Review of Paprika

Paprika, the definition of drugs! I haven't seen such a wonderful, hyped, fast-paced, well written movie since the anime movie "Redline". I'm in eternal awe for you Satoshi Kon! Paprika is everything except bad. In a future soon to come, a revolutionary product for psychotherapy treatment called PT has been invented by a Fatso called Tokita. Tokita made a device called the "DC Mini", through it you can enter into people's dreams and explore their deepest thoughts. Before they can authorize the DC Mini, one of their prototypes is stolen, making the research team and the entire facility go bananas. In the wrong hands, the misuse of this device could be devastating,allowing the user to completely destroy another persons (Dreamer) personality while they are in sleep.
Dr. Atsuko Chiba, a returning scientist, enters the dream world under her alter ego name "Paprika", in a mission to discover who is behind the crazy idea of sapping their new revolutionizing invention.

Every character in Paprika has great personality, something you remember, everyone has their dream.
It's magnificent, is it a persons dream or not? It's their personality and thoughts put on screen. Maybe a part of another ones dream.
This film goes full surrealism mode and makes me as a viewer very confused at times, but still aware of what's happening on screen, a urge to jump of happiness as a colorful parade of toys and animals are marching through the streets of the city like a colorful stream bursting through my mind.

A film as trippy and mind-fucking like Paprika is needs fitting soundtracks. That's another great thing about this one, the songs and OST couldn't be more fitting and energized.
What's better than a fast drummer and a female vocalist in the backround? When our main character is falling through the sky at top speed, nothing beats that. It makes the viewers shit themselves of excitement!

The visuals are absolutely stunning and the amount of detail in some of the scenes are astounding. Not to mention the edit, that would be a crime for sure. The edit is truly stunning, without the good edit this movie wouldn't be what it is. I had to guess so many times, about what was going on because you couldn't know if a character stepped out of a dream or into another. Leaving that to the viewer to find out is great.
You create your own legit thought of what's going on.
Kon stated that female characters were easier to write because he would'nt be able to know the character in the same way as a male one.
I would say that he succeeded with his characters in Paprika, and i couldn't be more grateful.

As much as i like Satoshi Kon's other films i have to say that Paprika surpassed the hype with it's thrilling and excellent written plot.

I want to dedicate this review to Satoshi Kon himself.
Rest in peace.