I agree, I watched this movie for the first time last night and found it hard initially to immerse myself in the anime style. I much prefer to watch anime original versions with subtitles, but in this case I switched to the English dub so I could try and focus more on the visual aspect.
In places it worked really well, the backdrops were often amazing for example, but the cartoon-like character design was at odds with the richly detailed backgrounds and I found the use of CG in places to be quite distracting.
Overall a very enjoyable movie.. A brilliantly realised city with some beautiful art, flashes of genius, wonderfully conceived soundtrack, great story. And while I found the "cinematography" and visual style to be a bit hit and miss, I have to give the filmmakers credit for trying something different.
7/10
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watcher101
9 years ago
I have to disagree. If a dubbing is done well, I prefer the dubbed version. Also, it shouldn't matter if a movie is visually bad, it's the story that matters. Are you going to discredit a good book because it has a bad cover?
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Lixx11
9 years ago
That's the dumbest comparison I ever heard. A book cover doesn't play any part whatsoever in the experience as a whole. It's a COVER.
And if you think the only important part of a film is the story, you clearly don't know what you're talking about. Stick to reading.
If you're going to disagree with me, at least find something vaguely intelligent to say.
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