I really loved Steamboy.
We saw it at 10.15 in a film festival showing in which I knew roughly half of the audience. (I exaggerate because I love....). Since it was a school night what i did last night was this: Got home. Checked emails. Played Civ3 (War on Russians, War on Aztecs. A German city converted to my culture. Good. Good.). Visited by Giffy and given Card Captor Sakura books (lovely new manga!). Eat dinner. Nap (an hour of thinking I wasn't managing to sleep, listening to Lee playing Battlefield 2 and trying to avoid having the light in my eyes). Woke up, checked emails. Went out into rain and cold to watch movie.
As I say I loved it, and now I will give you some reasons: Gorgeous designs, expecially the steampunk machinery and the English countryside. Wonderful likeable characters including the blonde dude I really wanted to believe was good. Exciting nail-biting acction sequences in which I gasped and worried and was amazed. Funny jokes and a great script.
Most of the audience didn't seem to understand about Anime though, as they left as soon as the credits started rolling...thereby missing the rest of the story told in stills under the credits. Ah well. Their loss.
We got home at about 12.30 and I slept pretty deeply. I dreamed I was at a shared lunch/dessert with workmates and all the food was delicious looking but made with repulsive ingredients. The one I had the most trouble with was strawberries in blood jelly. I was clenching my teeth very hard when the alarm went off!
Posted by jenni at July 29, 2005 01:38 PM