Mind Game

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Gerardo V @RT34008199 Apr 29 10/10 animation is breathtaking and othen not seen after over 20 years later. One of a kind. A surreal trip. Story might be over the place. But if you have a open mind its a film you will not forget. See more MasalaJar T @RT53863045 Apr 29 Watched ts at like 2 am and it highflowkirkenulicously changed my life forshizzles. Insane cracking. Loved when they mind gamed all over the placed! Drank milk afterwards. See more Leprechaun K @LeprechaunKing Dec 19 The most unique anime you'll ever see. It is a 103 minutes long dream sequence that is impossible to follow. The art direction is impressive but this should have been a 20 minutes short. Yuasa's more recent work such as Devilman Crybaby is a fitting match to his artistic style. See more Anijah S @RT77022710 Nov 21 This has to be one of my top 3 movies! (slight SPOILERS) As someone who's recently had a near death experience, this movie was insanely moving for me. I feel I could relate heavily to the main character in the decisions he made and having a renewed sense of carpe diem. In addition to feeling stuck and left to alone mentally to decide what you want in life. I'm personally figuring it out, I know what. Now it's figuring out the how. "life is based on the decisions you make" I may watch it again tonight. ALSO AI COULD NEVER REPLICATE THE BEAUTY AND EMOTION THAT THIS MOVIE CONVEYED See more Nate J @RT61469016 07/18/2024 A beautiful and thought provoking anime film. It blew me away the first time I watched it. Highly recommended. See more Taylor L @RT77267842 02/14/2023 The main character escapes being held at gunpoint by clenching his buttcheeks around the barrel and tearing the gun away. That's a crucial plot point. It's tough to admit, but a lot of the movies that we watch (and a large proportion of the ones we enjoy) are not all that original. Reboots are all over the place, sure, but even 'new' films usually trade heavily on the influences of properties that came before. There's not much shame in it; familiarity is comfortable and movies are meant to be an enjoyable bit of escapism. But when something emerges out of nowhere that challenges those standards, you realize just how narrow your expectations for film are, and how rewarding it can be to test those boundaries. Mind Game gives you an opportunity to do exactly that. It's too free-form to be particularly character-driven, but it compensates by being full of unpredictable possibility. It's not just the narrative that's up for grabs, writer-director Masaaki Yuasa is incredibly free-form when it comes to his animation style, blending live action in with a variety of visual reskins to the same characters. Stylistic consistency is not only unnecessary, it flat-out wouldn't work with the story's exploration of the unpredictable, ever-changing, constantly ongoing nature of existence; it's a psychedelic trip but one worth sticking around for. One minor nitpick is the slight lull in pace in the middle of the film, which is really noticeable when you compare it to the frantic, almost manic beginning and ending scenes (apart from an exuberant, colorful, and wordless dance segment). But that's barely a concern when originality and kinetic energy are pumping through every pixel. (4.5/5) See more Read all reviews

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