Forum - View topicREVIEW: Yatterman (live action movie)
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GATSU
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I heard those don't actually suck, just the LA Garfield and Chipmunks stuff.
Miike's, unfortunately, not always reliable with narratives. He's more of a character motivation kind of guy than a story motivation kind of guy.
Well, they seem to be fine with Cutey Honey, so I guess Yatterman should do alright. |
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R.G.
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It could have been worse.
It could have been done Robot Chicken style. |
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Andrew Cunningham
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Since both Speed Racer and Cutey Honey were unbelievably awesome from beginning to end, I suspect I will enjoy the shit out of Yatterman. |
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Zac
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I sort of grudgingly enjoyed Speed Racer (and appreciate it more now that I've got the Bluray version) but Cutey Honey was torture. 2 hours of some chick mugging right into the camera. Yeesh. |
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Andrew Cunningham
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I'll grant you Speed Racer was significantly better than Cutey Honey, and the lead performance was singularly grating. But I'd also argue that stuff doesn't work in anime either. I do appreciate the comparisons in the review - it makes it easy to see how my mileage will vary. But it definitely doesn't sound like it lives up to Miike's work on The Great Youkai War. |
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GATSU
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Speed Racer would have been better if it had speed and racing.
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enurtsol
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Yeah, it made a lot of introverts fall in love with Linda Cardellini. ![]() |
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fuuma_monou
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Scooby Doo without Don Messick's voice just doesn't work for me, animated or live-action. Matthew Lillard as Shaggy was pretty good, though. |
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Ari-chan
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I actually liked the LA Scooby Doo movies. I especially appreciate the treatment of Scrappy Doo in the first one. LA Garfield wasn't horrible either, just rather.... eh, at least there were cute animals. The LA Chipmukes movie can rot in hell though. It's punishment being mostly for it's terrible music. I was actually looking forward to seeing LA Yatterman. I probably still will since even if I'm older than 10, I still remember enjoying the series. |
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mrsatan
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You have the Re:Cutey Honey cast listed there. |
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GATSU
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satan: Yeah, that was someone else's lay-out.
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Empathy
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I was only going to watch this for Sho, but now I'm mildly interested
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nobinobita
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For anyone that's interested in another take on Miike's Yatterman, here's a good review from twitch:
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/yatterman-review/ |
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GATSU
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Saw the L.A. screening, and Justin's review seems about right. [I did dig the music numbers, however, but only because they gave me a much-needed break from the slow pacing of the rest of the flick.] Though I'd say Yatterman is like Speed Racer combined with every sentai show ever made topped with a dash of Kick-Ass, while hopped up on 'shrooms. Zebraman's a better homage, and Casshern's the only good LA Tatsunoko film, IMHO. [Plus, it'll help MB out.] I don't think this thing would do that well here on home video, outside of the Miike fanbase, but the audience for it was laughing more than I would've expected, so who knows?
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