Abir-Xtreme
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I think the world got carried away a little when this movie first came out, only 2 things live up to the hype and that is the AMAZING cinematography of William Hoy and the solid score of Michael Giacchino.
The performance is very bland and lacks depth from almost all major characters and the action choreography is actually below par of what we have come to expect in modern cinema. If anyone has sparred and fought in real life, the movement in this movie by The Batman will come off as laughable.
However, it is still a solid movie and I much prefer its darker take on the Batman over the mess that became the Justice League. I look forward to seeing how it improves with the next movie. Maybe they can finally get a little bit of Bruce Wayne in the movie as well and not just Batman.
The performance is very bland and lacks depth from almost all major characters and the action choreography is actually below par of what we have come to expect in modern cinema. If anyone has sparred and fought in real life, the movement in this movie by The Batman will come off as laughable.
However, it is still a solid movie and I much prefer its darker take on the Batman over the mess that became the Justice League. I look forward to seeing how it improves with the next movie. Maybe they can finally get a little bit of Bruce Wayne in the movie as well and not just Batman.
Out of the three Dragon Ball movies to come out of the modern era, this is by far the weakest. We have gone from the spectacular animation of DBS Broly to a CGI focused, frankly janky take on Dragon Ball.
So many movements just feel awkward and the classic impact from hits is completely gone. Any OG Dragon Ball fan will be disappointed when they compare it with any of the classic scenes and find the weight within combat sorely lacking.
Though it must be said , the CGI IS INDEED SUPERIOR to the CGI we saw in previous movies, but it does not even touch the 2D animation peak of DBS Broly. That is not a fault of the technology, plenty of movies like the Kung Fu Panda trilogy and Spiderman have shown us amazing 3D combat in a complex manner.
The story is also just a recycled clone of older Dragon Ball arcs with copy cat moments in every step of the way, completely giving away the plot to any fan of the show and progressing in a sad manner with uninspired transformation with 0 creativity. THE BEST part of the movie is simply the growth of Trunks and Goten in terms of design and that is it.
I will not be buying this movie in physical form, 1 showing at the Cinema was enough torture for me.
So many movements just feel awkward and the classic impact from hits is completely gone. Any OG Dragon Ball fan will be disappointed when they compare it with any of the classic scenes and find the weight within combat sorely lacking.
Though it must be said , the CGI IS INDEED SUPERIOR to the CGI we saw in previous movies, but it does not even touch the 2D animation peak of DBS Broly. That is not a fault of the technology, plenty of movies like the Kung Fu Panda trilogy and Spiderman have shown us amazing 3D combat in a complex manner.
The story is also just a recycled clone of older Dragon Ball arcs with copy cat moments in every step of the way, completely giving away the plot to any fan of the show and progressing in a sad manner with uninspired transformation with 0 creativity. THE BEST part of the movie is simply the growth of Trunks and Goten in terms of design and that is it.
I will not be buying this movie in physical form, 1 showing at the Cinema was enough torture for me.
I absolutely loved the dark gritty rebirth of Godzilla 2014, it had a very serious tone and focused on a mystical figure rather than Japanese era movies that later came which were more about hyped up action.
However, when Hollywood did try to dive into the hype action style of Monster movies, they went through some serious growing pains with KOTM and Skull island. Too many cut away from fights, focus on humans instead of the monsters leading the story etc. However, Godzilla vs Kong, fixes a great deal of these issues and delivers us one of the best monsterverse movies to date.
The CGI is truly breathtaking, watch it in 2160p if possible. The action is choreographed really well and for once the cut away is not as annoying. Little interactions between Kong and Godzilla and great and monsters actually show emotion really well, hats off to the cinematography and CGI team.
This is is what classic Kaiju fans wanted and for human connection we finally have a character who doesn't annoy us, GIA / JIA is fantastic as Kong's human sidekick and has a lot of emotional value for those looking for it. Rest of the cast are simply cogwheels to get the monsters going and giving them motivation, some might not enjoy that but I for one think thats how monster movies should be done. I do think they wasted some serious potential with Ren Serajawa, who could have been so more more, which is also why I deducted some points.
However all that being said, this is some of the most fun I have had watching a monster focused film in years. It delivers what the title says and then some.
However, when Hollywood did try to dive into the hype action style of Monster movies, they went through some serious growing pains with KOTM and Skull island. Too many cut away from fights, focus on humans instead of the monsters leading the story etc. However, Godzilla vs Kong, fixes a great deal of these issues and delivers us one of the best monsterverse movies to date.
The CGI is truly breathtaking, watch it in 2160p if possible. The action is choreographed really well and for once the cut away is not as annoying. Little interactions between Kong and Godzilla and great and monsters actually show emotion really well, hats off to the cinematography and CGI team.
This is is what classic Kaiju fans wanted and for human connection we finally have a character who doesn't annoy us, GIA / JIA is fantastic as Kong's human sidekick and has a lot of emotional value for those looking for it. Rest of the cast are simply cogwheels to get the monsters going and giving them motivation, some might not enjoy that but I for one think thats how monster movies should be done. I do think they wasted some serious potential with Ren Serajawa, who could have been so more more, which is also why I deducted some points.
However all that being said, this is some of the most fun I have had watching a monster focused film in years. It delivers what the title says and then some.