Because of the computer graphics, the movie is a must-see. However, the plot is a bore and has New Agey overtones that make folks like me chuckle. Strangely, Aki, the lead character and the other female character were the least convincingly rendered characters. The old scientist was the best rendered and all the males were rendered better than the two women.
Skin and hair were done nearly perfectly, although Aki's hair often looked like a field of wheat waving in the wind. The face is a very subtle thing, though, and often the characters' faces seemed rather immobile when compared to an actual human's face. We have a lot to learn about the subtleties of facial expression. I'd say they're only about 80% of the way there at this time.
Still, the movie is visually beautiful and I wasn't bored for one second, though I was always more fascinated by the visuals than the plot.
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