Rating of
3/4
pretty good
Amy - wrote on 08/13/13
pretty good! I was surprised at how nice a job they did with Japan. Hollywood movies usually only have two or three things they're willing to show about japan (Hyper Modern! Solemn Tradition! Kinky Sex!), and while this movie did hit all those expected notes, it also showed a lot of like... back alleyways and small towns and architecture that was neither traditional nor futuristic. It felt much more like the Japan I've actually been to than say, Lost in Translation or Enter the Void did. Plus like, nice job on having a ton of non-white actors with major roles (even if there were a number of expected orientalizing cliches). Don't ask me about the plot, though, because I have no idea. people were fighting over stuff I guess? I was mostly looking at the painted screens in the background.
