firehawk says it's anime, so it counts! Haha.
No, since firehawk is such a big fan of this movie, I just wanted to say I got around to watching it. I saw a commercial for it and only really knew the premise was "something bad happens in space" basically. Being in space though I figured they could have some nice shots.
The cinematography and sound design was really good. That shot where the camera slowly zooms in on her face to go to first person P.O.V. and back for example was indeed nice. Some shots like when they're using the tether would have felt more natural for the use of 3D but other shots, such as right at the beginning where she loses hold of the screw, really felt like they were just saying "Hey, it's in 3D!".
You have to suspend your disbelief for some moments but its still got good themes and ideas to it. Some of the symbolism, such as
where she gets in the airlock and goes into a fetal position with the cables
felt a bit too try hard maybe. Just the way the shot lingers anyway. I found myself thinking "Okay, I get it."
Anyway, I thought it was a good movie and liked it. I don't like it enough to watch it every weekend for the next two months or so like firehawk though,haha. I'd like to watch it again sometime and see how I feel on a re-watch knowing what's going to happen and things like that.
Another more actual anime movie I just watched recently was Millennium Actress. I really liked the movie and can now see why it's so highly regarded.
Personally I liked the art and designs of the film. I also liked its method of storytelling with Chiyoko and the interviewer/cameraman duo. The use of and implementation of the scene transitions were maybe my favorite part of the film. The way they seemed so seamless in transitioning familiar items in a scene but also changing up to a different location carrying maybe similar feelings or ideas.
It's a film that has a nice amount of layers to it that I have a bit to mull over and would like to watch it again to catch more things. Some of the scene transitions were so seamless I initially wasn't sure if she was talking more about her personal life or one of the stories in the films she was in. There are tells though, that after a brief bit of uncertainty I was aware of what was happening.
A major theme of the movie is the passage of time and you notice different forms of symbolism to help reinforce this, such as seeing grains of wood. The idea of seeing more rings in a tree representing age and at Chiyoko's home in the present time (of the film anyway) there are a lot of wooden structures. There's also
the elderly spirit and her weaving thread around the wheel.
It actually represents both the linear and cyclical nature that can happen with time. I liked how the film kind of came back full circle, almost twice even, with its themes.
Earthquakes also seem to be a focal bit of symbolism showing the "shakeup" of Chiyoko's life. Just like how an earthquake can destroy, new things can be rebuilt after. This idea also carries over in the film where a part of her might change or be lost and she goes in a different direction with her life.
As mentioned, there's actually a lot to this film that I'm still thinking about it and no doubt have missed lots that I could have mentioned. On that note though, of the different blogs that people maybe follow or know of, is there any interesting articles regarding Millennium Actress that you think are worth reading or taking a look at?
Shinya Ohira is an animator who is well known for his "ultra fluid" animation; rather than animating limited frames like most animators, he instead animates absolutely everything. He also likes to stretch proportions massively for the sake of entertaining movement. His style is immediately recognisable (if you've seen it before!) - you may recognise some of the sequences from this video, for instance.
Edit: Someone correct me if I'm wrong but I think Ohira still uses in-betweeners, very talented ones quite likely or else the animation will be ruined. So in that sense he personally doesn't animate absolutely everything. Unless you meant his work has a lot of frames in which he animates on ones or whatever then nevermind. On a related note, animator Mitsuo Iso draws all his own frames, in that he animates/controls everything in the cut but the work is limited animation.
Well of course it felt unearned. It probably was unearned. It is heavily implied that Smile threw the game. We had a whole speech up to that point talking about how he considers the feelings of the other player too much.
Another more actual anime movie I just watched recently was Millennium Actress. I really liked the movie and can now see why it's so highly regarded.
Personally I liked the art and designs of the film. I also liked its method of storytelling with Chiyoko and the interviewer/cameraman duo. The use of and implementation of the scene transitions were maybe my favorite part of the film. The way they seemed so seamless in transitioning familiar items in a scene but also changing up to a different location carrying maybe similar feelings or ideas.
It's a film that has a nice amount of layers to it that I have a bit to mull over and would like to watch it again to catch more things. Some of the scene transitions were so seamless I initially wasn't sure if she was talking more about her personal life or one of the stories in the films she was in. There are tells though, that after a brief bit of uncertainty I was aware of what was happening.
A major theme of the movie is the passage of time and you notice different forms of symbolism to help reinforce this, such as seeing grains of wood. The idea of seeing more rings in a tree representing age and at Chiyoko's home in the present time (of the film anyway) there are a lot of wooden structures. There's also
the elderly spirit and her weaving thread around the wheel.
It actually represents both the linear and cyclical nature that can happen with time. I liked how the film kind of came back full circle, almost twice even, with its themes.
Earthquakes also seem to be a focal bit of symbolism showing the "shakeup" of Chiyoko's life. Just like how an earthquake can destroy, new things can be rebuilt after. This idea also carries over in the film where a part of her might change or be lost and she goes in a different direction with her life.
As mentioned, there's actually a lot to this film that I'm still thinking about it and no doubt have missed lots that I could have mentioned. On that note though, of the different blogs that people maybe follow or know of, is there any interesting articles regarding Millennium Actress that you think are worth reading or taking a look at?
The yamai sisters are nearly perfect in their roles ( kudos to the voice actresses ) and while they adapted everything to the letter , it's almost too fast.
Regardless that was a good episode that had a good amount of swimsuit fanservice and you can't really go wrong with that.
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I also read volume 6 of the books., little did i know that Sdburton once again managed to enter an anime.
Also as someone who doesn't like origami, she clearly scored some points in this book , she finally reached the "great" status ..Should be very intresting to see that arc animated.
I've been wondering when that manga would get an anime adaptation. It's like TWGOK meets Mahouka meets GTO. The ultimate Gary Stu teacher. I enjoy it and all, but "is an otaku" being your only negative character trait is far fetched.
Do what I did - create an entirely new online persona for yourself and start using it on all your services like PSN, Steam, XBL, NNID, etc. It's nice to have a fresh start every now and then. I had my old PSN id/Steam id/etc for years and years and it linked back to shit from when I was like, 12. I decided to use Sorairo because I just finished TTGL for the first time and was signing up for a GAF account since I finally got a paid e-mail.
Do what I did - create an entirely new online persona for yourself and start using it on all your services like PSN, Steam, XBL, NNID, etc. It's nice to have a fresh start every now and then. I had my old PSN id/Steam id/etc for years and years and it linked back to shit from when I was like, 12. I decided to use Sorairo because I just finished TTGL for the first time and was signing up for a GAF account since I finally got a paid e-mail.
All of my other accounts that require a name are StarkWinterLager. This and another forum I frequent are the only two accounts I heavily use nowadays that don't use this name. So much easier to remember. As a kid I used to have like 10 different names for a bunch of websites.
Given the title of the episode, I was expecting a fair amount of manservice (and it was there - Gray can't go a fight without stripping), but it had a surprising amount of fanservice from the girls, too. Lucy and Mirajane did some swimsuit posing, and the last line of the episode was "I was getting tired from squishing them together." It was mostly a way to fill time, but when it comes to ways to fill time, fanservice is a pretty good way to go about it. I am starting to see why people may not have liked the rescue mission, since I don't know how long the gang's going to be stuck in this dungeon full of dead Mira fanboys, but I'll see how things go.
Gray and Rufus fight was even better than I remember it in the manga with his great lines, while the underground stuff just felt like it was here to help the episode reach enough content for 23 minutes, so slow and pointless.
