We rented the anime Steamboy for the weekend and while there were elements that were visually pleasing, it was down-right boring. There are sections that move and seem to promise a more fast and fun film. But each of these sequences is ultimately drawn to a screeching halt -- sometimes rather jarringly-- by long expositions by the older characters. At first, this seemed okay, the plot needed some advancing, but there's this repetitive theme of science and it's unleashing of power that each of the main character feels the need to prattle on endlessly about. And I do mean endlessly; so much so that I forgot who stood for what by the end. Even the girl, who should have grown somewhat by the end of the film from a self-obsessed, sliver-spoon, brat to some form of realization that what her family does might not be for the better good, would wavier back and forth, never really developing at all. (Oddly, she was the only American in the film --I wonder what that's supposed to mean?)
Tine couldn't take it. She was interested at the start, when the action looked like it was going to unfold, but near the end, she just couldn't stay in the same room. Each time she came back in, she couldn't believe it was still on. Or that the same characters were giving the same speeches again! There was probably about 30 minutes of useless dialog that should have been cut. Overall it was a decent story, but it's execution left something really lacking.
posted by Evil Wayne @ 1:44 PM
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