The story starts off with the main character Mima. She is dancing on stage with her popstar group and she is a famous popstar that everyone loves, she wears very kid-like clothing that looks very girly and innocent. One thing that it seems that most animes do is mix the elements of young innocent girls, but put them in serious situations. Yes, the story takes Mima's innocents and turns it around by making her willing to do whatever it takes to become an actress. She slips into a darker side of herself and has no problem with doing rape scenes and scenes that are not something you would expect of her. She is seen taking nude photos from a photographer.
Other than just the sexual aspects that take her innocents and destroy it there are multiple scenes where she gets into fights and completely destroys her enemy. I think that perfect blue did this very well because it was completely unexpected the first few times that it happened. In particular, the scene, that I talked about in class is my favorite. Not because it is her constantly stabbing the photographer (which dont get me wrong, i found very interesting), but because it is so unexpected. It really shows the character change once that happens, and you can completely tell that Mima has gone crazy. Having these moments in the film like this really increases how interesting it is. Yes there are brutal fight scenes in almost every anime made today, but Perfect Blue was somewhat unique in the way that they had such a random attack come from such an unexpected attacker.
I really enjoyed it actually. When it started off I did not think that I was going to like it because of the art style but it got interesting. The fact that the plot was so dynamic in their delivery makes it very interesting. It makes you have to think about it, and there are a lot of moments in that movie where my mind was just completely blown. And as much as I want to leave you a video..all there is on YouTube are Perfect Blue AMV's..so no.
I also found the stabbing scene very interesting because it showed a COMPLETELY different shift in Mima's character. However, I am pretty sure that that was actually Rumi. I'm not really sure, but I think that if you pay attention to the shadow in the background, that it slightly differs from Mima's shape, and looks more like Rumi. I may be wrong on that one, but that's just a theory.
ReplyDeleteSince you liked Perfect Blue so much, I think that you should check out some of Satoshi Kon's other works. Paranoia Agent is a good one. It kinda explores the same theme of fear and reality vs. fantasy. The one we talked about in class was Paprika, and that one was about the power of dreams in everyday life. Millennium Actress deals with fantasy as well. I guess that reality vs. fantasy thing is an universal theme in most, if not all of his works. Like I said, his stuff is really interesting. Check it out.