Colibel Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Softwing Most undeservingly overhyped movie of all time??

Comwayon A Disappointing Continuation

nlundquist Ready for this? Cap Harlock is a future Tetsuro. After gaining immortality, he regretted his immortal quest and hitched a ride on the time castle in order to subtly influence his younger self to seek out humanity and savor mortality. I would also argue that Mattel is indeed Tetsuro's mother having regained her life at the hands of Harlock in exchange for his mortality. Harlock was tricked my Prometheum into reviving his mother rather than his true love Maya and so Harlock becomes Faust (yes, he is his own father i.e. he loves Maetel/Maya). Now they are both cursed in time to live out immortal lives of regret and incest. The young Tetsuro supersedes the fate of Harlock and avoids doinking his own mother. I know it's a hell of a concept to read into, but I like it and I like to think Leiji would too.

Jose Cruz This is a sort of Star Wars in Japan, made for 12 year old boys, like Star Wars, but very different in many ways as well. It has some very strange stuff and the plot doesn't make any sense sometimes (note: this is different from not making sense in an art film, such as Tarvovsky's, where it is supposed to not make sense, here we have a traditional linear narrative). The is perhaps the product of the compression of a very complex story into only 128 minutes of film, which forces the movie to use many deux ex machina in several occasions.Also, there are something I find disturbing in the concept exposed in the movie of people having disposable bodies. The character designs also look a bit strange for me, who is not used to 1970's anime.Despite these flaws, however, the movie remains powerful enough to earn a 8/10, a rate score for me to give.

Chris Barry I saw this as a child in the late eighties and I must say, Galaxy Express is one of those films that sticks in your imagination for a long time. If you've never understood the appeal of anime, discovering this film may be your golden ticket to Otaku-town.The story is as delicate and poetic as Ridley Scott's Blade Runner. The cell animation, while somewhat traditional, possesses a vivid style that explosively portrays Leiji Matsumoto's great talent for character design and visual storytelling.This is one of those unique children's films like Star Wars, The Dark Crystal and The Wizard of Oz that completely transcends 'family entertainment' status and stands as a classic of cinema on its own terms.I highly recommend this film.

wavelength121 I was at my sister's apartment one night when I was around 14, and you know how it is when there is nothing on TV but you are bored so you keep flipping around, well this movie came on around 10 o'clock and I started watching it and although I wasn't able to follow what was going on exactly, I just could not turn it off. This movie was my first taste of Anime and it seems good Anime does that too you. I was deeply moved by Galaxy Express, to the point that I almost started crying towards the end. Quite a magical, imaginative movie. But yes, very very strange. I stayed up until two in the morning to see how it turned out.