Paprika review: Shock! It turns out Yuri Lowenthal isn't a no-talent, one-trick-pony hack after all!

I finally got around to watching the copy of Satoshi Kon's Paprika that I got for Christmas and it's awesome. I went in not knowing if I would like it because it has a plot centered on dreams; which typically means you're getting a pretentious mindfu*k movie. And I HATE pretentious mindfu*k stories (Evangelion, I'm looking at you). Thankfully that wasn't the case.

( Read more... )

Paprika review: Shock! It turns out Yuri Lowenthal isn't a no-talent, one-trick-pony hack after all!

I finally got around to watching the copy of Satoshi Kon's Paprika that I got for Christmas and it's awesome. I went in not knowing if I would like it because it has a plot centered on dreams; which typically means you're getting a pretentious mindfu*k movie. And I HATE pretentious mindfu*k stories (Evangelion, I'm looking at you). Thankfully that wasn't the case.

( Read more... )