The show wants to cover too much in just eight episodes, but it fails miserably. Too many characters, too many subplots, too many conflicts: Richter's fear, the love between Olrox and the knight, Maria and her father, the fight against the Messiah, Anette and her disconnection from her ancestors and her loss of Edouard. The viewer doesn't have time to focus on anything because they throw everything at the same time.
The only thing I cared about at least a little was Richter's plot and, although it was developed, it was not the best executed. The magic returns to Richter when he realizes that he has many people to protect. That trope is something we are tired of seeing, especially all those who come from consuming anime, consuming shounen to be more specific.
I was not interested in any character and I was even less interested in the antaognists. As usual, I remember that the first part of Castlevania did not shine for its construction of villains either. Who on the team thinks of making the vampires so one-dimensional and giving them so much focus? What is not attractive to the viewer is supposed to be kept on the sidelines.
It makes me laugh how they saved the worst for last: Alucard's appearance. It was not necessary to use the nostalgia card and even less so at a critical moment like that: right at the end when everyone is at their lowest moment and almost about to die. The way they executed those last scenes, Alucard feels like a Deus Ex Machina.
The action scenes were on point. Kudos to the group of animators and directors behind it. Castlevania has always had some of the best choreographed animated battles I've ever seen.
The first part of Castlevania was not something that was very worthwhile, but Castlevania: Nocturne disappoints even by those low standards.
I just cared about Ragnar cause he is very intelligent compared to everybody else. The first antagonist was waaay better than the others. After that the show couldnt hold my interest, nothing of sustance was happening, i was bored to death.
The end of the season felt super slow and just a build up for the second season. I hate when they do that.
—But if you did that it would make you the only bad person left.
—I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm a hard working honor student consider to be one of Japan's best and bravest.
"To survive, my people need a phat party club to grind in. That monster's gut was totally excellent."
—Of course I'll go with you, Finn.
—You will?
—Yeah, as friends.
—Of course as friends.
—But no tongue.
—Ye- What!?
"You think... I'm evil?"
"Hit the showers, boys. I was hoping you could handle this. Clearly you cannot."
If you ever lay a hand on my sensei, I'll kill you!
—Robin. Hack.
—Uh? Right, right.
I. Love. The jokes. OMG. And the characters, all of them display a different type of personality and different roles in the way they interact with each other, the dialogs are so good. Also, as the last ep, the plot twist was pretty interesting and unexpected. Im loving the show so far.
"Aw, man. They've learned how to learn."
I don't how to feel about what I saw, that's my opinion so far. It felt like so much happend in a very short period of time. At first you are force to root for the protagonist due to the lenght of the episode, then she wins the battle and now your in this sexy encounter with the blonde girl, you're all turn up and BOOM, instant shock. Then a pretty cool twist at the end. I just know I liked what a saw, and holy shit, the visual production on this thing is amazing, it looks astonishing.
"This is how I like my baths, damn it! I'm sure the flames of hell are hotter than this!"
—Give me back my blood, Joshua!
—Kee Oth Rama Pancake.
You know, maybe we could all learn a thing or two from those sandwiches.
She's just upset, Kevin. She's probably off somewhere right now crying her eyes out.
—Oh, it's a date!
—No, it's not. I'm sure when he said, "Go out" he meant "Go out", not "Go out".
"You were all like, 'Noooo! No one kisses her but meee!'"
"First, I'm gonna fall in love with one of those little guys. And then I'm gonna fall out of love. And then I'm gonna totally fake die of a fake heart attack! 'Oh, my heart! My heart hurts because I fell out of love! And now I have to die! Ooohhh!'".
"Finn, Jake... I'm so sorry I got you into this. I should have never pranked you so perfectly."
"My brain! I'm losing my mind!"
—W-why are you wearing that little devil costume?
—These are my pajamas. I was getting ready for bed.
This is how you make a pilot, my God, what a beauty. Setting, world building, rhythm and characters, each with their dynamics, roles, relationships and conflicts, in addition to all being interrelated with each other. All of this in a single chapter.
I hope that the show maintains that level of quality until the end of at least the first season and does not leave an ending as open as usually happens in live action shows.
The first episode was entertaining, the protagonist emotionally relates to the events of the plot. But the show didn't leave me wanting to continue watching it, there is nothing at stake, there is no cliffhanger and no interesting twist other than the robbery that the protagonist carries out at the end, something I saw coming two blocks away.
To date the best film I have ever seen in my life. I still don't give it ten stars because I lack reasons and by "reasons" I mean seeing more films as good as this one to justify "Inception" being the best of the best. Fair, right?
Something that Nolan did not know how to do in "Batman Begins" was to maintain the protagonist's internal conflict, something that remains in place until the end of "Inception." Cobb is warned and tested by Ariadne so that he understands that has a problem and must solve it: let go of the memory of Mal and accept the blame for his death. It is only until the end, in limbo, where to see his children again he accepts his wound and grows. This is how you keep your viewers hooked until the tape ends.
The concept is also very creative and is executed masterfully. Book sagas could be written where the magical system is based on the whole question of dreams. The concept is taken to the extreme with things like inception and a dream within a dream. And with that same level of construction, Nolan manages to effortlessly explain the entire system he built without it feeling condescending or breaking the viewer's immersion.
"Inception" is the best Nolan film I've seen so far.
Build up and character presentation for future episodes. Not much happened.
The first two thirds of the episode were boring comedic filler. The last third was a basic presentation of new characters from another country, giving an introduction to the chūnin exams.
Crazy animation, geez. I've never seen a camara work like this. The plot twist was pretty cool, at first i was like "Alright, it is a loop", but then I saw the woman kill the man and then I was amazed.
"Benson, you listen, and you listen good: Please, Benson! Please give us overtime! Please."
Nimona's character is the best thing in the film and steals the focus from the first time she appears. Then no other character matters unless he's used as comic relief, not even Ballister.
"Nimona" lacks real conflict. The whole question is summarized in "I don't have any problem, it's society that is wrong." It is obvious what the correct answer is, no viewer will support society, not when you present it in such a simplistic and one-dimensional way. On top of that, the topic is something already quite hackneyed that has been discussed hundreds of times in recent years and apparently no one knows how to execute it in an organic and credible way. However, I appreciate that "Nimona" has something to tell even if it doesn't manage to tell it well.
The half-medieval, half-futuristic setting is dissonant and strange. It feels absurd, but seeing the tone in which the film works and the direction it takes, it seems like a conscious decision.
The jokes are great, at least for me. That's why the movie is entertaining even if it fails in many other aspects.
"Nimona" does not respect serious moments, it is as if it was afraid that the film was too serious for his audience. Every time something remotely strong happens, it's interrupted by comic relief. That kills the immersion and seriousness that the film tries to build.
The last conflict where Ballister has the fight with Nimona when he doubts her because of the piece of parchment that her boyfriend gives him... Terrible. How is it possible that all this time Nimona gives you to understand that society and everything in it must be questioned, but when they show a parchment all worn out that was in God knows where, drew it God knows who and talks about a time in the past when you were not born, you believe what it says and question the person who was helping you not die all this time? You more than anyone know that the director is the real villain of the matter, she said it herself, she herself tried to kill your boyfriend when she was confronted by him. Are you really going to question everything you saw and know with complete certainty because of a piece of paper? Teeeerrible execution, an attempt to create a simple conflict at the expense of the realism of your characters and your own narrative construction.
