Ghost in the Shell (4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital)

I'm giving this five stars, because I really enjoyed it, but I don't think it's the most amazing movie I've ever seen. It's a solid sci fi experience - beautifully performed and super stylish.I watched the original anime ages ago, at some point in the 90s I imagine. I was just starting to get into anime back then, and this was one of the few things they brought over to the US that you could rent without going to a special store to find. I'm pretty sure I got it at Blockbuster or something like that, that was how "mainstream" it was at the time. I remember being a little confused by the story. Anime, in some ways, can be a little like Shakespeare. It seems mind boggling at first, but if you read enough of it, you start to get the rythym of the language and it becomes easier to understand the quirks. Anime can be like this - often with strange and off the wall things never being explained, weird twists and concepts. It's got a lot of conventions you just get used to that are used like shorthand, for instance things like sweatdrops and the like. Ghost in the Shell doesn't have that stuff, but it's a dense story that requires some mental unpacking to get the full gist.Maybe I've just seen enough anime now I don't have the same problem I used to, but I found this movie spelled out the plot fairly clearly. The main character is mostly synthetic, except she has a human brain. It's set in a world where people augment their bodies to work more efficiently. One of my favorite images from the anime that stuck with me was the finger tips that opened and each had additional fingers for typing. It's a little redundant an augment when you can just jack your mind into a computer, but it was a fun visual nonetheless. The main character is a kind of detective - this is a simplification of her job, but I don't want to get too much into the plot - and she's trying to discover who is murdering people and stealing info from their brains. Doing so leads her to some deeper discoveries.The movie is relatively faithful to the anime. I know a lot of guff was given about the idea of "white washing," but to me anyway, anime characters are never inherently Japanese, or Korean, or from wherever the book is written. Unless it's part of their backstory, their characterization is more important than their race for me. If race is important to their character, I'd prefer the race remain the author's intent. But if it's used like hair or eye color, as mere description, I'm less concerned - which is why I don't tend to care when it's changed in either direction - black spider-man, white Motoko - if their race didn't really matter that much in the original media, I don't see why it matters much in any other representation of it. Knowing that's my opinion, you'll understand why I don't dock the movie points for this. I'm judging it strictly on its own merits.On that front, it was well acted. Everyone in it did a great job. Scarlet was really great as a kind of synthetic character who slowly comes into her emotions. She was strong and powerful. In a movie where so much depends on the main character getting you into their skin, she did a good job making me empathize with her story. The supporting characters were well fleshed out, considering they didn't get much screen time. I believed her partner cared about her, and they shared a bond, even though he didn't have many scenes with her.Anime, particularly sci fi anime, often has over the top visual style. It would be one of the hardest aspects to translate to a live action film. This move does that in spades. The city sequences are almost too arresting. I felt like I needed to watch the movie more than once just so I could actually see everything that was going on. The action stuff was well done, many scenes frame-by-frame faithful reproductions of the anime. It's pretty clear a lot of time and effort was put into making this a faithful adaptation when it came to visual style. If you enjoy science fiction visual spectacles like The Fifth Element and Blade Runner, this should be right up your alley.The story is pretty good. I don't think you'll be surprised by the ending, but if you're a sci-fi fan, it should feel fairly satisfying. I'd recommend it to people who like action sci-fi movies.

7-6-17 First viewing was splendid. A feast for eyes in every frame. I came to the experience without knowing the story except the tidbits from the trailer. I can see endless sequels for this genre -- probably they can keep Scarlett from aging forever with CGI. I'll buy the next one. I expect my 2nd viewing within the week. Tons of details to see for the 1st time the 2nd time. And, sorry, but yeah, I'm a fanboy of Scarlett, so, nope, don't want to diss this artwork for anything. And won't, er, I hope. 2nd viewings can surprise ya.If you don't already love this film from seeing the trailer, see the film anyway. It transcends itself.7-7-17 2nd viewing next day. Probably a tad too soon, but so many details now came to the fore after the story lost its grip on me. Next viewing should be some time from now to forget stuff. Yeah, I'm a writer and I used the word "stuff." Sue me.7-12-17 3rd viewing. Charmed still I am. Fanboy here....sigh. But as the film's main allures fade, the details yet kept my mind in that universe. I really appreciated the amount of tender care the work gives to each element -- not speeding through any of the moments -- this film has been tended like a Bonsai tree.7-20-17 4th viewing in such a short time span that a great many flaws finally came to the fore. Not tellin'. Itty bitty stuff if the likes of me only now notes them. But it's a bit sad to see some of the misses in an otherwise splendid piece.I'll watch again if only because: SJ. What a showcasing of her face, voice and bod. A feast for fanboys.All my positivity aside, I wish to note, in these reviews of mine, that my personal philosophy about the nature of existence concludes that brain programming and artificial devices are a far more advanced science than the tech-level that the rest of the film displays......that or impossible. I believe the human body -- all of it -- comprises the necessary equipment to provide the heart and soul those delicate and subtle experiences with which a clarity about entirety may be derived. Only a mechanical robot with the "range" of a human nervous system can be said to be "as conscious as a human being." How that might be, is beyond today's science's imagination, though it might indeed be possible -- given nanotech and quantum A.I. etc. Then, such a being, as Major, can be seen as fully human if all of the human processes are somehow materially duplicated -- otherwise she's a brain in a jar and any person living today would go nutz in a few days under such stress. Case studies of persons who were blind at birth but later given sight as adults had a terrible time trying to adjust. Google it. Imagine having all the mind's traditional inputs be from instrumentalities instead of organs? Suddenly to see, feel, hear, smell, taste for the first time in a new way. Maybe a saint could handle that process. Maybe. And so, I warn all viewers of today's philosophical constructs being constantly iterated in today's films -- always promoting that the body is as if something "The State" owns, provides, addicts one to, etc. This is a big spiritual no-no. Our bodies are more important, whole and conscious of self, than any of the parts of them. We must attune to all of our inputs -- no hint of rejection of what are the "conditions of the moment" -- in order to be sane. Keeping the constantly evolving "person" resonant with "what is" is a huge daily task, and the adding to anything to that mix is, well, part of the mix, and if the person isn't ready for a new recipe for what the mind is cooking up, trouble can be severe. Take care of your minds as they take care of your hearts -- the world has toxins of every ilk.

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Excelente produto, recomendo!

wanted to see what it would be like on bluray wasn't disappointed will buy from this seller again

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Sì, sì, un manga, una storia tratta da un fumetto... Bello. Il film è bello, intenso, risoluto, in pieno stile, che recita e svolge in maniera inappuntabile. Per gli amanti del genere, ma mi permetto di dire, non solo. C'è storia, ritmo, passione, buoni sentimenti, vendetta, giustizia e cattivi pensieri. Cosa si può volere di più da un film, a parte la presenza di un'attrice di tutto rispetto che è perfettissima nella parte?