Paprika
 

[ http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony/paprika/ ]
[ http://www.sonyclassics.com/paprika/ ]

If this belongs in Anime, I apologize.

I just spotted this last night on apple.com/trailers. The animation looks amazing. I assume I won't understand 90% of what will go on in the movie, but I'm ok with that. The visuals alone look like they're worth the price of admission, personally. The soundtrack sounds great, too. It was done by Susumu Hirasawa, who composed the soundtrack for Paranoia Agent as well. You can sample some of the tracks here --> [ http://milanrecords.com/paprika ]

The movie was visually a nice treat and the story was bits of confusion at first but it was definitely a nice watch.
Although the relationships were obvious from the beginning I really didn't want to accept it ^^;
But seeing who the director was, I can see why he wanted to put different twists into the movie.

I still say Tokyo Godfathers is the best.

I saw Paprika at a film festival in SF, it was alright. Visually, it was good and I'll also have to agree that the story was confusing at first. I can't quite put my foot on it but, something was lacking in terms of story.. Lacking something fresh? a little predictable?

I agree, the movie was a bit confusing. The director, Satoshi Kon, has just a different view on things and twists everything around. I love his "Perfect Blue," and it's one of my favorite anime of all time, but I think he is slacking ever since then.

I agree that it was a unique approach and had nice visuals. However, I think that he doesn't put much effort on his work nowadays and wants to finish things off.:eagletear: whyyyyy?¿

Paranoia Agent - The Movie. ;)

Okay, that was a little bit unfair, but the finale of Paprika really reminded me of Paranoia Agent.

Paprika is one of the year's best movies. I'm still partial to his Millennium Actress, which plays as an animated double of David Lynch's Mulholland Drive. I wouldn't call Paprika Kon's Inland Empire (somebody here has to have seen this; engage me), nor will I pretend to understand every insane, frog-filled frame Kon has painted in this portrait detailing the thin boundary between the dream world and reality. That said, logic and plot is the wrong approach to a movie that eschews traditional narrative. Part of Paprika's agenda is also to comment on society's reliance on technology for communication, namely the internet. The internet cafe dreamscape scenes still trips/creeps me the fuck out, but hey, aren't we all there, right now?