Watched the Utena movie.

[snarp]

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If you stripped all the self-referential symbolism out of this, you would be left with,

1) Scenes of Utena and Anthy giving each other meaningful looks.

2) Scenes of Utena and Anthy kissing.

3) A scene where Chu-Chu gets stuck in Nanami's nose.

To which I have no real objection. I mean, it's a worthy enough goal for any film.

I don't think it's actually possible to spoil anybody for this movie, but here is a cut, just to be polite:

I appreciate it that both Touga and Akio were already dead when the movie started. Sorry, boys! You're irrelevant! The true enemy has always been the relentless machinery of the patriarchy!

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[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

I totally forgot about the scene with Chu-Chu and Nanami's nose! But after the transformation-car-chase-naked-making-out-with-wheels-on climax, I'm amazed I can remember ANYTHING that went on in the preceding 75 minutes.

[starlady]

I appreciate it that both Touga and Akio were already dead when the movie started. Sorry, boys! You're irrelevant! The true enemy has always been the relentless machinery of the patriarchy!

That is an excellent point now that I think about it.

[snarp]

By the time the locust cars showed up, I was just imagining every new vehicle that showed up saying, "I REPRESENT THE RELENTLESS MACHINERY OF THE PATRIARCHY." In all caps, and everything.

Thanks to this interview, I find it easy to imagine Ikuhara making a cat macro like that and waving it at an interviewer whenever he's asked a question he doesn't like.