Over-hyped, over-rated

Rating: 2/10 (21 September 2003)

Why? Why do so many people hold this very average film on such a high pedestal? Being quite a big fan of Anime I'm not new to the genre. This was a serious head f***. I will say the production design, use of color and music score were amazing. However, in terms of plot, story structure, catharsis, plant and pay off...it's all over the place. I felt the world had no rules to it and therefore lacked any real tension. I felt the story lacked any logic to it and therefore had no reason behind the motivation for characters. Why did she do that? What is that supposed to be? What was that all about? When will this end or start making sense? With so many positive reviews and awards I'm confused. Perhaps I just didn't get what others got from it... All I have to back me up is the crowd of friends with whom I went to see the film with. And I'm the one who had the most positive words to say about it.