the sins of the human race...

Another movie based on the famous manga creator, Shirow Masamune. I have always admired Ghost in the Shell (both movies that is) Appleseed did show on Dendy but I didn't go thinking that I don't like how the anime has been portrayed... =_= 3-D... and I was right... I don't like the execution of how the anime has been converted to 3-D but still with anime type of facial structures and stuff...

Anyways... the movie is about Deunan Knute, a leader of rebel forces... anyways... the story takes place in the future... human race is dying because of wars, cities destroyed and the only thing to do is to survive... Deunan became the leader of the rebel forces that supposedly been fighting the 'enemy' after the previous leader which was Briareos, her boyfriend, went missing.

One day the ES.W.A.T team which was the government special forces captured her and brought her to Utopia. And upon coming to the city Deunan find out that Briareos has changed side to the government side... umm... the thing is the war has been happening so much that she didn't realise that the war is still ongoing to some extent but to the greater part the war has finished with no sides winning and Utopia is a city that has been build to maintain human race...

And also when she was captured she realised that Briareos was badly injured during his err 'quest' and now is 75% machine... yeah... weird... Anyways... in Utopia the humans make up half of the city population whereas the other half is actually Bioroids... they're like human clones but unfortunately unable to be fertile or feel any real emotions... hatred and anger and jealousy have been erased and therefore the Bioroids are there to maintain balance within the human race... but a complication occurs and the Appleseed need to be retrieved, a data that has been stored to modify the Bioroids so they can breed...

Anyways... this is really a Shirow Masamune type of story coz you can sort of see the resemblance... but in terms of story I thought it wasn't that exciting and the type of anime is really not my thing either... overall it was an ok sort of movie... a lot of 'supposedly' adrenaline pumping scenes but to me they were nothing... or maybe I was rather lethargic on that day... hmm... but no matter... I thought it was good but ok... there's a lot of actions though...

Yeah... that's all for Appleseed...

The next is... the Island... for some reason I was lucky that I get both of these movies for only $2.95 each but I still thought they're not really worth watching if you have to watch it full price...
You might be wondering how I got it for $2.95... see the thing is we got the price by mistake... we went to the Homebush video store when the promotion card clearly says Croydon... so that was our fault... the guy at the counter asked the girl and they were discussing it and maybe the day was a bit slow and everyone felt ~meh... so they still gave us the price even though we shouldn't have got it... hehe lucky us...

Yep that was the story...

Getting back to the Island... funnily enough both movies that I rent are all about clones... hmm... must have been a fascinating theme that keeps re-occuring... The Island takes place in the future also in the year 2019 where people are put into a uniform, white, monochromatic, systematic type of living environment... The story follows how each person is sent to the Island through lotteries... but Lincoln Six Echo found out that they weren't at all sent to the Island but rather being cut up open and used... So Lincoln saved his girlfriend Jordan Two Delta and went outside the compound (because they weren't meant to go outside because they were being told that they were saved from the 'contamination' and so the outside world has been considered contaminated by the people living inside but because of circumstances Lincoln was able to find out that the outside world was 'safe') then the journey begins...

Umm... I think I shouldn't talk too much about what happened next... it's for you to find out *wink... but I still think I got ripped-off for renting this movie even though it's 5 cents less than $3... *sigh yeah anyways... it's not half that bad... but yeah... Ewan McGregor plays Lincoln whereas Scarlet Johannsen played Jordan... so yeah...

Hmm... some parts got me thinking... coz this is sort of for those who have seen it... if the name is really an indication of the client's last name so what would they give the name for the person with a REALLY long last name? You know like... Apu's last name... Nahasapemapethilon... or something... they wouldn't keep saying his name right? "hey you, Nahasapemapethilon~guy" Well... anyways... the story was kinda weak... but it was alright if you like brainless type of movies with a lot of actions... so... yeah... that's all for today...

See ya ~yawn