![]() ![]() ![]() The visuals looking through various magnifying lenses were absolutely incredible! I was surprised to see how the setting in Victorian England had given me such an easier time visually comprehending familiar scenes, vehicles, etc instead of the usual anime Asian or Space-Age themes I had come to expect. I found myself thinking of people seeing early Disney features in the 1930's. I was astounded by the superb quality of the graphics, especial the CGI macro shots, throughout the film. I was dragged to this movie by my son, knowing of Anime only Totoro, the Cartoon Network Anime shows, and passing things from the web. ![]() As a final note, if anyone finds the explicit diatribes concerning science a little distracting, try to keep in mind that they all come from your stereotypical mad scientists types. But it's far from lacking meaning or emotion, so as long as you can detach yourself from expectations you're assured quite a ride. Essentially, Steamboy crams too many action set pieces and grand ideas into a story too lightweight to fully support them, and the plot suffers because of it. She's given the typical "redeeming moment" at the end of the film that has no real grounding or weight considering her screen presence it comes and goes without making a single ripple in an audience. Scarlett in particular seems to have had her personal developments skipped or accelerated just to give a comic or emotional foil to Ray and the others, and it sticks out noticeably. Numerous characters such as Scarlett and the henchmen are essentially devoid of anything resembling development. The film, in many respects, is comparable to works like Sky Captain and the Indiana Jones films a classic storytelling style somewhat augmented for a modern audience. But there is a story to the film and although the hardcore fans of Otomo may have been expecting something a little deeper, and although the pacing and characterization is notably flawed, it still stands as an extremely fun yarn with no shortage of what you'd expect from a classic action/adventure flick. Steamboy has such a rare quality of production values that it almost merits a viewing for the aesthetics alone. ![]()
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