available to watch. Oh well, I caught what most of it was about. It was very good. I must really praise the arrwork and animation though. The backgrounds were extremely detailed and masterful and the animation was perfect. This movie has some of the best aesthetics I've ever seen in animation. 8/10. Almost perfect, but too much reading. |
almozayaf said: I think that was one good thing about it, they've even asked helped from MIT and they've cracked HOS's encryption for them to expose the viral payload.at the end it not one hero who save the day, but team work of police men and women who want to do they job "gouge" actually, and yeah I was totally thinking the same thing. ^_^ "use god as a failsafe." lol. Bit confusing what this 4th option was & what the politicians agreed with Goto, till they later showed it, good way of holding expectation & payoff. It was more like an excuse for public consumption. They were in a damned-if-you-do, damned-if-you-don't situation, invoking "act/s of God" clause as a reason for destroying/wrecking the Ark during the typhoon's landfall if it they couldn't turn up hard evidence of the dead guy's criminal intent later, blame the typhoon hence God (and I really liked it no matter how ludicrous and nonsensical it sounds). LOLI enjoyed it despite the long dialogues. 7/10 |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| Fantastic film. Amazing directing! A thrill to watch. Noa is the cutest. |
| I found this DVD among others in my house. Funny thing is that this was recommended from something else I watching through this site. The DVD version is dated but I was surprised. Very good overall. And I also have the second movie on DVD. It's a movie. Simple as that. Pretty damn good. Awesome music too. |
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| (sheesh, the sexual tension between Goto and Nagumo is even more obvious here than in the ova.) This was a completely fantastic movie, I loved everything about it, it built up beautifully, the music was amazing, the characters were fab. I'm now officially a hardcore fan of this series. 9/10 |
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| This film with today I have already seen three times, but every time it is always nice to see it again, because this film like many others of Oshii and others, are really well done. Here the story is interesting, but there are moments that make the atmosphere that is better for similar stories less heavy. The credit goes to the characters who participate actively in the events here, as if Oshii wanted to prepare the spectator for what will come in the next film, but without upsetting what the fans already know, but to give something that goes well beyond that seen in the TV series of Patlabor. Here lies his skill, in not boring the viewer despite the theme is more difficult than the lighter situations seen in the anime series. Excellent graphics, from the style of design similar to that of the anime and suitable for comic moments. The backgrounds are very beautiful and show an almost magical city, different from the usual cliches seen in the anime, even the robots are very well designed. The soundtrack is very catchy, the ending is very beautiful. A film that is not inferior to the second just because despite the serious argument, it can also be followed by non-connoisseurs, since the narrative can also carve out less serious moments during the story. 8.50/10 |
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terrablu2003 said: to give something that goes well beyond what was seen in the TV series of Patlabor. I just want to say that the movie was probably developed before the TV series. (nice opinion, you brought many good points here) @lihle808 If by "real protagonist" you mean a hero, the OAVs and this movie have none. Noa still serves as our eyes though. The second movie could be seen as having an heroine,k maybe a hero, but it doesn't feel quite right to say that since it's more a speech-focused fiction. @pvoberstein Hello. I hope you will get as much satisfaction with the 2nd Patlabor movie by Oshii, it's incredible. (Allow me to add that the pre-movies OAVs are a nice foundation for the movies' characters and world, each OAV good in its almost own way) FMmatron said: some who considered the amount words as overbearing. I wonder what they would have said for the 2nd movie ! (you forgot to mention Kawai's music, Oshii's "mise-en-scène", ... joking) |
Rei_IIIMar 10, 2019 11:40 PM
Rei366 said: terrablu2003 said: to give something that goes well beyond what was seen in the TV series of Patlabor. I just want to say that the movie was probably developed before the TV series. (nice opinion, you brought many good points here) Really? Happy to have discovered it, thank you very much, I'm always excited to discover the backstory that hide the anime series and the movies, do you know anything else about Patlabor? P.S. Thank you so much for the compliments you have made me, I always try to write comments that can enrich the discussions and at the same time discover new things, as I have done now here thanks to your help. PPS Sorry if I took so long to respond to your message, I was very busy at the beginning of April. |
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| That was a pretty bad ass by Noa to save Kanuka in the end. I thought this movie was good and story line About the hyper operating system was good too, and the character diversity made it hard to know who was the real protagonist of the show. But nevertheless it was great to watch and also the comedy was spot on too. 6/10. |
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| Imagine replying with "Combat" to a border officer as the visiting reason nowadays... |
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| That was a good movie, the first half was decent enough but once the mystery started to get solved and they had to take action it became quite an entertaining watch, Gotou is awesome. 7/10 from my part. |
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| Gripping plot, interesting dialogues and nice tone. Overall, I really enjoyed this movie and I can't share the opinion of some who considered the amount words as overbearing. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| Being a fan of the OVA I was very disappointed in this, the story was hard to follow, the pacing was frustratingly slow, and all the characters seemed completely devoid of the personality they had in the OVA. As another person in these comments somewhat said, the anime relied to much on dialog based plot dumps to move the plot along which resulted in a dull and tedious watch. |
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hellogoodbye said: I could not finish this movie. The entire story was driven by talk talk talk. I felt like every plot point was stuffed into Asuma's mouth and regurgitated to the audience. I don't want to hear about the current mystery - I want to see it! Oshii fans might recognize those long-drawn scenes showing off the cityscape and environment. But they fail to establish any kind of atmosphere. It worked in GitS and Jin-Roh as these were set in exotic, futuristic worlds. The world of Patlabor feels empty in comparison. If you want my opinion, I say skip this and go for one of Oshii's later and more matured works. While I agree with what you said about the anime it's self, I disagree with with your statement at the end, much of his earlier stuff is worth watching, don't judge just on one movie. |
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| I didn't have a problem following the story, but I was prepared to watch an Oshii movie and not a mindless action movie. The plot dumps were interesting maybe that's why they didn't pop out so much to me. It's kind of hard to SHOW things that a dead guy planned before he killed himself. I mean that's part of why they didn't have anything to convincing to show as proof of their theory in the first place. |
| I enjoyed most of the movie. What bothers though is the movation of the antagonist. Was he just a maniac obsessed with the old testament? And what exactly made him kill himself? |
| The pacing was very slow but the payoff was HUGE. I loved the ending. Yes it's heavy on dialogue but if you can get the gist of it and appreciate the story they're trying to tell you you should have no problem with such a detail-packed film, in fact it probably requires several viewings to truly appreciate. 9/10 |
| The pacing was too slow for my taste and the plot too exposition-heavy, i also think the characters are too devoid of any personality for me to care about anything that happens to them, the animation and the action scenes were great for a 1989 movie though, 7/10 |
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| I wonder if they used an actual fisheye lens to photograph the frame or drew it to make it look that way |
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Theo1899 said: I would say an actual lens judging by how they move from each when the lens is applied. It would be extremely difficult to draw.I wonder if they used an actual fisheye lens to photograph the frame or drew it to make it look that way |
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| Meh, it was just okay. Very predictable story elements of which I've seen dozens of times. As soon as learned the Labors were being installed with a new OS I knew what was going to happen. The ending was really abrupt. Animation quality was great. The characters were down to earth and believable, but kinda bland too. |
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LeninaIwakura said: epidemia78 said: Meh, it was just okay. Very predictable story elements of which I've seen dozens of times. As soon as learned the Labors were being installed with a new OS I knew what was going to happen. The ending was really abrupt. Animation quality was great. The characters were down to earth and believable, but kinda bland too. If you thought the characters here were bland just wait to see them in the second movie. Does that mean they become even more bland? |
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| @LeninaIwakura @epidemia78 Maybe they are simply professionals swayed by the events they're swimming in ? The films are about two very "serious" matters, the original OAVs had already taken the time to show off the characters character through daily "routine"/cases. June 18, 2020 @LeninaIwakura I see what you mean. I love the second film but I would have been personally displeased, had I made it from the OAVs directly into it. The first film was, to me, an excellent evolution from the prologue OAVs and a smooth transition toward the second film. Moreover, to associate the change in concept with a change in characters focus make it "believable", or at least I think keeping Izumi as the central character would have made the second film really jarring. |
Rei_IIIFeb 2, 2021 7:25 AM
| I enjoyed this movie. It's a decent continuation from the OVA series. Watching this movie blind without watching the OVA series is definitely going to leave you frustrated, especially since the characters are introduced there. I really liked the story. The slow pace did bore me at times, especially when the actual detectives were doing the work. It just felt like a lot boring scenery, even though it was probably to build up the villain's motivation for wrecking the development of Tokyo by contrasting it with the dumps he lived in. The characters were fine, very similar to how they were in the OVA, although I am disappointed that they didn't mention or even talk about the loose ends from the OVA two-parter arc. Overall 7/10. |
| It was a ok movie. I found it better than ova (more serious story focused rather than heavy comical tone as in ova). Though, I feel like OVAs are somewhat needed to appreciate this movie (to get general idea and feel about the characters. In the movie, character introductions are done poorly.) One of the thing movie was really lacking was the villan aspect. I feel like they could have developed the villan much better using flashback or something like that. His presence was very faint and he was not even shown in appearance. This made the movie less interesting. Overall, still it was engaging to watch. |
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| I didn't care about the dull and dragged out dialogue since this is the best I've seen from the series so far. And those scenes paneling through the run down outskirts of the city were easily my favorite parts of the movie, I've noticed Oshii is very artistic with that kinda thing like in Ghost in the shell too (and this movie's was just as good). Story wise this was more like a longer episode than it was a complete movie |
| Better than the OVA's but nothing special or new so far, things don't look so good going into Patlabor 2 "the masterpiece", that movie needs to raise the bar very high from what the OVA and this movie did, it's also time for somebody to die, a big structure got down and they all survived, the birds at the end were some weird stuff but ok, overall 3/10. |
| Changed my mind on this film after watching it after the OVAs. I enjoyed the movie much more when the characters were already established, it felt like an extended version of an OVA episode which I really liked. The final battle was really cool. But I think as a film it's pretty basic, though enjoyable. I feel like they could have put some sort of epilogue after the final battle. The movie just sort of ends. Oh and Kenji Kawai kicks ass. The film is scored beautifully. A solid 8/10 film IMO. It was a pleasure to not hate this film. |
zaitecDec 25, 2022 8:33 PM
| Lots of good things to say about the movie. I especially loved Kazuchika Kise's shadows here, they're unsettlingly realistic! Fun notice: Gotoh mentions the underground during the talk with the bosses and calls it "Geofront" Lessons from the movie: 1) Open the damn source codes so that everybody can check for backdoors! 2) "Just reinstall the OS" doesn't solve all the problems xD I don't understand people complaining about the movie being "exposition heavy". It's normal for "mystery" movies, right? And as for Oshii, he's often, though not always, like this (see Red Spectacles and Gosenzosama Banbanzai) P.S. On Kise's shadows, and many other things about the movie's production: https://animetudes.com/2022/04/15/mobile-police-patlabor-the-movie/ |
St0rmbladeJan 3, 2023 7:08 AM
| Just watched this movie. It was released 34 years ago... Well, it was enjoyable and the plot wasn't boring as some people here said. If anything, the conclusion felt quite sudden. However the movie in general js quite good. I am interested in the next parts of this series. 8/10 |
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| Continue my first time Patlabor journey. And i have to say i am really impressed, coming from the OVAs i feel this is where the main characters most shine. The background and chill scenes were top tier, i really like the final moments. The only thing i am a little disappoint if the things about the villain(?) were very open to interpretation until the end. I am not sure what i should get from his intentions in the end. 8.5/10 now for the famous second movie. |
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