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| Characters: |
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| Story: |
D+ |
| Animation: |
A+ |
| CG: |
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| Dub / Sub: |
C
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| Music: |
A- |
| Reviewer's Tilt: |
D- |
| Penalty: |
F |
| Total: |
D++ |
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Revolutionary Girl Utena:
The Movie
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| Japanese Name: Shoujo Kakumei Utena: Adolescence
Mokushiroku |
| Japanese Name (Translation): Revolutionary Girl
Utena: Adolescence of Utena |
| North American Name: Revolutionary Girl Utena:
The Movie |
| Version(s) Seen: English
Subbed, English Dubbed |
| Category / Genre: Romance,
Adventure, Drama |
| Year: 1999 (Japan) / 2001 (US) |
| Based on the Manga By: Chiho Saitou |
| Age Suitability: 16+ (Violence, Adult Situations,
Brief Nudity) |
| Date Reviewed: Thursday, May 27, 2004 |
Overview: (Central
Park Media Website)
Utena
duels her classmates to protect her friend Anthy, who is the key to a magical
power that could make her dream - to become a prince - come true. But Anthy
hides a terrible secret, and Utena must face the truth about herself and
those she loves... and learn what it to be a true hero |
Review:
*blink*
*blink*
How can
I describe this? HOW THE HELL DO I DESCRIBE THIS?
I really
like the TV series, so far all 13 episodes I've seen. The series
was wonderful and strange enough to be great, but not too weird, but wired
enough. This movie is like the twilight zone bisecting a parallel
dimension, and blowing up in afire ball. The whole thing is like
some bad dream. It's bad enough the plot of the series is screwed
up, but they also mess up the characters. If you though there
was a lot of shoujo-ai in the TV series, the movies bleeds it.
People
say that it has a lot of symbolism, well I think there should be
a book that goes along with the movie to explain everything. Like,
why is Nanami a cow? Was Touga raped? and HOW THE HELL AND WHY DID
UTENA TURN INTO A CAR. Then the school is redesigned in to a post-modern
/ neo-classical nightmare, chalk board flying around and parts of the school
seem to be moving for no reason.
Then, we get several different back stories about the rose bride and never
find out which one is real. The most exciting part is some sort of
bizarre Speed Racer race to the "Outside World". For those of us
who watched the dub you are treated to a well acted and fair sounding cast
(Japanese voices are much better in this one) with one glaring
problem, half the names are mispronounced by the dub cast, badly.
Would it hurt to have them listen to the sub to get the names right?
If I had to pick one thing I liked about this movie. I would have
to say is the dance scene with Utena and Anthy, which is very, very nice.
The scene made the movie bearable. Brilliant scene with the stars
and roses and a awesome song.
This movie should be avoided, for your safety and the safety of those around
you. But should be seen once. |
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