Heart String Marionette

Today I Saw A Great Animated Film...

I promise not to spoil the film, so my explanations may not be all that great.

I only wanted to see Heart String Marionette, because I knew Jimmy Urine voiced a character in the movie called "The Body". I didn't think I'd actually love it, but I did. I loved everything about the movie.

Heart String Marionette is a captivating film and a must see for all independent film lovers. From what I read on the website, it took them four years to make because of a tight budget, but hey it worked out! It's a really great movie! :)

It's hard to say what the true meaning of the film is, but here's what I can say I think the underlying messages put out in the story are: child abuse, society, and religion.

• Child abuse, because it is really what the main character was going through. 
• Society, because everyone in the film wears a mask and I think that may be like how everyone in society wears a mask to hide their true selves. They use that mask to be in good eyes of whoever is above them.
• Religion, because there are a lot of crosses in this movie and there's a whole scene about a fanatic Christian town.

Another great factor about the film is the music. The music really captures the mood of the film at all moments. There's a song for every scene and it captures the feeling of each scene very well.

The movie was created by M Dot Strange and Endika. Endika does all the music with his band apparently.

Here are the characters that I thought were essential to the film. There are a lot of minor characters that really shape the film, too.

(I'm not putting pictures since I couldn't find pictures of ever single person in the film:)

• Samhaine Tsuke voiced by JP Anderson: He was the main character who deals with a lot of problems.  The voice scared me at first when I was watching the movie, but I got used to it. His character is a samurai
• Siouxsie Silen voiced by Asil Aceves: I loved her voice and I think she captured the character pretty well and her lines were really cool. "That is very not nice!" Her voice reminded me of Hilary Haag as Merry Nightmare in the anime Dream Eater Merry or even Brittney Karbowski in a way. She was my favorite character. Her character is a stripper.
• Tatsuya voiced by M Dot Strange: He was a funny character. He lightened up the mood a bit, but never really barged into the story that much. He's a samurai who fell in love with Siouxsie... or her boobs? xD
• Lord Wor voiced by Richard Grove: Apparently Samhaine's father? I'm still very unsure as to who is who in this movie, but the website cleared it up for me a bit.

The story is set in Japan also if that helps a little, but more about that is explained on the website. If you notice on http://heartstringmarionette.com/story/ it talks about how there is no story to this film, but that there is a purpose to it.

http://heartstringmarionette.com if you want to just check out the website, I'm sure the prior link still let's you see the other things, but just in case. :P

I'm not going to post the movie up here, but I think if we're rating this by how a movie theater would rate it, it would be rated R. So watch it on your own time like me, if you are a kid/tween/teen. I don't know?!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJp0jIZNPhk There is the link to the movie. 

Watch it...And be AMAZED!