Keth Posted August 20, 2016 Share Posted August 20, 2016 Me and the lady saw this tonight and it was amazing. Probably the best film of the summer and a very good way to end this shitty movie season. I was gonna just stick this in "Last film you saw", but it deserves it's own thread and really needs a good audience. It IS a little annoying that it's a Chinese fairy tale with a bunch of whities in the cast, but the story, animation, music, and overall heart in the movie really overshadows that. Damn fine film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donatella Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 Damn it's gotta 96% on RT too! Wow! Was this marketed very well? I feel like I saw one short trailer for it and not much else. I hope it reaches a big enough audience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 Definitely didn't have a lot of advertising, but it deserves the audience. It's one of those that is equally suited for kids and adults. I can't wait to own it to watch all of the effort put into the stop motion on this one. Also, correction on the Chinese comment, it's Japanese influenced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 This cover was freaking awesome too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dag Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I saw a trailer for this and after Axels' review, I think I'm going to take my family to this. Nicholas is four and I think he would like it. I just showed him the music video and he liked it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 21, 2016 Share Posted August 21, 2016 I was on the fence with seeing either this or Pete's Dragon this afternoon, but Regina clinched it for Kubo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keth Posted August 21, 2016 Author Share Posted August 21, 2016 I saw a trailer for this and after Axels' review, I think I'm going to take my family to this. Nicholas is four and I think he would like it. I just showed him the music video and he liked it. Be aware that it is pretty dark. It's not as grim as say, Coraline, but it's got some pretty sad stuff going on. I think the levity makes up for the heavy parts though. Just throwin' that out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 22, 2016 Share Posted August 22, 2016 I saw a trailer for this and after Axels' review, I think I'm going to take my family to this. Nicholas is four and I think he would like it. I just showed him the music video and he liked it. Yeah, axels is right that it's definitely a coming of age story that deals with some not so light stuff, Vagrant. Oh, and speaking of the great Regina Spektor cover, be sure to stick around through the credits. As for the film, I felt overall it was a good film that was just on the edge of being a truly great one. The stop-motion animation and CGI blended seamlessly; the whole thing looked beautiful. The costumes and sets (both real and CGI) were rich and detailed. I went the whole movie trying to figure out who voiced Monkey, my favorite character, and was surprised when the credits rolled to see it was Charlize Theron. She's cornering the market on playing badass film females--human and animals alike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dag Posted August 27, 2016 Share Posted August 27, 2016 I took the family to this. We all really enjoyed it. My son did have a lot of questions after we watched the film though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hakujin Posted August 28, 2016 Share Posted August 28, 2016 I took the family to this. We all really enjoyed it. My son did have a lot of questions after we watched the film though. Like, "Why is Imperator Furiosa a monkey now?" Heh. Kids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Cap'n 2099 Posted January 16, 2017 Share Posted January 16, 2017 Yeah, saw this a couple weeks back and definitely deserves the hype. Great stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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