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Shôjo kakumei Utena (1997)
One of my favorite series/films of all-time.
A unique and dynamic series, absolutely unlike anything you've ever seen. One of the most amazing stories I've ever seen put to screen, and so much more than the bubbly, vapid romance series I was expecting. Heavy themes from both Christian stories and Greek mythology, but a lot of it masked by symbolism and implication. an incredible story, but you have to watch ALL 39 episodes to get the full-impact. Not really a show you can watch out of order. I'm personally not a fan of the dub, but dubs have to be pretty impressive to compare to the original Japanese actors, in my opinion. There's so much subtext and raw emotion in their voices that they create the characters more than the pictures. And these characters are so complex it's a shame to not experience them at their full potential. This is a series where you can watch it over and catch new thing every time. WELL worth your money and time.
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace (1999)
All in all, I was impressed, but ignore the hype.
Okay, I'll admit it, I was camped out on the sidewalk for hours on Tuesday night for tickets. I had quite an adventure (which I won't go into) but shuffling my way into the theater, my ticket in hand, I began to have doubts about if it was really worth it. I wanted so badly for it to be a great movie, to quell my fears, and as the Lucasfilms icon appeared on the screen I was so tense I wanted to scream.
Well to make a long story short, I wasn't disappointed. I felt my hours of cold and hunger had not been wasted. I hadn't gone in expecting the movie to live up to it's massive expectations, no movie could possibly do that. We would all have had to have died and ascended to a higher spiritual plane halfway through the film to accomplish that. I went in expecting a Star Wars movie, and that's what I got. It's technically the first movie, the introduction to the universe we've all come to know and love, and as an intro, it does very well. A visual feast, if I do say so myself, even if the marvelous cast was given very little to do. I am greatly looking forward to the next two installments, as Ewan McGregor has surpassed my expectations as Obi-Wan Kenobi, and hoping that Liam Neeson will have a part. Things have been set in motion now that will carry through into the Luke Trilogy and I'm very curious to see how all these puzzle pieces will fit together.