De-mon

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Summer Wars

A curious story, but I would have preferred it not to focus so much on the Oz part but more on the family and the relationship between the characters. It's worth a look.

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Dragonball Evolution

It's not one of those "so bad it's good" movies. It's bad. Bad as a movie and as an adaptation. There is nothing usable.

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Mute

Probably one of the worst movies I've ever seen, at least with this budget.

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Jupiter Ascending

There aren't many movies I've abandoned halfway through. This is one of them.

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The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

Simply correct. It entertains without problems, good animation and some clichés about time loop stories, but it is also an original romantic plot.

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Tokyo Godfathers

Not the best from Satoshi Kon, but it's a different Christmas story.

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Tekkonkinkreet

Fantastic art direction and animation. Probably the most spectacular 2D animated film since Akira.

But... I dunno.

The story is like several shorts stuck together and without much sense. It's a shame that a production like this doesn't have a more developed plot or characters.

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Ninja Scroll

One of the classic animes of the 90s.

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City Hunter

It's ok. Good action scenes, although the humor that would work in an anime/manga here sometimes is a little cringey.

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True Detective: Season 4
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BlockedParent2024-04-23T07:00:34Z— updated 2024-05-01T13:17:59Z

Bad, and a new demonstration that the first season was a 'one hit wonder'. A similar case to Westworld.

Slow, with personal plots that are not interesting, with gratuitous gore that goes nowhere. It's really a shame because I want to like it but no, it's a terrible season.

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Vampire Hunter D

Low-budget but well-made production, an interesting character and the clichés of anime in the 80s with violence, gratuitous nudity and evil bad guys. It's worth a look.

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Black Magic M-66

A short and simple story by Shirow, not his best work, but it is well animated and the Terminator-like action is engaging.

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Appleseed

Without the humor of Dominion Tank Police and without the genius of Ghost in the Shell. It's not the best anime based on Shirow, but at least it doesn't have the horrible 3D of other adaptations.

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3 Body Problem: Season 1

I don't know anything about the original book or the Chinese adaptation.

This version is interesting and I sense where changes have been made to give more drama and tone down the scientific part. It is probably inferior to the Chinese series, but this one is not bad except for some actors who are not up to the level and small gaps in the story (perhaps it would have needed more episodes developing the events).

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Dominion Tank Police
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BlockedParent2024-03-28T07:56:07Z— updated 2024-03-29T10:04:36Z

The good old Masamune Shirow. Action, humor and adventure. I love the atmosphere of this anime, they don't make series like this anymore.

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Vision of Escaflowne

I know that it is considered cult, but at least watching the season now I have the feeling that it does not reveal its full potential. It doesn't seem like a great fantasy story, or a mecha story, or a romantic one. It has all this, but also many clichés, villains who change sides easily and a story that is too long for what it tells.

Yoko Kanno's music is fantastic, that's true.

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Poor Things

It's really hard to make a bad movie with Emma Stone naked for half the film. But, wow, here we are.

It is true that Emma is a good actress (however she is a shitty character with dubious ethics), the production design, costumes and cinematography are great. But that's all, an empty shell as one of the quirky characters says.

No, it is not an smart or surreal film. The brief message (repeated once again at the end, in case you are stupid) is interspersed with long porn scenes that do not provoke in the sense it is intended. It's a terrible movie, but I guess it's hard to admit the truth and instead it will win all the independent film awards.

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DNA²

I love other works by Masakazu Katsura, such as I"s or Video Girl Ai, but DNA2 is undoubtedly inferior to the rest. It tries to repeat the love triangle without success, there is no drama and the fantasy part does not fit well. I guess the manga is prettier thanks to Katsura's art, but the anime is only for very fans of the author.

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Citizen Kane

Great movie. The best in history? Not a chance. But you can find great performances, the plot is interesting and above all, it has great cinematography that many modern films should learn from. It was undoubtedly influential and is a classic.

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The Marvels

Another boring and inconsequential Marvel movie, not much different from what DC would do.

The change of positions between protagonists is the only interesting thing, but it doesn't feel very used.

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Tropic Thunder

My other guilty pleasure next to Zoolander. The first half of Tropic Thunder is very good, but unfortunately the second half is forgettable.

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Zoolander

Honestly, one of the funniest comedies. Silly, but fun. I think the level drops a little in the final stretch but this is one of those guilty sins.

However, the sequel is garbage.

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Futurama: Season 1

I saw the series when it premiered on television but only a few episodes of the first and second seasons. I have decided to watch the whole series for the new season.

One of the reasons I wasn't hooked at first is because I was expecting something more like The Simpsons, with more everyday humor. My tastes have changed more than 20 years later and now I know that Futurama is more of a constant adventure, with amazing stories, and how much it has influenced shows like Rick & Morty.

Glad to give Futurama a second chance. I will continue with the rest of the seasons.

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Invincible

A series that goes from less to more. The animation was a little weird at first and there's some inconsistency in the scale of powers, but it's fun and leaves you wanting to see how it will continue.

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Shin Kamen Rider

I guess it's ok, although it doesn't stand out for the action. For someone who did not know the original material, it does not have much interest except for the presence of Anno in the direction.

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Secret Invasion

Monotonous, inconsequential, boring. Not what the MCU needed right now to raise interest after a whole completely forgettable phase.

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Oppenheimer

Yes, it's a good movie, it's well directed and the performances are great. But it's not the kind of Nolan movie I want to see and it can get boring if you don't know the subject or the real story.

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Barbie
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BlockedParent2023-07-24T07:54:44Z— updated 2024-05-01T13:18:47Z

If you watch it with low expectations, you'll be surprised because it's more fun than you thought. But most of the best gags are listed in its trailer and it lacks "something" to be a better movie.

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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

Worst than Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. It doesn't feel like an Indiana Jones movie. Harrison Ford is a spectator of the action in the background who goes from one place to another without much meaning. Sorry, but the movie is not only a universe away from the original trilogy, it's also lacking in the set pieces from the fourth.

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Extraction 2

I expected something more after the John Wick comparisons. Yes, the one shot scene is spectacular, but the rest is pretty generic.

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