it was fine. certainly no nezha 2. i honestly think ill like this less as time goes on. not very eager to return to it anytime soon either.
there was a lot to like but the problem was that it was A LOT. there was plenty of conflict and grand themes being set up but the movie always went in a different direction. perhaps that was the point and there’s some subtext to the structure resembling different branching life paths.…
i dont know shit about gundam but ive built like 4 of them and it turns out only seeing like 30 minutes of the first movie is all i really needed to know going in. i liked seeing the relationship between classic anime and contemporary style. i liked the idea of char crossing space-time to exist in the future as some berserker ghost gundam. that isnt what ended up happening tho….maybe. the second half of this does too many cutesy baby anime stuff but i kinda wanna know what tf is gonna happen so ill probably watch the show next month.
the best superhero movie because it perfectly realizes the ways in which these figures mirror our collective conscious.
i find christopher nolan’s restrictive politics actually help make batman feel like a real thing. he’s the quintessential western superhero because of the ways he’s possessed by his own ego, believing he’s cutting through the corruption and becoming society’s traumatized shadow while unconsciously contributing to it and reinforcing american authoritarianism. i cant get over the fact that batman just goes into another…
