Appleseed

noreply@blogspirit.com (Lady Loud) — Thu, 03 May 2007 09:35:00 +0200

Our heroine, the elite soldier Deunan Knute, is forcefully being dragged in to utopian city Olympus. It is the perfect city where humans and bioroids can coexist peacefully. Or can they...? Turns out peace is threathened by human terrorists and it is up to Deunan and her former lover Briaros to regain Olympus' most vital possesion, the Appleseed, from the terrorists.
The film starts with Deunan fighting dark soldiers. They are clearly out to take her head. Then some bigger and better equipped soldiers come. First group of soldiers are being cut down like the lowly dogs that they are, and second group of soldiers take Deunan with them. All splendidly drawn and with energetic cameramovement. Plus the great soundtrack pumping in the back. The intro had me wondering if this was animè or "real" film.
Director Shinji Aramaki has done well with Masamune Shirovs manga. Of course, the ending is the usual stern warning that humans must take great care of this planet and all living things on it, in a mixture of science, sci-fi, philosophy and sentimental dribble.

Fun fact: the movement study for Deunan Knute is japanese actress Asumi Miwa. She starred as Kanna in the film
Ju-on. And what is Ju-on? The original "The grudge"!

This pic shows the cover of the comic-book that the film originates from. I promise You, she has none of that frumpy-housewife-look in the film.

Oh, and don`t laugh at right-hand-man Hades' boss. His name is Uranus.

Bambi

noreply@blogspirit.com (Lady Loud) — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:05:00 +0200

A Disney classic! But I'm not giving it a full 10 even though it is beautiful. The music, the use of colours, the caracters and the story is great. But I'm not on board with the idea of the hunter being portrayed as an anonymous, triggerhappy, only-out-for-blood-numbskull. Because we are not!

Director: David Hand
Year: 1942
Studio: Walt Disney studios
Rating: 9

Lady Loud - film

Appleseed

Bambi