What a waste of my time!!!

Dreadfully Boring

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

The entire point of comic books was that their art was ragged, untrimmed, spontaneous; artists were usually paid by the page, worked for daily strips, or monthly publications, Superman and Batman were launched in this way. As with the very means, a comic was about a gripping story quicky sketched. So the Hollywood craze with superheroes, bulky, sprawling films shooting for months while a small army of SFX experts are tinkering away at the designs, has directly negated what was so vital about these things in the first place. The apogee of this is the latest Batman films, no longer a product of pulp fiction, but of the most serious aesthetic and drama. This beats with that primitive heart of comic-books; the DIY ethos, here especially channeled through a scrapyard punk rock aesthetic, and so like punk, the fast, hard-edged rhythms, the stripped-down instrumentation. The teenage energy.If all this recalls Shunya Tsukamoto, it's because Sogo Ishii was the inspiration. He fathered the No Wave we find in Tetsuo.Story-wise it's about these two man-technology hybrids, Dragon Eye Morrison and Thunderbolt Buddha, battling for control of the neon skies of Tokyo, for the privilege of harnessing the energies into seeing.Dragon Eye is unbridled animal desire, pure violent instinct awakened by childhood abuse. Every night he sits down on his bed for shock treatment. He channels the energies back into the world with his electric guitar. The other guy is more intriguing, with the all-encompassing eye of the Buddha that permeates the veils of existence recast as a contemporary, technological eye that eavesdrops everywhere. Wired with industrial gadgetry, he monitors everything from his rooftop. His face is an amazing two-face design; half human, half a metal mask of the Buddha.When they clash the movie erupts in white-hot blistering chaos, convulsing from the sheer power of the energies unleashed. Anime, punk rock, New Wave cinema, cold cityscapes, the anarchic edge of youth; at 55 minutes it's barely a full movie, but it's a melting pot of awesome.

Tsukamoto-esque insanity. I wouldn't have been surprised to see that Tsukamoto had directed this, but I wouldn't call it a rip-off. It's definitely reminiscent of Tetsuo, but it is quite different. Tadanobu Asano stars as Dragon Eye Morrison, a man who was infused with electricity as a child when he climbed an electrical tower. He spends his days rocking out on the electrical guitar and hanging out with his collection of lizards. Meanwhile, another electrical prodigy known as Thunderbolt Buddha (Masatoshi Nagase) is cruising the streets of Tokyo looking for Asano, itching for an epic battle. The film is fairly plot less, just made up of gorgeous black and white images of the two men drifting through Tokyo. Ishii frequently uses Tsukamoto's lightning-paced editing, but a lot of the film moves a lot more slowly than that. The awesome Japanese heavy metal that Asano plays defines the mood, and the film subsequently rocked my nuts off. I will be adding this one to my collection as soon as possible. It's totally effing awesome.

This movie is silly, and seems rushed at times, but it was made in a week what the hell do you want? The soundtrack rocks, as the leads formed a band with the director, and did the graphics... the closing credits I think are the best I've ever seen in any movie. Phenomenal. With vague references to technology and information, it's plot is mostly just "lizard part of brain activated by electric jolt" and "2 electric enemy fight" ... crazy stoopid violence and electricity! The DIY ethos of the group pretty much seals it as a punkrock endeavor, less a cyber one. Excellent photography, acting, and tight, quick storyline... efficient, entertaining, inspirational.

Well, i dont know what to say about this movie... I saw this movie at the Rotterdam Filmfestival, and the movie was then just released. The director was present and he asked for the volume to be set extra loud...and it was so loud, i think that one of the speakers got blown away There is (almost)no dialogue in this movie, but the noise, the camerawork...mindblowing my girlfriend didnt like the movie, said it was the weirdest movie she ever saw.. and that is what this movie is about, either you like the movie, or you will think it is rubbish..