Makynzie Sanchez

Makynzie Sanchez

Animator’s perspective on film

Favorite films

  • Avatar
  • Thumbelina
  • Xanadu
  • Somewhere in Time

Recent activity

All
  • Death of a Unicorn

    ★★★

  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    ★★

  • Snow White

    ★½

  • Mothers' Instinct

    ★★½

Recent reviews

More
  • Death of a Unicorn

    Death of a Unicorn

    ★★★

    We need more movies involving the classic mythical creatures like unicorns, mermaids, fairies, etc. 

    Not the most fantastic film by any means. It leaves a lot to be desired in terms of all around story but I gotta hand it to them for even making a horror movie with unicorns. 

    As a self-proclaimed lifelong unicorn “enthusiast” I can be kind of picky on how they’re portrayed. I appreciate the design and movement of this version’s unicorn. They combined the classic,…

  • Mufasa: The Lion King

    Mufasa: The Lion King

    ★★

    -Too many characters. It was hard to differentiate between the lions at a glance. 
    -Could cut down some of the time if we stopped cutting back to Timon and Pumbaa failing at any semblance of comedy.
    -The songs were boring and repetitive and honestly, kind of annoying. 
    -Voice acting was so bad in certain scenes where it took me out of it completely.
    -While the animation is beautiful and impressive, it seems they didn’t learn their lesson and be receptive…

Popular reviews

More
  • Don't Worry Darling

    Don't Worry Darling

    ★★★

    DWD was… a movie. It was pretty and had some nice shots, but I’m also just a sucker for 50s/60s aesthetics. Can’t really go wrong there. 

    I left with a lot more questions than answers and not in a good way. It was a fun romp but hardly deserving of its R rating. A lot of nothing happened. Considering the environment they’re in it’s strange why some of these things happen. It seems things just happen to… happen. To literally…

  • Snow White

    Snow White

    ★½

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Following

5