Mamoru Oshii's AVALON

• VERY cool
• incredible visual style
• methodically plotted
• beautifully acted
• excellent integration of music and images
• beautiful design and artwork
• loved how the “ghost” danced along and out of the wall
• use of color in first portion of film is nothing short of miraculous - watch Ash cooking dinner
• intellectually stimulating
• episodic action sequences ROCK
• lots of guns
• slow in parts
• beautiful attention to detail
• Japanese and Polish together work better than you think
• note how Ash only smiles at her dog
• dreamlike trolley sequences reminiscent of monorail sequences in FAHRENHEIT 451
• semi-graphical user interfaces differentiated from WINDOWS and AQUA.
• the menus on this DVD (from Hong Kong?) are even harder to use than the recent DUNE!
• terrific use of subwoofer and surround effects
• ending somewhat of a let-down - more was expected
• would love to see it in a theater - fat chance.