Massive Talent - I loved it!
Barbarian
Sadly it does not stick the landing but everything up to that point is great. Love how it plays with the fact that the audience already expects Bill Skarsgård to be creepy.
Went into this one mostly blind and the unexpected transition was definitely A Moment lol.
Marcel the Shell with Shoes on
A refreshing, slow paced and very touching “fictional-documentary” about the little microcosm of a shell with shoes and how he discovers what’s beyond. Its based on three YouTube short films from 2010-2012 made by the director. Highly recommend both the short and the feature.
Fittingly, it also touches on the feeling many of us had when first discovering the Internet. For me, that’s also what’s happening right now on Lemmy again (a tiny bit).
The latest Dungeons and Dragons film. I’ve never played the game and know nothing of the lore but found it to be pretty enjoyable.
Arielle - not bad. Most of the songs were still great. Eric’s standalone was incredibly weaksauce though. Triton’s casting and makeup was fucking S Teir. I thought making all the daughters different races somewhat based on the seven seas was a clever handwave for the diversity injection. I also liked how Eric was no longer just a pretty face but he and Arielle shared a common curiosity and passion for exploration. I mean it’s still a pretty shaky story but it’s also definitely an upgrade.
