captain harlock blu ray review
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A futuristic, fatalistic epic animé adventure, Harlock: Space Pirate (2013) is an adaptation of the spectacularly popular Leiji Matsumoto saga about an intergalactic war with Earth as the ultimate prize and the eponymous Captain Harlock as its only potential defender. Fighting against the Gaia Coalition, Harlock and his loyal crew are the sole beings with a chance of defeating the Coalition and returning humanity to Earth. Original Japanese Version (Disc 1) and International Cut (Disc 2) in both 3D and 2D.
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
Package Dimensions : 6.6 x 5.3 x 0.5 inches; 4 ounces
Director : Shinji Aramaki
Media Format : Blu-ray
Actors : Yû Aoi, Jessica Boone, Ayano Fukuda
Subtitles: : Pidgin English
ASIN : B01ATP72SS
Number of discs : 2
Reviewer: Kathleen Lamontagne
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Wow! Where have they been hiding this little treasure? A big thumbs up!
Review: Ok, ok, Star Wars it's not, but this is the best animated movie I've seen in years. Basically it's an updated Flying Dutchman, so not totally original, but the craftsmanship that went into producing a totally animated movie of this quality rivals Disney Studios. More please! For years the anime coming out of Japan has been just awful but someone has finally put some money and time into creating a thing of beauty. The scenes of the crew boarding the other ships via ropes was right out of an Errol Flynn movie. I love that stuff! Marvel and DC could take a lesson from these guys,I'm not a purist when it comes to modifying movies based on the viewing audience, as long as the basic theme holds true. I have been watching Harlock on Netflix, which has captioning with the Japanese audio. Since I don't speak Japanese, I have to decide whether English dubbing or captions are preferable.I absolutely hate captions! It blocks the picture and is not always clearly readable over the background, and more importantly you lose a lot of the detail of the action because you're trying to read quickly before the caption disappears.Dubbing is never going to be perfect but this one is not too egregious since a lot of the lines are spoken with the faces turned away. The English version also makes the movie more 'true' to the story as the characters are not Japanese. I don't miss the Japanese clipped vocals reminiscent of Samurai movies and the use of terms not commonly used in English conversation. It allows me to relax and enjoy the video portion. I think some additional lines were added that the captioning dropped off and it appears that some lines were altered, probably to sync better with the video. I feel like the tone of the audio was a bit more hopeful at times than what I got from the captioning, possibly intentional or just due to a more detailed audio story.Not only is the animation more realistic than most fully animated movies to date, the minute detail they put into scenes like individual hair strands flowing in a breeze, small facial expressions, body movement that is smooth and natural, and the wispy tendrils of dark matter is just to die for. I sincerely hope they make back what they put into making this gem because I want to see more movies like this in the future.
Reviewer: Charles MacKay
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Worth a watch, but don't expect a miracle
Review: It was slow to start, and didn't really kick into gear until around the 45:00 minute mark, but it's worth a watch for certain. I'm not sure it really compares to the Harlock animated series that began in 1978, and the movie available on Amazon seems to use the dubbed version (which is usually a bad thing, but they did well enough syncing audio to the characters' mouths to pass by), but I've always been a fan of CGI movies like this one and the various Final Fantasy movies out there.Really, there are only a couple reasons this isn't five stars. First: I looked for the subbed version of this film, but couldn't find it. It'd be much, much easier to immerse myself in if I could get over how every so often the lip motion of the characters didn't match up to the English audio provided. It's kind of annoying, but the sync was done well enough to get by, and it's hard to tell unless you're looking for it. Second: it was slow to get going. When I first watched this movie around a year ago, I wasn't very well versed in what made a good movie adaptation of famous anime productions. Now that I've come back after watching a few more shows and a couple more movies, I feel I can analyze the quality of this one better.Now, I haven't really watched more than a couple of episodes of the Captain Harlock animated series through Crunchyroll, but I've seen enough to say that this movie doesn't quite match up to the grandeur of the Arcadia and its crew from the original. Granted, they tried pretty hard, and the CGI was pretty well done, but it wasn't perfect, and the action didn't start up until well into the first hour of the movie. Even the exposition was slow, and I was unable to grasp the full backstory and the status of the protagonist (or even who the protagonist was, it wasn't fully clear) until around an hour in. Even then, Logan's character was too gullible: he went back and forth between the two sides right to the end. It was irritating to watch, to be frank. I know the guy is young and impressionable, and he had a pretty twisted past, but I don't see that as an excuse to be so gullible as to not have his own opinions on what he's fighting for. I mean, I've had to deal with worse than him (and yes, I know I'm comparing myself to a fictional character in a distant universe), and I was VERY careful not to let myself blindly follow one leader or respected authority.Overall, I give it a 8.6/10 or so. It was good, but not great, and they could have done better with a lot of things. Props for the CGI though, that style of animation is always fun to watch.
Reviewer: Patrick Manning
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Find your own freedom by watching it fully.
Review: I have not had the pleasure of watching the original series, but after watching this apparent adaptation, I am quite interested to see that as well.A number of the other negative reviews either did not watch the entire movie or must have missed key aspects of the storyline as presented. As a science-fictional work *particularly* one derived from an anime - it will likely require a certain level of suspension of disbelief to enjoy.It is not perfect; the dubbing is obvious at certain points as lip sync is incomplete. But as a yarn about space pirates, rebels, and government secrets it stands up decently well. Take it as it is: a CGI-animated pulp tale in a dark vein, with hints of horror and overtures to phantasy that you may have enjoyed during your childhood. I found it entertaining.
Reviewer: KEITH COOPERWOOD
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Harlock
Review: Loved it wonderful amazing
Reviewer: Michel Falardeau
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Un chef d'Åuvre d'animation, une histoire confuse et plusieurs longueurs, mais toujours impressionnant visuellement.
Reviewer: Khristian A.F.
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Una de las pelÃculas más bonitas visualmente. No estoy de acuerdo con el 3D, es inecesario en el mundo del cine. En 2D también luce increÃble. PelÃcula con el doblaje en Catalán.
Reviewer: LURJOSEDA
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Vamos allá: disco prensado de una sola capa que ocupa en su totalidad 23 gigas,...sin embargo, la pelicula tan solo ocupa la miseria de 15 gigas, lo que és bastante pobre para una novedad de éste formato, no nos vamos a engañar, la calidad de imagen es buena pero mejorable si se hubiera utilizado un disco BD50 ya que no se ve todo lo nÃtida que se deberia ver,tal vez por esos 15 gigas,no tiene defectos de compresion (estariamos buenos), solo faltaba eso, el sonido es correcto pero sin ser espectacular,.... los extras (poco mas de media hora) están traducidos al castellano, álgo a lo que no estamos acostumbrados,....en mi caso no me interesaba el 3D,pero para los aficionados a ese formato es una gran put..da que no se edite en nuestro pais, cosa lógica porque siempre somos los últimos en todo, y en ésto no iba a ser menos,...con todo esto, y no teniendo más opciones, y por poco mas de 11 euros en Amazon, tampoco me parece mala compra....espero haber sido de ayuda...UN SALUDO
Reviewer: PRAETORIANI
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Me gusto mucho, ya la habÃa visto en el cine.Imprescindible para quien le guste el anime y CGI.Gracias.
Reviewer: Jerónimo Fernández Rodrigálvarez
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: Empiezo por lo más importante que es la pelÃcula en sÃ. Esta me ha sorprendido por su enorme calidad de animación y creo que se coloca en lo más alto de las pelÃculas de animación 3D con personajes realistas (por encima de Final Fantasy Advent Children). El argumento es un poco complicado y hay veces que se me ha hecho un poco repetitivo y aburrido, pero compensa con creces con el espectáculo visual que ofrece.En cuanto a esta edición en Blu-Ray, por los 11 Euros y medio que cuesta nadie puede decir que esta edición sea una estafa. Está muy bien. La calidad de vÃdeo la veo muy buena y los extras me han sorprendido por su número y calidad (ya los querrÃan para sà la mayorÃa de las ediciones de Anime de Selecta Vision que cuesta una pasta y traen 0 extras). Aunque es cierto que no viene la versión en 3D y por un poco más dinero habrÃa pagado con gusto por ella.