Comments on: Vexille - Anime DVD Review http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2008/05/17/vexille-anime-dvd-review/ Because Sometimes, Busses Explode... Mon, 13 Oct 2008 09:52:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Hung http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2008/05/17/vexille-anime-dvd-review/#comment-62161 Hung Sat, 17 May 2008 15:52:45 +0000 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-62161 @Martin: Yeah, there were quite a few unintentionally funny parts like the limping scene you mentioned and just the random melodramatic parts that didn't work because the CG models couldn't really pull off the emotion. You can take those as pluses if you like unintentional humor. @Martin: Yeah, there were quite a few unintentionally funny parts like the limping scene you mentioned and just the random melodramatic parts that didn’t work because the CG models couldn’t really pull off the emotion. You can take those as pluses if you like unintentional humor.

]]> By: Martin http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2008/05/17/vexille-anime-dvd-review/#comment-62160 Martin Sat, 17 May 2008 15:43:45 +0000 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/?p=1546#comment-62160 'Sleek and cheesy at the same time' is a neat way of summing up this one. It lacks a certain something that the two Appleseed CG movies have but as an action movie with a an energetic soundtrack it fares quite well. Things like the limping race at the end kinda took away the pathos of scenes that I suppose ought to be pretty serious - I felt I should have been on the edge of my seat and amazed at how they were struggling but the limping thing just looked a bit stupid. At the end of it all, Vexille is intended to be a shiny blockbuster kind of movie so I'd say it was a success. If you're interested in the director's other stuff, I'd recommend his live action sports drama Ping Pong. It's so different you wouldn't guess it's by the same director but it's a great movie. ‘Sleek and cheesy at the same time’ is a neat way of summing up this one. It lacks a certain something that the two Appleseed CG movies have but as an action movie with a an energetic soundtrack it fares quite well.

Things like the limping race at the end kinda took away the pathos of scenes that I suppose ought to be pretty serious - I felt I should have been on the edge of my seat and amazed at how they were struggling but the limping thing just looked a bit stupid.

At the end of it all, Vexille is intended to be a shiny blockbuster kind of movie so I’d say it was a success. If you’re interested in the director’s other stuff, I’d recommend his live action sports drama Ping Pong. It’s so different you wouldn’t guess it’s by the same director but it’s a great movie.

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