been to the mushishi motion picture, thursday April 19.

was a good one. yet again i expected something slightly diffrent.

MUSHISHI by Katsuhiro OTOMO
Japan 2006, 35mm, 129 Min., OmeU
mushishi-movie.jp

Been to the Arch Angels (Warau daitenshi (Mikaeru)) movie picture by Issei ODA at the nippon connection festival here in frankfurt yesterday.

Must say I expected it to be more "baka" but it felt more like the film of a shojo-manga. Lots of talking, everything and everyone is super-cute, yet the bad guys get there spanking none the less. Tho it was not what I expected, I liked it. The movie felt like a manga in some scenes, ... around half the time I might say, not only because of the camera settings but as well due to the oil painting style backgrounds in some scenes, quite surreal, and of course the superpowers and the special effects that were used.

Rating: solid A

ueno juri
michael @ albatros-film.com