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India Press Store - Appleseed Ex Machina (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]
![Appleseed Ex Machina (Combo HD DVD and Standard DVD) [HD DVD]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ir%2BEIx2iL._SL160_.jpg)
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List Price: $34.99
Our Price: $16.95
Your Save: $ 18.04 ( 52% )
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: Kara Greenberg
Directed By: Shinji Aramaki
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: HD DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391200659
Format: Animated
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-04-01
Running Time: 104
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: awesome!
Comment: it amuses me that there's always a handful of people who can give a 1 star rating for just about anything. if you wanted to watch shakespeare in the park then you're to blame - not the people who created this awesome work. the animation is incredible, the action scenes are fantastic, the repeat viewability is very high. if you're looking for serious brain stimulation, do sudoku. if you want to enjoy a fun animated film - this is 5 stars for sure.
Customer Rating:
Summary: John Woo's greasy fingerprints all over
Comment: Appleseed the original movie (from the early 90's) was great. Appleseed the CG update from a few years back was also great. This sequel is awful. The creative hand-off from Shirow Masamune to John Woo could not have been worse. Woo, you'll remember, gave us such heartwarming tales as "Face/Off" and "Mission Impossible 2". His signature idiom is that violence is *beautiful*. In CGI, that becomes an even MORE flawed premise than it is for live-action film because the constraints imposed by physics are removed. Most directors of anime are content to continue modeling such normal forces as, say, gravity or anatomy. But that apparently gets in the way of Woo's violence-porn story. In the future as envisioned by Woo, EVERY man is a muscle-bound spartan god, EVERY woman is a gorgeous D-cup. Woo is also in love with Matrix-style slow-motion spinarounds, his theory being that if a little of it is good, then gobs'n'gobs of it is better. The film speed slows down so often so we can watch superhuman gymnastics or visible bullet-trails that I wanted to ask the movie if I should get out and push.
Visual problems aside, the story is nothing to write home about. There's some vague use of the idea of human/cyborg tension and the awkwardness of meeting your own clone, but it goes nowhere and is dumped in favor of a villain whose "I'll-rule-the-world!" monologues make Doctor Evil look nuanced and believable. At one point, the villain's lieutenant commits suicide and I ran the DVD back three or four scenes because I couldn't figure out why. But I still couldn't figure it out and I'm pretty convinced that either there's simply no reason for it or else they accidentally edited out whatever reason there was supposed to be for it. Even the hero's dialog jangles like a handful of loose change.
I never thought I'd watch anime that I enjoyed so little as this film.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good anime, good plot, good film
Comment: A very good new story for the appleseed series. Is good (not excelent) in all the film aspects, but it worth every penny.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Good not great
Comment: The story was pretty interesting, and the action was phenomenal. However, I thought they could have done better with the character animation. Final Fantasy had better animation. Still, the movie is is still worth watching.
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Summary: Awesome!!!
Comment: This movie was amazing. It's especially great when you see it in HD. Although the format is pretty much done, there's no sense in getting rid of it being how you already spent the money on it. This movie has an awesome story line and is really easy to follow. The ending is fantastic too. I highly recommend this one to anyone.
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Editorial Reviews:
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The next installment in the Appleseed franchise Appleseed: Ex Machinaavailable on DVD! Produced by John Woo and Directed by Shinji Aramakiand featuring next generation CG technology Appleseed: Ex Machina isback bigger and badder!Based on the manga from reknown creator Shirow Masamune in this movieDeunan and Briareos are both partners and lovers. As members of ESWATthe elite forces serving Olympus they are deployed everywhere troublestrikes. The two fighters find their partnership tested in a new way bythe arrival of Tereus who uncannily resembles Briareos before thewartime injuries that led to his becoming a cyborg. At the same timeOlympus finds itself under a stealth attack . Cyborg terrorism deadlynanotech zealots and rioting citizens are just some of the threats thatDeunan must contend with as she fights to save Olympus.System Requirements:Running Time: 104 minutesFormat: DVD HD Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY Rating: PG-13 UPC: 085391200659 Manufacturer No: 120065
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