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| I got around to rewatching this today, having remembered what a fantastic film it had been the first time around, as well as to show it to my brother. Right about the end, I realize that she has feelings for the fat guy and not the detective and marries him (presumably since her surname changes to his) instead of for the detective, who's literally more charismatic, interesting and a better fit for her. That definitely left a sour taste in my mouth I have to say lol, always thought she ended up with the detective. Anyone else think that was a weird choice to go with? Film went from a 9 to a 7.5 for me just cause of that. |
| I've been here way too long... |
| Love thisss! kinda lost track in the middle of the movie and khad to keep replaying some scene to understand what was going on, haha. but overall awesome! paprika best girl. |
| So my 1 major question is what is Paprika's backstory? I don't remember if the film ever stop to explain how Paprika came to be. I get that she's Atsuko's alter ego or something, but everybody is super causal about the fact that Atsuko has a split personality and it's never really explored, cause so many other plot threads are going on. |
| I dont remember when I first/last watched this, must have been ages ago. Amazing movie still. And how does it still look so good 15 years later? |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
| I've been planning to watch this movie quite some time ago but just couldn't get myself into doing it, I've finaly did it today tho. This is a pretty complex and unique film, truly something that you don't see very often specially in anime. The idea itself was executed damn nicely and Madhouse animation quality really delivered to the standarts. Paprika as a character is very likable and well developed in such a quick amount of time which is amazing. Overall it had a nice cast of characters but it still felt confusing to the very end. For me this film is truly good and provokes thinking in order to fully enjoy it as it was intended to. If I had to compare it to another work of Satoshi Kon's that I had seen before which is Perfect Blue, I'd say I enjoyed that film a little bit more than Paprika but overall the film really delivered nicely on its themes 8.3/10 |
| Theres no story, nothing is ever explained, even within the reality of the movie nothing makes sense and none of the characters are memorable/likeable except Paprika. Yes it has great animation and it seems that is enough to make most people like it but unfortunately not me. |
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| A mystery movie that is strangely good in its own unique way. I like how it showed how the result of the combo of dreams and technology in a very strange and unrealistic way. Very interesting that they used an obese anime character. Never seen that before. I felt it was strange, but I liked it. Very nice animation and plot and the character development were good too. |
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| An amazing visual experience. That's for sure. Story was also engaging enough except for the last few minutes featuring the final confrontation. The way in how it was solved felt kinda abrupt in my opinion. Also, don't misunderstand me but Chiba having romantic feelings for Tokita came so out of nowhere it sure ended up being the most WTF moment in the entire movie. |
| Bruh... what the hell did I just watch? I knew it was avant garde, but I didn't expect it to go this heavy. I was expecting it to be like When They Cry (another avant grade show), where it is confusing at first, but then gets more understandable the more you watch. rinirax said: Theres no story, nothing is ever explained, even within the reality of the movie nothing makes sense and none of the characters are memorable/likeable except Paprika. Yes it has great animation and it seems that is enough to make most people like it but unfortunately not me. Yeah, my thoughts exactly. This is my first Satoshi Kon movie. Not a good introduction to his works. Some shows can be confusing, yet enjoyable at the same time. I did not enjoy this movie one bit. I was never invested in its "story" or characters. You could say it's not my type of show, then again, what does this movie have to offer again? So how do I rate a movie I didn't enjoy which made no sense? Idk. For now, it gets below-average, a 4 out of 10.    |
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| This anime movie is not my cup of tea! I expect more from this, the only good part about this movie for me was that I kept looking forward to what the conclusion would be because it's such a mystery. In the end, it didn't live up to my expectations. |
 She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did! |
| The whole concept of the movie was cool and Kinda feel happy for Tokita and Chiba liking each other the animation style and visuals were also really good |
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| Watching this in 2022, this movie really aged well. it still looks really good after 16 YEARS.... Anime that inspired Inception. i can see it now. Blending Reality and Dreams, what an Crazy Experience for 1 hour and 30 mins. I love how Satoshi Kon put his previous movie in the ending scene. Now i have to watch all of that right? sadly it was the last film by the Legendary Satoshi Kon. RIP GOAT! Easy 9/10 |
davidyodo24Mar 29, 2022 5:56 PM
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| I am totally speechless 😶 This is a masterpiece 10/10 |
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| I have no words to describe the mind fuck i got after watching this, interesting concept and on top of that with music by the goat Susumu Hirasawa. I also liked the Paprika's character very much and animation itself was splendid (better than most of animes nowadays). Definitely a 10/10 in my book. |
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| Now it's been some good years since I last watched Inception. May not remember everything but there were obvious similarities here in this movie which made me recall some of the segments in that one. Visually, the movie speaks better than the story itself which due to its incoherent manner made it somewhat difficult to care about the characters and their motivations. I did get some by reading through but for the majority of the time it felt things were happening just for the sake of it, I mean they didn't even tell how Paprika came into being to begin with. Shock factor took care of the constant engagement throughout its duration and it peaked in those last minutes.. yes when Chiba mentioned she has feelings for fatso. I mean.. fine but it sure was sudden lol. OST is a blessing to ears. Though now I hope I someday get a chance to rewatch this, because of the two movies I've watched of this man, Satoshi Kon, they both kept me hanging in the end. Will go with 7 for the time being. |
Softhenic03Jan 22, 2023 12:10 PM
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| This is a spectacular film I honestly never thought I’d see anything like this. I guess the best way to describe is that’s it’s basically like Inception but a lot more crazier and it’s Anime. Plus it does help that Paprika inspired quite a lot of what happens in Inception. Paprika I think was a great character, the story was very engaging, trippy but engaging, visuals are just top notch and the soundtrack, oh my god, the soundtrack is incredible. This is honestly the first time I’ve ever watched one of Satoshi Kon’s works, it’s sad that he died and we won’t be able to see his last work that he ever made but at the same time it does make me want to watch more of his stuff like Perfect Blue or the Millennium Actress. I give this film a 9/10. |
| As a huge fan of Perfect Blue which I consider to be an absolute masterpiece, I came into this movie with very high expectations. To be honest, it didn't quite meet them, but it was still a great experience. It had Satoshi Kon's creativity and ability to confuse the viewers while at the same time perfectly handling the story which was part of what made me love PB, and I found the messages and characters to be very interesting. The policeman, in particular, was a great character and I found his journey to healing to be the best part of the movie. But the rest was also very good ! The whole thing surrounding Atsuko/Paprika was quite confusing, but from what I've gathered, Paprika is basically a persona inside Atsuko's mind, like an alter ego of some sort, symbolizing different aspects of her personality, although it is also implied that she sorts of hides behind this persona, this "perfect woman"... It would be very long to write down my full analysis right now but it was definitely interesting. I wasn't so fond of the president though, he works well as a source of conflict/metaphor, but as an actual character I found him to be quite weak, unfortunately. Same for the other characters actually, I liked them but they didn't captivate me. But really, it was a great movie anyway. It definitely won't stay with me the way Perfect Blue did and I can't even call it a new favorite (at least right now, maybe my opinion will change after some analysis although no matter what I doubt I'll put it on the same level as PB) but Satoshi Kon had some huge talent. Well, I still have Tokyo Godfathers and Millenium Actress to watch and then Paranoia Agent ! I hope they won't disappoint. |
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| Güzel bir anime klasiği. |
| This was one wild ride. This is the first Satoshi Kon film I watched, and I liked its direction and animation. The character designs are more realistic than the traditional anime designs, instead of big eyes we have realistic proportions and the characters' movements feel natural. The film didn't just have good animation, it had good direction and storyboards which helped push the boundaries of what was previously just an anime into a film. An excellent example of where we see this is Konakawa's hallway scene. The fluid animation and character acting made this scene so real. Overall I liked the vibe and storytelling in this film, it makes me excited to watch Satoshi Kon's films. |
“There are only two types of people in the world--those who became otaku and those who didn't--and the latter just can't understand what the former is so excited about."--Ono Norihiro  |
| Last movie from Satoshi Kon Love it bro All was like been dreaming |
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| almost impossible to follow and definitely over rated, however still good and worth the watch. I think this is another case of people thinking it sounds intelligent to label something confusing and convoluted as a masterpiece, thinking singing it's praises and making out they understand it better than others makes them sound clever. I think a more honest take away of the movie is that it's just okay, great visuals but struggles with an engaging narrative. Whereas I don't personally rate it as highly I'd still categorise it as a must watch, as one everyone should see and make their own mind up on, mostly due to it's notoriety. |
JVskunkapeDec 20, 2023 7:54 AM
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| @Ajokkal it is definitely at least relatively notorious, I've been hearing about it a lot since it aired and for years, almost always entirely singing it's praises whereas after watching it I feel it deserves a more mixed recommendation. It's funny that it supposedly inspired Inception, which spawned a lot of the same reactions of overpraising in an effort to sound intelligent. Which was at least widely acknowledged with Inception. I don't think anything I said was that outlandish, and certainly not delusional. Since you obviously felt some type of way about it, I can only assume you felt personally called out, which would imply there's some truth to it. |
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
| @Ajokkal right, the opinion of an entirely blank account that somehow always replies in under a minute is worth a lot more. also "try to interact" is a bit of a reach for that reply |
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
| @Ajokkal 2 minutes this time, incredible, you really held back that you think your poorly thought out diatribe can mean anything to me is super pathetic. I'm definitely done "interacting" with you here tho, I won't be replying any further |
| I have a third testicle that gives me psychic powers |
| Satoshi Kon's last film and it's obviously a masterpiece. |
| i'm gonna be completely honest, i didn't really understand this movie but i did enjoy it. The visuals were nice and the characters were cool i especially liked Konakawa, the detective guy (definitely my favorite character in this movie) Paprika was also an interesting women, at first i thought she was gonna be a villian but i was wrong. overall it was a good movie 7/10 gonna need to rewatch it at some point. |
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| Reading this thread is wilder than watching the movie. Half the replies in here make me want to face palm in agony, while others make me want to call the FBI. MAL in a nutshell. |
"I'm starting to think mal is run by Xinil generating electricity on a bicycle." - idklol |
| I feel that like other Satoshi kon works, this is a movie I'll need to rewatch to fully understand, but I enjoyed the Freudian psychology and the theme of not being able to distinguish between dreams and reality. The nods to Peter Pan, The Little Mermaid, and Satoshi kon's other movies were also cute. |
| pretty great heavily Lynchian. 'we live inside a dream, but who is the dreamer?' derivative of a lot of other important work in film history, and HEAVILY inspiration to Inception so much so that one might even go as far as to say Inception blatantly ripped off parts of it. and all wrapped up neatly in a nice little 'variety is the spice of life' metaphor. nice. "are we awake? or are we still in the dream?" indeed |
| Surprisingly, the plot itself wasn't all that convoluted, unless you feel the need to try and psychoanalyse every character, but that is interpretive and subjective anyway. The fatso romance was also inexplicable, as Atsuko seemed to outright detest him all the way up until he got brainwashed for half the movie. Impressive in the audiovisual department, at least. |
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| Very good, but the ending was disappointing for me |
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