ScoobyWell Great visuals, story delivers no surprises

LouHomey From my favorite movies..

SpecialsTarget Disturbing yet enthralling

Merolliv I really wanted to like this movie. I feel terribly cynical trashing it, and that's why I'm giving it a middling 5. Actually, I'm giving it a 5 because there were some superb performances.

Rectangular_businessman THis was one of the best animated movies that I've seen in along time . I'm not a big fan of anime ,but I appreciate originality and "Memories " isn't like the Japanese animation that you see on television .Katsuhiro Otomo , the director of "Akira " directs with other two animators this collection of shorts .The first "Magnetic Rose " Takes place in the future , it's my favorite .The animation it's splendid ,full of details and a subtle use of CGI .The opera music was very effective to support the dramatic story .The second "Stink Bomb " ,takes place in the modern Japan ,and works very well like a dark comedy . The animation it's very good ,just like the first .The third ,"Cannon Fodder " it's the most original ( and the most strange ) first of all ,the animation doesn't look like it were anime ,but it had a stylish and interesting appearance .The story follows the every day life of a family that lives in a society were every activity it's connected with the war . This movie it's a must see for every fan of animation .Even if you don't like anime ,I'm sure that you will find interesting material on this movie ,and proofs that animation could be art .

spamspaz-1 I am a guy that rents Anime from my local video store and not much makes it through even though I live in a part of the Greater Torono Area that has a large Asian population. I find that the stuff that I find is either really good or really bad, and this film is some of the best I have seen. Each story has emotion, power, and overall, the power to be remembered years later. I think I saw this two or three years ago and I can still vividly remember the imagery and stories. My personal favourite story was Magnetic Rose because of its look into paranoia and the mind. I think it was also a wise choice to put Stink Bomb in the middle because it is the humorous one. And artistically, Cannon Fodder takes the cake. A great find for artistic types and anime-lovers alike. See this movie now!

lancer0410 While watching Memories I went to check IMDb.com for some further background information on the short's directors. This film is unique in that it is really three smaller movies blended together to create one of theatre length. I expected them to all be intertwined, and in a way they are, only in substance if not in plot or characters as I had imagined.Anyway, all I can see is this film is a great watch in that it engages the viewer and forces him/her to think, the plots engage you in such a way that makes the overall experience rewarding to say the least.I am only commenting due to the fact that the current user reviewer rates it as forgettable. Although I respect that he is entitled to his own opinion, I do not believe that a review entitled "forgettable" should receive top billing for an 8.1 rated movie on IMDb; and yes it is really that good. Your current commenter thinks scripts such as Donnie Darko are "contrived" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0246578/usercomments-1089) and that Halloween: Resurrection is a great piece of cinematography, along with Drumline (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0303933/, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0220506/usercomments-467). He himself states Drumline is so good because it contains "no surprises." To me a surprise or plot twist is the trademark of good cinema, and any director and/or producer worth his salt would agree. I apologize for picking on fellow reviewer Dan from somewhere in East LA, but really, please give such fine works as Memories the reviews they deserve, at least in terms of the top billed review which appears on the main page of each movie. Thank you.

Quincy Hughes It's an anthology. It's three stories of 45 minutes, 40 minutes and 15 minutes that have nothing at all to do with one another. In fact, the film's title only refers to the first story. This film is one part science-fiction thriller, one part bioterrorism comedy (THERE'S a category I've never put a film in!) and one part single-shot (99% of it, anyway) borderline-documentary.Disney couldn't make a film this engrossing if the fate of mankind depended on it.Those who have what I call the "It's an Anime" stigma should shake it off for "Memories". Rent this. Buy this. See this!