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[Wolhay]

Ghost in the Shell is wonderful and together with Blade Runner it must be one of the best action movies with a decent plot.

The brutality in “Maléna” is impressive. The actress in the role of Maléna is also in “Irréversible”. Violence almost seems like a trademark to her but she’s been in a lot of other movies where she hasn't been involved with the violence of course, it's just that the scenes in these movies are so strong.

[hay82]

Wolhay, do you know any movies like Ghost in a Shell you would care to recommend?

[lies]

Adam's Rib and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.

(Wabbit, who's Lura Pusini?)

[Wabbit]

She's an Italian singer. I know she is quite big and well known in Spain ( she sings in Spanish ) and I guess her native Italy too. I really like her songs a lot and especially the one that I have quoted from. I think it's actually my all time fave song ever. I first heard it around 3 years ago and still listen to it!

Hope that explains

[lies]

I know who you mean, but her name's Laura Pausini, so I thought it might be a parody thing.

[Wabbit]

Ah yeah, sorry, got the name spelling wrong

Do you like her?

[Wolhay]

Hay, The only animated movie that comes in mind at the moment to have long scenes of that kind without dialogue is “Akira”.

“Blood the Last Vampire” and “Grave of the Fireflies” could possibly manage to create similar moods. The latter is a more or less unusual anime as the setting is the second world war in Japan and pigs don’t fly. Instead it deals with the hardships of two kids who are trying to survive in a realistic portrayal. A great feel bad flick.

“Princess Mononoke” and “Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door” have a lot of general goodness. “Cowboy Bebop” is set in a not so distant future (by science fiction standards) and is in that way the most similar to “Ghost in the Shell” and it’s not too bad at creating nice moods either even if it isn’t perfect (The lyrics in the soundtrack can be a bit bizarre however).

[hay82]

Thanks Wolhay, I better see if I can find any of those somewhere.

[lies]

Originally Posted by Wabbit

Ah yeah, sorry, got the name spelling wrong

Do you like her?

No. She has a good voice, but it's not really my kind of music.

[direstraits]

Originally Posted by Wolhay

“Blood the Last Vampire” and “Grave of the Fireflies” could possibly manage to create similar moods. The latter is a more or less unusual anime as the setting is the second world war in Japan and pigs don’t fly. Instead it deals with the hardships of two kids who are trying to survive in a realistic portrayal. A great feel bad flick.

I much prefer Grave of the Fireflies to Blood. I believe everyone should see Grave whatever their movie inclinations are, because it's really good.

Blood looks much better, of course.

Originally Posted by Wolhay

“Princess Mononoke” and “Cowboy Bebop: Knockin' On Heaven's Door” have a lot of general goodness. “Cowboy Bebop” is set in a not so distant future (by science fiction standards) and is in that way the most similar to “Ghost in the Shell” and it’s not too bad at creating nice moods either even if it isn’t perfect (The lyrics in the soundtrack can be a bit bizarre however).

Can you understand Japanese?

I loved the Cowboy Bebop series and the movie Knockin' On Heaven's Door. But IMHO, it's less complex compared to something like Mononoke.

Any other anime of note?

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[Wolhay]

Originally Posted by direstraits

Can you understand Japanese?

I loved the Cowboy Bebop series and the movie Knockin' On Heaven's Door. But IMHO, it's less complex compared to something like Mononoke.

Any other anime of note?

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Can't understand Japanese but like most I've had a short language lesson from "Shogun" so I should be able to say that I don't understand at least.

I'm not sure that I would say that "Mononoke" is more complex than "Knockin' On Heaven's Door", I think that it's quite straightforward in its' ecological message. In "Knockin' On Heaven's Door" however there's a twist that suggest that the whole event is something that Spike dreamt

Out of the Ghiblis I would recommend: Spirited Away, "Pom Poko", "My Neighbor Totoro", "Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind", "Kiki's Delivery Service" and "Laputa: Castle in the Sky".

"The Professional: Golgo 13" which is a bit underrated. It has a lot of good things that speaks for it, then again there's a couple of bad things as well. You just have to be able to overlook a bit. I could for example have done without the 3d effect which change the perspective entirely and isn't very impressive today.

"Kite" is a very nice little action flick and it's the best hentai movie I've seen so far.

[direstraits]

Thanks Wolhay! I've got the full Ghibli set up to Spirited Away, so I'm familiar with the studio's brilliant work. Of them all, I suppose I really love Grave, Spirited Away, Mononoke and Totoro. I've yet to give Nausicaa a spin, though.

Kite, huh?

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[Robert]

The last movie I saw was The Phantom of the Opera and I absolutely loved it.

[Halo]

Today I saw Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. After the other two prequels, I wasn't expecting much, and I went just to see how it "ended". To my surprise, I thought it was excellent. I really enjoyed it. I even ended up feeling a bit sorry for Anakin! Great light sabre battles.

BTW, can anyone with a good memory tell me what Padme said before she died? The sound's not too great at our tiny cinema and she mumbled a bit, so I didn't catch it.

[Geenh]

I finally saw "SAW"! It had a great twist but was still a bit tame for my tastes. I need therapy.