Ghost in the Shell

Intense, visually superb, faithful to the original oav.

I wasn't expecting much from this film as many critics claimed it was rubbish. I however really enjoyed it. Visually beautiful and we'll shot. Great movie. I am a big anime fan and felt this film was true to that format. Don't listen to all the haters& watch it fur yourself. You will be glad that you did......

The film plays like a six, in that the story line is good but maybe not top-notch, but the ending is spectacular, and by spectacular I mean better than your average excellent film out there.

So this is a seven to me, and recommended to all my friends and family.

Simplified? Yes. Stupified? No! imho a beautifully crafted cyberpunk movie that while it does not reach to the levels of complexity of the original anime, it stand it's ground and deliver a great audiovisual experience with a story that is sophisticated enough to rise above most Hollywood movies today but not that much to alienate more mainstream viewers. This is greatly underrated because it had to stand in the unfair comparison of the anime. I don't believe it is possible to replicate animes so just go and see it for what it is. A great cyberpunk Hollywood production. It is rare for Hollywood to treat it's original material with respect while trying to simplify it to reach a bigger audience.

Seriously disturbing trend with these reviews. If you love the original, you write a bad review. If you you know nothing of the original, this is a great movie. What I do not understand is why you would expect this to be a copy of the original. This is a big Hollywood movie. The campaign against it is idiotic. Go watch the original and stop leaving reviews that add nothing to the conversation except "oh it's not anime so it sucks". It is made for the masses and not fanboys. Sorry.