A very good movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it seemed to have a decent reputation and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. I remember it so well, more than 20 years ago, I saw ‘Pâfekuto burû’, Satoshi Kon’s directorial debut, and back then, I was just so blown away by the damned thing. I never saw it again and after all these years, well, I had a similar experience with Kon’s final directorial effort. I also heard that this movie was an inspiration for ‘Inception’ and it was indeed pretty obvious. Basically, this movie displayed what ‘Inception’ would have been if they would have removed all the action scenes and if they would have gone for a much weirder approach. Seriously, the opening scene was just fascinating and it really felt like a dream, or a nightmare would be more accurate,  and it was just spellbinding to behold. After this fascinating intro, well, you basically have no idea if what you are watching is real or not but it was obviously done on purpose. As a result, the story was sometimes a mess though and I’m not sure that everything did make sense after all. For example, how did Detective Toshimi Konakawa meet Paprika? In fact, you get the feeling that you get into the middle of the story without a proper introduction but isn’t it how dreams actually work though? Concerning the animation, it was decent but, to be honest, it didn’t grow old very well in my opinion but it wasn’t a big deal though. Now, I’m kind of pissed that I missed ‘Tôkyô goddofâzâzu’ when it was available on Netflix but, hopefully, I will manage to watch it at some point as well in the future. Anyway, to conclude, even though I believe it is an acquired taste, I really loved the damned thing and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.