Brightlyme
i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.
CommentsXp
Best movie ever!
TrueHello
Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.
Donald F
Memories is an anthology film consisting of three segments. They are all sci-fi anime, but elsewise have little in common. They don't even share the theme of memories! But they're all pretty good, sporting fabulous animation and original ideas.I don't like to go into detail over individual segments, because I think people should go in as blind as possible. Half the fun in these films is never knowing what's around the corner. But I do have an odd piece of advice: Watch the shorts in reverse order. The biggest problem with the movie is that it descends in quality: "Magnetic Rose" is amazing, while "Cannon Fodder" leaves you wanting for more. I didn't hate it, but I didn't take away much from it. "Stink Bomb" deserves its place in the middle as comedic relief.Whenever funny, intriguing, or suspenseful, Memories does a general good job. Its one of the better animated movies out there, and a solid recommendation for anime and sci-fi fans alike.
LARSONRD
Amazing anime trilogy from AKIRA's Katsuhiro Otomo, who presents three unrelated sci fi stories directed by different directors (he did the last one, writers/first-time directors Tensai Okamura and Koji Morimoto did the other two). They are amazing vignettes with some stupendous animation in three different styles. Otomo's is especially unique in that there are no cuts – the "camera" moves fluidly through every scene without a jump or a stop. Morimoto's 40-min "Magnetic Rose" is stunningly animated, the most amazing of the two, telling of a space ship's investigation of a distress signal discovering a magnificent world created by a woman's memories – the music takes advantage of the operatic aria, Madame Butterfly, arranged by Yoko Kanno, who also supplies an excellent original score. "Stink Bomb," the middle segment, is clever and funny and fast-paced; Otomo's anti-war statement in "Cannon Fodder" closes out the film with a subtle bit of thought-provocation about a city whose entire purpose is the firing of cannons at an unknown enemy.
Quincy Hughes
It's an anthology. It's three stories of 45 minutes, 40 minutes and 15 minutes that have nothing at all to do with one another. In fact, the film's title only refers to the first story. This film is one part science-fiction thriller, one part bioterrorism comedy (THERE'S a category I've never put a film in!) and one part single-shot (99% of it, anyway) borderline-documentary.Disney couldn't make a film this engrossing if the fate of mankind depended on it.Those who have what I call the "It's an Anime" stigma should shake it off for "Memories". Rent this. Buy this. See this!
Nice Guy
These 3 short cartoons are are aimed at adult thoughts. I'm not sure why this is PG-13: I think it's also appropriate for older kids that can handle more than Disney cartoons, and provide some food for thought. People do die however in 2 of the cartoons, and the topics treatment is aimed for critical judgment.The 3 stories are shorts with a simple original idea. In this approach they are similar to short anticipation novels. The length of the stories is appropriate to the idea exposed and its treatment.Magnetic Rose: dwelling on lost times is unhealthy Stink Bomb: biological warfare can backfire Cannon Fodder: brainwashing done by the government
