Samurai X: The Motion Picture

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Samurai X: The Motion Picture

Postby Gypsy » Mon Jan 24, 2005 3:23 pm

Another great Samurai X review written by CDLviking. Thanks so much!

http://christiananime.net/reviews.php?display=135
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Postby Kisa » Tue Jan 25, 2005 6:16 am

Thanks for the reveiw!
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Postby Heart of Sword » Sat Feb 05, 2005 1:32 pm

I think it should've gotten a 9/10 for violence, but...whatever. There aren't any guts or anything. Just volcano people..........:sweat:

Maybe a 1/10 for sexual content though because of that freaky drunk guy grabbing the girl by the wrist and saying "I'd love to open up your borders. Let's have a cultural exchange, shall we?" I mean, it wasn't that bad and the guy was evil and got his tail kicked inside-out by Shigure, but I think that counts.
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Postby Arnobius » Sat Feb 05, 2005 4:51 pm

Heart of Sword wrote:Maybe a 1/10 for sexual content though because of that freaky drunk guy grabbing the girl by the wrist and saying "I'd love to open up your borders. Let's have a cultural exchange, shall we?" I mean, it wasn't that bad and the guy was evil and got his tail kicked inside-out by Shigure, but I think that counts.

That sounds like a typical ADV dub :stressed:
Make it crude and tacky when they can't give it a 13+ rating.

And on that point, I'd probably disagree on the review saying it was OK for 14 and up. I think it was violent enough to warrant an R rating.
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Postby Heart of Sword » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:05 pm

Yeah wonder what he said in the original? :lol:

Probably "you're pretty" or something...:eyeroll:
Heart of Sword's Rhapsody

Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
And all and all you're just another brick in the wall
Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day
But Bismallah will not let me go
Because I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
Bright eyes burning like fire
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids

Who will love a little Sparrow
Who's traveled far and cries for rest
Spare him his life from this monstrosity

I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you!

[Pink Floyd fan listening to Queen and hugging trees which is also known as taking care of God's creation with a pair of headphones on listening to Nightwish as loud as possible while writing a novel on a computer in the middle of a field filled with Wolves.]

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Postby Arnobius » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:07 pm

Heart of Sword wrote:Yeah wonder what he said in the original? :lol:

Probably "you're pretty" or something...:eyeroll:

I'd have to dig it out to see what the sub said, but I think it was something less crass.
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Postby Heart of Sword » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:11 pm

By the way CDL, it was a great review, don't worry. ;)
Heart of Sword's Rhapsody

Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
And all and all you're just another brick in the wall
Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day
But Bismallah will not let me go
Because I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
Bright eyes burning like fire
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids

Who will love a little Sparrow
Who's traveled far and cries for rest
Spare him his life from this monstrosity

I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you!

[Pink Floyd fan listening to Queen and hugging trees which is also known as taking care of God's creation with a pair of headphones on listening to Nightwish as loud as possible while writing a novel on a computer in the middle of a field filled with Wolves.]

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Postby CDLviking » Sat Feb 05, 2005 5:17 pm

I may have been comparing it too closely too the OVAs when rating the violence. For me it takes more than ample amounts of blood to rate something a nine. I raise the rating based on the brutality and extent of the violence, not the amount of blood drawn. I considered the movie only mildly worse than the more graphic scenes in the TV series, so that's why I gave it a 14 for age.

Heart of Sword may have a point about the sexual content though. I didn't think of that part, and I tend to pay more attention to the subs, except to watch for language.
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Postby Heart of Sword » Sat Feb 05, 2005 6:59 pm

Oh. Well compared to the OVAs, the movie's like PG rated at the most. o_O
Heart of Sword's Rhapsody

Money, get away
Get a good job with good pay and you're okay
And all and all you're just another brick in the wall
Shoutin’ in the street gonna take on the world some day
But Bismallah will not let me go
Because I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

Tommy used to work on the docks
Union's been on strike
Bright eyes burning like fire
And exposing every weakness
However carefully hidden by the kids

Who will love a little Sparrow
Who's traveled far and cries for rest
Spare him his life from this monstrosity

I've seen a million faces and I've rocked them all
And if the band youre in starts playing different tunes
We will we will rock you
We will we will rock you!

[Pink Floyd fan listening to Queen and hugging trees which is also known as taking care of God's creation with a pair of headphones on listening to Nightwish as loud as possible while writing a novel on a computer in the middle of a field filled with Wolves.]

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Postby Arnobius » Sun Feb 06, 2005 4:28 pm

Heart of Sword wrote:Oh. Well compared to the OVAs, the movie's like PG rated at the most. o_O

I would say that the first OVA eps were excessively gory, like they were trying to compete with Ninja Scroll or something.

Both would probably get an R rating, but this shows there are degrees of violence.
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Postby CDLviking » Sun Feb 06, 2005 7:57 pm

I didn't think the OVAs were anywhere close to Ninja Scroll.
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Postby Arnobius » Sun Feb 06, 2005 9:12 pm

CDLviking wrote:I didn't think the OVAs were anywhere close to Ninja Scroll.

Not in sex, but the violence in "Trust" was way up there. It's as if the managers told the artists they couldn't have any new paint until they finished up the rest of the reds... ;)
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