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Sing 2 (2021)
Intricate In Its Own Right
It was a genuinely good film! Originally, I and many others didn't have high hopes for a sequel to an Illumination movie, but it turned out to be good. Also, this is more of a critique than a review/recommendation.
Positives:
- The film was extremely memorable in its own right.
- While slightly mediocre, the plot points work well with the main story.
- It always managed to keep me on my toes with its ever-changing plot.
- Great and balanced animation and cinematography.
Negatives:
- The characters were not explored further than the original.
- The new and old characters don't get equivalent screen time.
- Old has any weight to them, and the ones that do seem artificial - as in the weight that is bestowed upon them is only there for the development of the plot.
- The ending felt a bit undeserving and a bit too epic for my tastes.
- It felt too short and a bit rushed through the plot development and character design.
- As mentioned before, some plot points are just plain boring.
- Most new characters are built only through the help of others, justifying them weightless and superfluous alone.
- TOO MANY SONGS!
Gu dong ju zhong ju (2021)
Bland, Unoriginal Mess.
This movie is a bland, unoriginal mess of a film if you could call it that. The cinematography was mediocre, jutting from direction to direction from place to place. The quality felt lacking, and while it does run at a solid HD resolution, it feels very unprofessional in close-ups, with tons of motion blur. Although I did enjoy the clever transitions. The plot is any ting but creative. Stupid plot twists, character deaths, without any weight to the characters. As Roger Ebert cleverly pointed out, it feels very overinflated and emotionally flat. The plot points lazily connect, it feels like it ends at the middle, and is unfocused with any of its plot points, and the script is hastily made. The characters lost their personalities halfway through the movie, and the final plot twist made me face-palm in the theatre. It feels like barely any care or love went into this movie. If you want to see a movie about priceless antiques and marketing, trading, and interesting stuff, then stay as far away from this movie as you can. I would rather sell my firstborn child than recommend this movie to you as a consumer.