Dialogues that pretend to be profound and end up being pretentious and pedantic. This causes the development to be slow and at times heavy

See it for the artwork, not the captions. The animation in _Ghost in the Shell: Innocence_ is frequently breathtaking, the story is just long-winded.

Oshii's sequel trades the original's lean philosophical inquiry for a denser, more melancholic meditation on memory and the puppet-as-soul metaphor. Visually extraordinary — the Locus Solus sequence alone justifies the runtime. Demanding, formally rigorous, genuinely contemplative.

Generally speaking, almost everything that applies to “Ghost in the Shell” also holds true for the sequel “Innocence” from 2004. The film really doesn't have to hide from its iconic predecessor. Once again, a whole series of interesting questions are posed that keep you interested until the end. The look of the first movie may have been a little more flashy, but the sequel is definitely beautiful to look at, too. As in the first installment, however, the drawn-out dialogues are once again a slight problem. You should definitely watch the movie with complete focus; otherwise, you'll miss something. Either way, fans of the first part will certainly get their money's worth.

if i have to read one more god damned Confucius quote