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Better than this movie


If you want to see a another film on the same subject as Love & Pop, see Bounce Ko-Gals(http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0122393/), which is superior if only because it lacks Anno's esoteric self-indulgance.

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It's not nescesarily better just a different view on the same subject. Bounce Ko-gals is way darker and this is more lighthearted.

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I agree that it is better than this movie, but not because of the style. the style of this movie is intentionally mimicking "girl's photography," which was popular amoung teen girls at the time. The movie also involves a lot of great symbolism representing young people's disconection from their parents (especially daughters from their fathers) in the recession era.

Bounce Ko-Gals is better because it has many more layers and a deeper discussion of Japanese society that deals with issues not only that are also discussed in Love & Pop, but also issues of nationality, race, and ethnicity. I think Bounce Ko-gals is actually more lighthearted, despite the violent beating in it, however. The two movies have pretty much the same plot, but Bounce Ko-Gals came out first, so it's also the original.

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There were only three months between their initial release dates.

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actually love and pop is based on a book, so it is the "original"...

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