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Blue Kitty:

--- Quote from: LeeZion on 01 Jul 2007, 12:31 ---I finally got a chance to see it, myself. A good film, but not a great one. Unlike, for example, Perfect Blue — also directed by Satoshi Kon and also dealing with a world where it becomes impossible to distinguish fantasy from reality — this one submerges us into weirdness too soon, making it impossible for us to tell what SHOULD have been real. For example, we never see the dream device successfully used to treat the delusional patient. nor do we even MEET the delusional patient Instead, we see one dream taken over by another dream, and one of the characters has to TELL us, "Hey, wait a minute, this is the dream of that delusional patient I treated!" Nor do you ever see any kind of relationship developing between the doctor and the fatboy.

These were my main reservations. Other than that, the images were goregeous, the action and dialogue was engaging, and you can't go wrong with Megumi Hayashibara and her sexy voice as Paprika.

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it has been in the back of my mind that it looked like Perfect Blue.  I can not wait to see this and I hope that I can see it with a friend before the local theater lets it go

LeeZion:

--- Quote from: TheFuriousWombat on 01 Jul 2007, 16:19 ---Damn you guys are lucky. I've wanted to see this for a while but it's on as very limited release. As far as I can tell, the nearest theaters to be showing it are little ones in NYC and I can't justify the $20 train ticket and $12-$15 movie ticket to see this. Guess I have to wait for the DVD....

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Yes, it IS worth it, despite the reservations I mentioned earlier. I spent $48 on a car rental, since I don't have a car, plus $19 on gasoline and $9 on the movie ticket to see this film. (I also made it a day excursion, so I did other things on my trip rather than spend $76 just to see a movie.)

The images are so gorgeous and lavishly detailed that they deserve to be seen on the BIG SCREEN. No home system can do it justice.

jimbunny:
I agree - good but not great. Satoshi Kon really reached with this one. After "Tokyo Godfathers" and "Millenium Actress" (both of which are excellent - better than this one, I'd say), it's great to see a return to an 'out there' kind of flick, but unlike "Perfect Blue," "Paprika" lets the madness get out of control before it tries to stop it. As a result, the film spends most of its time trying to catch up to its own plot (perhaps it barely succeeds) and not nearly enough time developing its characters, which end up sadly skimped.

The climax is a lot of fun to watch, though.


SPOILER RIGHT HERE (though not huge) YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED:

any movie that can reach its peak on a shot of its main character, nude, bathed in sunlight and as tall as a building is interesting at least

Neuvost:
I saw it when it came out in a few weeks ago. I really enjoyed it! I'd never seen any of the other films by this director, but I'd like to. I also need to see Paprika itself again, because while I didn't think this just watching it the first time, I hear it's the sort of movie you get a lot more out of the second time around.

bryanthelion:
I saw it a month ago, and I loved it.

Though, I dont like it how he doesnt tie up loose ends. How did dreams become reality anyhow? This happens in all of his other movies.

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