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enjoyable, used tropes well, pace was good.
keke palmer is a joy to watch anytime.
sza's character was SO annoying and so the clean wrap-up at the end didn't feel so earned, but otherwise good vibes and fun laughs.
(still watching)
* don't like the soundtrack. they need more variety of songs. they keep replaying the same 2 songs and the lyrics are portraying a different theme than what I'm getting from the show
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Visuals were stunning. I loved the utopian city for the different elements and the glasswork scenes. Story needs work. First, story needs to figure out what it wants to say.
The metaphor of the different elements portraying different races/cultures borrowed too heavily from modern-day racism and social tensions. The accents of Ember's parents were obviously East Asian accents. Her parents being immigrants and opening up a small cornerstore is a stereotype of many East Asian immigrants to North America (think:…
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
Not Miyazaki's best work.
Classic story structure rules were broken in ways that did not elevate the story. The villain keeps changing and dissatisfactory ends with a character who was introduced in the last 30 min of the movie. Integral aspects of the story are introduced at weird times (often very late) and does not get expanded on. Why was the boy's aunt trying to have her baby in the magical castle? Was it of her own volition or was…