With all I did this last weekend, I also managed to watch Takashi Miike ‘s Great Yokai War. Luckily, I’m a little familiar with Japanese monsters or I might have been a little lost. I found the traditional, mythological creatures (like the Rokurokubi, and the Kappa) a real hoot but the new techie monsters weren’t that interesting. It's a kid’s film so maybe I can’t be too hard on it. I bet I'd have a whole different view if I were about 10. The Great Yokai War never takes it's self too seriously so that's a big plus. The makeup is fantastic and the effects are wonderful as they're not all CG. If you want weird, wild monsters check it out.
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-Swinebread
5 comments:
That looks like a fun one. Did you see it in the theater, rent it, or buy it?
Very nice fantasy piece from Miike, we're fans too!
Oohhh. Trippy.
Alright!
I saw that movie while riding a chartered bus on an outing together with our neighborhood children's club. Since I didn't have the luxury of subtitles, let alone dubbed-in English, and I couldn't hear the audio very well in any case, it took me a bit to figure out what was going on. I had a terrible feeling when it first started, but it really is a fun movie to watch.
Snab - On Demand, via the Sundance channel.
1M – Hey thanks for stopping by! Yeah, Miike is a very talented guy what diversity this guys has from Ichi the Killer to this!
Dean – it’s very trippy, but in a kid Japanese way… so you’ll not get it most likely ;D
MM – I found the traditional Yokai fantastic making the film well worth the look-see.
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