I actually really liked this movie. I wasnt sure really what to expect going into it and i still dont know if I can quite explain it if someone asked me what it was about. The movie im thinking of ending things feels very simmilar to this one in that some things just cant be explained. Its the lack of explanation thats done so well that makes movies like The house so good. Anyways it being stopmotion adds so much to this as a whole. There are so many paralells between all the stories I really do wonder if its all meant to take place in the same house. Lets start with the first story. Its so grey to start off and it had me wondering if it was going to get any better. it did. I think this story is about the effects of getting to attached to our matireal things that we forget what really matters. Like I sadi I dont think I should try and explain it too much but this first story is def the most unsetteling one. Its so strange and it reminds me of coraline. The second little short is also really good and I think is trying to say that patching up a big problem with a convienent solution doesnt last. The more I think about it the more I think the three short films are about climate change. How we are so infatuated in matiral things, ignore problems until they cant be ignored aymore, and the last one I think just ties in with the oceans rising. The second short was so normal until the big rat and little rat entered the picutre. It lowkey creeped me out and The whole thing with him talking to his dentist is even werider. Not somethign I really expected to see after the first short but it staerted to make sence at the end when we find out what was really going on. The third short way by far my favorite. I think the characters were lovable and fun. It also brought in personal struggle and moving on with life. I mean its the only one that has a cute and happy ending and I think its jsut the perfect way to end the movie as a whole. Like I said I reallly liked this movie as a whole and I might watch it again. I would reccomend this to anyone who likes unsetteling movies and anyone who enjoyed coraline a little to much as a kid (me). I give this a 7/10.
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I havent seen the original nor did i know the story at all until I saw the trailer and i dont think that even counts as knowing the story. I started watching this movie in film class which was def a mistake bc I then had to cut me watching it up into chunks and I ended up finishing it at work. I like I said didnt knwo the story so I was convinced the whole time it would be a happy ending and then when I was finishing the movie I was at work. So there I am lowkey trying not to sob while making a latte for this lady who procedded to ask “are you okay ”. I told her i just finished watchign a sad movie and she dropped the topic. still embarassing. Anyways I really liked the movie. The first time I watched it there was something off about the way it was filmed and made to me. It felt very fake and the cinematography was off. It wasnt until the second time that I realaized its ment to look liek that. Its meant to look like it was filmed in a studio which I actually grew to love the look of. it makes it so much more magical in a way. the second time around watching it I reallly really loved it. I think the music is so pretty and the balcony song is for sure my favorite. The point in the song when the music swells up right before it picks up is beautiful. The dance scene is so amazing and fun too, theres jsut so much energy and I cant even imagine how much fun that was to film and be apart of. I dont really know what else to say about this film other than its gorgeous. I think the casting was done very well to and I had no clue the guy who plays tony can sing. Also the girl who plays maria got very very very lucky with this film. This is her first movie shes ever been in and she was only 18 when they started filming. They spotted her in a productionon of beauty and the beast. On top of it the age gap between her and Ansel is the same as me and timothee chalamet. so imagine me fresh out of high school starring in a romance movie with timothee chalamet. CRAZY RIGHT. AND ON TOP OF THAT her first movie ever and she worked with steven spilberg and her film is nomindated for 7 oscars. With all that being said she is an amazing actress with an even more amazing voice. She really did a great job. Overall I really liked this movie a lot more than I thought I would and im really happy I watched it. I give this a 9/10.
Okay, lets start with expectations going into this film. I thought it was going to be rated R bc all the promo posters and how... sexual they were. Like every shoot robert and zoe had it made it seem like a way more romantic movie than it was. Also in the trailers they even highlighted the very little romantic scenes they had. Then the PG-13 rating came out. I also going into it expected it to be not that amazing. The trailers looked great and I was genuinly exited but I was just expecting it to kinda be another flop DC movie. IT WAS NOT. I walked into my theater and it was sold out. Like jam packed with people. The second the soundtrack started playing I just had a good feeling about this movie. Like I was excited to see what was gonna happen. I think the way they started the movie was perfect. They set it up with the uncertainty of who was watching the family and why, then they set up the political tensions, and finally the murder itself that sets the plot rolling. Batmans monolouge was incredibe. Along with him talking the cinematography in the haloween scene is perfect. Gotham city just looks so real in this movie. like everything is so big if that makes sence. I love how dark and slightly blurry everything is too. It looks dirty and dingy but in places it feels clean and real. I think the joker also did a good job at showing gotham but not nearly on the scale that the batman did. I cant get over the cinematography in this movie its just so good. I mean its perfect for the aestetic of the film. Exept the part when batman flies that was not good lol. the go pro shot on his head was cool but just didnt fit and made me giggle. Okay the iceberg lounge. WHAT. Theres a lot of places in movies I wish I could go but partying in the iceberg lounge looks like so much fun. They also did an amazing job of showing just how huge that place is. The sets are incredible in this film aswell as the costimes. Just everything is so well done. Oswald is perfect. Like the guy who plays him did an amazing job. He just fits the part so well. When zoe kravitz first walked onto screen I was just in awe. She is so good for the role of the cat. Like shes stunning on top of it but she also does such a good job acting with her eyes like from the first scene you can just tell shes up to something. From the night club on the movie keeps you engaged but not over stimulated. Also lets talk about the soundtrack bc wow that was really good. I love that Batman has his own recodnizable theme and they did a great job not overusing it aswell. For a second in the movie I thoguht that Hanz Zimmer was the composer bc I heard in the backround of some of the pieces a clock ticking. Which if you remember my Mid tearm you know is one of his signature moves when it comes to composing soundtracks. I looked it up and it is not him but still it was a very good sountrack. At no points did I find the music too overpowering aswell. It all fit perfectly. Also nirvana being in the sound track just makes sence it really really fits the vibe. Back to cinematography theres this one scene where batman is in a dark hallway and its pitch back until guns start going off and thats the only source of light. Top favortie movie shots right there it was amazing. That shot combines with batmans theme fits absolutly perfect. I loved it. Getting more and more towards the end of the movie I kept thinking that it was the end. But still no complaints here I was glad it wanst over It was really really good. The casting for this movie was also perfect. Like everyone fits their roles so well. Overall I really really liked this movie I would for sure see it again. In fact I went to go see it again with abby and asha but during the middle of it the emergency lights went on right at the riddeler in the cafe scene and we all had to leave. Total bummer. Im gonna stop wrighting bc if I dont this review is going to be way too long. I reccomend to anyone who likes action movies or just movies at all. Its great 10/10 perfect score. |
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