Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Nonsensical, uninvolving, and light on plot, but I have to give this it's flowers because of the hokey but go-for-broke and wildly creative special effects. Spreads the hand-made cheese of Hausu onto a wuxia wonder-bread. Not without it's charms, but also broad, empty calories.
Honestly this was really fun, with animation that ranged from fine to terrific, and some outstanding swordplay.
This just did not work at all for me, really limped along lifelessly. I can't tell if the lead performances were flat or if the direction wasn't there to pull anything interesting out. The 80s setting and the extremely Depp/Ryder-coded look and performance of the mains felt like they were only there to feed me reference and nostalgia. If this were a hard R in a modern setting it probably could've done darker, more interesting stuff with the premise. As…