This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The man lied.
Preserving MANkind.
Dr. Mann. So funny. There are some really clever things about this movie.
The whole twist and emotional tension around STAY and then he sees her again and the first thing she tells him is to go away. Why. His descendants didn’t care to meet him. Weird. If my great granddad showed up, I’d have so many questions and want to hear stories.
Some of the docking/ build up tension scenes could have been so…
It was cute.
Five stars for the animation. Especially the flashlight sequences. It’s like an old comic book come to life.
It was a little preachy and not too subtle about the preachiness.
Also the bad guy was extra annoying to me. A very static, easy to read character with not much in the way of backstory or anything interesting. I think he might be my least favorite animated villain. Professor Hinkle from Frosty the Snowman is a better villain, and that’s saying something.
So many wonderful memories with this movie. RIP Jewison, thank you for the surcease from sorrow.
Motel will always remind me of my lil brother. 🥰
I was willing to wait through long backstory explanations from multiple characters and then shadow puppets.
I was willing to wait through long Venice scenery thrown in there because it looked cool.
I was willing to try to feel sorry for this poor dead character whose backstory we were being hit over the head with like Punch in Punch and Judy.
But by the time the medium lady started saying “listening! …. Listeninnng!” in that sing songy voice, I had…
