Ghost in the Shell Review

I have just seen Ghost in the Shell with Scarlett Johansson in 3D and this is my review.

It was terrific. It was the first 3D movie I had ever seen and it was a good one to start. The story was terrific. The cityscape images were very much in the tradition of the anime. The characters were true to form and personality. The story was as good as any of the others I've seen. They did us all a service by not using too many 'spider tanks'. In the anime movies those were annoying and to my mind out of place. I liked the special effects related to Major's (Johansson's character) cyborgness. It was a very well made movie and I enjoyed everything except having to wear the 3D glasses over my regular eyeglasses.

If I have a complaint it is a personal one: the script hacked up the English language the way everyone does today, so I hope that is a misrepresentation of what the future holds for us. I doubt this is something 999 out of 1000 viewers would notice or care to report.

I recommend the movie for anyone who likes sci-fi and intellectual or action movies (there was plenty of both). For fans of the anime Ghost in the Shell this is not a let-down in any way.