Silly, fun at times, has one proper dragon, has some dungeons.
The opening sequence should be shown in screenwriting courses to show how NOT to use exposition.
At the end though, I couldn't help but think of Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves.
Silly, fun at times, has one proper dragon, has some dungeons.
The opening sequence should be shown in screenwriting courses to show how NOT to use exposition.
At the end though, I couldn't help but think of Sly 3: Honour Among Thieves.
"It feels like a hot minute since the last DC Studios adaptation graced (or stumbled through) our screens. That film was Black Adam, and like most of DC’s titles as of late, they come and go, rarely sticking around long enough to be remembered by anything except for their lacklustre performance numbers. By some miracle in the form of Matt Reeves’ The Batman last year, there was a glimmer of hope that DC could hold its own against the wave…
As always: Great cast (with the depth of stars being Marvel's biggest strength), nice action sequences, promising start ---- plot goes astray ---- decent ending, recycled formula.
The thing is, the film is probably the best display of what is both wrong with Marvel blockbusters (they wear themselves out the longer you watch them) and what is so exciting about them (They're probably what a 10 year old me dreamed of seeing).
I cant deny that the 10 year old…
This film either ends up with you leaving the cinema pondering over what the South American waterways are hiding from us (just kidding, but I bet you're thinking about that now!) or with you believing in Del Toro's vision and letting him bring you into his vibrant imagination where love with a blue, god like, boiled egg eating Amphibian isn't that strange after all.
From that little intro, I think you know the latter is where I stand.
But to…