MisterAW

"Do You Wanna Hear a Secret?" adds a love story underneath Animal Collective's debut album "Spirit They're Gone, Spirit They've Vanished". Positive aspects of the film are the director's vision of the album, technical aspects, and the camera techniques. The juxtaposing shifts from the upbeat flashbacks to the dark present in tempo with the music is what particularly maintains the interest with the film.

Negative aspects include the pacing. Some scenes drag out for too long for the sake of filler. The plot becomes a bit nonsensical and too cryptic at times; even for a loose narrative, it doesn't seem to take full advantage of what the film could have been. The acting is robotic (honestly I won't even criticize that aspect as I'm sure A. M. just wanted to make a film).

I won't be too harsh on what seems to be a passion project of Tyler A. M., but I will say I did find enjoyment out of this fun fan film of a beloved AnCo classic.

I think it's safe to say that everyone agrees that Ink Lemonade sucks. So that's not what this review will be mainly about. Most people seem to really enjoy the My Leg! Half of the episode. I, on the other hand, was disappointed.

Fred the fish screaming "My leg!" is the Wilhem scream running gag of SpongeBob SquarePants. Similarly, the same audio byte of this cry was always reused in the beginning of the show. Whenever an accident would happen, the scream would always have the same cadence, much like how it is always the same scream when a Stormtrooper is shot at. Around when Fred screaming "My leg!" started to become a meme is when the showrunners started drawing more attention to the gag rather than a hidden background joke, and that is when it started to lose its value.

Another aspect of this episode that annoys me is how whenever someone mentions Fred's leg, they always shout it, like how Fred usually does (i.e. "How is YOUR LEG?!", "Stay away from MY LEG!"). It all just comes off as forced.

My Leg! - 4/10 Ink Lemonade - 0/10 Overall Episode - 2/10.

This is honestly the worst piece of garbage excuse for a film I have ever seen. There is not a single aspect about this "movie" is enjoyable whatsoever. It does not deserve any further interpretation than that.