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REVIEW: Redline Blu-Ray

Flash-in-the-pan high-octane animation porn at its finest, and little else.
Ending really leaves a few more minutes of resolution to be desired, but the film's good at what it does otherwise.

errinundra wrote:

Worst of all, the film is visually dull.

lol

TimMaughan wrote:

errinundra wrote: Worst of all, the film is visually dull. lol

No, I get what he's saying. While the film was technically very well-animated, there was nothing particularly engaging about what was on the screen, and I completely agree with him.

You can have all the flash, vibrancy, and highly-kinetic action in the world, but if it isn't depicting something engaging, it's gonna seem dull.

Timeenforceranubis wrote:

TimMaughan wrote: errinundra wrote: Worst of all, the film is visually dull. lol No, I get what he's saying. While the film was technically very well-animated, there was nothing particularly engaging about what was on the screen, and I completely agree with him. You can have all the flash, vibrancy, and highly-kinetic action in the world, but if it isn't depicting something engaging, it's gonna seem dull.

I think "dull" is different from "visually dull" in this case, but even setting that aside, we must find very different things to be engaging because after watching it three times, my eyes still end up glued to the screen pretty much the whole way through.

msgundam2 wrote:

Am I the only one that don't trust site reviews when they advertise what they are reviewing?

ANN has had many mediocre to poor reviews and have advertised the same anime. If you know Zac's reviewing style at all, he's not afraid to pan crap when he sees it. Which gives this glowing review even more weight.

I feel like the film was just desperately trying to engage me the entire time, through all the wrong methods. I would have been engaged if it bothered to actually do some worldbuilding, but instead it opted to constantly hype its own self up, like the movie presumes its awesomeness is a given, and I'm just the guy who doesn't get it.

That's what I mean when I say "it insists upon itself."

Timeenforceranubis wrote:

I feel like the film was just desperately trying to engage me the entire time, through all the wrong methods. I would have been engaged if it bothered to actually do some worldbuilding, but instead it opted to constantly hype its own self up, like the movie presumes its awesomeness is a given, and I'm just the guy who doesn't get it. That's what I mean when I say "it insists upon itself."

I get what you're saying, but this isn't a flaw of the film itself - it never set out to create this expansive, hyper-detailed sci-fi world where you know the backstory of every race or whatever. That wasn't the film's goal. It's like criticizing a comedy for not having enough drama in it for you.

Everyone has their own taste and they know what they like but it's important to judge a work based on what it *is*, not what you wanted it to be or what you thought it was before you saw it.

Zac wrote:

Timeenforceranubis wrote: I feel like the film was just desperately trying to engage me the entire time, through all the wrong methods. I would have been engaged if it bothered to actually do some worldbuilding, but instead it opted to constantly hype its own self up, like the movie presumes its awesomeness is a given, and I'm just the guy who doesn't get it. That's what I mean when I say "it insists upon itself." I get what you're saying, but this isn't a flaw of the film itself - it never set out to create this expansive, hyper-detailed sci-fi world where you know the backstory of every race or whatever. That wasn't the film's goal. It's like criticizing a comedy for not having enough drama in it for you. Everyone has their own taste and they know what they like but it's important to judge a work based on what it *is*, not what you wanted it to be or what you thought it was before you saw it.

I think it is a flaw of the film. I'm not asking for the film to be a sci-fi epic, but I don't think it's too much to ask for a little framing to initially engage me in the film's world. It's not like criticizing a comedy for not having enough drama. It's like criticizing a comedy for not framing its jokes correctly.

I can't help but feel hesitant when seeing an over-the-top rating like this (highest I've seen so far on ANN?). Puts it on the level of other masterpieces in anime history.