Lupin the 3rd
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1971 · Animation / Adventure / Sci-Fi

Lupin the 3rd

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An absolute cinematic disaster.

Follow the exciting adventures of Arsene Lupin III, the grandson of the world's greatest thief, Arsene Lupin. Together with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa and his love interest Fujiko Mine, he carries out the greatest robberies of all time, all the while evading the control of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.

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Animation / Adventure / Sci-Fi
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Follow the exciting adventures of Arsene Lupin III, the grandson of the world's greatest thief, Arsene Lupin. Together with Daisuke Jigen, Goemon Ishikawa and his love interest Fujiko Mine, he carries out the greatest robberies of all time, all the while evading the control of Inspector Koichi Zenigata.

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@ROW_F_REGRET2025-12-13 07:00 UTC

Even the popcorn looked bored during Lupin the 3rd.

@ENDING_LEAKS2025-12-07 05:00 UTC

Lupin the 3rd: proof the studio reads its own marketing too literally.

@SCREEN_SHADE2025-12-03 22:00 UTC

If exposition were a contact sport, Lupin the 3rd would be banned for life.

@LATE_SHOW_LURKER2025-12-02 01:00 UTC

The science in Lupin the 3rd has the same relationship to physics that I have to going to the gym: aspirational.

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r/movies · u/PracticalFX_Stan🔥 3.6k points

[Serious Discussion] Is anyone else completely checked out by the pacing in Lupin the 3rd?

Director clearly thought Lupin the 3rd was deeper than it is. There's a difference between ambiguous and unfinished, and this leans hard into the second.

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r/criticalkino · u/BoomMicBoomer🔥 3.9k points

Unpopular opinion: Lupin the 3rd is the most overrated film of the decade

Honestly, Lupin the 3rd would be a tight 95-minute movie. Instead we got a bloated runtime padded with B-roll and lingering shots that add nothing.

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r/flicks · u/MidnightMatinee🔥 3.9k points

[Spoilers] Can we discuss that absolutely baffling ending in Lupin the 3rd?

Everyone praising the Lupin the 3rd performances must have watched a different cut. The lead is sleepwalking through this and the supporting cast can't save it.

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r/flicks · u/ThirdActTrouble🔥 3.9k points

Why does no one talk about how mid the writing in Lupin the 3rd actually is?

Rewatched Lupin the 3rd last night and noticed even more plot holes than the first time. The motivations don't track at all once you stop and think about act two.

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