Magnetic Rose Review

[Hero Supreme]

My Magnetic Rose Review

Magnetic Rose



Magnetic Rose is the first of three entries in the Memories Anthology. In this 45 minute short film, a space salvage team (aka cosmic garbagemen) answer a distress call in deep space. Two of the astronauts board a ship that once served as home to the Eva, a failed opera singer. Now the ship houses only her ghostly memories, which manipulate and ensnare the two would-be rescuers. The mood is eerie and fantastic, and the pairing of opera music from Madame Butterfly is inspired.

Of course, such thought provoking animated material must have come from abroad. I am pretty sure you could guess that Magnetic Rose hails from Japan. In the spirit of Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey, Magnetic Rose is not completely straight forward. Multiple viewings offer additional insight and better formed analyses of what occurs onscreen. Overall, Magnetic Rose conjurs an A-.


Check out my past reviews:
Star Wars: Clone Wars - Volume 1
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin
A Grand Day Out With Wallace and Gromit
The Last Unicorn
Fire & Ice
Strings
The Sword in the Stone
Wizards
Metropolis
Tim Burton's Corpse Bride
Anastasia
Princess Mononoke
The Black Cauldron
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
Grave of the Fireflies
The Iron Giant
Kaena: The Prophecy

[Ben]

Now that's a short review.

[Lord Dalek]

Yeah at least you could have mentioned that Mr. Applegate's own personal god amongst men wrote it.

[Hero Supreme]

Now that's a short review.

true, it is shorter than my usual reveiws but that is because the film is more about "feelings" than "happenings" and i did not want to spoil any of the plot points.

[Ben]

Yeah at least you could have mentioned that Mr. Applegate's own personal god amongst men wrote it.

Ya got that right.

[Ultra8]

Sounds interesting, I'll have to look for that one.