Ghost In the Shell: A disappointing hack.
Last Thursday I made the probably unwise decision to see the live-action interpretation of Ghost In the Shell starring Scarlet Johannson at the local movie theater. The terrible weather in the Bay Area aside (continual rain, Washington DC-like cold, gusts of wind up to 50 miles per hour), it's just not a good movie. I was expecting a half-assed retelling of the original movie's story with additional Hollywood elements, and I wasn't disappointed in that respect.
tl;dr - Don't bother. ScarJo's new movie is a bad cosplay that'll leave you feeling like you just took some pills a random person …
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