Space Pirate Captain Harlock

"This is a glorious marshaling of state-of-the-art technical expertise that boasts topnotch stereoscopy, but the portentous script is too nerdy to cross over to the mainstream. " 

"A lavish 3D animated reboot of the culty intergalactic comic saga created by Leiji Matsumoto in 1977, the Toei Animation film is too convoluted in its plotting, firing off great gobs of indigestible exposition and arcane techno-speak. But its impressive production values and pedal-to-the metal action should get hardcore geeks on board."