Favorite films
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Don’t forget to select your favorite films!
Rewatched this with my wife last night. This was my 2nd time seeing the film and I think I liked it more this time. Since I knew what was happening I had more attention for the details and sub-plots. I would HIGHLY recommend this movie to anyone. It's incredibly smart and well-paced. Possibly one of my favorite films.
This is an interesting film because it moves constantly between interesting and meandering. The core story is excellent but there's a LOT of sub-plots that are treated as if they are extremely important, but were hard for me to really care about because the characters had only been on screen for a minute or two. Lots of the movie felt like I was being told the person was important without being shown WHY they were important.
The action was really…
I watched this with my five year old daughter Ada last night. She loved it, I thought it was mediocre at best.
The cast is stacked with live-action celebrities that felt totally unnecessary or well-fitted to their roles. It's not that they were bad, only that better voice actors could have done a much better job on a much smaller budget. Do I really need The Rock to play Superman's dog? Of John Krasinski as Superman?
The animation is a…
This is a movie I heard a lot about as a teenager but never watched it. As someone who came from a rural, very white background, I am definitely not the target demographic of this film. It feels like a film made for black men who grew up in the inner city. BUT, it's also a universal coming-of-age tale about three best friends and how challenging navigating the changes from childhood to adult can be. The film bounces between the…