What the fuck kind of bullshit was that
Characters that didn't have any logic. Annoying rebellious acts for no apparent reasons. "Wise" elder characters who bicker and are useless. Story line was inexcusably weak, character development was pathetic, and it was altogether a bad show. Original Airbender was good, this was not. Teen drama crap.
You have to watch the show before seeing this and you have to watch this after watching the show. This is arguably the best anime movie ever. I will not pretend to be an expert but it has everything. The action sequences are a million times better than anything in the show (Asuka's fight is incredible), the music is amazing, the religious symbolism and complex background metaphors are stronger than ever, and it stays true to what the show set forth. To be honest, I thought the final episodes to the show were some of the best and in my opinion it didn't need another ending but I am glad they made this. They made an already amazing ending, perfect. Fair warning, the movie is hard to watch at points and after the end it will piss you off but as you think about it more and more it just gets better and better. Watch this, it's a strong 9/10
Fun and slick movie but the second half wasn't the the kind of story progression I wanted to see. Also totally terrible fourth-wall speech there.
God Don Hertzfeldt is awesome. It's hard to give this a proper review, since there's so much to unpack, but it fits the ideas and theme Hertzfeldt has been working out in his work for some time now. It has concepts of identity, about what a human being is apart from their flesh and blood, about a sense of being unstuck in time and events feeling random, about what gives us comfort and what we try to hold onto in the unavoidable transience of our lives here. And of course, it's full of things like the letter from Emily's grandfather that are simultaneously hilarious and sad. How Hertzfeldt is able to make these crude-yet-complex drawings into something that feels so profound and so touching is still such a mystery, but I bow down to the alchemy he uses to make a story about time travel and transferred consciousness feel like the most earnest, human thing in the world.
Stephen Frears' Dirty Pretty Things is a flawed gem, beautifully shot. Anything beyond the synopsis would diminish the story that unfolds. Though it does get a little predictable, the two lead characters keep you there until the end.
Fantastic performances by Chiwetel Ejiofor and Audrey Tautou (though I didn't buy she was Turkish), with great support from Sophie Okonedo (The Slap) and Benedict Wong (most recently under utilised in Prometheus).
The final moments of the film are just wonderful and held me through the credits right until the final sound plays out as they end.
Totally Tautou!
