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- Major Motoko Kusanagi is unique, a human brain implanted in a robot's body. This, the intelligence of a human combined with the physical qualities of a machine, has enabled her to be the ultimate crime fighter. Now she faces her ultimate enemy: Kuze, a criminal who has managed to hack into the brains of androids and control them.
- In the future, human organs are enhanced by the cybernetics technology developed by the powerful Hanka Robotics Corporation owned by Cutter. Dr. Ouelet is the responsible for the development of the secret project 2571 of a full mechanical body to be connected to a human brain. She uses the brain of a young woman that lost her parents in a cyber attack as subject of a prototype. One year later, the woman is ranked Major and has joined the Section 9, an anti-terrorist division commanded by Chief Saisuke Aramaki, working with agents Batou and Togusa. She needs to use a medicine to help the integration of her brain with the mechanical body and has no recollections of her previous life. When Section 9 hunts down the terrorist Kuze, Major learns secrets about Hanka and the experiment she was subjected. What will happen next?
- Before the actual review of the film lets deal with a couple of issues to being with. Firstly I personally have no prior knowledge or passion for the original anime, so I don't know the source material at all, in that respect I'm a general audience member not a die hard fan. Secondly the casting controversy of Scarlett Johansson. Yes it is bad to see that once again Hollywood "whitewashes" a character in a film franchise, however I do see the reason for them doing it in this case. Unfortunately as much as it is horrible to say, I don't think that this film would be made in the first place without someone like Johansson. I can see the arguments on both sides on this films casting.<br/><br/>Firstly the cinematography in this film is gorgeous, every shot and frame in this film is immaculate. Whether it be vibrant colourful shots of the city landscape or more dark underground places, the look of the film always look superb. The filmmakers have definitely gone out of their way to make the look of the film seem elegant and seamless, as if it could be in reality. The cinematography is also connected to the effects of the film and especially the look of the world. The city landscapes are spectacular and wonderful, it really makes you want it to be reality. It has obviously taken inspiration from other films such as Blade runner, however I feel its taken those elements of look and feel to the environment and lightened them up a little. The effects, look, feel and cinematography in the film all compliment each other so well sometimes it is truly breath taking, this film sets the standard high in this respect.<br/><br/>Scarlett Johansson is great in the film and actually gives the film a strong female lead with a lot of complexities. Whether it be sadness or just pure confusion she pulls of the different emotions of the character really well and really makes it easy for the audience to connect with her. The more the film goes on the more you find out about her, the fact that she was injured so badly that her brain was removed from her body and put inside a robotic shell. Also the fact that she cant remember any of her passed really makes you want her to find out and you end up routing for her throughout her struggle. Personally I can see why they cast Johansson because she does bring her A game and gives a great performance that audiences can gravitate towards and care for, even though she is not actually human. <br/><br/>The story of the film is basic at its heart, its about a revenge tale and who you thought the good guys were are actually the bad guys. Yes it is basic and yes you could see it happening but that still didn't make it not interesting or entertaining. From start to finish the story was compelling and had a great emotional disaster at the heart of it around all the action set pieces, it was a very nice contrast.<br/><br/>The negatives of the film are mainly around the choice of villain, the first potential villain we get introduced to is interesting, dark and quite frightening. It makes from a really fascinating watch until you find out that he is not actually the villain, I don't think that is actually a spoiler as such. However I think that the actually overbearing villain of the film is quite weak and really stereotypical, not interesting or threatening in anyway which is a real let down, I feel if the villain was stronger it would have made the stakes that much higher for Major and our hero's. <br/><br/>Unfortunately due to all the controversy surrounding this film and the surprisingly low scores and harsh criticism made by critics, this film will never get a sequel or further films which I personally would like to see. This world of Ghost in the Shell looks really interesting and it has the potential to be explored so much more, however for some reason that it cant see, this film is not connecting with people. 80% out of 100 a really good film from start to finish, great lead character from a great actor, fantastic cinematography and effects. The only area that I feel this film is let down this the villain of the film which is weak, however this is definitely a watch especially in the cinema for the breath taking visuals.
- I gave the film 10/10, because I always consider what the film is, it's context, it's genre while rating. As for the films based on anime there isn't much to look up to and I would love to see other titles treated with as much respect as this one...(cough) "Dragonball Evolution" (cough)... You can really immerse yourself into the world of GITS. It is visually beautiful. If you've seen the anime you'll easily recognise the places and characters, and that's just itself so enjoyable for the fan of the original. The plot is changed, but still familiar. The themes are not as deep as in the original, but let's be honest how many people would go to see a SF film based on anime if they wouldn't make it easy enough to digest for a regular movie-goer? I see it rather as a single step (finally in a good direction) and deeper themes may be introduced further along the way. Look how far the comic book movies got, and how acceptable it is to be a fan of them nowadays. Give this film a chance whether you're a SF/action fan, Scarlett Johansson fan, or a fan of the original.
- Whatever philosophical nuggets were lurking amid Oshii’s tangled plotting, they surely merited closer consideration by a filmmaker who wasn’t just trading in gloss, and doesn’t merely regard human beings as elements of design.
- Several details and approach differ from the original anime. The Ghost in the Shell franchise is based off of a manga (comic), and so the films and series and even video games have all taken creative license from the original source material.<br/><br/>Making a live action film made certain styles and approaches to the physical rendering of the world impractical resulting in many visual differences to the new film that imbue an 80's cyberpunk feel similar to that of Blade Runner.<br/><br/>Another difference is that the storyline is a blend of several of the existing series, and does not follow the same storyline as the original film. Characters and back story are predominantly drawn from Stand Alone Complex 2nd gig, Stand Alone Complex, Arise and the original film.<br/><br/>The degree of violence and swearing in the original film is on a completely different level from the live action film. Creative camera angles obscure the genitals of the characters, and very little swearing is present in the new film.<br/><br/>There is no question that this is a Ghost in the Shell story, but in many ways the philosophy is simplified and the pace is much faster than the original anime. In the Ghost in the Shell stories, the Major has a completely prosthetic body. Although written and published in Japan, the original comic and some of the series show the Major in several bodies, and at times without a body entirely. It is believed by many that the artist's rendering of her prosthetic body was deliberately ambiguous in its ethnicity, while her "ghost" (the spirit that makes up her character) is also of obscure origin. It is assumed that as the stories largely circulate in the region of Japan and east asia, that her original form was likely Japanese, though the Major speculates at times that she may be synthetic all-together; this is all a part of the philosophy discussed in the stories.<br/><br/>In the live action film, the Major is given a Japanese origin for her ghost. a5c7b9f00b
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