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| Very awesome, not quite as dark and deranged as Perfect Blue, but in this case it's a dream causing the line between reality and fiction to blur, instead of schizophrenia. Some crazy shit going on throughout the movie, and I loved the nonsense-talk. Found it amazing that the hot girl wound up with the huge mountain of genius. A dream for all the fat ronery otakus of the world I suppose. :) If Daru and this guy can do it, so can you! |
| fucking inception. what a ride this movie was. A lot of parts in the movie made me question whether it was a dream or reality. And I never guessed who actually was the culprit it was revealed. pretty good directing and animation in my opinion. |
| Confusing a bit, but was pretty fun. |
| That was a great movie!... i've already seen Inception and it has the same idea this movie is wayy more creative though x3 i'm going to watch Millennium Actress next :) |
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| Overrated, but not bad. The first 20-25 minutes of horrible exposition was a pain to suffer through, but the visuals and the music was enough to keep me watching. The romance part was unneeded and sticked out like a sore thumb. I liked the detective's character and Paprika/Chiba. 7/10. |
| I didn't like it! -_- The only good thing about it is the music and art. |
| Yup overrated, good to see where Inception got its ideas from lol. 5/10 |
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| Very strange, but I enjoyed it. |
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| Wow I really liked it 9/10 ^_^ |
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| My first Kon Satoshi film. I came into Paprika having seen Inception already, hearing that some said was similar. Aside from the fact that they are both about dreams, these two are worlds could be world's apart using similar concepts. That isn't necessarily a bad thing. With a decent budget, an amazing director, and it seems anime movies really do truly have the limitless potential to weave whatever it spins in the head of its director. This was one example of that. While the ending was kind of nonsensical, (like wtf she just ate the guy and problem solved? IM MISSING THE ANALOGY HERE), the imagery and commentary about dreams, society, and people throughout the film was great. Dialogue was relatively dry however, but there was a tension in the film that kept it going (plus I did sleep only 6 hours the previous day which is very low for me). Konakawa/detective shines here. His whole subplot about his persistent nightmare, friendship, and movies reminds me of the movie Midnight in Paris for some reason; the idea that the director talks about movies itself within a movie. Romance was a bit off, but I like the take on it and wasn't just some side event. It contributed to the story and development of its characters. Too bad Konakawa didn't end up with Atsuko. I would've liked to see that instead. Oh, and liked the theme song. Pretty fun to listen to. |
TachiiJul 11, 2012 12:43 PM
| Not as mindblowing as I'd been led to believe. Fun and kept me interested the whole time but funnily enough, I was left with the same underwhelmed feeling as with Inception, when I wanted to be overwhelmed and have to use my brain more. Like, a genuinely multilayered plot not a simple-ish (but confusing) plot just occurring in multiple layers. Too many pointless and undeveloped plot strands basically! They kept making winks at "murder mysteries" and noir like they didn't even care about setting up a real concealed antagonist properly. Also, it kept niggling in my brain that they just took the style and concepts of GITS and used them as genre conventions rather than trying to push them to another level. Good stuff anyway, weirdness is always good. |
| Lovely film. |
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| The romance towards the end just felt a little cheap and wrong to me, like they put it in there just because they thought every anime has to have some aspect of romance. It didn't make sense and truthfully bothered me, the movie seemed a bit, uhhh to me too. I don't like, or understand how the dream world managed to blend in with reality. But that ending song was really nice, for some reason it makes me feel nostalgic, it's powerful. |
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| Damn. I was sitting wide-eyed and mouth agape for the whole duration of the movie, my mind trying to catch up and make out a somewhat coherent idea of what was going on. Without a doubt one of the most mind-fucking (or, put in a nicer term, psychological) movies I've watched. The plot kept me on edge throughout the film, and the merging of dream and reality was amazingly done. When I sat down to watch it, I wasn't expecting big things (believe me or not, I hadn't really heard about this movie until today), so boy did I get a surprise! And a good one at that! I have to admit though, that the romance at the end felt off. It's like suddenly Atsuko realizes her love for Tokita and BAM! End of the movie. It's too sudden, and though I know it sounds judgmental, I don't see how Atsuko can love him. I mean, she herself points out his numerous faults (one of them being his weight). But at least it added to the stack of surprises. This movie is definitely getting a 10/10 from me! |
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| another piece of shit will give 3/10 just for the boobies |
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| Incredible, just incredible. I'm still not quite sure what exactly happened... but I know that I like it! Vibrant doesn't even begin to describe what I just watched. My only complaint is who ends up with who at the end of the film. I guess that says something about my personality, more than anything the movie did wrong at least. |
| Let this be our little secret, no needs to know we're feeling HIGHER AND HIGHER AND HIGHER! |
| I really don't get the point of the story but it is still fun to watch. It is really like a dream and the effects as well as art is awesome! |
| It's really hard to follow the logic of this movie. Paprika just seems to enter dreams whenever she wants but there is this one time her other self has to go to sleep before she can do that. Also, the movie doesn't seem to like giving a synopsis of some of the characters. I had a hard time keeping up with the movie while trying to make sense out of pure interpetation what was going on, but it wasn't too bad. The movie was a lot of fun to watch. It had some deacent characters, amazing visuals and a great atmosphere. It's a 6/10 overall. A good film, but there was a lot of potential that wasn't used and it suffered a little from not fine tuning itself. |
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| You know it's a great movie when someone gets fisted! |
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flaxman85 said: another piece of shit will give 3/10 just for the boobies You're too kind. ^_^ |
 There is such thing as shit taste. Only idiots think that every "work of art" should have the same value.  Persona anime are good. Deal with it. |
| IMO if you don't understand the movie you didn't actually watch it and pay attention...yeah there are some plot holes, but some of the questions you yourself could have answered if you had just paid attention to it the whole way through. 7/10 not too bad |
 "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" |
| I've watched this movie multiple times (had it on dvd) and came to the conclusion that it is pretty overrated. Liked it though. |
 3nvy said: that eoten be eatin the pizza pi Does anybody know a way that a body could get away? |
| A Madhouse presentation huh? This should be good. I like this Paprika girl though. She seems energetic and has a playful personality. I really liked the opening credits of this film. It felt very surreal accompanied with the background OST. That Chief sure can talk some smack though lol. Such enthusiasm too...oh wait, it's the dreams that caused it. Poor Chief. The dream of the parade was awkward as hell though. Paprika sure has some strange imaginations. Anyways, I liked many of the surreal scenes in this film as well as that epic soundtrack. 45:00 mark. Is that a Sungoku reference? XD. Dangerous dream is dangerous. >No boundaries >No restrictions That 'rape' scene was rather disturbing though... Otherwise, nice action and themes. "One ticket please" XD 8/10. Great movie. Also, nice ED song. |
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| I like that SK takes risks on his movies. They're all different, but in a good way. I'd call Millennium Actress my favorite of the bunch. It's unfortunate he's gone tho. Someday, I'd like to see Madhouse complete his last work. |
| The only real problem with Paprika is that it relies too much on the viewers' knowledge of actual psychology and their ability to pay attention to the plot; much more so than any other Kon's work. |
| this movie was...meh 6/10 |
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| I just finished watching this and... Wow. This movie was extremely confusing. Half the time I didn't know what exactly what was going on, but they always seemed to explain it as best as possible later on. I loved the colorful (but sometimes dark) animation and found it a great watch. All the dream sequences were amazing and very interesting. I love how dreams were portrayed in this movie. 9/10. |
| wow gay |
| Thought it was a good movie, not a 10/10 but probably a 7 or 8. A lot of people seem to have found it hard to follow, i thought it was actually quite easy to follow personally, just required a tiny bit of thought :D Enjoyed it, i liked the style was very nice. I think if it was a lot more in depth it could have been a 10, maybe spread across 2 movies or 1 really long movie. But it is what it is. |
| Does anyone else need a doctor to confirm that someone without a head is dead? |
| I am so impressed by this movie. The amazingly detailed animation along with the story just made for a great experience. At times, you really had to wonder whether they were still dreaming (or on the Internet) or in "reality". Satoshi Kon's style comes out as this work as some similarities with Perfect Blue. Don't want to drag this out but really this became one of my favorite anime movies! |
| -Nothing can stay unchanged. Even so, can you still keep on loving this place? -Be still my soul; when change and tears are past, all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. |
| I give the film a 7. Definitely thought-provoking but not necessarily ground breaking for me. I wish they would have put more of a focus on character development. |
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| And who said the fat guy never gets the girl? |
| It's like a real dream, but dreams aren't real are they? 8/10 |
| EL PSY KONGROO!!! |
| As expected of anything done by Satoshi, this is an excellent film. No reason to really delve further into that. One thing that peaked my interest that I haven't really noticed anyone talking about is the main character Chiba. It is mentioned in the film that the DC Mini is used to rehabilitate people with mental disorders, well what if Chiba has one as well? At first I found it odd how much of a polar opposite Paprika was to Chiba since they were the same person. I was even more confounded when thinking back to the beginning of the film and how Paprika made an appearance in real life. This was all answered though when Chiba and Paprika had their fight over who was "in control" and "who was a part of who". Chiba/Paprika is suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) aka Multiple Personality Disorder. Some facts on DID so you can make up your own mind on whether this sounds like Chiba/Paprika read as follows: - Women are 3 to 9 times more likely to suffer from DID - DID usually manifests itself in a persona responsible for day-to-day functions that has reduced emotional activity, and a secondary persona that is considered to have heightened emotional activity -DID is brought on by stress -Those suffering from DID are usually reluctant to discuss alter egos |
| ...and in reality this cases so rare that you can count it on the hand(s). Don't fill plot holes, it's author's work, not viewer's. |
There is such thing as shit taste. Only idiots think that every "work of art" should have the same value. Persona anime are good. Deal with it. |
| Probably not the kind of film you should be applying logic to... but gave this a rewatch, having been prepared for the 90% randomness. I don't really understand a) How they can invade dreams of anyone, who's not even using/used the DC Mini. b) How someone who's been invaded once doesn't just get invaded again when they fall asleep. c) If the dreamworld's got a life of its own, why do they (Chairman) even need the DC Mini. d) If the Chairman thinks dreams are sacred, why's he want to wreck everyone's?* e) If the Chairman thinks dreams are sacred, why's he even got that job *Or was that a lie and he just wanted to take over that guy's younger body? If that was it, then why do all the rest? Also it felt like they spent too much time on the detective's story, since all he was really there for was to illuminate the mechanics of the DC Mini, and get from A to B to save Paprika. We know next to nothing about the antagonists... |
BlackoutingFeb 2, 2014 6:02 PM
| It was amazing,loooking forward to rewatching it one day everything this guy makes is good same with Perfect Blue |
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Blackouting said: Probably not the kind of film you should be applying logic to... Paprika is one of the most logical films I've seen in my life. SPOILERS AHOY, obviously. Blackouting said: a) How they can invade dreams of anyone, who's not even using/used the DC Mini. In the cafe/restaurant scene they said that DC Minis transmitted data to the "psychotherapy machines" using a specific wavelength that affected people, using their own body energy; those who were the closest to the DC Minis and the machines were first, but with time the effect spread to those affected by that radiation alone, i.e. the rest of the city. It's pure sci-fi, but within the story it makes perfect sense if you pay attention. Blackouting said: b) How someone who's been invaded once doesn't just get invaded again when they fall asleep. They kinda do? It seems, at first the effect is weak and requires a more or less direct contact with the invading dream, but by the end of the movie it's literally everywhere. Blackouting said: c) If the dreamworld's got a life of its own, why do they (Chairman) even need the DC Mini. I'm not convinced the "dreamworld" actually exists as a separate entity - at least, not in the conventional sense. It's quite obviously "just" a manifestation of the collective unconscious. Blackouting said: d) If the Chairman thinks dreams are sacred, why's he want to wreck everyone's?* e) If the Chairman thinks dreams are sacred, why's he even got that job *Or was that a lie and he just wanted to take over that guy's younger body? If that was it, then why do all the rest? There's room for speculation as to what exactly his views were and what sort of personal history he had. But generally speaking, he obviously represents the power of control, dominance and ambition to "fix" and remake the world - meaning, other people - in his image and in accordance with his ideas. He's basically Thanatos to Paprika's Eros. Blackouting said: Also it felt like they spent too much time on the detective's story, since all he was really there for was to illuminate the mechanics of the DC Mini, and get from A to B to save Paprika. I'd say his sub-plot illuminates the workings of dreaming and human psyche, rather than just a technical device - if anything, everything we know about DC Mini comes from other characters. Not to mention, he keeps the film from becoming a rather dry, if fanciful, hard sci-fi story. |
| I think i got mindfucked :S |
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| really liked it!!! ost 5/5 complex but awesome! |
| Sometimes it was a bit difficult to distinguish reality from dream.. Like when Dr. Shima jumps through a window. But then everything merges and it ends up not mattering anymore. I liked this film, it was really original and had depth to it. Now I'm looking forward to watching Millennium actress and Perfect blue. |
| "Me ni wa me wo, ha ni wa ha wo, aku ni wa aku wo." |
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