Does that mean this film is perfect? Mwah, that would be exaggerating. The film is actually pretty good, even better perhaps, but it would take much more to call it a masterpiece, even though many of the elements are there: the story (rather basic though), the action (god damn awesome in 3D, I guess Aramaki learned a lot from his collaboration with John Woo), the epic universe (upped with a huge symphonic score) and the looks. Well, the looks.... While they entirely let go of Matsumoto's manga's hand drawn look and went for a hyper-realistic approach with less resemblance (which is a shame), one cannot deny it looks ab-so-lu-te-ly stunning. In fact, most of "the stuff" (space ships, battle suits and the world it takes place is) has been done so intricately, one also cannot deny Aramaki is the man for the job for a film like this. His experience on previous CG works and his background in mechanical design are quite the match.
Gerade mal 1,5 Mio. $ hat der Film am Wochenende eingespielt. Schuld daran könnte wohl Miyazakis The Wind Rises sein, der nach 8 Wochen immer noch an der Spitze der Charts trumpft. Schade, hatte gehofft es könnten mehrteiler werden. 
Hat mich vollkommen aus dem Film gerissen und verstehe noch immer nicht was das sollte. 
