I was SO wonderfully surprised by how much I loved this. Not that I expected it to suck, but to be honest I’ve never really connected with this animation style, so I wasn’t expecting the emotions and storytelling to hit as hard as they did.
This is how to adapt something from Tolkien’s many non rings-oriented stories. And it felt like a story Tolkien would write himself! The strong female protagonist who is both human (with weaknesses) yet whose character…
Okay I’m gonna consider this my review for all three vignettes in this pilot movie.
I’d rank them: third, first, and second. All of them were really enjoyable, but I loved the character work in the third one, the classic horror twists in the first one were really fun, and Spielberg’s directing was really creative in the second one. I will say, some of the acting in the first vignette (basically just the main character) was pretty cheesy horror schlock.…
I mean, everything just fires on all magical cylinders here.
Us and Them is breathtaking, and Uncomfortably Numb simply transcends.
Endlessly re-watchable. Pink Floyd is probably the greatest rock band of all time.
