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The actors were all incredibly captivating in their roles, even the ones with smaller roles. There was a lot of nuance in their body language and expressions. The set design and overall aesthetic was also so well done, with the contrast of the interiors to the exteriors, and the general look of society, especially when we see outside the primary location.
I loved the premise and some of the questions being asked, but I feel like it took too long…
Was it bad? Definitely.
Did I enjoy it? Not particularly, although I can admit that I was not completely bored. I was occasionally engaged by the CGI-assisted mouth synch for the ADR, head-turning dialogue choices, and general messiness of the final product.
Who was this for? Why does it exist like this when there was a fun Kraven story released a few years prior in Spider-Man 2 (the Insomniac game)?
I had to sit on this a little bit to process what I had watched (and I want to re-watch it to process some more).
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I really enjoyed imagery and visual storytelling, even though I wasn't necessarily feeling the transitions at the beginning. Now knowing where the story goes, and considering how I'm reading the film, I'm curious how those transitions might feel different on a repeat viewing (especially the first few).
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For a film that I thought would make me cringe and be uncomfortable (I thought it would be more Dennis Quaid fetishizing the Japanese/trying to be the white savior), I surprisingly enjoyed Come See the Paradise. The main problems I have with it are that its pacing at times feels uneven, and then that the film felt like it was trying to do too much in too little time. There were a lot of times that it seemed to jump…
