Believe me when I say that I would usually NEVER say this, but I think I wanna see this film with english-dubbed voices, simply because the whole feel of the film is as far from Japanese as possible. The sound, whilst providing awesome sound effects and an even-more-awesome dramatic score to the film, have 2 minor flaws: firstly, the voice of Scarlett is absoultely one of the worst female voices ever and secondly, with such a rich english backdrop to the film, it feels almost wrong that the film is in Japanese. There is also some amusing resemblance of Akira characters in the looks of some of Steamboy's characters, whilst the Steam Tower and general feel remind me of Laputa from Castle In The Sky. Coupled with not-too-shoddy animation (noticibly improving as the film goes on however), the breathtaking rollercoaster action sequences and gloriously atmospheric settings (both inside the Steam Tower and out in London & Manchester), faulting the visuals is being pedantic. So much of the artwork dazzles you that at times there is simply TOO MUCH to take in. Starting with the visuals, I cannot emphasize enough the magnificent scale and grandieur. SIMILAR TO: (Laputa) Castle In The Sky Akira I wouldn't really recommend it to anybody else.
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In conclusion - if you really want to see steam pipes and 19th century buildings in a mindless 70s catastrophe movie format, Steamboy might be the movie for you. The animation was pretty and I'm easily entertained, so I did get some enjoyment out of it, but it was hollow, Hollywoodian candy-floss enjoyment.
I'd watch it purely for the visual aspects of it, however. I might watch it from time to time if I had it on DVD, given the beauty of its animation and the rarity of steampunk animation.
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This is the major deficiency of the movie - it's full of people you couldn't care less of, and the Hollywoodian action movie atmosphere tells you right away nobody important is going to die. The main character spends most of his time bewildered, running errands for others, deciding perhaps once or twice for himself. Shallow caricatures with no development and none of them was really sympathetic, most of them being one-trick idealistic ponies. There were no real plot twists and the second half was like from bad Hollywood catastrophe movie, one endless blowing up steam engine. It wasn't impressive or bad enough for me to really notice it - I tend to forget what sound is like unless it is either really good or bad. I'm wavering between 8 and 9 but I think the worst aspects of the movie are dragging my memory of the animation down. Steamboy looks good and the 19th century surroundings are impressive, but compared to the very best anime I've seen it lacks something, vividness or vitality.
The first half of the movie has some promise, but it quickly degenerates to the second half's "oh no it's going to blow up!" yawn-fest. Steamboy didn't deliver though, and me and my (not anime fan) friend both left the theater glad the movie was over.
I very rarely see any anime from anything bigger than my monitor and Bio Rex has a huge screen, so I was quite excited, especially since I liked both Metropolis and Perfect Blue. Meanwhile, Ray starts to develop feelings for a young girl named Scarlett O'Hara.I saw this movie from the big screen in Love & Anarchy 2004 Helsinki Film Festival, and though I normally do not write reviews, I thought I'd try this once to spare other people from disappointment. Indeed, the O'Hara people soon take over the Great Exhibition and turn it into a veritable circus for weapons dealers. Ray later discovers that his dad and grandfather are located inside of the pavilion his dad, Eddie, has become mesmerized by O'Hara and subject to their whims, while Lloyd suspects that O'Hara may want to use the balls for nefarious purposes, and tries to put a definitive end to those plans. As it happens, several of these little balls run the O'Hara pavilion, a massive, mobile fortress. A gadget-happy British lad named Ray (voice of Anna Paquin) receives a mysterious package from his grandfather Lloyd Steam (Patrick Stewart) - a tiny ball that turns out to be an engine toting immense power. It's the Industrial Age in England, reimagined, and various and sundry inventors and scientists are arriving in Britain to hawk their products while capitalism rears its ugly head. Katsuhiro Otomo, director of the groundbreaking anime feature Akira (1988), returns with this visually striking fusion of the past and the future.
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