Steamboy General Discussion

Jan 8, 2009 7:10 PM

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This movie is just (excuse the pun) a steam ball full of non stop steampunk action fun! It's a must watch.

8 points of self propelled points out of 10.

Apr 22, 2010 10:12 AM

Shiro-Ari

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Maaan, whats wrong here, this movie should be in the Top 30, and becouse of some retarded dude that give it rating 2 its average gone down a lot, i mean WTF!! all the other reviews are 7 at least and becouse of that person it went down so much!.

Apr 22, 2010 10:25 AM

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Shiro-Ari said:
Maaan, whats wrong here, this movie should be in the Top 30, and becouse of some retarded dude that give it rating 2 its average gone down a lot, i mean WTF!! all the other reviews are 7 at least and because of that person it went down so much!.

It doesn't have to do with the people who rated it two, it's most because it didn't get as many tens as anything that's in the top 30. Plus I feel that this anime is a little underrated. It should be lucky if it ever gets to the top 100. But there is other anime out in the top 30 that is really good and I'm sorry Steamboy, you'll never pass Gundam Unicorn at number 30... Still Patrick Stewart, FUCK YEAH.

Jul 18, 2016 2:45 AM

Wiziliz

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Very boring so far, I'm around 3/5 into the film. It's a shame as I absolutely love Akira.

Feb 15, 2017 12:19 PM

tonys

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What is the purpose of the pack on Steamboy's back and that bottle around his waist?
I trying to understand why he even put it on.

Feb 1, 2019 7:03 AM

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The art, animation, production quality, design etc holds up well even 15 years after its release, and in many aspects the writing is strong- It's well paced, fast and exciting yet easy to follow. It has that epic, exciting feel through-out and a huge % of screentime is big, epic, 'sakuga' moments.

But like people keep saying "something is missing". IMO Steamboy is kind of thematically screwy. Some films can pull off that "theres no real bad guy" stuff, but Steamoy doesn't manage that- instead of making both the father and grandfather seem like noble, well intended men who end up doing bad stuff,the story makes them both look like assholes- The father aligns himself with amoral, profiteering militarists, and the grandfather is some weird crazed psuedo-commie, with a fixation with pointless children's toys.

Was Otomo trying to do some kind of cautionary tale about the dangers of tech? Or the opposite- a story about science being humanity's saviour? Anti-capitalist? Anti-socialist? Fuck knows- kinda seems like he was trying to do both at once.

And far too many of the characters in Steamboy were grating and annoying- the preachy, infantile grandfather who thinks he's justified telling the MC his father is dead because "he's dead to me because we had a difference of opinion", the equally preachy, robot-like father who is morally indifferent as long as his projects get funded, the spoilt brat of a girl who's meant to be a kinda-sorta love interest. Even the MC is poorly written- he isn't *that* grating, but he's generic as hell, undergoes zero developement, and generally seems soul-less and empty.

I feel like Steamboy came really close to being an amazing classic, but was really let down by it's writing in a few key areas, where it failed dismally.

I'd still give it a solid 8/10, but it's a good example of how a film can excel in some areas (say animation or design or pacing), but if that high quality isn't consistent across the board, it can ruin the whole film.

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