Burdened by unignorable franchise lore that demands you to take it seriously but actually feels convoluted in hindsight? ☑️
Exhaustingly bland and visually uninteresting after a promising, humane first 20 minutes? ☑️
Wants to remind you why you enjoyed what it tries to adapt from but amounts to mere pandering, a stereotype of what it used to be? ☑️
Sporadic humour that picks the most literal targets to joke about and only occasionally works? ☑️
Action sequences devoid of any…
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Cha Cha Real Smooth 2022
Have seen far less sensitive autistic representation than this from neurotypical writers; it doesn’t try to “improve” Lola like The Innocents did Anna, make a spectacle out of her ticks like Rare Beasts did Larch or treat her as helpless without proper guidance like The Lone Ume Tree did Chu-san and goddammit, the comfort she admits to taking in isolating herself in an empty room hits so close to home. But still feels vaguely unpleasant to watch a well-meaning story…
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The Story of the Dancing Frog 1989
Quentin Blake said "what if One Froggy Evening was about a grieving woman and also a romance between her and the frog"
