Ghost in the Shell

I am a massive film of both the original films and TV show, they captured Asian dystopia like nothing had before. A perfect blend of both the time it was made and the time it imagined.

Therefore when it came to a Hollywood adaptation i had the biggest doubts and the original feedback was terrible, even cutting its debut short in my country. I proceeded to push back watching the film until almost a year later.

I was mistaken to. The film is far from a bad adaptation, it manages to capture the same de-saturated enigmatic future in all aspects, including story. Its watered down, yes. Enough to make it a modern, viable, cinema going mass market experience but they still take chances with timing and shots that are more accurate to the 1995 Anime.

This is a great go at an Anime adaption, and although i would prefer An Asian lead, I hope following Anime adaptions keep the same ability to transfer the smell, the root feel of an Anime.