The Age of Commercialism

Great Film overall

Unshakable, witty and deeply felt, the film will be paying emotional dividends for a long, long time.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Too be quite honest I have no real idea what this movie is about, though to be fair LSD probably has a hand to play in this, as i was tripping balls when viewing. Personally I found quite a few flaws in the movie especially concerning this societies purely robot based economy, as (spoiler alert) there output of mechs and other assorted killbots was clearly reeking havoc on the environment and people as a whole. I was constantly forced to put reality aside as any attempt to understand the logistics of fielding literally tens of thousands of robots would be daunting to say the least, not to mention the support staff to maintain and sheer nation sized industrial base to produce these monstrosities of death to send in endless mechanical waves of destruction against one man, only to fail. It's mind boggling, there was almost a sense of fatalism in there culture as a whole for the most likely sensed no matter how much they toiled day and night the veritable chariots of wanton chaos would quickly be torn asunder by a lone man with excellently qouffed bangs. In fact the only two things that seemed to matter in this world were making more robots to push into the destructive void of destinies gaping maw and keeping a retinue of hairstylists at hand constantly so as to look good whilst doing that.So in summation if your into questioning both the gender of antagonists and your life choices all set too the backdrop of constant robotic duels...though this movie will always stay with me, we chose after view to send the DVD on its way to the netherworld like Viking heroes of old and fittingly blew it into the void with a set of mortar shells.

The storyline of this film is essentially that of a superhero movie. Set in some dystopian future in the fading stages of a great world war a scientist develops a cell culture system for creating new body parts. Only his experiments go wrong and create - the villains (sort of) - a group of superhuman mutants (called the Neuroids) that after being persecuted by the human race set out to destroy it. After the scientist son is killed in the war he uses his cell culture system to resurrect him and he becomes the films super hero. As the film progresses our hero develops a purpose and identity becoming Casshern.As a superhero movie this film matches if not exceeds many western films of the same genre. However I would not necessarily recommend this film to marvel film fans. Although this film follows a super hero trajectory it is set in a dark sci fi world and explores issues such as fascism, the nature of humanity, and the fallacy of war. The films aesthetic and visual effects are more akin to films such as Brazil.The quality of this film in terms of its dialogue, action sequences, acting and visuals fluctuates from gripping through to B movie. There are some scenes where you connect with the characters and feel immersed in the CG scapes and violence, and others when things seem less imaginative and you realise everything is made out of plastic.I give this film 7/10 but i'd say it isn't for everyone. Some people will see a B movie, others something out of this world.

I/ve just watched this film on SBS at 2am. This film will go down as a Japanese classic simply because it covers so many aspects of life outside the film than in. The ending left me speechless and i cannot wait to see this film on a surround sound set up. Truly one of the best modern sci fi classics i have seen in a long time. Brilliant. 10 out of 10. I loved how they used the theme that humans were the ones to blame for the existence of the human race. Kinda calling the kettle black. Plus blaming ancestors for the way the world is today is a bit harsh. Evolution is evolution. But the old us versus them debate once again became the center of the movie were simple existence between the two is the simple answer!

I'm astounded by some of the low scores for this movie. I watched in awe as a quasi-fascist future was brilliantly brought to life in a highly stylised manner. I was taken in by the visuals from the off and found the story constantly gripping and well considered. The ideas regarding the origins of humanity are even more disturbing than the "battery" idea from the Matrix!! I found the action sequences were superbly done, but by no means were these the be-all and end-all of this movie experience, indeed most of the film is given over to monologues and evocative imagery, rather than the high octane thrill provided by Hollywood. Maybe this is the reason for the low score, it doesn't necessarily do what it says on the tin...but blame the marketing men for that, rather than detracting from a stunning movie experience.