Reviews

Script - A group of sherlockian scientists are searching for a stolen macguffin technopiece that allows them to enter in patients' dreams. There's also a traumatized detective whose purpose besides participating in the artistic opening is to save the protagonist afterwards and have his struggle solved in a simplistic way because the movie was almost at the end. The antagonist is a one-dimensional anti-science old man who doesn't waste any opportunity of exposing his ideology and that also wants to merge reality with dreams because he's crazy. The heroes investigate until getting to the conclusion that was obvious to us from the start of the show, and after facing some real weird quasi-apocalyptical shit the protagonist defeats the villain, and they lived happily ever after. It's quite surprising that such a symbolic plot is so predictable. Don't be tense, because no problem is left unsolved and bad guys lose because good guys win. Also, accept your naughty side and assume your love for that stupidly fat man-child in one minute or less because that's the only way you'll be able to defeat the megalomaniac vile scarecrow who wants to destroy everything because yes.

Cinematography - Good animation, very detailed scenarios inside dreams and that's it. If you like psychedelic nonsensical visuals, go for it. The character design is fine, nothing special about anything besides the effort put into it. No relation to the plot and the meaning of such visuals starts and ends in itself.

Sound - The old scientist sounds like any old scientist you'll see in anime, the protagonist seems dead, the villain sounds like the villain since he opens his mouth, the fat dude has annoying man-child voice and the detective has a hoarse voice just like that one from Paranoia Agent. The voices don't convey anything, no fear, no concern, no shit. The soundtrack is very good, composed by that guy from Berserk and Millennium Actress, you know him. It's cool.

1234 - Merging reality and dreams because of some machine and destroying several buildings for the evulz. Paprika exists as a manifestation of the protagonist's other side but it's never explained how she leaked out from the machine, she just exists outside of it and you deal with it. The bad guy enters in a hole in the ground and becomes a monster because yes. He hates technology wanting to enter in dreams, so he uses technology to merge both dreams and reality because yes. The romance out of nowhere because she's in love and love has no reason guys. Because the villain is a man and Paprika is a woman she sucks him, I guess it's not something chauvinistic. What happened to the city afterwards? Fuck that, I want to see both detective and old scientist talking about shit I don't care about, oh yes.

Are you a visual fag? Do you wanna see crazy shit that doesn't owe you explanations whatsoever? Go for Paprika. Wanna see something actually good from this amazing director called Satoshi Kon? Watch all of his movies, except Paprika. Also, RIP Kon, you did your best mate.