Reviews: Tales from the Orient

I wanted to get these two reviews out before I forget about them.

Memoirs of a Geisha

Eh. The movie was pretty good, but slow. I split most of the first hour between the movie and a good book. Once she actually gets into Geisha training it gets more interesting, but it still wasn't my thing. The funny thing about this movie is that almost every asian actor I know of is in the film. I was waiting for Soon-tek Oh or Mako to show up.

Power Puff Girls Z

One of the advantages of having a brother who really like anime and is deeply involved with a major convention is free stuff. The unfortunate part is that you sometimes get what you pay for as in this case.

Power Puff Girls Z is an anime reinterpretation of the American series on Cartoon Network. The similarity with the American series is in name only as this series version has been heavily altered to fit within the japanese shojo "transforming supergirl" genre (like Sailor Moon). The girls are all junior high age. They aren't Professor Utonium's "daughters" (and he now has a son). They aren't created from sugar, spice, and everything nice. In fact they have different powers and personalities. Most of these changes were so that the series could be merchanized which explains why they suck. Skip it.