Saw it.
I give it 8/10 stars. I thought it was very faithful to the original film. I thought the biggest problem it has is the overly obvious and ham-fisted dialogue at the beginning letting us know what themes are going to be explored. It's a problem with the original too, tho, so not unexpected.
I thought Scarlett Johannson was okay in the role, but just okay. I didn't realize she was so tiny before this. I thought Pilou Asbæk did a great job as Batou, as did Takeshi Kitano as Aramaki. The rest of the cast was adequate.
The bad spot in the film was the terrible CGI work done during the spider tank battle, specifically the part where Major runs up falling concrete slabs. The sequence shows us the superhuman effort only she is capable of making, but the CGI is terribly done: it looks like a bad video game sequence and is reminiscent of the terrible work done in both The Matrix Reloaded and Blade 2. It's necessary footage but I'm sure the director will regret to the end of his days paying the people who did the work and having to include it in his final cut.
Other than that, I thought this was a solid translation of the subject matter. They nailed the look perfectly and I thought the story was told well enough that it may interest people who don't know much other than "Scarlett Johannson movie" that they will see more worth in the viewing and find things to talk about and so return to it again. I don't think there's much for a fan to be disappointed in with this live action movie; I know I'm not.
I give it 8/10 stars. I thought it was very faithful to the original film. I thought the biggest problem it has is the overly obvious and ham-fisted dialogue at the beginning letting us know what themes are going to be explored. It's a problem with the original too, tho, so not unexpected.
I thought Scarlett Johannson was okay in the role, but just okay. I didn't realize she was so tiny before this. I thought Pilou Asbæk did a great job as Batou, as did Takeshi Kitano as Aramaki. The rest of the cast was adequate.
The bad spot in the film was the terrible CGI work done during the spider tank battle, specifically the part where Major runs up falling concrete slabs. The sequence shows us the superhuman effort only she is capable of making, but the CGI is terribly done: it looks like a bad video game sequence and is reminiscent of the terrible work done in both The Matrix Reloaded and Blade 2. It's necessary footage but I'm sure the director will regret to the end of his days paying the people who did the work and having to include it in his final cut.
Other than that, I thought this was a solid translation of the subject matter. They nailed the look perfectly and I thought the story was told well enough that it may interest people who don't know much other than "Scarlett Johannson movie" that they will see more worth in the viewing and find things to talk about and so return to it again. I don't think there's much for a fan to be disappointed in with this live action movie; I know I'm not.