City of Amnesia

I've now seen Paprika, Satoshi Kon's latest movie. It's a bit overwhelming. Anyone else seen it and want to discuss it?

Pygmalion

No clue, sorry, but I'll check it out. POST MORE, PYGMALION. SO SAYETH PRINCE VEGETA.
War.

I saw it and it was an Ok movie...

Nah, i haven't seen it but i will since i saw the trailer.
And yeah, post more but don't end your posts with your name, it's not a letter.

That's just Pyg's style, y'know? It's just her thing.
War.

She can do it that way if she wants.

Hi Pygmalion! Been a while. I'll have to look this up, seeing as how I'm a big fan of Paranoia Agent.

IT AIN'T NO THANK BUT A CHICKEN WANG.

I don't know how people can like Paranoia Agent. Finale and I seem to have this debate of the ages over it.
War.

DM, no more sugar for you. BAD SAIYAN. NO MUFFINS FOR YOU! >=O

Also, PYG!!! ;D Aww it's good to see an good ol' face around here. :)

Can anyone give me a premise or a short peek into what the movie's about? I've heard little about it, so I wanna see if it's worth buying (whenever it comes out on DVD)

My standards for this movie are ridiculously high, there is no way it's going to be able to live up to my expectations.

What IS the movie? I've heard of the spice (I use it sometimes, in fact), but this movie has eluded my knowledge.
War.

In a time very much like the present, a team of Japanese researchers have developed a device, the DC-Mini, which allows an observer to enter another's dreams. This is hailed as a breakthrough in psychotherapy, but when the device is stolen, it turns out that the one wearing it can force dreams onto another, even if he is awake. To save their project, the team try to find it.

As you would expect from the director of Millenium Actress and Paranoia Agent, an important part of the movie is the blurring of boundaries between waking, dreams and madness. Madhouse, the production company, does an excellent job with the animation.

I have to ask: Where does the name come in at all? Holy crap on a stick, Batman.
War.

A) Pygmalion out of left field, wow.

B) Is this as bizzare as paranoia agent, please say it is.

The trailer of this involves (from what I inferred) involves some sort of synchronized suicide by japanese businessmen, and at one point someone busts out rocket launchers to combat giant floats or something.

Looks interesting, if anything

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcUyB8hl8ro

Edit: It appears the japanese trailer is alot more sinister than the american one.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiylG5v62MU

It's the name of the main character's alter-ego she uses to dive into people's dreams with.  :P

Has everybody seen it now?

I thought it was good. The art was... well you know what to expect. It's a shame to ever take your eyes off the visuals in order to read the subtitles!

At first, the plot was a little too subtle for me. I think that's what the problem was. You know how in some anime, you're left wondering just what is going on? But a couple of twists in relationships and plot help compensate for that.

Overall, though, I rarely felt completely entranced, like I did after watching GitS: Innocence, for example. Maybe because most of the action takes place in dreams, and was often cutesy, it didn't strike me as "really there." Also, some of the characters are extreme caricatures.

I loved Paranoia Agent but I felt like this was just treading the same ground.

Oh man, nothing can express how much I love this movie. I've watched it like five times haha.

Kon's directorial work does seem to have some very similar themes, but they don't feel nearly as recycled as the latest film from Hayao Miyazaki.

Only watched Paprika once so far (with subs; doesn't it have an English dub?), but I did like it.

They don't happen to have this on youtube or some similar sight do they?

That's a good point.


Oddly enough... I think it doesn't.


No! Don't do that! Evil! I'm guilty of watching TV-anime on YouTube, but as for the movies that come out much less often, always rent! C'mon, considering you live in Cali, there've gotta be plenty of nearby video stores that stock Paprika.

Lame...

And really, Bllue. I don't see how you could enjoy such a beautifully animated film on YouTube. That's just... rude! :D

You silly duck, it does (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0851578/)! I've seen some of the dubbed clips on youtube but not a lot to really say anything about it.

Oh... yeah! Cool beans. I guess my word is crap for the moment.

I guess I should stop listening to you and just do my own research, Daniel. :|

People report so often about how they forgo English dubs, it skewed my memory.