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diff --git a/content/reviews/anime_manga/patlabor-the-movie.md b/content/reviews/anime_manga/patlabor-the-movie.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5b7f88d --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/anime_manga/patlabor-the-movie.md @@ -0,0 +1,94 @@ ++++ +title = "Patlabor: The Movie (1989)" +author = ["Michał Sapka"] +date = 2024-04-11T21:01:00+02:00 +categories = ["reviews"] +draft = false +weight = 2005 +image_dir = "reviews/screenshots" +image_max_width = 765 +abstract = "The proto-GITS is still very nice!" +aliases = ["/blog/patlabor-the-movie", "//brain-rot/patlabor/patlabor-the-movie", "/brain-rot/anime/patlabor-the-movie/"] +rating = 3.75 +image = "reviews/covers/patlabor-1-movie.jpg" +related = ["Patlabor movie timeline"] +relatedName = "The Movie" +reviewSection = ["Anime movies"] ++++ + +There was a time when _Patlabor_ was an established name. + +It was huge, it had _Mamoru Oshii_.Now, sadly, it's mostly forgotten. +_Patlabor: The Movie_ is the first from the universe. +I'll cover the following two soon, as thiis is my rewatch after decades. + +The story takes place in the distant future of 1999. +Manual labor is aided by Labors, huge exoskeletons. +Tokyo is undergoing a huge project, where old suburbs are demolished and artificial island are created on the coast. +Some Labors are going berserk, destroying everything on their paths despite being unmanned. + +Let's start with the visual feast. +The movie looks stunning! +Yes, later movies from IG top what we see here, and sometimes the faces may look weird. +It's not perfect. +But if we would simply tell ourselves that this style of animations is the peak and let's just try to maintain the quality, I'd be more than happy. +The way this 35-year-old movie looks is a testament to the power of manual drawings. +The design, the camera work, the coloring - I loved every second. + +Another cute thing I've noticed: _The Movie_ is an Oshii-type of movie. +It came in this short period, where _anime_ was treating western culture as something alien and cool. +We're seeing this in Jin-Roh, Evangelion, GITS, and many others. +Here we've got the Bible. + +But this also shows the biggest problem of _Patlabor: The Movie_: it is shallow. +On surface level, we've got everything one could ever want: Unabomber-style genius on a quest to stop progress at all cost. +We're seeing how _old_ is discarded in the name of progress. +We've also got a huge computer system which is maintained without deep understanding of how it works. +Basically, 1999 is like 2024. +But none of this is really developed. +The main characters never stop and think, that maybe the world is not going the best route? +Eiichi Hoba, the aforementioned Unabomber, is just a plot device: the viewer is also never confronted with his viewpoint. + +As it stands, _The Movie's_ story is disjointed: +on one side we've got the real and interesting question. +On the other, no one looks for answers and just accepts the risks of unconstrained growth. +But maybe this was the point? +We're seeing the same today: the world is ending, and most people are racing to be the last one to shut down the lights. +It is scary how believable this is. +Even the main threat is solved by a software rollback... + +_Patlabor: The Movie_ is good on its own, but it suffers from being the proto Ghost in the Shell. +It's not near as good, nor is it as good as its sequel. +But taking it at face value is really solid. +I had huge fun rewatching it, but left unsatisfied for sophisticated sociopsychological treat Oshii is known for. + +My rating is 3.75/5 + +{{< image class="centered" file="patlabor-movie-1-0001.jpg" >}} +Sucide is painless... +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="patlabor-movie-1-0002.jpg" >}} +...It brings on many changes +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="patlabor-movie-1-0003.jpg" >}} +For a mecha anime, we've got a lot of people talking in different rooms +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="patlabor-movie-1-0004.jpg" >}} +Have I mentioned thast this movie looks stunning? +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="patlabor-movie-1-0005.jpg" >}} +S-T-U-N-N-I-N-G +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="patlabor-movie-1-0006.jpg" >}} +It always amazes me how many anime shows older guys in their undergarments. +I get, that Japan gets extremely hot during summer, but is it real that frequent? +{{< /image >}} + +{{< image class="centered" file="patlabor-movie-1-0008.jpg" >}} +One of many GITS-style scenes. +{{< /image >}} |