The Worst Film Ever

So much average

An absolute waste of money

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I really can't sit here and suggest that "Steamboy" is anything more than an enjoyable and generally entertaining adventure-romp. It's really not. But part of the reason I genuinely love it is that it's not really trying to be anything more than an enjoyable and entertaining adventure. It knows exactly what it is, and it knows precisely what buttons to press and what scenes to play out to make it work. As a follow-up to director Katsuhiro Otomo's iconic and near-legendary feature-film "Akira", "Steamboy" does have a lot to live up to, and it was never going to reach the same great heights and universal acclaim set by its predecessor. But thanks to being true to itself and having the best of intentions, it comes highly recommended from this satisfied fan.We follow young Ray Steam (voiced in the English dub by Anna Paquin), a child-inventor living in 1800's England. His life is thrown into adventure when he inadvertently intercepts a package from his grandfather (Patrick Stewart) containing a mysterious mechanical sphere with untold power that is being sought after by various conflicting forces. Now, Ray is brought into the heart of a conflict between his idealistic grandfather, enigmatic and troubled father Dr. Edward (Alfred Molina) and the dark and opportunistic O'Hara Foundation.This is most certainly a charming and engaging film. In many ways, it hearkens back to what made classic adventures and swashbucklers so much fun. We have strong but archetypal characters that we instantly identify and sympathize with, plenty of twists and turns and treachery to keep the audience guessing and lots of well- choreographed and well thought- out action to keep us consistently thrilled with the proceedings. I also found the steampunk imagery and expert mixture of classic 2D hand- drawn animation and stylized 3D computer animation absolutely stunning to behold. It's never anything less than thoroughly striking and left me wowed with its complex palette.I've only seen the film with the English dubbing, but I thought everyone involved did a remarkable job bringing their respective characters to life. Paquin makes for a wonderfully charismatic lead, with Molina and Stewart both giving more-than-adequate pathos in their performances. I also highly admired supporting voice-over artists like Oliver Cotten and Kari Wahlgren in secondary roles, and their compliment the main cast quite nicely.Really, the only thing I can say to the film's detriment is that there are some pretty big problems with the pacing in the second act. It does very much begin to drag, which was a shame given the fast-moving narrative in the first act and the thrilling and climactic final half-hour. There's just a few too many scenes of droning conversation and a few too many needless sub-plots that ultimately bog the movie down for a good half-hour or so, that it did detract some major points for me. Thankfully, the film is able to quickly recover and finish strong after this decidedly dead period.In the end, I think your enjoyment of "Steamboy" really comes down to expectation. If you go in knowing that this isn't another masterpiece and is merely a good, fun film... I can't imagine you wouldn't enjoy just about every second of it. But if you've built it up in your mind because the prestige of Otomo's previous work, you're just setting yourself up for disappointment.To me, it's a very strong 8 out of 10, and I'd highly recommend it to not only fans of anime, but fans of adventure and excitement in general. It's a blast!

I wouldn't call this the best movie I've ever seen but it was enjoyable and interesting at the same time. The graphics and the drawings of the background were beautiful. It looked as if it was very real! I would say Bravo to the animators or drawers who were involved doing the movie!Anna Paquin did a mighty job playing as James Ray Steam aka Steamboy. You wouldn't think it was actually a young girl voicing the character. It's not that I'm sexist but I'm just surprised that she did a good job acting as a young boy. I suppose Steamboy looked so teen-aged so I suppose they decided to pick any girl in playing the character in order to no hear a rather deep voice. I suppose it would be a good idea too if they tried that out in the first place but there ya go! I would say this movie is good,it's just not a favorite of mine!

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I heard so much about this film, even though it didn't seem to good to me I decided to watch it because I heard so many good things about it.. I was just disappointed by the whole thing. I even fell asleep somewhere between the.. explosions and the explosions, don't know how long I slept but when I woke up I just didn't seemed to have missed anything. To me it seems like most of the story took place in the after-texts and the rest of the film could have been shortened to a 30 min movie. The animation was nice, but so are paintings, they are beautiful to watch and they also lack a plot. I'd rather spend my time at a museum than watch this film.