hiraishinnojutsu

Great animation, solid acting by the VAs, good story, cool action scenes, and a comedic scenes that make you actually laugh (unlike some random babblings that forces you to laugh throughout mcu projects nowdays) a.k.a all the things you need to take on the world's global market side-by-side with hollywood are the things that you can find here, and if I'm allowed to be a little bit nitpicky, there is some part that I consider week and kinda make me off. But overall I had a good time watching it even though not through the theaters as I was being aware of the franchise's popularity not long after the second movie was released (5 years after the original). It's a fitting alternative to the dull and mundane hollywood with their weird massages and political agenda in all entertainment platforms. Ne Zha's traditional values is what gonna make people want to flock to the theaters again. Good job China, keep improving!!

7.5/10.

Not that I complain, well maybe a bit since I expected it to be Joko's take on (or his version of) The Raid based on the trailers alone, but it's still in the realm of good enough to see on the theaters. Acting was on spot; setting? No need to doubt, it's Joko; story or plot has some kind of depth, especially on its commentary on not just racism, but more importantly, on the long term effect of bad parenting. This movie is Joko's clear attempt on visualizing the famous African proverb: "A child who is not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth", and he succeed because I already got the message from the first viewing. So lower your expectation down, it's not about the fight scenes, it's about the message on how we should move forward as a nation in real life.

7/10.

Not saying I'm completely disappointed, well maybe a bit, but I just to imagine it were that based on what I expected and speculated from the trailer and not some kind of interconnected stories with the climax at the final episode, it would have been more interesting to me. I have no problem with the CGI, for a non-hollywood production series it's kinda okay, though I agree it can be improved for the later seasons. Like all Joko Anwar's projects, it brought his seemingly untamable bias of some rigid acting and dialogue in some parts by some of the actors. Scoring is fine and the plots are as usual: slightly better in concept than execution. But without Joko, who would be so brave and competent enough to pull this off in Indonesia? All in all, I'm satisfied and not feeling a little bit of regret spending my time finishing this series off in one go

7.5/10.