NotAvailableAnyMORE's reviews

This movie could've easily flown under my radar if not for Adam from YMS' recommendation, so big shoutout to him.

I was pleasently surprised by this movie, it had a lot of things that kept me interested. For one, the performances were very good, everyone seemed invested in their characters and the language barrier wasn't a huge deal to me. The sequence of events felt either believable or fitting given the movie's tone. It was quite funny, I laughed quite a few times and they were all intentional laughs. Even if some would find the female lead actor's role morally questionable, the movie still felt aware of its ridiculous premise.

There were two things that stood out to me: Firstly, out of all the performances, João Miguel's was terrific and also ambitious, with the tone being both comedic and serious, the role needed someone with enough range to pull it off, and I'm glad that he managed to do exactly that. His performance was so colorful, so nuanced, and he truly immersed himself into the character.

Secondly, Giovanni Venosta's score was well composed and it fit the film perfectly. It was also used exactly when it needed to be, and it always conveyed the tone which the movie's going for and it never felt agressive.

Visually, this movie was perfectly fine. There were some points where the shots felt motivated but lacked in execution, but nothing stood out as being poorly shot. And it's cool that compared to the other elements of the film, there wasn't such a dip in quality. Also, the ending/resolution of this film is one of the most hilarious yet messed up scenes that could've happened in this movie. I can't stop laughing at it, it was so awesome.

Anyway, good movie. Highly recommended.

Hunter x Hunter is easily one of the best TV series that has consistently brought its tone to its A game, and episode 116 is easily one of its best. For 20 minutes, this episode does an absolutely phenomenal job at building tension through Gon's confrontation with Neferpitou. It uses every single aspect of anime to its absolute best, and I love that this episode limits itself only to the confrontation.

As expected from Madhouse, the animation is wonderful. Megumi Han's performance as Gon for this episode was genuinely fantastic, she perfectly captures Gon's anger and despair. The editing is perfect, it made the visualizations' sense of flow even more perfected than the last few episodes. The interactions between the three characters are easily the best parts of the episode, I don't recall feeling so many shivers and dropping so many tears for a while.

This episode is the best outcome for the continuation of events, watch the anime and form your opinion on it.