Sometimes, a movie has all the ingredients of a masterpiece but goes up merrily in flames. The genre is rich and plentiful. Sometimes, though, movies are just the opposite: Would-be shit-shows which quietly attain perfection. This is a tale of dueling schoolchildren, perpetually raining rose petals, an upside down castle in the sky, broadcast journalism, whistleblowers, Jungian symbolism, girls who want to be princes, girls in relationships with other girls, girls who transform into cars, girls who lead the revolution in car form, and a climax consisting mostly of a drag race between the aforementioned werecars. The plot of Utena differs considerably across all of its incarnations, which also happen to include three stage musicals, one called Hell Rebirth Apocalypse: Advent of the Nirvanic Beauty. Fans of the anime will tell you the movie makes very little sense without first seeing the series. But I watched it just fine this way, and besides, it's not exactly something to be enjoyed in full possession of your mental faculties.
Adolesence Mokushiroku is the movie version of Shoujo Kakumei Utena. It follows a similar storyline, but it is far more complex. It takes a few watches to fully understand the meaning of everything in the movie. Utena is the story of a girl who attends a private school, where students often duel. She has a ring given to her by a Prince she met in her childhood which gives her the right to enter into the duels.
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