Great Lessons are Often Found in Defeat

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One of my many obsessions is Japenese music. I watch a lot of Anime's and Japenese movies and seem to fall in love with the music as much as the twisted and often bizarre ideas found in the plots. My biggest Japanese obessions is an artist named Gackt. The most beautiful man in Japan. Seriously, look him up...he's too damn pretty for his own good. *Drool* So when I saw he was going to costar in a movie with a list of relatively big name American actors (Woody Harrelson, Demi Moore, Josh Hartnett, and Ron Pearlman), intrigued could not begin to name the emotions stirring within me. It was said to release in theaterS back in September...lies. One theater...in NY...for like a week. Luckily a month later it released on Amazon.com and I preordered it, because again, I'm that big of a geek.

Bunraku. An American film, created by a guy who only had two other movies under his belt. How the HELL did he get such a big name cast??? His other two movies? "Holly" and "?!"...seriously, that's the name..."?!" I've never heard of them. But apparently Demi and Woody had, and enjoyed "Holly" enough to sign on. Anyway, the plot: A drifter, a "samurai", and a bartender all have different motives, but join together to fight a common enemy.

Things I liked:
1. Gackt. Love him. He's quite the amazing fighter and a decent actor. I was pleasantly suprised.
2. Art Style. The entire movie is a cross between a pop-up book, a stage production, and a comic book. It's beautifully done, super creative, and I couldn't keep my gasps of "Oooo"s and "Aaaah"s to myself.
3. Fight Scenes. The fight scenes and the Art makes this movie. I'm extremely impressed by the choreography. The one henchman, Killer 2, practically dances as he slides in between guys, bashing their heads in. So many American movies lack that grace in the fight scenes, this one does it so beautifully.

Things I didnt like:
1. The story. It was cliche and not fleshed out enough. There was a lot of potential there but for a 2 hour movie I feel like the story was the least of my concerns.
2. The woodsman. It's upsetting to say because I love Ron Pearlman, but everytime the woodsman was on screen, I started falling asleep. I don't know if it's just because his voice was so soothing or if because his monologues were waaaaaaay too long, but I definitely almost nodded off.
3. Demi Moore's character. I could call her by her name, but I doubt anyone would care enough to remember the characters name outside of "woodsman's whore". Her character added nothing except motive for another character. We didn't physically need her in the movie for that.

Overall it's a visually appealing movie. The story was lacking but if you are a fan of movies that are simply enjoying to just watch, you should check this out. Just don't expect shakespearan writing going on here.