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The Super Mario Bros. Movie 2023
Is it perfect? No. But is it clear they tried very hard? Yes
Surprisingly, even Chris Pratt. I think they had him rerecord lines after the initial trailers, bc his performance went from "clearly phoned in" to "not half bad."
The series references are considerable in number and I had a lot of fun spotting different things in music and on signage and stuff.The only thing that bothered me was the way some things got squeezed together. The "first…
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TEKKEN: The Motion Picture 1998
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This was NUTS. Even the opening scene was unnecessarily dramatic and intense. Unbelievably, it did not get less crazy from there.
Kazuya looked kind of weird, overly top heavy and kind of narrow. Maybe I'm more used to his newer appearances? But his voice actor was good at least.
Jun is actually a saint for putting up with him through this whole movie. Seriously, he didn't deserve her.It is actually insane how much wild stuff was in this. Cyborgs…
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Summer Wars 2009
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This movie is enjoyable if you are not expecting something good.
First off, I must say, I had the complete wrong idea about Summer Wars before watching it. I kept mixing it up with Food Wars, AND had heard that it was one of those amazing anime movies like Your Name or Promare (still need to see that one). Neither of these things ended up really making for helpful expectations of the movie.
First off Summer Wars is an *AWFUL*…
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Ace Attorney 2012
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As with any video game -> movie adaptation, there should've been doubt from the beginning that this could turn out any good. Ace Attorney *does* have a good story that could suit a movie, but the length and pace of the game do not fit a normal-length film at all.
This version mostly does a good job compressing the story and keeping the most relevant events, but sometimes some charm or info is lost to the cutting room floor. Notably:…
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