Ghost In The Shell seems to wear the term “all style, no substance” as a badge of honor.
But after a while even that gets boring, and by the time you return your attention to Ghost In The Shell’s actual plot, you’ve long become bored and instead are counting down the minutes until it’s finally over.
In fact, because it’s so dull, you end up letting the plot pass you by completely and instead focus on (and wallow in) the gorgeous visuals.
Director Rupert Sanders and cinematographer Jess Hall deserve credit for creating an alluring and captivating film to behold, which makes it doubly disappointing that what they do with it is so utterly tedious.