A bit long really, with the strangeness cranked up.
George Miller really is something to behold with creating creative and different action. Would really love to see him do a superhero movie or something. Would be sick.
Directing: 5/5
Writing: 5/5
Acting: 5 /5
Comedy: 4/5
Extras: 5 /5
Stunts: 5/5
Set design: 5/5
Editing: 5 / 5
Sound track: 3/5
Sound design: 4 /5
Action: 5 /5
Pre-Vis: 5 /5
Mise-un scene: 5 /5
Drama: 5/5
Fun factor: 3 /5 (a bit long)
Support characters: 5 /5
Total: 71 / 75
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
The first two acts were great. Comedic, fun, a great play on the hyper imaginativeness of a toy and how it effects or projects to real life. Pointing to the cinema styles of musicals and stage shows is great, and the playful nature of filming and mise-un scene is great.
Kind of touches on the existential message you were expectation......and then the third act happens and it nose dives into the existentialism, cranks up the preaching to 11, and completely…
Does the perfect movie exist??? If it did, no one would know what it was because of the many imposters in the way. But when you get to the end of the last Crusade, the holy grail isn't a polished Christopher Nolan flick, or preserved Hitchcock reel, or even Citizen Kanes dusty poonani. No, it will be this film that will grant you immortality. Guy Richie's impecible skill and the many talents behind it created the holy grail. I feel like I'm under selling here.
Exactly the same as the new Godzilla movie, every time Godzilla and the monsters are on screen it's a good time, as soon as they leave it's terrible and boring. All this emphasis on story and emotion, no one cares. And for some reason the directing is better with the monsters than the other characters. Why is this? Who knows. But come on, if it's gonna be shit with the humans just leave them out and don't waste everyone's time.
