"Attack on Titan" undoubtedly lives up to the hype, offering a layered and accessible adventure suitable for audiences of all ages. It manages to maintain a delicate balance between adhering to the traditional "shonen" narrative tropes while skillfully avoiding the most clichéd genre stereotypes.
The series' real allure lies in the depth and ambiguity of its characters. While they may initially appear to fit into the standard anime archetypes, the deliberately slow-burning progression of the story allows for profound introspection and character development. Despite their stylized characteristics, they exhibit a human quality through their inherent contradictions, hardly any of them being unequivocally right or wrong.
In the long run, the plot often adheres to familiar paths without delivering major surprises, but it does throw in unpredictable and grim turns, shedding light on a bleak view of the world and human nature. Choices that initially appear as the obvious things to do may lead to tragedies, keeping no character truly safe. At times, the limited perspective of the characters can even reshape our perceptions of their decisions.
However, one major drawback is the prevalence of fillers and lengthy inner monologues that serve no purpose other than to reiterate the obvious or imposing character traits that could have been suggested through visual storytelling or concrete episodes. Furthermore, as the series progresses, the previously palpable atmosphere of danger surrounding the characters can be compromised by instances of implausible plot armor, possibly due to the characters' soaring popularity within the mainstream audience.
These might be less noticeable when binge-watching the show, but are particularly evident in the second season, where things start to get a little repetitive and the main protagonists’ team gets consolidated. Then, the show luckily makes a remarkable improvement in terms of pacing and risk-taking in its storytelling, reaching its peak from the end of the third season to the first half of the fourth season. The latter, in particular, explores the world of "Attack On Titan" at its bleakest, introducing complex themes and political subterfuges that are not so obvious in this kind of narrative. At this point, there are no clear-cut villains; each side possesses its motivations and questionable beliefs, mirroring the complexities of real-world conflicts.
Unfortunately, the series loses some steam and narrative focus after the first half of the fourth season, with production delays intensifying the sense that these final episodes (and their source material) were developed somewhat on the fly. Despite the fourth season being billed as the "Final Season" in 2020, the series extended into 2022 with an additional run of episodes, concluding with two specials in 2023 to close the plot. This last phase exhibits both highs and lows, at times relying on conventional anime chitchat and fanservice, obvious plot armor for the protagonists, and questionable ways to get them out of problematic situations and successfully "assemble" to save the world.
Overall, the series' ending doesn't venture as boldly as its premise would suggest, but it still found a reasonable compromise between its established worldview and the mainstream audience's expectations. While there remain loose ends, a few wasted character arcs, and some perplexing dynamics (including the key to it all), considering the uncertain pacing and direction the plot was starting to take with its characters... it left me mostly satisfied. It may come out as a little rushed, but considering the huge delays in production, it was definitely time to bring this epic journey to a close.
Ratings:
Season 1: 8
Season 2: 6.5
Season 3: 9
Season 4 Part 1: 8.5
Season 4 Part 2: 6.5
Average: 7.7
So.. the final ep dropped, and the journey of one my or actual best shows has ever made in this life has come to the end, i really wanna say a lot about it but i feel that I can't express it, It's a show that i started years ago and grew up with it, so i feel like big something will be missed
i really recommend this show for anyone bc it's really great, even if u agree with ending or not u really have to respect what they have done, bc they really made something that u won't see another thing as it!
so thank you for this long journey
and gonna miss the characters, Farewell Eren..
3 Thoughts After Watching ‘The Little Mermaid’:
Halle Bailey IS Ariel. She was absolute perfection. From voice to vibe, she captured her essence impeccably. I believe a star has officially been born.
Melissa McCarthy had veryyy gargantuan tentacles to fill. And I think Pat Carroll would’ve been incredibly pleased with what she did with her sea witch.
I thought they built upon the original film’s story in all the right ways. Fleshing it out to make a little more sense. Providing more substance. While not everything was picture perfect, it worked and gave fresh magic to a beloved story.
Bonus Thought: I thought it was a fantastic movie to look at, especially under the sea. Gorgeous colors and visuals. Eye candy all around. And that includes Jonah Hauer-King. :pound_symbol:snack
How they got away with that final line, I don't know.
[PS. If you think this preached 'matriarchy', then you clearly didn't understand it.]
Margot Robbie is a gift to cinema. This movie is a gift to our society. It's enjoyable and fun but part way through it become a pretty good commentary on our society and how men and women treat each other. It talks about capitalism, consumerism, feminism, the patriarchy, men's mental health, and how wrong we get the simple act of living sometimes. I'm sure there's gonna be people who think this is ultra woke, but maybe (and ironically), that's some people need.
I went for the laughs and left the movie theater with an existential crisis. I loved it <3
I fail to comprehend how the mere color of one's skin could bother people to such an extent.
The miniseries is truly captivating. I was unaware of certain aspects of Cleopatra's life, but I have undoubtedly gained a greater admiration for this incredibly strong, determined, and charismatic leader.
BELLA F****** RAMSEY EVERYONE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! EMMY SECURED
don't talk about the ending being poor if you haven't read the manga... the show cannot encapsulate the major themes in the same way a long-running manga could, and they did the best they could adapting the thematically complex source material into a 2 season show for the mainstream. the show is brilliant and the manga is better, gws if you disagree
I can only say that I expected more. I understand that the team must delete and change many things due to the duration limitation of a movie, but still, the warm feeling of the book just not there anymore. You can hardly see Kya's growth anymore, and both Tate and Chase are being portraited so shallow and thin. Losing the A.H. piece is also very shameful. I would much prefer to have the book adapted to a 6~8 episodes mini series instead. P.S. kya should be quite different when she was first learning spelling and reading with Tate and fighting with Chase, but the casts failed to deliver the growth and changes, that's really sad.
So many things to think on this week and so many annoyances from men!
Felt so bad for Arizona :/ her heart was in the right place and she was just so so worried for April and the baby. Was nice to see her and Callie talk so easily though.
Jackson. Sigh. Jackson continues to be an inconsiderate self centred ass. April was totally justified in not telling him until after the divorce. He's the one that wanted it and as she said - why would she want him to stay if it was just for the kid? Ugh.
Pierce's boy toy needs to get his shit together. Don't push someone to out your relationship then flap about the ramifications.
Honesty Amelia needs someone steady and level headed with her and Owen clearly has waaaay too much baggage still. Leave him behind you, girl!
And Meredith. So nice to see that despite the back and forth she gave new guy a shot. He seems really sweet and sincere and it's lovely to see her smile and have fun again with someone :)
Kinda sad that there are only 4 episodes in this drama cause it's actually quite good!
I’m not exaggerating when I say that this movie had ABSOLUTELY no plot. Even less than the previous two ones.
It honestly absolutely pisses me off how long this conservatorship has went on for and this documentary did the right thing in showing how broken the legal system. We need to free Britney, that is not a question - it's what has to happen. This was a well out together documentary that shed light on the Free Britney movement and the events leading up to it. In some ways I think it could have been more fleshed out, and more background could have been provided but this was definitely a documentary that was needed.
Jesus fucking christ.
The movie itself is nothing groundbreaking- it's actually kind of thinly made for a documentary and leans perhaps a bit too much on emotions for my taste.
But being exposed to the details of this persons plight and struggle literally filled me with dread and anger as I was watching.
It's absurd. How can one of the biggest contemporary artists be reduced to a child with no personal rights and be transformed into a money making machine selflessly filling the pockets of the few people that were supposed to protect her?
How could the American legal system let that piece of shit father of hers completely destroy her life like that in front of our eyes?
Also what the fuck was her mother doing through all of this exactly?
PS - that Adnan guy actually seemed to be the most decent person out of all of the bunch.
after bawling like a baby for 15 minutes straight I have one thing to say - I can't imagine the rest of the season without Tokyo
Me, a portuguese watching the episode: O POVO ÉÉÉÉÉ QUEM MAIS ORDEEEEEEEEEEEEEENAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Okey, i'm gonna be honest and say that I really didn't have like a lot of expectation with this because when I saw the trailer I just tougth that it's just a TV show of a bunch of depressing teenagers with first world problems (like mostly of the shows that Netflix loves to create)... and, I mean, there is no a biiiiiiiiig difference beetwen that and the whole situation of the serie, but now that I watched it all I have some things to say. Please take a sit.
1. I have to let it clear that this is an ADAPTATION, and the funny thing of everything is that the creators can actually take all the bases, all the main trama, a lot of the original characters and create something new to the grown children that saw the animated show. I think that i'm actually satisfaed with it... I could enjoy all the main story with Bloom, her past,the discoverment of her powers, etc... when I was a little girl and now being a young adult.
2. NOT AND INFANTILE SHOW. Don't let kids watch it with you, please conserve the innocence of Alfea with them.
3. Maybe it's too "mainstream" or "millennial" for some people a lot of thing that were on the show (like the existence of Instagram or smartphones and texting messages in case of danger, in every single person in the fairy magic world... even teachers) but I think that this just make that the story would be light, funny and accurate to our times. I feel it REAL.
4. Story is DEEP. And that's why I feel it real! 'Cause we all know the main characters of the original version, yes, but not in the sense of talking and treating a LOT of topics that put this show in a range of +16 public (violence, revenge, sex, alcohol and drugs, etc, etc). All the whole situation of Bloom and her powers and family... it was deep sis...
5. FINAL CHAPTER GOT ME SHOCK, no more comments.
6. I think the show deserves a chance, just like Shadowhunters did (wich actually I find both REALLY similar... weird), it's just the first season and I think that it was a very well-doing beginning, I honestly want to see more...
I'm completely hypnotized by and in love with this show.
In addition to being visually pleasing, with every detail, from costumes to scenery, carefully taken into consideration, it's also shaking us up on the inside. Its "between the lines" messages, and wonderful acting from the entire cast that delivers so many emotions in their facial expressions alone, are all sublime.
I find myself looking forward to weekends and waiting in anticipation for what is to come. Great job everyone, and much love. <3
"I mean do you know how many girls I've slept with? Like a lot. Classifies me as a player or something and my best friends used to think I was the fucking best. Hannah, she sleeps with one guy. She has a crush on another guy, being me. And she kisses a third, being you. And it's whatever, it's all fine, right? All of a sudden, she's a slut? All of a sudden, you don't know who she is? You're a dumbass."
I didn't expect that speech from Justin. I just want to slowly clap it out. Well said.
All in all I find the sudden relationship between Zach and Hannah really, well, sudden, but not necessarily unrealistic. Maybe I'm a bit biased though because I do like Zach (even though he's not perfect and I really hope he'll go against Bryce and Monty soon), and I think Zach and Hannah were really cute together.
They're definitely a better fit than Clay and Hannah. Maybe it's because Clay's so young or maybe Hannah's his real first love, but he simply admired her too much. He put her on a pedestal and viewed her as this perfect, innocent, flawless human being. Even Hannah's mother said that Clay thought she was perfect. And now he sees that she did have other people in her life, that she liked other boys and that he wasn't her saving knight in shining armor.
And I don't find it unrealistic that she freaked out when Clay was getting close to her. Flashbacks and panic doesn't appear when it's convenient. Maybe she was fine with Zach, but then she felt betrayed by him and it just hit her when she got close to Clay.
NOTHING ABOUT ZACH AND HANNAHS RELATIONSHIP MAKE ANY SENSE. i mean i like them together, but its so dumb
Zach and Hannah are the cutest, they deserved better, while Clay is getting more and more annoying.
Wha... What the hell just happened?
OMG. Hayley. No. Why? This show just managed to tear out my heart.
As much as I live for the cutesy Klaroline moments, no amount of those can make up for Hayley dying.
Elijah, you SOB. UGH! He's so the worst. Getting Hayley killed for defending a family of lunatic assholes. Stupid Marcel for making him forget, stupid Elijah for wanting to forget in the first place and stupid Antoinette for not calling him as soon as she hung up with her brother. Seriously. All this heartache would have been so easy to avoid.
I hate this show right now.
This was amazing end.All characters played very good their roles. You must watch this series.
OK, let's face it. Quantico is the most confusing show on TV. I mean, last season was absolutely great. I enjoyed last season so much but now I can't enjoy it as much as I did. Everything is a reveal and you don't have time to really understand what is going onand to enjoy the episode. I spend more time trying to figure something out than really watching the episode.
I don't know who's on first, what's on second. I mean, the AIC, the CIA, the CLF, everything is so confusing. I mean, according to Lydia, the real CIA is the AIC, but it doesn't look like it. and Alex's phone. now I'm questioning everything they said before. I guess Alex's phone was hers all along but that she didn't answer it because I don't know, maybe she didn't want to. Not having time enough to process what's going on.
And although I loved Alex and Ryan relationship at the beginning, I can't stand them now. I'm tired of them bickering and betraying each other and they making out. They'd better do whatever they want to but please, don't interact. Alex stay with Harry and Ryan, go with Nimah.
And Miranda's speech in the car? I mean, I'm practically sure she said something along the lines of "when you listen to me, you'll become a terrorist too". Well, I must've missed that amazing speech that would make Alex change her mind bit I don't really see her changing sides.
So, what I "understand" (correct me if I'm wrong) that Miranda infiltrated the AIC because someone up high knew that Alex failed at her mission so she took her job. and Then Miranda made Nimah infiltrate them. this would mean both of them are on the same side. Unless of course, Miranda is not undercover but a real member. That would make so much sense.
Anyways, let's see how it all evolves and if you find out I'm wrong, please correct me, cause I feel like I don't know who's lying, who's telling the truth,and who's who. It's just that the episodes are more confusion than show. And I want to be socked.
Loved it! Just wish they had more of the Jack Hyde kidnapping scene instead of it being over and done with so quick with the money exchange.
The ending was cute too with the memories from previous movies...plus the children! Awww! Good ending to the movie triology.
I knew something was shady about "Agent" Adams!
I also kept thinking about the fingerprints when they were getting rid of the body. Lol!
I am forever in love with FP Jones. Anyway, this episode, it was a good episode, more development in the plot.
I keep wondering what Chic is up to, that is one interesting character to follow.
Let's just say I cried a lot about Newt and I'm feeling very nostalgic about one of my favorite series coming to an end. That aside I feel this was a very good final chapter and I'm very proud of the cast and crew for pulling this off so amazingly after the complications they had. The wait was worth it. Last but definetly not least: I fucking love Dylan O'brien
