Masamune Shirow's stunninglybelievable vision of the future makes the jump from manga to animeremarkably well. The film is stylish, artistic, and beautiful. Every time I show this movie to non-anime fans I have to explainbeforehand that Ghost in the Shell is a serious work of science fiction andthat everything in it, including the adult content, is part of the point themovie makes about where our society is headed. The movie kind of gets in its own way- within the first five minutes wesee the heroine's nude body as well as a very messy head-exploding scene,and many of the viewers who would otherwise end up enthralled by the film'sabundant style and intelligence immediately dismiss it as exploitative animetrash. I find it terribly unfortunate that theonly American viewers familiar with Ghost in the Shell are anime fans, manyof whom overlook the film's complexity and see only its nudity and violence. I would go so far as to say that it'sthe second best science fiction film I've ever seen (behind 2001, ofcourse), but no one knows about it.
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