Apr 14, 2011
Eureka Seven holds a dear place in my heart. Its an excellent take on the giant robot genre that wonderfully fuses action, drama, romance and comedy. As such, my expectations for the movie were high. Quite high, in fact. Bones could've been forgiven if they hadn't been fully able to condense the magic of the series into confines of a two-hour film. No shame in making a movie not as good as the series, right?
Well, that might be the case had Bones actually made a decent movie. Alas, Good Night, Sleep Tight Young Lovers is by no
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stretch of the imagination a decent movie. Hell, its not even okay. It's pointless nonsense and I mean that literally. Pointless because it offers nothing compelling or interesting that merited the story being reworked while heavily recycling from the series, and nonsense because it is completely incomprehensible. And I don't mean incomprehensible as in ambiguous; its not that the presentation is obscure or liable to differing interpretations. Its that when characters are explaining important plot points, they speak in abstruse, philosophical babble that confuses the viewer. I'm still not sure what I watched but I'm fairly confident I don't want to know.
There are other problems with the film; pacing, exposition, and characters all pale in comparison to the original. And as a personal taste, I found the larval forms of the KLFs highly annoying and completely out of place in the film, which was fairly serious, if not grim. The visuals were mostly good and at times even beautiful. As far as music, to be honest I hardly even paid attention to it so I guess it didn't leave much of an impression on me.
Overall, this movie was a disaster and its very disappointing to see the franchise take such a misstep with this movie. It's a shameless attempt by Bones to milk their creative property for all its worth. Eureka Seven and anime fans alike, don't watch this movie.
Reviewer’s Rating: 2
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