From 603d360c748c08674bb1185990548bd3f7090ae6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Cameron Otsuka Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2026 21:30:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] add patlabor: the movie review --- content/reviews/patlabor-the-movie.md | 15 +++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/reviews/patlabor-the-movie.md diff --git a/content/reviews/patlabor-the-movie.md b/content/reviews/patlabor-the-movie.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..330d625 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/reviews/patlabor-the-movie.md @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +--- +category: movie +title: 'Patlabor: The Movie' +date: 2026-01-11 +modified: 2026-01-11 +rating: 2 +posse: + Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/cotsuka/film/patlabor-the-movie/ +--- + +- some of the scenes have incredible detail. 80s mecha animation looks incredible +- the main conceit of some unknown force causing mechas to misbehave isn't enough to drive the entire movie + - it tries to make some comments on technological progress and urbanization, but they're not very good? + - the religious references never went anywhere +- so we just kill the big bad, hug, then smash cut to credits? -- 2.52.0