With so little fanfare for this release you could assume it’d be some toss away direct to DVD quality kids film, and to a degree it is a fairly short and small scale comedy cartoon, but its clear there’s a lot of passion put into this film, regardless why it was made or where it ended up, and there’s a lot to enjoy between the usual looney humor, 50s B movie send up plot, and some clever moments of animation.
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Gladiator II 2024
The first Gladiator worked so well because it was the perfect intersection of historical epic and straight action. The balance may be a little off this time. The story’s a bit clunky with more than a few contrived sequelisms and characters who get somewhat lost in the mess (our lead is maybe the third or fourth most interesting player here), but when things start to cook in the second half, they definitely cook. So yes I am entertained.
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Eternals 2021
Tricky combination of perhaps one too many elements, where the overly fantastical Jack Kirby concepts and grounded myth making don't quite mix cleanly with the usual Marvel superheroing. There's more than a few times where it seems like it's going to turn into something really unique and eccentric, but it never fully commits. That said, there's a lot of interesting ideas being played with here, far more than in your usual Marvel film. Where the movie mainly trips up is…
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