Heart String Marionette

I bought this movie after I was intrigued by Movement I, posted by MDotStrange on YouTube. I was not let down. Unlike some of these reviewers >-> I must say that the animation is very unique and the story goes into a place that everyone else seems to miss. In reply to the reviewer that declares this film as sexist, i must say that this is an imaginary world filled with puppets and a (few) marionette(s) and the one female in the movie that you see for more than a few minutes, IS a prostitute, which should tell you why she acts the way she does. Though it may seem at first that there was no bother on working on the faces, it is revealed later in the film that the faces are very beautifully made and that they are wearing masks most all the time to avoid a certain fate. Please people, watch the movie in its entirety before reviewing a film.

I'm not sure what I just watched.

I'm not sure I'm supposed to know.

What I do know is that Heart String Marionette is a beautiful film - both visually and thematically. I don't want to get into the plot of the movie, because it will just confuse you. Just know that it's ... strange.

Very strange. And epic. And hilarious. And mind blowing.

In fact, the movie will blow your mind, pick up the pieces of brain matter spread across your TV screen ( or computer monitor, or iPad, or whatever method you choose to watch --- just be sure to watch), rearrange them in a different order and the proceed to blow them again.

This movie was introduced to me by a friend. I've never been big on animated films, and I was unfamiliar with m dot strange, but consider me a new fan.

I'll definitely be checking out his other work, and anyone on the fence should check out Heart String Marionette.

Just be warned: it's very STRANGE.

I enjoyed M Dot Strange's prior film, We Are The Strange, so I had been looking forward to this film since he announced he was working on it.

However, this film is just awful. The dialog sounds like it was written by a 4 year old. The voice work is very amateurish (except for the voice of Lord Wor, which was competently done). The visuals are often convoluted and incoherent. And the score is one of most intolerable things ever put to film, with many of the songs consisting of nothing more than a variety of brass instruments all playing random notes at the same time while an annoying voice wails along.

The reason I give this a 2 instead of a 1 is because I can appreciate the amount of work that went into making a film like this, especially since it was a one man show, but as a film standing on its own merits it falls on its face.

The director has mentioned working on a second film in this film's "universe". I really hope he does not, because a bunch of angsty, poorly-animated puppets trudging along to some of the most annoying 'music' ever created does not a good film make. And I haven't even mentioned the storyline yet, which is a mess of forced character interactions, clichés and unintelligible conversations between characters we're never given a good reason to care about.

We Are The Strange was very nice eye candy. Heart String Marionette was both eye and ear garbage. Don't waste your time on this one!

This movie is more like a piece of art. It will not be intuitively interpreted as a conventional movie, but in many ways it far exceeds what a movie should be.

As a creator myself, I can understand the constant battle between commercial success and true expression of creativity. Heart String Marionette is one that deserves commercial success, and greatly applauded for daring to defy convention, while creating a new genre of an art form.

The movie is simply beautiful. I've watched it many times to see the little nuanced details, and learned to appreciate every component of Heart String Marionette. While it may seem confusing at first, every little detail, even in the textures and patterns on animated characters have meaning.

AS a movie enthusiast who watch various genres, Heart String Marionette is in a class of its own. Notwithstanding how it was independently produced, it invokes mystery, love, morality and has twists and revelations that make the viewer ponder even more about the movie.

Definitely recommended to everyone who wants to see something different, and be utterly impressed.

Great storyline, love the twists that reveals itself as the story progresses, lovely music, and wonderful attention to detail.

It's an amazing piece. great visuals, and the contents of the basic story are really mind bending if you try hard to think about it. if you're just into watching something that is instantly gratifying, then I wouldn't even bother. I didn't watch "piglet's big adventure" because I'm not a 5 year old kid. I didn't watch "The Notebook" cause I'm not a 14 year old girl. I watched "we are the strange" and "Heart String Marionette" cause I'm a 20 year old weirdo. don't watch this and expect it to be what it's obviously not. relax. from an objective view, the movie is drawn out, annoying, boring, lazily animated, filled with too many visuals and not enough of a story. but from my specific point of view: (keep in mind that I've been waiting 5 years or so for this feature to come out) this film is extremely inspirational, fascinating, well crafted, highly detailed, hilarious, and probably the pinnacle of modern film. both views are extremely true. don't bother if you aren't interested. I literally cried when I first saw it. I've been waiting a quarter of my life for this piece to be finished. it means a lot to me. I love this film.