Ghost in the Shell 2017
DVD Wholesale Quick Overview:
I am a sucker for Scarlett Johansson films. She winds up, again and again, in good stories and fits her part very well. Even the little things. She captured a “mechanical” walk that is far from her normal gait that made it look like she was walking around in a mechanical body. She captured the limited expressions of a robotic body but conveyed her emotions with her speech. And her initial antagonist (forgot his name) had a speech cadence that matched Steven Hawking’s robotic speech wonderfully.And it was a great story. I enjoyed it immensely.-Joe McCarthy
I did not expect a lot out of Ghost in the Shell given all of the negative reviews when it was initially released in theaters / the fact that it was a financial disaster for whichever studio made it, but came away pleasantly surprised. The visuals are great, the story is entertaining, and it seemed faithful to the original anime on which it is based from what I can remember (it has been a while since I’ve seen it).
It seems to me like a lot of negative attention this movie received was based more so on the controversy surrounding its casting (more specifically, casting a white woman – Scarlett Johansson – in the lead rather than an Asian or Asian-American actress) rather than the quality of the film itself, but everyone is entitled to their opinion I guess. I’m not trying to say anyone was right or wrong in regards to the casting – the people criticizing the casting have a point that Hollywood does not make very diverse films, but at the same time I understand that movie studios and the people that help finance their films expect a Return on Investment (which is why they cast a well known and well liked actress like Johannson i.e. in hopes that more people would go to see the movie). The only reason I bring this up is to drive home the point that you should go into this film with an open mind and judge it based on the film/story itself (as opposed to judging it on the casting if you had/have a negative opinion on it).-Mike Johnson
DVD Wholesale Main Features:
Actors: Scarlett Johansson, ‘Beat’ Takeshi Kitano, Michael Carmen Pitt, Pilou Asbaek, Chin Han
Directors: Rupert Sanders
Format: Color, NTSC, Widescreen
Language: English
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only.)
Number of discs: 1
Rated: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned
Studio: Paramount
DVD Release Date: July 25, 2017
Run Time: 106 minutes
ASIN: B06XT8M1WV
