Otomo clearly couldn't give a shit about the story but spent years on making it look good, while Oshî didn't bother with look OR story instead deciding to make a dead, philosophical wankfest. Steamboy seemed like an ego trip for Otomo, just as a similarly anticipated Ghost in the Shell 2 was for Mamoru Oshî.

As long as something looks good, it's a success. Why is it getting great reviews? My pet theory is because when it comes to things like this (anything sci-fi, fantasy or animated) people have just become accustomed to the fact that the writing is going to be piss-poor, so they'll concentrate on the visuals. I was hoping the chase scene would be a hint of what was to come, but instead we get a 'climax' that lasted half the movie. The characters were dull (and Scarlett was insufferable) and the story just didn't go anywhere interesting. The writing, however, was awful, awful, awful. The animation was gorgeous, some of the finest I've seen. Was the father writing letters home that were being intercepted, or was he lying about that? posted by sohcahtoa to Media & Arts (4 answers total)įirst of all Steamboy looked great.

Either way, Paris O'Hara got to see Ray's letter. He wrote a letter home and gave it to his father, who either 1) disposed of it or 2) combined it with a letter of his own, which were both discarded after the father attempted to send them. Did anyone Really Like It and care to tell me why?Ģ) What was the deal with the letter(s) Ray wrote home? This really felt like something that had been edited out. All that being said, what does this movie /add/ to any of those genres? Although it was fun, I felt pretty let down by the writing. Maybe that missed something.ġ) What was the big deal? I've seen Akira (long ago, don't remember any of it) and am passingly familiar with 'steampunk' and understand the ideas of alternate histories. I saw the english-dubbed-version (didn't have a choice) which apparently is 20 minutes shorter than the subtitled version. The movie was fun enough but I don't think it deserved generally great reviews.

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