persepolis - movie review :)

Persepolis, great movie. I heard about this movie when it got a fair amount of press when it was nominated for 2008 Oscars and won the Animated Film award. Sinan watched it recently, reminded me about it while telling me that she really liked it, so I went ahead, acquired it, and watched it. It was really good, and I really liked it.

1. It was animated. I really enjoy animated movies and animation, regardless of whether it is for children or adults. The animation style is Persepolis was simple, mostly black & white, and really excellent use of silhouettes and negative space.

2. Great storyline minus the stupid decisions she made sometimes. But hey, good characters need character flaws.

3. Likable characters. The grandma was the best. Serious OG.

I really want to read the graphic novel now that I've seen the film. Generally speaking, I try to read a graphic novel before its movie comes out (i.e. Sin City, V for Vendetta, 300, Watchmen, Marvel anything...). I skipped that step this time around, and I semi-regret it. It was still a fine movie, and I hope I didn't miss out too much by watching the film first. My assumptions & hopes are that I didn't miss too much because the author, Marjane Satrapi, was involved in the film and also because the look of the film is fairly similar to the g.n.