A simple little ramble page I made to quickly share my thoughts on different properties or media without dedicating an entire page to it (for the moment). Feel free to read and agree or disagree...
All reviews made here will not be spoiler free so beware if you care about that kind of stuff.
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A beautiful and painful film, I'm really glad to have finally watched the first 2 seasons of twin peaks and the movie.
10 Lobotos out of 10
Tokyo Godfathers is an unbelievably beautiful Christmas film. I have watched other Satoshi Kon animated classics before Tokyo Godfathers, such as Perfect Blue and Paprika and I loved the experience from those. However, despite not being a huge fanatic over these works, Tokyo Godfather speaks out the most to me compared to the former films mentioned especially now more than ever.
I really do believe you should watch this film for yourself to experience the message and themes present, but I find the treatment and portrayal of homelessness/homeless people shown and also the variety and complexity of each character's situation very compelling in a way I've never seen much other media, nonetheless, a non-western animated film portray with this much depth and compassion.
Even then, how this movie portrays poverty and the experiences homeless people have to go through is not as different as many cases of homelessness in America or the like and I really appreciate that kind of realism in this film.
Another aspect I also love was the portrayal of Hana and her being a trans woman, it's rare to find media that depicts trans people, especially trans women who aren't passing in a tasteful way, and while Hana has her comedic moments, her motivation of wanting to raise and take care of what she presumes is an abandoned baby due to her upbringing as an orphan questioning if she was ever loved throughout her childhood especially the extra risk and difficulty involved being homeless and having to scavenge for resources is extremely heartwrenching and you do just understand her reasoning and reaction towards certain things (such as her outburst towards Gin upon finding out he had lied about losing his daughter and wife when he was a gambling deadbeat).
This movie kept me on my toes about what would happen especially near the climax which gave me chills… while it is implied/the story is left on a positive end note with Miyuki reuniting with her father and all three of the main protagonists winning the lottery, it did make me wish we could've seen a conclusion where they're all living together happily. In conclusion, a phenomenal movie, truly one of the best Christmas movies and in my opinion, best Satoshi Kon movie made.
Peak cinema tbh.
Being serious here, I actually have some history with this movie, having watched this about 4 different times in different language dubs and even having a plushie or two of the titular alien character.
Having remembered a good amount of what happens during the film especially the climax and ending, I can't say I was really suprised by the movie. What I am suprised however is the amount of goofy slapstick that was present in scenes, especially the fantasy sequence the main kid character Dicky (yeah, don't question it) has.
Like I was legit caught off gaurd when all of that happened, even making me question what scenes of the movie were actually happening. On a more sour note however I also got caught off guard by the casual much less goofier, child abuse/beating that Dicky gets from his father, ig it really is just one of those major cultural differences from western media (a pretty bad one at that) where parent characters casually just beating or mistreating their children is normal.
Overall this movie while somewhat predictable is a very almost campy watch if you like goofy slapstick esc action and funny 2000s cgi marketable creature sidekicks. Watch if you're interested in viewing any kind of non western/chinese cinema or if you just wanna have a quick laugh.
I watched this webseries with a friend after having a good listen of the album that was based/made alongside this series.
It's always super interesting to see The Residents delve into other mediums apart from music to tell a story, nonetheless an ARG during a time where interaction via emails wwere a pretty big part of the entire series.
There's a good sense of mystery present throughout the entire series relating to the main character, Bunny Boy/Roger, and his quest to retrace and locate where his brother, Harvey has gone to after going missing from an "incident "and leaving behind hints and clues about his current where abouts.
The ending to the entire series also leaves a good amount of stuff up to the viewer to get multiple different readings/interpretations of characters like Roger and what the series is.
I might potentially make a single page dedicated to my personal reading of this series but overall, another very stellar job well done by The Residents of making an alternate reality game/webseries!
