About how awesome the original is, please go to this article of mine:
"Ghost in the Shell", where are the cows?
So, is the live-action version useless?
First of all, in terms of the expressiveness of cyberpunk style, the live-action version is even better. From the original version of Hong Kong with deep alleys in the city, lined with tube towers, and densely populated small signboards, to the future Japan where high-tech holographic advertisements are bombarded without dead ends and mechanical geisha walking with Creepy, they have implemented the peculiar combination of future high technology and traditional culture. It can be said that the style Each has its own merits, but in terms of visual impact, it is undoubtedly the live-action version that comes out on top. After all, it's been 22 years.
And the several classic scenes mentioned above, the live-action version is also a tribute without landing. Among them, the water fighting is the most exciting. The thermal optical camouflage is easy to draw, and the real-life special effects are still more shocking. In terms of casting, I don't know if you feel the same way. Scarlett Johansson's eyes and eyebrows have always exuded an artificial human temperament, which can be said to be a very good choice. Black Widow is obviously familiar with action scenes.
Takeshi Kitano is even more responsible for the "exotic" in the film, although his performance is like "The Wicked" went to the wrong set.
To sum up, the shell of the original "Ghost in the Shell" has been carried forward in the live-action version, which is very addicting. Next comes the ghost. It can be said that the two films have very different souls.
It happens that the special effects of the live-action version depict the information bombing more vividly. The heroine's hobby of diving deep into the water is for the silence to escape the information bombing, rather than the original "resurrection and the feeling of rebirth" to explore "what is self". Another example is the rigged garbage truck driver. The original version highlights his amazing experience of being implanted in memory, while the live version highlights how awesome the hacker is.
The original plot also had a conspiracy, but it didn't matter, and the live-action conspiracy was important because it related to Scarlett Johansson's confusing life experience. The decisive battle site, one is the Natural History Museum where the evolutionary tree has been swept all over, and the other is the forgotten hometown of Scarlett Johansson.
And the ending, from the collective consciousness of fit facing the infinite world, became Scarlett Johansson muttering to herself "I know who I am" on the roof of a high-rise building, and then Faith jumped back to his old business. As for the weird theme song, it can only be used as an "exotic" element in the end credits.
There is no distinction between superior and inferior, but one is more obscure and esoteric, and the other is easier to understand. In fact, Hollywood's adaptation of the soul of the original film is quite sensible. The cost of live-action movies with spectacular visual effects cannot come down, so it must be easily accepted by the American audience. So we saw the very American soul in this cyberpunk body movie: discovering one's own life experience, finding the mastermind behind the scenes, and foiling the big conspiracy.
Forget the original version, just look at this live-action version, it is undoubtedly a very high-pitched sci-fi action movie.
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