Perfect Blue (1999)

Redundant and unnecessary.

Don't listen to the Hype. It's awful

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

This anime concerns a pop star who wishes to be an actor, but she also becomes a victim of stalking which leads to some serious consequences. The thin line between reality and hallucination are crossed and soon we are question what is real and what isn't. The material is strictly for adults and the artwork, as expected from the multimillion dollar anime business is stupendous. If you wish to get into anime watch this film.

Alright, Okay,this is my second review for an animation/anime movie the first is 'Spirited Away' Okay let's talk about this film what can I say is this film is very disturbing I will not watch this movie again not because it no good no,it is an amazing anime movie this movie had a very strong sexual content(I don't want to talk about it you can watch it yourself)and also a very strong violence content it's severe! This movie make me had nightmare just thinking about it make fell uncomfortable but, this movie is superb the plot is so good.This is not a family's movie(it surely not!)there is a some mystery about the main character she is just in my opinion give me some uneasy feeling.I highly recommended this movie but,careful you will not gonna like it and be sure to be amazed you had been warned! My rating for this movie 10/10

An interesting analysis of the representation of personalities, of the difference between what you are and the way you are perceived. There's also an argument to be had about its concrete approach on women and their part in modern society. A great work by Satoshi Kon, specially in the atmosphere and pacing department. The plot-points are actually treated with the complexity they required.

Watch the visual review here - https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rDcw_MCYs-MPERFECT BLUE, is an psychological thriller anime surrounding Mima, who decides she wants to become an actress because she is tired of the pop artist world, when she becomes this actress she repeatedly degrades herself by allowing herself to do scenes that she would never have thought of doing before, all the while murders take place that seem to relate to her, while she is also followed by an overly obsessed fan and her pop-artist self in the form of a ghost. People are worried for her as she starts to loose her grip on reality. And this all correlates to develop this extremely intense, dark and strikingly gorgeous animated film. The movie also was a huge inspiration to Black Swan and Requim for a Dream with some scenes looking almost identical. And if these highly commended films got inspiration from this, you better believe the hype.Perfect Blur has deep messages, one of the messages mentioning how fans can be over-obsessive and try to take possession of their favored celebrities. As fans start attacking her mentally and physically it makes Mima do what the fans want her to do and go back to singing. This is the main aspect of the movie that drives her to lose her mind. I'm not going to say anymore as I will probably end up spoiling it!Perfect Blue is an incredibly smart piece of work that tricks you, throughout it you are left wondering if what you saw was real. It shows Mima's dreams, the show and the reality. One scene for example, that was nicely acted and well shot, Mima is acting in her show, but you can tell she gives more emotion than anyone else, because the scenes that she acts in, reflects different parts of her life and some of those scenes are showed later in the movie. Sometimes we get details about Mima's life when you suddenly realise it was being read out by one of the actors of the show when the camera pans a bit to the right, adding to the confusion of what is fact and fiction.It also makes you think of different ways and outcomes of how the movie will end, but the movie knows what you're thinking and swerves around the normal movie clichés.And from start to finish I was so intrigued by this attention to detail, like how the film is created like we are Mima, we are loosing our mind with her, as some scenes aren't placed in chronological order and some scenes cut without characters finishing their sentences and only parts of the picture is showed at times, making our mind believe we are in one place, when we are actually somewhere else. And this wasn't an editing issue, this is all part of the effect.Different colours along the duration of the movie have different meaning, for example, the prominent colour of red popping up everywhere symbolises, what I think, her madness. If you look at the movie in this way, in certain scenes it gets more and more evident and disturbing, while in a poetic way. Some scenes near the end reminded me of the famous shower scene in Hitchcock's Psycho. Trust me when I say that you will be awed by the beautifully made film. It reminded me of some of the great movies out there like Fight Club and The Sixth Sense, and how they add and remove little coloured items from scenes to symbolise what the movie is trying to tell us. Keep in mind that The Sixth Sense was praised for its attention to detail when it was release in 1999. Yeah, this movie was released in 1997, they did the seemingly new colour scheme story telling before The Sixth Sense. If it isn't evident already, in many ways, movies created now days have followed the Perfect Blue strategy in one way or another. As I have said before, it is praised upon by genius film directors. I just find that really cool, alright back to the review.The film continually asks questions and answers only the questions needed to be answered as it does leave the ending up to your own interpretation, but it kind of takes a bit of researching to figure out the possible endings as there are multiple. Every scene has its own story and is important and adds up to something in the long run.Perfect Blue has been criticised lately on its quality of video saying it's not up to par with anime made recently in the 2010s'. Well duh! It hasn't been remastered at all, so of course the picture will be a bit washed out and not the standard of 2010s' animations. People actually want to see this movie as the same old anime with huge eyes, fan service and short high pitch gasps. But this is a very mature and realistic animation and at times I actually forgot I was watching an animation! You don't get that in most movies in this same genre surpassing the creative standards like Perfect Blue has.This anime has touching, shocking and amazing scenes that are well paced to have surprisingly good performances that go well with an incredible score, masterful imagery and editing, breaks the fourth wall for a second, hidden details in every scene while holding together a brilliant and compelling story with an enormous amount of replay value. I can't stop praising this film, I personally didn't have any huge problems with this movie and is actually one of the best films I've ever seen.A+Watch the visual review here - https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=rDcw_MCYs-M