siff day one
May. 24th, 2008 12:54 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ironymaidenVexille
very good anime; computer generated animation with some softened edges and traced lines to avoid the uncanny valley effect of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. it's really loud, full of action scenes set to thumping beats. i thought it was going to be Starship Troopers and ended up being Dune-meets-Mad Max. the story is pretty strong, but they fail at romance. that kiss looked like a kid mashing Barbie and Ken together.
great tech, excellent action sequences, i'll be ordering the soundtrack. very much worth seeing if you dig high-speed chases with robots or if you kind of hate Japan. i had a blast. (because of the chases, people.)
The Edge of Heaven
totally worth missing dinner tonight. it was fabulous. beautifully acted, well-structured, great relationships. three families' paths cross; the result is friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. i was there for the Turkish immigrants in Germany, but wow, that's just a bonus. it's way too early, but this is likely to be my favorite film of the festival.
Continental, A Film Without Guns
is a film without a point. a waste of my festival time.
very good anime; computer generated animation with some softened edges and traced lines to avoid the uncanny valley effect of Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within. it's really loud, full of action scenes set to thumping beats. i thought it was going to be Starship Troopers and ended up being Dune-meets-Mad Max. the story is pretty strong, but they fail at romance. that kiss looked like a kid mashing Barbie and Ken together.
great tech, excellent action sequences, i'll be ordering the soundtrack. very much worth seeing if you dig high-speed chases with robots or if you kind of hate Japan. i had a blast. (because of the chases, people.)
The Edge of Heaven
totally worth missing dinner tonight. it was fabulous. beautifully acted, well-structured, great relationships. three families' paths cross; the result is friendship, love, loss, and forgiveness. i was there for the Turkish immigrants in Germany, but wow, that's just a bonus. it's way too early, but this is likely to be my favorite film of the festival.
Continental, A Film Without Guns
is a film without a point. a waste of my festival time.
