Comments on: Millennium Actress Review - 91/100

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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:03:22 +0100

and I think it’s a less impressive work than Paprika, but there’s more charm in this film than just about anything Studio Ghibli have ever released. Only if it was less arthousey

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Wed, 29 Jun 2011 10:02:06 +0100

I think Paprika is much more meaningful if you watch it in order. That is, if you’ve seen each Kon work as they are released, Paprika makes a lot more sense. In a way it is the accumulation of al

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by: omo

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 07:04:51 +0000

I think Paprika is much more meaningful if you watch it in order. That is, if you’ve seen each Kon work as they are released, Paprika makes a lot more sense. In a way it is the accumulation of all the stuff he wanted to pull off in his directorial career so far.

Personally Millennium Actress is my favorite film coming from him. It’s not flawless, and I think it’s a less impressive work than Paprika, but there’s more charm in this film than just about anything Studio Ghibli have ever released. Only if it was less arthousey.

by: Wyrdwad

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:55:37 +0000

Heh, and my reaction to it is quite the opposite: I must’ve seen Millennium Actress a dozen times already, and listened to its soundtrack over a hundred times… and I never get tired of either. (:

-Tom

by: lostty

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:16:55 +0000

I actually didn’t like this movie that much, I just felt bored watching it. I think it had good potential, but it never reached my expectations. Though, I would probably watch it for a second time just to see if my opinion would change…

by: Northern

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:56:39 +0000

For me, Paprika was better the second time I saw it. That’s because I had a better sense of who the characters were and understood why things happened the way they did.

by: Wyrdwad

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 05:36:05 +0000

You know, I actually gained a new appreciation for Paprika after buying it on DVD and watching all the interviews and commentary. I think anything Paprika was lacking, it was actually kind of INTENTIONALLY lacking… evidently, the original Paprika novel was Kon’s favorite book of all time, for YEARS, and served as his impetus to become a movie-maker… and the author actually approached HIM to make a movie out of Paprika… so Kon basically reverted to “fanboy mode,” and decided that since the movie was all about dreams anyway, he might as well just make the entire movie based on his own impulses, no matter how brash or amateurish they may be, with no second thoughts and no revisions.

I’m not sure if that EXCUSES the movie’s flaws, but it certainly goes a long way toward explaining them, and it shows me that Kon HASN’T lost his touch… he just tried something different, and it didn’t quite work as well as he’d hoped. I have every faith that his next movie will be up to par with his other amazing works, though.

And speaking of his next movie, straight from Kon’s mouth (I got to see him live at the east coast Paprika premiere!), it will be taking place in the future… but not the future as we think of it: a time SO UNIMAGINABLY FAR in the future that life is just completely different from anything we know. Sounds promising, and I can’t wait to see it. (:

Anyway, glad you finally got around to seeing Millennium Actress, my favorite movie of all time (animated or otherwise!). I was hoping it would wow you a bit more than a 91’s worth, but still, for you, giving a movie a 91 is pretty damn good, so I’m satisfied. (:

-Tom

by: Martin

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 01:03:32 +0000

I recall seeing this at a convention in ‘05 and was utterly spellbound. I’d already seen Perfect Blue at that point but after watching everything Kon has directed since (and holding every one of them in very high regard) I think this one is still my favourite.

It’s a romance movie, an historical movie, and I guess a movie about movies! It’s also really beautiful - right down to the muffled crunch of footfalls in snow - and the soundtrack is brilliant too.

You really have left the best till last - the greatest work so far from one of my favourite directors. This review just reminds me how badly I want to rewatch it actually…

by: AG

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:56:13 +0000

All in all this film definitely had its touching moments but for me was a disappointment overall.

The time-travelling with the cameramen as spectators / actors / participants did not feel clever, more like a standard artistic trick.

The film feels like Paprika but has a better story, ie I don’t think its radically better.

Just my tuppence worth ;)

by: wackedfoo

Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:45:30 +0000

hm…what would this list include? i have one of my own but it’s more like a “To Download” list.

anyway, my first satoshi kon film was paprika. while i thought it was definitely creative, it wasn’t as good as i thought it’d be. millennium actress blew away any low expectations i had for kon’s other movies though.