Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem (2003)

Such a frustrating disappointment

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

I always loved Daft Punk, and I was hyped to hear that they made a movie. In the Interstella 5555 movie, nobody talked. It was only the amazing music of Daft Punk. They made the characters likable and the movie was colorful and beautiful. It may look a tad bad, but this was made in 2003, so I guess this was good for its time. I was never really a fan of anime, but this is just beautiful. The movie begins all happy, so the music is upbeat and happy. As the movie goes, the music gets slower and emotional. One of my favorite tracks from this song, 'Something About Us', Went perfectly with the scene. Im trying my best not to tell you what happens, sorry if you didn't like this review. But if you watch it, and you like anime/Daft Punk, I know you'll love this.

This DVD has been around for a while now and I think has generally been overlooked.I am a Daft Punk fan, and caught their recent live shows, which made me go back through their work, and I spotted this, realized I hadn't seen it, so rented a copy.I'm not necessarily a manga/cartoon fan, yeah I was a fan as a kid, watched all the classics growing up in the 80's, including Ulysees etc, but I had grown out of it, so I'll admit I wasn't really expecting much, just a cartoon set to a classic Daft Punk album. Wrong.Off the bat you do need to know that there is no dialog, it's a story told in visual form with accompanying music but you know what, it' actually quite a gripping story of a successful band being kidnapped by an intergalactic music mogul, who has their identities erased and manipulated to make the mogul money from their songs on other interstellar planets, as he takes them on a intergalactic music tour in essence. Luckily, an interstellar bounty hunter guy, who is also a fan of theirs and has a crush on the female member, is dispatched to find them and get them back. In addition, despite the band members having their memories erased, elements of their past lives linger and they struggle to break free from there enforced identities and lives, with the help of the bounty hunter. The weird thing is, I actually found myself getting caught up in the story as there are some truly heartfelt moments, and at times the music was just background noise for me (pretty great background noise, but background noise nonetheless), you forget your listening to a Daft Punk album. Luckily, the accompanying music is from Daft Punk's album Discovery, which has some classic tracks, and when you are listening to the songs, you realize their are f-ing great songs, and the song style and visual style and story are totally harmonious, they work in total unison.At their live show, I realized how these guys had a really great visual as well as musical sense, and after watching this you realize not only can they gel the two together brilliantly in a live show, but they also do it on video and I can honestly say you don't need to be a Daft Punk fan or cartoon fan to enjoy this, I would recommend it to anyone.

This movie, which only runs an hour long, still feels like a movie to me. As an Anime with no dialogue and communicates by visual storytelling, it is seriously one movie that had me hooked. The songs are catchy and toe tapping, my ankle was actually sore from so much foot tapping from the addictive drum beats and technological hooks.There was one part where I felt the movie would have been a bore, without giving too much away, it happens right after the first song ends, where I would expect raucous noises during a moment where large audiences are seen, I'd be used to hearing screaming or sounds of panic, which did not happen, and for that, I felt slightly gypped, but for the most part, the songs and animation compliment each other, as the animation is beautiful (though it's hardly Hayao Miyazaki quality) while giving the aliens a human look, and the humans an alien quality.These anime characters look nothing like Powerpuff Girls with very large eyes as most anime television shows tend to do, but instead feel like real people at times.Also, as the ending plays out, I had to crack a big smile at its "Twist" of an ending. It was something I did not expect at all, since the story was especially intriguing. This is an anime movie I will indeed watch again.I only wished I could rate this movie in half stars too, because it's not a 8 or 10 to me, but a 9.5, which I feel gives the movie the appropriate credit it deserves.

Wow!, what a movie. Gave me goosebumps just watching it. The animation is so rich and endlessly colourful that you would want to keep watching it over and over like I do. I'm a Daft Punk fan and I must say this is a masterpiece for them as their songs really brought out all the emotion in this film, my favourite one in the movie was 'Digital Love', it was excellent, perfectly done! Although the movie doesn't have dialogue, it is kinda fun to know what is going on and whats the storyline of the movie. I've not watched the other anime series from Leiji Matsumoto, but I must say he is a genius for making this film which is out of this planet! So do watch this movie when you get the chance to, it will really make your day and you will want to watch it again! Ciao!