ulrichburke
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I can understand WHY it gets compared to Zootopia - it's in the same world, definitely. But why can't there be more than one bunny and more than one 'cool' lead character - the joke with the cat is he's not as good as he thinks he is in the beginning, but he sure redeems himself by the end!
The animal animation was a LEETLE clunky but the backgrounds are gorgeous. They're worth watching the movie for. I loved the city, the machinery, the cars and the spheres in the Ecodome towards the end of the film, the details of the plants and flowers, whoever did the backgrounds put every bit of him/herself into it and the results really show. They're lovely!
The characters are a LEETLE 2-D but hey - it's a kid's movie. It's not trying to be sophisticated like Zootopia, it's trying to be fun and it really succeeds. The flow of the plot could have been pulled together somewhat but all the parts were there. I loved the snake/dragon, but I wish they'd used him more. Maybe as an ongoing character with the blue cat and Hector the Rat? But that's a sorta minor thing - I could've happily watched everyday life in the city and in the world for 90 minutes and not had any other plot at all, if it had been an openworld video game I'd just happily live within it all. THAT'S where this film scores - its world is gorgeous.
Y'know - if there was a choice between making a Zootopia sequel or a Spycies sequel, I'd make a Spycies 2 movie like an old-fashioned, hard-boiled-detective movie starring the cat and the rabbit, with Hector doing the Q-from-James-Bond thing with all the gadgets. Just to give the background team free rein to let the cat explore every inch of that lovely city, and the ecospheres. Did I enjoy it? Plot clunkinesses aside, yes, every moment of it and I was just watching it by myself.
Don't compare it to anything. Take it for what it is, its own movie, as much a 'rip off' of Zootopia as The Mandalorian is a 'rip off' of Star Wars. They're both set in pre-created worlds, yet they're both their own beings. You'll be glad you saw this world, I know I was.
Chris.
The animal animation was a LEETLE clunky but the backgrounds are gorgeous. They're worth watching the movie for. I loved the city, the machinery, the cars and the spheres in the Ecodome towards the end of the film, the details of the plants and flowers, whoever did the backgrounds put every bit of him/herself into it and the results really show. They're lovely!
The characters are a LEETLE 2-D but hey - it's a kid's movie. It's not trying to be sophisticated like Zootopia, it's trying to be fun and it really succeeds. The flow of the plot could have been pulled together somewhat but all the parts were there. I loved the snake/dragon, but I wish they'd used him more. Maybe as an ongoing character with the blue cat and Hector the Rat? But that's a sorta minor thing - I could've happily watched everyday life in the city and in the world for 90 minutes and not had any other plot at all, if it had been an openworld video game I'd just happily live within it all. THAT'S where this film scores - its world is gorgeous.
Y'know - if there was a choice between making a Zootopia sequel or a Spycies sequel, I'd make a Spycies 2 movie like an old-fashioned, hard-boiled-detective movie starring the cat and the rabbit, with Hector doing the Q-from-James-Bond thing with all the gadgets. Just to give the background team free rein to let the cat explore every inch of that lovely city, and the ecospheres. Did I enjoy it? Plot clunkinesses aside, yes, every moment of it and I was just watching it by myself.
Don't compare it to anything. Take it for what it is, its own movie, as much a 'rip off' of Zootopia as The Mandalorian is a 'rip off' of Star Wars. They're both set in pre-created worlds, yet they're both their own beings. You'll be glad you saw this world, I know I was.
Chris.
Of course it's not TOTALLY original, nothing can be, everything's been done before, but the meanings change.
So it's basically Clint Eastwood in Pilgrim's Progress. It's a great, dark, metaphysical journey through a vision of the Afterlife that really shook me, I've never cried so much over the last 20 minutes of a damn movie in my life. And the very ending's superb - I won't spoil it for you but for sure you'll not see the twist coming but you'll love it when it does, it's absolutely perfect. And there's one character who proves her love in a way that had me reaching for the screen trying to tell her not to do it.
Sod the other reviewers, dumbed out on action thrillers. This isn't in its heart an action flick. It's a thought flick. It's full of ideas for you to savour afterwards, dressed up in action's clothes. I've never seen anything like it before and it would have been a far bigger hit than it was if only the audience had brain enough to understand what it was saying.
8 stars only for a couple of SLIGHT logic flaws which I won't go into cos I don't want to spoil the whole thing - this isn't a movie about utter logic, it's a movie about a Message. From a new director who I hope doesn't vanish after this one.
I hope you see it and understand.
Chris.
So it's basically Clint Eastwood in Pilgrim's Progress. It's a great, dark, metaphysical journey through a vision of the Afterlife that really shook me, I've never cried so much over the last 20 minutes of a damn movie in my life. And the very ending's superb - I won't spoil it for you but for sure you'll not see the twist coming but you'll love it when it does, it's absolutely perfect. And there's one character who proves her love in a way that had me reaching for the screen trying to tell her not to do it.
Sod the other reviewers, dumbed out on action thrillers. This isn't in its heart an action flick. It's a thought flick. It's full of ideas for you to savour afterwards, dressed up in action's clothes. I've never seen anything like it before and it would have been a far bigger hit than it was if only the audience had brain enough to understand what it was saying.
8 stars only for a couple of SLIGHT logic flaws which I won't go into cos I don't want to spoil the whole thing - this isn't a movie about utter logic, it's a movie about a Message. From a new director who I hope doesn't vanish after this one.
I hope you see it and understand.
Chris.
I totally agree with everyone here, the First Purge is awful, biased, racist, everything they say about it. The sad thing IS, that judging by the amounts of money mentioned on IMDB it's done very well. $13,000,000 to make, over $40,000,000 domestically and much, much more than that worldwide (he says, not being able to remember the exact figure!) Can't see it from this review page but I think it was over $100,000,000!!! So they knew their market and made a lot of money out of it.
Which is sad. And says a lot more about those who went to see it than about the film makers who, after all, just made the movie FOR them to see. It shows how many racist, supremacist idiots there are around, willing to pay many bucks a ticket for something that fits their own twisted thinking.
As long as there's people like that around, there'll be movies made to milk them. Did I go to see it? Nope - I saw enough clips online to know it wasn't a movie I'd ever be interested in seeing and I love a good horror flick.
If I'd been on that island, I'd've just taken a sack of food and a pile of books, holed up underground somewheres for the night and come out when all was over to get my 5 grand! (Maybe a smart phone as well to let me know what was going on, if that wasn't allowed or something remember I've not seen the whole movie.)
Nasty little movie dressed up as a horror. And that's from someone who doesn't think ANY of the Saw movies went downhill, loved 'em all!! (Guilty pleasure? Human Centipede 2!!)
Chris.
Which is sad. And says a lot more about those who went to see it than about the film makers who, after all, just made the movie FOR them to see. It shows how many racist, supremacist idiots there are around, willing to pay many bucks a ticket for something that fits their own twisted thinking.
As long as there's people like that around, there'll be movies made to milk them. Did I go to see it? Nope - I saw enough clips online to know it wasn't a movie I'd ever be interested in seeing and I love a good horror flick.
If I'd been on that island, I'd've just taken a sack of food and a pile of books, holed up underground somewheres for the night and come out when all was over to get my 5 grand! (Maybe a smart phone as well to let me know what was going on, if that wasn't allowed or something remember I've not seen the whole movie.)
Nasty little movie dressed up as a horror. And that's from someone who doesn't think ANY of the Saw movies went downhill, loved 'em all!! (Guilty pleasure? Human Centipede 2!!)
Chris.
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