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Date: 2001-07-30 19:32:34

Comment:

I went to see this film primarily for the CGI effects.  They are spectacular to say the least.  I think it's the first film of it's kind to display CGI to this level.  But, the interesting thing in reading some of the other comments is that it seems a lot of people want science fiction to be formularized according to what they've grown up on.  Science fiction should be expressed in all forms of media.  I also think some of the comments made calling the film a "cartoon" show just how backwards the U.S. is when it comes to various forms of media like animation.  I applaud the Japanese for exploring new directions with animation.  This is something that some Americans just can't understand.  They're stuck in "Disney" mode and seem to compare everything else termed "animation" with those films to some degree.  Why?  It exposes a deeper view of how in reality, American science fiction (on TV and in films) has become so repetitve, predictable, and unintelligent that many Americans have no real sense of objectivity in order to critique a film work that is uniquely different.