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It wouldn't be fair to judge a movie like this by conventional cinematic standards. Or maybe not- it would still fair okay. The thing is that this movie is tailored to the ones that grew on Nintendo, internet and probably don't care about anything else. So it isn't hard to realize why some other people didn't like this movie. Some reviewer said that this was a prime example of "attention-deficit filmmaking"- and it sure is, and it's great. The editing reflects clearly this trait- in less than a minute it goes to three or four different locations. It's fast, and it's fun.

The movie has a very original presentation, filled with comic-inspired graphics and eye-candy. It has very bright colors and it is just nice to see. The video game-inspired humor and general nonsense are backed up by lots of computer-generated effects and comic-like text that is hilarious from time to time. Again, for the ones that we played all this games, it's really fun to see how the movie makes fun of the games (and gamers) clichés. I mean, even the movie's premise falls into this grounds.

So, the movie itself may have a nonsense story and doesn't take itself serious at all. But it really works. Not for everyone, but it does. It's fun, but it won't change your life (if it does, then you really need to stop playing games and watch more good movies). Then again, is a must-see for the viewers that the movie appeals to.

Pickpocket is a film that apparently has serious flaws- from the very beginning it displays little to no emotion as the actors on screen just say their lines and the camera just follows them from a distance, with no close-ups or any other tricks.

But what is unique about this film is that this very criticism is actually a deliberate attempt to cause uneasiness in the viewer. And it succeeds- the anxiety, as felt by the pickpocket in his everyday living, is also transmitted to us. So, to correct my previous statement: this movie does not lack emotions- it has emotions: anxiety, uncertainty, but these are delivered in an unconventional manner.

From a personal standpoint, I wasn't sure if I liked it or not. It is hard to appreciate this dimension of the film at first. But after seeing some extras from the excellent Criterion package, I was able to understand better. How Bresson actually committed to cause these emotions in the viewer, how he re-shot several times various scenes until the actors just repeated their lines, until no trait of emotions were left. Michel's narration voice-over is flat, plain. These were non-professional actors set to work in a non-standard way, Bresson's way. And the result is this: a film somewhat off-putting, but still a great work of art.

"Coo of the Far Seas" may be somewhat unknown and low profile, but is nonetheless a nice, fun movie that packs action and a environmentalist message.

The movie starts as Obata finds a strange creature, which he names Coo. At first, the movie starts at a moderate pace, as the relation between Obata and Coo develops. Soon, however, other parties interested in the creature will begin to cause trouble and what started really nice and peaceful becomes a battle for the creature's safety and some other major issues. It's a really fun movie, and the action seems like an analogy to today's conflict: humans fighting for nature against others who show no respect towards nature and won't care to cause damage to fulfill their goals. The movie's antagonist are such people- they are really, really hateful as they represent the humans' worst traits.

While the movie isn't really something new and it has some typical clichés here and there, it's a really good film. It's story and some elements are somewhat childish (for example, as the relation between Coo and Obata develops, I couldn't avoid noticing similarities with some other Japanese animations, such as Pokemon, where such human-creature relations are present) but that's not a bad thing- just some people may not dig it as children do. But still, this movie was far above my expectations (there really weren't much, as there's no much info about it).