I confess I wanted 2.5 stars but just feel like I can't because there are movies I have enjoyed less...
...but it feels like this was an opportunity to give a new take on the vampire mythos and it was incredibly straight over the plate. It does nothing to really evolve the story. Like, a pretty movie, lighting gorge, cinematography interesting enough, some good performances (others that are cartoonish). But it just felt like we've all seen this movie before.…
I find visually there is not much to hold onto in the movie--a pitfall of the setting is that we really are just looking at the ocean most of the time. And when setpieces come up they seem kind of incomprehensible? Lookin' at you giant clam and whatever was happening inside it. And while it's become cool to make fun of Lin-Manuel Miranda, you can really feel some sense of identity has been lost in the music.
But all the…
When I still lived in Halifax, there was one single ramen shop. My brother and I loved going on special occasions, and whenever we walked out, we would remark on the quality of the meal. How hearty and full and rich it was. How our sinuses were clear. How we were breathing a little easier.
Miyazaki’s films give me the same feeling. They make me lighter, make me feel like I can taste fresh air again. They are meditative. They…
"It was all very queer."
This is how you do dialogue. This is how you do voiceover. This is just... how you do it.
