Steamboy

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First time viewed: No
Current Release: No
Watched With: Naomi, Rebecca, Kyla, Alex, Ichina

Again a wonderfully rich and detailed animation from a few years back.The size and scope of this film is just massive. And Like his previous film Akira, features some of the most incredibly detailed large scale epic destruction ever animated.

I guess you can call this Steampunk although it is set in 1866. We watched it with the English dub with some great cast, all let down by Anna Paquin as the lead, Ray Steam, who unfortunately can't hold the accent.

This film is action packed. Great steam powered gadgets and gizmos. There is a lot about the power of science being used for good or evil and that is mirrored in a 3 generational family struggle with the invention of this super powered steamball. SCIENCE!

It's an incredibly drawn world, It's grimy and desaturated. Everything is covered in soot. I do love industrial revolution London.

The main problem I have with the film is it is an embarrassment of riches. The scope of the story and the action gets more and more grandiose and doesn't let up but it just goes on and on. It feels like there is an extra act in there that doesn't really need to be. It's a little exhausting and tends to slowly disengage me from the film right before the climax. The very end is great though.

You can tell Otomo loves this world, it feels like he never wants to leave it. Hell he even tell an entire sequel in the end credits. It's truly something to behold on the big screen and I wish they had it out on Bluray, but for now the dvd will do.