The Sky Crawlers [Blu-ray]
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Movie Reviews of The Sky Crawlers [Blu-ray]
Movie Review: A Tough Anime to Understand
Summary: 5 Stars
These days I have found that the harder an anime is to understand the worst it seems to do with the mainstream anime fans. This anime can be interpretted so many different ways. I personnally have found around 3 interpretations of this anime. This can very to a metaphor to life, or even to how the anime industry has turned to the same thing day in and day out. I ended up using on of the reviews for the basis behind when i watched the movie again. This is without a doubt one of my favorite movies for how deep it can be, how deep the message can be. As well as how this message can directly relate to life. There are some movies that people are just prone to not liking in the least just because they cant see the message or they cant see how it relates to them. I am this way with 5 Centimeters Per Second and Shigurui. I found 5CpS to be boring and way to sappy. I found Shigurui to be so slow it hurt (1 thing happens per episode. Thats it.) The other reason I wanted to write this review is to put into the spotlight the best review of this movie that i have seen.
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The one thing that i beleive makes this movie worth renting or even buying is the fact that it is one of the most beautiful anime movies i have seen. The scenery seems to jump out. I will be buying this movie on Blu-Ray just to watch this movie in high definition and enjoy the visuals. If you dont like this movie for its story, the visuals make up for it, same with %CpS. Not Shigurui, unless you like looking at bugs and Resident Evil 5 screenshots. Ugh.
Movie Review: Truly the director's best
Summary: 5 Stars
I respected the director that made Akira and Ghost in the Shell (and also made this). While I instantly liked both of those movies, I also struggled to enjoy some parts of the movie. With Sky Crawlers, I enjoyed every minute it ran. It isn't a short movie and does have some slow parts. However, unlike the slow parts of Ghost in Shell, Sky Crawlers does not simply throw pretty scenes up that are somehow pictures with immense untold meaning behind them. This movie's strengths are its sense of wonder and mystery, but also its characters and story.
As should be expected, this is not an easily grasped movie. The theme of the movie is well laid out and executed. Some of the finer points that westerners may have difficulty understanding relate directly to modern Japanese culture and some of its problems.
This movie was meant for blu-ray. I didn't find the extras to be of much interest, not compared with the actual movie. The visual quality difference is why this should be seen on blu-ray.
Movie Review: A very beautiful anime masterpiece!
Summary: 5 Stars
I can't believe all of the negative reviews on Amazon for The Sky Crawlers. It is an incredible movie and one of Oshii's best in my opinion. I'm not going to go into a lot of detail, but the other more extensive positive reviews on here say it all. It is a slowly paced movie but I didn't get bored at all or ever see any pacing problems. I guess some people just didn't expect what they got from it. I loved it and would recommend it to anyone who enjoys animation and Sci-Fi that makes you think and asks questions. *****Movie Review: Breathtaking
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a beautiful visual experience. I only saw it in DVD, but, I can't imagine the Blu-ray spec not greatly enhancing the delight that this movie is. Do yourself a favor, even if you don't like anime, subtitles or action/war movies, treat your eyes to this movie.Movie Review: Sky Crawling!
Summary: 5 Stars
Some great flight sequences ... the plot is a little odd the first time, but still great. If there were more flight scenes or a followup movie it would have been better yet!