Mar 6, 2024
Shin Evangelion Movie:||
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The final Rebuild film ends with a whimper. I felt that all the meta-textual stuff was a bit much and pulled me out of the film. The last 30 min feels like a rush to give development to various characters to provide an emotional and thematic send off. Instead of focusing on being the final film in a series of movies, it decides to focus on it’s place as the finale to a franchise. It lacks cohesion and is only somewhat satisfying in regards to its themes. The CG ranged from good to jarring. On a positive note, “One Last Kiss” is an absolute banger.
Feb 25, 2024
The first season functions as a pastiche of noir, giallo, mecha anime and 60s tokusatsu programs. It blends elements of pulp fiction with Lovecraftian undertones. The mostly episodic adventures range from detective fiction to kaiju and climax with a giant robot battle. The robot fights are dynamic and provide novelty by having the titular mech reveal a special move or hidden weapon to defeat each enemy.
The show drops hints about the mysteries of Paradigm city and the reasons for its’ residents losing their memory. While it never answers these questions, they mainly function to evoke a certain mood. Part ... 
Feb 22, 2024
Kimitachi wa Dou Ikiru ka
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The Boy and the Heron was SO weird. It’s sort of this travel to the underworld but also filled with characters that have counterparts in the real world of the film. It shifts between metaphors about death and reflections on life. Very surreal and disjointed. Miyazaki reiterates on a lot of the subjects ands themes of previous films that were far more cohesive. I had a difficult time engaging with it emotionally because it often felt like things just happening instead of logical outcomes of character choices. It’s sort of like the Hayao Miyazaki version of Angel’s Egg but less successful in it’s execution because
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