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5.0 out of 5 stars
EXCELLENT, Feb 13 2011
I'll write this for all those people like me. I have never been a fan of anime before. I was actually recommended this movie by two people who I greatly respect. Within the first 10 minutes I was doubting their taste. Sure enough after that I couldn't get enough. I was hungry but didn't want to pause to get food I just wanted the story to last forever. Needless to say after watching it, I am now afraid to watch any other animes because this one seems impossible to beat. I always hate starting with the best. I highly recommend this movie to anyone that is going to pay attention to it.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Amazing piece of animation, Sep 18 2011
This review is from: Tekkon Kinkreet [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Let this movie take you to a different world where street children can almost fly from building to building and take on mafia thugs who try to take over their town.
Give it a chance even if you're not a fan of anime. The music alone will win you over, but the animation and characters will leave you asking for more as soon as the credits start rolling.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Amine that's smarter - and more complex - than most, May 23 2011
This review is from: Tekkon Kinkreet [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
If not quite the genius level of Miyazaki, this is still different,
thoughtful and original.
It involves two 13 year old boys, Black and White, who live in a run
down imaginary city, and who have to fight developers who want to take
the city over, and in the process destroy it.
Black is dark and angry and needs White's almost Down's syndrome like
simplicity and sweetness to balance him.
Obvious and heavy handed on a symbolic level, ('Black' and 'White' as
character names?) some of the animation is breathtakingly beautiful,
although the faces of the characters lack a certain expressivity. It's
more the backgrounds, the world itself, and the sort of mock stedicam
moving shots that are so striking.
See this in a theater, or at least on a great TV via blu-ray if
possible. It's such a visual piece, that seeing it in any lesser way
makes it likely to miss the film's greatest strengths.
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