Well, first off, if you haven't seen a lot of Lupin you probably won't like this that much. So...please watch some of the second series, "Episode 0: First Contact," "The Secret of Mamo," and "Castle of Cagliostro" beforehand. Second, it can be really confusing, which I believe is on purpose. The first thing that turned me off was that I thought they'd changed Lupin's voice to some dude with a really low voice. It turns out later that this is not the case, at least not exactly. If you don't want anything to be really spoiled then just stop reading here and go watch the movie. You can see it and some other Lupin films on Hulu for free.
It would be really awesome to see a fan-edit of this where they put everything in chronological order. A couple parts of the movie seemed like they went too fast and I had to re-watch those parts (like the part with the huge robot). I think the end is great, it gave me a fuzzy warm "yeah!" feeling. As to what happened in the end I suppose it's open for debate, but I think if you look at all the clues in the movie it's pretty apparent (at least somewhat) although if you really want to go there, I guess it's possible that neither of the main Lupins in the film really were Lupin...which I'm starting to lean towards. But according to 'Lupin,' Lupin-ness is something that can be attained and so perhaps one or both of them were Lupin, or at least were/are Lupin for some amount of time.
What a head trip. Great movie.
It would be really awesome to see a fan-edit of this where they put everything in chronological order. A couple parts of the movie seemed like they went too fast and I had to re-watch those parts (like the part with the huge robot). I think the end is great, it gave me a fuzzy warm "yeah!" feeling. As to what happened in the end I suppose it's open for debate, but I think if you look at all the clues in the movie it's pretty apparent (at least somewhat) although if you really want to go there, I guess it's possible that neither of the main Lupins in the film really were Lupin...which I'm starting to lean towards. But according to 'Lupin,' Lupin-ness is something that can be attained and so perhaps one or both of them were Lupin, or at least were/are Lupin for some amount of time.
What a head trip. Great movie.