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Postby Sheol777 » Sun Apr 08, 2007 6:48 pm

Hey, this is my first time starting a thread, but I though it was warranted.

Has anyone seen this trailer yet? I mean....wow.


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Postby jon_jinn » Sun Apr 08, 2007 8:31 pm

yeah. i'm interested in this movie. i dunno if my parents'll let me go watch it cause i think it's gonna be rated R. paranoia agent was the only other work i've seen by satoshi kon.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Apr 09, 2007 10:38 am

I am a major Satoshi Kon fan. I've seen all of Paranoia Agent (And I loved it) as well as Perfect Blue.

I am definitely looking forward Paprika.
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Postby Mangafanatic » Mon Apr 09, 2007 1:01 pm

The trailer looks incredibly stunning. . . completely nonsensical, but stunning. I'm really interested to see it, but I'll first have to find out why it's rated "R."
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Postby ilikegir33 » Mon Apr 09, 2007 4:48 pm

I know why it got the R rating. The MPAA said "For violent and sexual images".
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Postby Epidemic Xero » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:51 pm

This looks amazing.... o_o
I've only seen two of Kon's works (Millennium Actress and Paranoia Agent), but I'd really like to see this. Mr. Kon occasionally gets too risque for my tastes (as in certain episodes of PA...but, other PA episodes I absolutely loved. Mixed bag. ^ ^;; ), but this movie just looks so.....wow. So ridiculously imaginative. o_o
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Mon Apr 09, 2007 8:58 pm

Mangafanatic wrote:The trailer looks incredibly stunning. . . completely nonsensical, but stunning. I'm really interested to see it, but I'll first have to find out why it's rated "R."

Knowing Kon's style. It's not for flashy or pointless reasons. Kon tends to do things for a reason other than fanservice. So essentially, his stuff really is for mature audiences.

Look at Perfect Blue for example... It's pretty much his most explicit work ever. I'd consider it the A Clockwork Orange of anime.
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Postby Alexander » Mon Apr 09, 2007 9:18 pm

*whistles*

That animation is stunning. Absolutely stunning.

However, I'm not going to see it. I've seen PG-13 Anime films which have given me nightmares from some scenes, so I'm going to stay far away from this.

And because, even though his animation is truly breath taking, I don't yet like any of Kon-san's work. Although I've only seen Millennium Actress so far.
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Postby Kawaiikneko » Tue Apr 10, 2007 4:17 am

I thought it looks amazing, and I'd like to see it... but will probably never get around to it. XD;; I'll probably get it from netflix after it comes out on DVD.
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:22 am

Alexander wrote:*whistles*

That animation is stunning. Absolutely stunning.

However, I'm not going to see it. I've seen PG-13 Anime films which have given me nightmares from some scenes, so I'm going to stay far away from this.

And because, even though his animation is truly breath taking, I don't yet like any of Kon-san's work. Although I've only seen Millennium Actress so far.

Some of Kon's work tend to be psychological thrillers, mainly Paranoia Agent, Perfect Blue, and now Paprika. So if you didn't like Millennium Actress, you may like his psychological thrillers; unless you get frightened by them.

There's also Tokyo Godfathers, which I hear is pretty good.
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Postby Fish and Chips » Tue Apr 10, 2007 11:28 am

I now have reason to wait impatiently for May.
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Postby ilikegir33 » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:44 pm

This movie looks GREAT! I really want to see it despite the R rating. It looks better than Paranoia Agent and that's sayin' something.
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Postby Puguni » Fri Apr 13, 2007 4:49 pm

I'm plugging my thread in a way, but there's apparently going to be a screening of Paprika tomorrow at D.C.
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Postby Sheol777 » Fri Apr 13, 2007 6:39 pm

Puguni wrote:I'm plugging my thread in a way, but there's apparently going to be a screening of Paprika tomorrow at D.C.


How did you find out about this? I ned to find a showing in NJ.
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