Expelled from Paradise is a movie that at first I was not sure what to expect from but I ended up liking it and having some good memories from it. Made by Gen Urobuchi, this story focus on another paradigm of society. The movie explores the meaning of humanity and personal reality. What is right, and what is wrong. What true freedom really is.
[ Story | 7-8 ]
The story by itself is intriguing. Humanity has left the Earth because some sort of apocalypse happened and most of the Earth was turned into a desert, making each day a survival test. Humanity had created an “Arc” in which they now live as digital entities. Their genetic code is converted into data after birth and they live in a Matrix-like society. Is this the paradise they are led to believe?
Personally the story doesn’t have any break ground plot twists, more so it uses the story to transmit a critic, a message, a feeling. The irony of a human civilization that may have abandoned what makes us human, and ironically fallen into the past albeit they seem to think to be the future.
[ Art | 7 ]
The art style is based on 3DCGI. For me it was a surprise. I particularly don’t like CGI but I had to admit it was a good CGI, Budget CGI. The character designs are good, feel different, the environments looks great and vivid. The expressions are also very well made so I really couldn’t complain.
[ Music | 7 ]
I won’t say it’s bad but I don’t remember any particular songs on the OST that made me remember them. Of course, the actions scenes had some great music accompanying said action but there were also a couple of songs that were nice to hear. This, letting along the credits music that almost made me shed a tear with the punch line.
[ Character | 7 ]
As a 1h and 47m movie, there was not much room to much character development. We basically have 3 important characters but, don’t get me wrong, they are good characters. Each one of them has been given just enough personality to make them memorable. They question the reality they are facing and make decisions based on their own experiences and even giving some good speeches along the way.
[ Enjoyment | 8 ]
At the end, I left the movie with a smile on my face. It was a great experience that left me thinking about the meaning of life and what makes us human. How can humanity, ironically, deviate from the path they want to follow and may end up doing the contrary. How little but important ideas can be mitigated just to avoid seeing the light. How a dictatorial doctrine can be masked under the word “paradise”.
For me it was an interesting topic to think about.
[ Overall ]
Once again, I enjoyed this movie. I don’t think you can have a bad time watching it, in fact, I hope you do and appreciate the real message it wants to transmit.
