Paprika – Limited Edition – 4K UHD + Blu-ray + Digital (SteelBook)
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One of the best mind trips ever made. 98%. I first saw Paprika last summer when a good friend of mine strongly recommended the works of Satoshi Kon to me and after gazing at the anime titles he made, Paprika grabbed my eyes the quickest given its trippy imagery and description, so I bought it on Amazon and am extremely glad to have seen it because it’s one of the most enriching and creative titles I’ve ever seen in the medium.STORYIn the near future, a huge advance in psychotherapy is created in the form of a device called the DC Mini, which is capable of recording people’s dreams. However, the DC Mini is stolen and Dr. Chiba’s science team and detective Konakawa join forces to get it back before it falls into the wrong hands. In their pursuit, follows one of the craziest mind trips ever put on celluloid.CHARACTERSWhat’s a movie without good characters? Thankfully, Satoshi Kon kept this in mind and fleshed out very believable and interesting characters when creating this animated feast for the eyes and brain. What I also like is that while there’s protagonists and antagonists in Paprika, they don’t really fit any stereotypes and aren’t one-sided morally speaking. Atsuko Chiba (At-Chan, as Kosaku Tokita calls her) has the alter ego in the form of a red-headed and energetic lady named Paprika but unlike most alter egos, Paprika exists entirely in the dream universe. Chiba tends to be serious and butts heads with Tokita. Detective Konakawa is one of the most interesting to me since he has repressed terrors and lives them out through dreams that play out like movies. Tokita is a more unique case since he’s a kid trapped in a genius adult’s body and given that personality, he acts just like that since all he cares about doing is “doing what he wants” instead of doing what he HAS to do. Even the more minor characters are better than mere plot devices because just like the leads, they feel very believable.PLOTTING AND APPEARANCENormally in my reviews, I separate the plotting and appearance, but in Paprika’s case, I have to combine the two since they’re dependent of each other and would be awkward reviewing the two individually. This is where most of the fun in Paprika lies in. Kon, being the excellent storyteller that he is, perfectly meshes the dream world with reality and unlike Christopher Nolan’s vision of the dream world for Inception, Kon takes full advantage of the opportunities he has and creates a dream world where anything, and I mean ANYTHING, can happen (visually and plot-wise). The plotting is brilliant as to where it’s complex but not overly so, in the sense that the plotting isn’t a gimmicky puzzle movie where it’s a convoluted mess that you’re trying to put together (though it’s best to pay attention), but rather blending both fantasy and reality within a character’s dilemma and ultimately fits what they’re going through as a consequence of the DC Mini’s severe abuse. An example of this is when Konakawa is pursuing one of the main antagonists, he gets caught in his recurring nightmare and acts out according to the nightmare, and the consequences from his actions affect the antagonists in the real world. There’s so much more to this, but I think you get the picture (and that I don’t want to spoil the whole movie).Then there’s the appearance of the movie. This is integral to the film since it’s the imagery that breathes so much life into the dreamworld in Paprika. Kon took full advantage of this opportunity in the visual department and made a dreamworld like no other. In this dreamworld, toys, household appliances, and other devices coming to life and say complete gibberish. There’s a scene where Paprika jumps into Dr. Shima’s dream, she sinks into Shima’s body and causes him to inflate like a giant balloon and explodes, causing him to wake up. When people dive into peoples’ dreams, they can take the form of any object they merge with. The best example of this would be with Paprika since she takes a myriad of forms ranging from fairies to griffins in the film. Things get really interesting towards the end when reality and the dreamworld merge since you see businessmen gleefully jumping off a building in formation and Tokita running around as a toy robot firing missiles at a giant Japanese porcelain doll and rambling about fat content in coconut milk. In my first viewing of Paprika, I was left lying in a fetal position wondering what just happened mostly because of the dazzling imagery used to flesh out peoples’ dreams.The animation and artwork is fantastic. The frame rate is rather smooth and the imagery is very colorful and detailed. Like Shigurui: Death Frenzy, Paprika is another anime that uses both 2D animation and 3D animation and much like said anime series, Paprika mixes the two in a very tasteful manner since the 3D imagery exists only to supplement the primary 2D animation instead of overpowering it. The characters have very distinctive looks and me being a male in his early 20’s, especially enjoyed the way Dr. Chiba was drawn since she looks beautiful but at the same time, her looks actually match her personality since she looks mature (and acts as such). In the case of female characters, Kon has a very distinctive way of drawing them and I personally love how he draws them since they look like anime characters but don’t really fit the cookie-cutter styles abused in the genre. Once again, Satoshi Kon and Madhouse Studio crank out a high-quality anime.THEMESTo supplement the well-done characters, surreal imagery, creative story, and excellent plotting, Kon threw in some themes to make an already brilliant anime even better. While subtle, there’s themes about the sacredness of one’s dreams and the intrusion of technology in said area elaborated by the Chairman (the main antagonist). I felt this was pretty insightful since according to the Chairman, a person’s dreams in the movie’s current setting are all that’s left that’s “personal” to someone, and the DC Mini will violate that sense of uniqueness since it’ll record the subconscious and have it shared with the whole world. There’s also a theme of someone dealing with hard guilt since Konakawa has a film-like recurring nightmare because of personal losses he had in the past relating to film. These themes add more life to an already vibrant animated picture.FINAL WORDIf you love anime that’s intelligent, creative, has great characters, and chocked full of mind-blowing imagery, then Paprika needs to be in your collection RIGHT NOW if it’s not. If you have the technology, I suggest you get the blu-ray version since the sharper picture and sound really enhances this great movie.RIP Satoshi Kon. Your body of animated work may be small, but it’ll be remembered and lauded for eternity.
Satoshi Kon’s Final Work. A clown emerges from a tiny clown car. After doing so, she says, “It’s the greatest showtime!” and with this, Paprika begins. Elephants, clowns, and other circus performers march out from behind curtains and we are introduced to Kogawa Tishimi, a detective seemingly hunting someone in the audience. Before long, he’s trapped in the middle of the circus ring and the audience runs towards him, all now sharing his face. He falls through the floor and finds himself being seamlessly carried by an energetic young girl across various different scenes, each one reminiscent of a different film, until he ends up in a hallway, chasing after a killer. As he gives chase, the world around him literally collapses.And then he wakes up.As it turns out, he was involved in an experimental therapy session with a woman named Paprika. The device used is referred to as a DC Mini, which allows more than one person to share dreams for therapeutic purposes. The plot thickens when it turns out that a few of these devices have been stolen by dream terrorists, who can use the device to enter and insert dreams into other peoples minds, driving them mad by blurring the lines between the dream world and the real world. It gets worse when the very fabric of reality is called into question. Another film by the late Satoshi Kon (Millennium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers), Paprika displays his fascination with dreams and the way they can be interpreted onscreen. There are various plot elements here (and some imagery) that can be seen in other more recent films like Inception, though unlike Inception, in which the world of dreams can be controlled and manipulated due to its rules, for Satoshi Kon, the world of dreams has neither rules nor logic. This can be seen clearly during the opening credits, which introduce the title character. She happily makes her way through the city jumping in an out of advertisements and altering the world around her as she skips from place to place. As a dream girl, she can do anything she wishes.The dream sequences throughout the film are a clear highlight as it allows Satoshi Kon’s imagination to run free, much like the horrific parade dream that marches through other people’s dreams, collecting them and growing, all with the accompaniment of the wonderful music of Susumu Hirasawa, a frequent collaborator of Kon. The visuals in this film blend are simply stunning, and above all, maintain a genuine feeling of surrealism, much like a real dream. The people trapped in the parade spew nonsense sentences that likely only make sense to them alone; the environment can be changed and altered to the point where someone can press themselves through a wall like it was made out of plastic wrap. While there’s a strong amount of emphasis on the dreams, this is also balanced out with the characters in the real world; Paprika is the dream alter ego of Doctor Chiba Atsuko (both voiced by Megumi Hayashibara), a doctor working at the company that developed the DC Mini. Unlike her free spirited alter ego, Chiba is very reserved and serious. She works alongside Doctor Tokita (Tôru Furuya), an enormously fat and immature scientist that developed the device, and Doctor Shima (Katsunosuke Hori), their chief. The chief is the first victim of a dream attack and he falls prey to it mid sentence. In this scene, as well as throughout the film, Kon shows that he prefers to let the audience see something before they are given an explanation of any kind. The last and a particular interesting character is Kogawa (Akio Ôtsuka), the detective. At first glance he seems like any tough older detective, but as his dreams develop we learn much more about his past and in particular, his connection to film. Because of this film connection, there’s a plethora of movie references littered throughout the story; some are obvious while others are much more subtle visual cues.I am fascinated by this film, much as I am by all of Kon’s previous work. It’s a mature and serious story with mind bending and unforgettable imagery. Bending the line between reality and dreams has been a theme in many of his stories, and it’s no wonder that he chooses to visualize this through animation. With animation, just as in dreams, there are no limitations.
A Labyrinth of Fun. Review: Labyrinth2/18/16Thoughts on Labyrinth: the MovieDavid BowieI keep forgetting how truly awesome this movie is. So while watching it today, to get out of a sour mood, I decided to give a review. Be kind to me, first movie review and I’m feeling pretty sick right now. Very tired…tried to with a headache but with David Bowie! That’s right, I’m watching Labyrinth! Here’s a bit of a review written just out in my thoughts as I sleepily watch the movie.A fairly simple description: Girl has to constantly babysit annoying still infant child, girl had FANTASTIC imagination, and prays to the Goblin King to rid her of her evil (he’s very blond and chubby…looks menacing.) little sibling boy. NOT SO MUCH TO ASK! But the girl (Sarah. AKA Jennifer Connolly at a very young age) decides to rescind the offer and go after her brother after all. The only way to him is through the Goblin Mazes, and the path is a dangerous one. Personally, I hope she gets paid triple time for that babysitting night!“Filmed in 1986, Labyrinth is about a selfish 16-year old girl, Sarah, is given 13 hours to solve a labyrinth and rescue her baby brother when her wish for him to be taken away is granted by the Goblin King.” And that’s the crux of it straight from IMDB, but I’ll elaborate some.So, it’s got all the amazing cast and crew that you knew you loved. It’s the kind of fairy tale that isn’t edited for content. They don’t leave out Cinderella’s killer corset (metaphorically, of course, she’s not in this one), or the evil step-sisters chopping off the tops of their feet to fit in the slippers. It’s on THAT caliber of fantastsy.And yet there are AMAZING puppets. It’s a Jim Henson project with Lucas Films producing. There’s really not much more you can hope for! It’s definitely a Family Style movie. You can watch this with your mum and pop and they’ll be as entertained as you! There’s also a stunning amount of humor in this movie, so don’t let any of it skip past you!Background on Labyrinth Actors: Starring: Jennifer Connolly (Sarah), David Bowie (the Goblin Kin/Jareth!) Hoggle the amazing goblin is voiced/played by Shari Weiser. Oh, and the baby is played by Toby Fruad and his name in the movie is Toby! Easy to remember!It’s, as I mentioned, a Lucas Film LTD porduction, meaning that George Lucas had his hands all over it. Which I think explains the brilliance and I only wish that Henson and Lucus would do it again! Not to mention the Number One character’s in the entire movie: THE GOBLINS! They. Are. Amazing. Henson is still King.That’s right, all the puppets are thought up and designed by Jim Henson and crew. There’s no Miss Piggy, be warned. They spooked the hell out of me when I was a little girl. The movie is only PG rated, of course, but this is being reviewed by the girl who COULD NOT watch the Indiana Jones movies…without crying hysterically and running from the room…until age 15. Legit. Something about be crushed into jelly freaks me out. So air this to your kids with caution. I would recommend it, but I personally always would have run like a baby from the Goblin King until about age nine. But I was a wimp when it came to “scary” movies when I was a kid. I think I was a vivid dreamer. No such luck now.Also, the movie runs 101 minutes. Not a long jaunt, but totally worth the short getaway.Who wouldn’t want to give away their baby brother that they CONSTANTLY have to babysit to a mythical Goblin King. I can’t say I blame her. I’m sure a lot of babysitters and older siblings LOVE this movie and love when the kids finally get old enough to watch and be terrified!DANCE MAGIC DANCE! JUMP MAGICAL JUMP! Beware, this movie has the best random musical interludes. Very Rocky Horror-esque mixed with all your favorite terrifying childhood’s stories. And I mean the REAL scary ones. The ones you read with a flashlight under the covers when you’re a little girl so mum and da will never know. NEVER.Random: Ludo the giant Wookie looking creature is simply is adorable. I need one! Nice for quick traveling as well.NOTE TO EVERYONE EVERYWHERE: YOU NEVER DRINK OR EAT ANYTHING FOR THE FAIRIES! THEY CANNOT BE TRUSTED! Clearly this doesn’t work out well for her since the whole erotic ballroom thing started.Goblin shin-digs look like fun, but I’m glad that Hoggle came to rescue her!NO! THE BOG OF ETERNAL STENCH! Ruuuuuuun! Appropriately disgusting! But the whole kissing thing was totally unforgivable SARAH, he could have turned into a prince!Brilliant sound effects. I wish I could work on a Foley Stage. There’s nothing much better than trying to recreate the sound of an axe murder with a bag of freeze dried meat and baseball bat. Or so I’ve seen on TV…I swear, only TV!Oh, and SO totally I figured out how to FINALLY sedate my cat! All he needed was to watch a movie with his namesake in it! He’s snoring away now! Look at the below picture!Still in love with Jennifer/Sarah’s Wedding grown! What can I say, I think Bowie is immensely good looking as well. (And Sarah doesn’t seem to totally disagree!) The whole masquerade ball scene is so pretty and I WANT TO GO! I have so many pretty masks…when will someone help me plan a costume party?! I missed Mari Gras again. Maybe next Halloween. It’s a Labyrinth theme and we all watch the movie! OOOH, best idea yet, Hannah! Masquerade party, anyone? I have masks that can be provided!LabyrinthJennifer ConnelyReally freaky when the ballroom explodes. Where IS Sarah? Is she alive? Why does Hoggle think he’s so unforgivable?Sarah FINALLY remembers she has to save Toby after a quick mental breakdown. Thank goodness! Weird slacker scene where she just wants to play with her childhood toys!HOGGLE SAVES THE DAY BY DEFEATING THE GOLLEM! And getting a new rig! Well…for a few minutes. And then there’s a sweet forgiveness scene between the gang, and they get BACK ON TRACK!Bowie with the baby on his lap just looks so…cool. He’s the epitome of epic awesome. Forever!Love the score for this movie. Classic mixed with techno-pop. But it just WORKS!Bowie’s serenade to Sarah. “Your Eyes can be So Cruel, Death I Do Believe in You” “I-I-I Can’t Live Without You.” So creepy and haunting, and might I add a little bit romantic. What can I say, I have a thing for the “bad guys”.So I’m going to spoil a little bit and admit that there’s a happy ending to this movie. It’s worth the watch. It’s worth the time and the smiles and the nostaglia…or if it’s you’re first time it’s even more worth it! It cheered up an otherwise boring afternoon, and reminded me of the things I love the most. I love story telling, I love gothic, I love horror, I love humor, I love fantasy and science fiction. I love it all and this movie has it all, if only it could have sequels. RIP, David Bowie. You were an amazing actor, writer, singer, director and so much more. I hope you’re rocking some epic concerts up in the big theather, so to speak.Quotes:“You have thirteen hours in which to solve the labyrinth, before your baby brother becomes one of us… forever.” Jareth/The Goblin KingI ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave. -Jareth“You’re Horrible!” -Sarah “No, I ain’t. I’m Hoggle.”-Hoggle“You Would Never Be So Brave If You Had Smelled the Bog of Eternal Strench! If you so Much as Put a Foot in the Bog of Eternal Stink You’ll Smell for the Rest of Your Life!” -HoggleEverything I’ve done, I’ve done for you. I move the stars for no one. -Jareth / Goblin King“Your mother was an aardvark!” —Random Goblin“Once upon a time, there was a beautiful young girl whose stepmother always made her stay home with the baby. And the baby was a spoiled child, and wanted everything to himself, and the young girl was practically a slave. But what no one knew is that the king of the goblins had fallen in love with the the girl, and he had given her certain powers. So one night, when the baby had be particularly cruel to her, she called on the goblins for help!Goblin: Listen!Sarah: “Say your right words,” the goblins said, “and we’ll take the baby to the castle, and you will be free!” But the girl knew, that the Goblin King would keep the baby in his castle for ever and ever and ever, and turn it into a goblin! And so the girl suffered in silence. Until one day, when she was tired from a day of housework, and she was hurt by the harsh words of her stepmother, and she could no longer stand it…” – SarahGaurd: Well, the only way out of here is to try one of these doors!Guard: One of them leads to the castle at the end of the labyrinth, and the other one leads to…Guard: Ba-baba-BOOM!Guard: Certain DEATH!Guard: Ooooooooooooohhhhh!Sarah: [after eating the peach] Hoggle, what’ve you done?Hoggle: [leaves in fear] Oh, damn you, Jareth. And damn me, too.Goblin: Jump that magic jump on me! Slap that baby, make him free!You Have No Power Over Me —Sarah FINALLY STEPS IT UP! YOU GO GIRL! TELL THAT GOBLIN KING WHO’S BOSS!Sarah: Through dangers untold. And hardships unnumbered. I have fought my way here to the castle; beyond the goblin city, to take back the child that you have stolen. My will is as strong as yours, and my kingdom as great…Jareth: Stop! Look what I’m offering you. Your dreams.Sarah: My kingdom as great… my kingdom as great… damn, I can never remember that line.Jareth: I ask for so little. Just fear me. Love me. Do as I ask, and I shall be your slave.Sarah: You have no power over me!I need you Hoggle. I need all of you. – Sarah…LEADING TO ANOTHER GREAT EPIC DANCE PARTY TO FINISH OUT THE MOVIE!Random Fact: I love how little the baby is actually IN the movie. I’m not even sure why the Goblin King wanted him specifically in the first place. I guess because Sarah asked. Oops. I’ve asked Goblins to take away MY sister and absolutely nothing happened. And I remembered the words!Okay, there’s my review. Thought I’d try giving you something to “chew” on. What do you guys think? Classic gothic fantasy as I claim, or just Snaptraddle. And don’t say that, while it’s a fantastic word that I’m pretty sure I just made up, it’s really a great movie! However you’re entitled to your opinion, please just don’t my REVIEW is Snaptraddle. Or if you must, say it in a nice way!My cat gets bummed when I “screen block” him. He likes to watch! Random and not about the movie, but still very funny. Go Bowie watching Bowie! Well, Bowie sleeping on top of Bowie, but he woke up later and partied with me!
Great animation movie. I love this movie. I rented it for my college anime class and I will say I fell In love with this trippy yet intriguing movie.
looooove it. childhood favorite, and such a classic
my favorite movie, since I was a young girl. love this movie, kind of before my time, being born after the year 2000; however this amazing story is timeless.
An Ok Sequel Could Have Been Better. It was fun. There were parts I enjoyed.It doesn’t hold up to the original or stand on its own.The choice of music used was pretty cringe worthy and a missed opportunity to revive the ironic songs from the 1st movie.The choice to use animated stop motion to explain the death of Lydia’s father didn’t really fit.I could care less about the actors criminal history. His presence would have served the movie.They ought to have brought back the entire original cast. They could have easily used stand ins and special effects to de-age them.Their absence doesn’t make any sense.The plots over lapped and characters were used and killed off needlessly.If they had stuck to one plot they could have easily divided it into two sequels for a trilogy.Over all it was ok but it could have been much, much better.A lot of missed and wasted potential.
Wtf did I just watch. Good movie, just enough weirdness to leave you wondering.
Arrived on time. Quality was good
One of the best anime. All time classic, very futuristic thinking and amazing visuals. Master of storytelling. So much to learn and to enjoy as well.
Excellent movie. Had this movie recommended to me and it is a very excellent movie
Enjoyable As The First😀. This Felt A Little More Like A Horror/Comedy After The Original First As An Only Halloween Comedy🎃Seeing 3 Hollywood Legends Michael Keaton🤡Winona Ryder😍& Catherine O’Hara😍Working Together Again After 36 Years With A So Young Talented Jenna Ortega In The Family😀😀😀2024’s 5 Best Films of The Year, For A B+👍
It fully brough back my childhood. I loved seeing the storyline continue and the actors back. It was full of fun and lots of laughter. You have a few different stories going on in the movie which was nice touch. It was great reliving my childhood favorite movie. The only down parts for me was I wish they did more time with Astride father story and I wish Lydia had married Beetlejuice finally, would have loved that. I was sad that they killed the mom too. The only part that I felt did not fit was the whole Beetlejuice ex-wife story, I could of cared less about it. Other wise it was another great step in making a part 2. Amazing cast together again.
Was an enjoyable ride. As both a film critic and as a Beetlejuice fan, here is my review of the second movie:First the Con: Two of the characters were kind of pointless (I’ll let you figure that one out, cause I don’t want to spoil it for you)… That was my biggest issue with the movie.Next the Pros: it was great seeing Winona Ryder and Michael Keaton back on the screen together! Catherine O’Hara was good and over the top just like in the first one! I can’t tell you how much Jenna Ortega reminds me of Winona Ryder when she was a kid (I could see her doing a remake of Heathers). I enjoyed watching this on the big screen and looking forward to seeing it again as well watching the Special Features!
A fresh and great modern follow up to a classic film 👻. Absolutely loved the new sequel film BEETLEJUICE, BEETLEJUICE I seen it opening weekend and was not disappointed a great sequel. So to all you haters if you start comparing it with the original film scene for scene of course you are not going to have a good time it’s different and still keeps that charm of the original film but that being said it definitely stands on it own two feet and continues the story in a new, fun and innovative direction all you need is one more great follow up and you would have a perfect trilogy to end the story with.