I finally got to watch Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence. I thought it wasn't particularly good. The scenes were amazing, the sound and music beautiful, and it had a very interesting philisophical point, but it was lacking for story line and character development.
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There was little in the way of tracking down the culprit. It was like they knew exactly where to look. Some of the settings just seemed to appear out of nowhere, like the forgotten city and the castle. There was also next to no action in the movie. While this isn't a prerequisite, it helped Ghost in the Shell and GitS: Stand Alone Complex by giving us emotional bonds with the characters. There was so little emotion in the movie that I just didn't care by the end of it. I understand that it was part of the story, but versus an audience, it doesn't really work.
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Unfortunately, I felt this was more of a lecture (albiet a very interesting and beautiful one), than a movie.
