Ghost in the Shell

Ouch. The visuals are breathtaking, as already shown by the trailers. ScarJo is trying, you can tell that she wants this to be her new franchise. It's edited quite nicely, it's got a (simple) story, and it's coherent. So where did it go wrong? One of the problems is that it takes away all of the philosophical depth from the original. Well, that means you can still enjoy it from a simple action flick perspective, right? Good luck with that. This film has such a ridiculous amount of exposition, that it badly hurts the enjoyment of the film. Many sequences consist of characters just talking to each other, and explaining the plot. Things are definitely shown, but then the filmmakers don't think we're able to put two and two together, and hence add another explanatory scene. As a result of that, the film doesn't take its time to develop the characters, meaning you won't care about them. Top it off with an awful performance from Juliette Binoche, and you have your modern style over substance film. 3.5/10

Loved it, It takes stories and ideas from the TV show and the other films and mixes it in to a fun watch. This feels like an origin film with an idea towards expanding in to more, I hope this lights a fire under the Japanese media market as well to make more GITS films and TV Shows in the same spirits of the originals and for the western to keep making this live action that follows this western interpretation and building on the characters its set out in the film. I would recommend watching.