Movie Thoughts by Allison & Lisa

From the collection of MF Chris Cowboy BeBop the Movie.  Now my first impression of Cowboy Bebop came from Japan.  I had seen bits and pieces of it on television and thought WTF!  What the hell is that spaghetti kid and noodles?  Seriously noodles all the freaking time.

However with the influence of beer and the promise of cartoon! Chris talked me into watching it.  So, on the Sunday of sleep I tuned it.  I have to say this is the most Americanized Japanese cartoon I've ever seen.  I seriously thought it was written by Americans up until there was an air fight for no freaking reason.  No seriously Spike goes flying around in the big conclusion, but for what purpose?  It doesn't make sense…like the big freezing air draft in Day After Tomorrow.  Sorry but do not pass go, do not collect $200…it's bullshit.

On the flip-side it was a pretty freaking cool feature film.  However dated it is…nano-technology though very in (at least back in 2002) will be silly in 15 to 20 years.

I know that there are a ton of Joss Whedon fans out there and they have raised this film to no ends.  Now I don't have anything fantastic to say about this film, nor do I have anything horrible to say about this film.  I think it was fun.  It had its good parts and its bad parts. 

I do think all the best lines where in the previews.  Drugging people to change behavior is always a bad idea.  It was a bad idea in Equilibrium, it was a bad idea A Brave New World, it is definitely a bad idea for today's population.  Do I think that most of the population will give up and die while some go all soylent green?  No, but still bad idea.

I suppose the film would have made a bit more sense overall if I had seen the series, but alas that was a time period where I didn't have a television.  My major issue was really with the government in the film.  I thought the war was over so why continue to develop new weapons like creepy zombie girl?  I just don't get it.