Kubo and the Two Strings -
Kubo and the Two Strings -
I'm sure this will get spoilery so I'll just say that I really liked it, although I can see quibbles arising. I don't think I paid attention to Laika being Portlandia? You might notice in this, though, so if you like noticing that sort of thing. Most of you are not music geeks? So I will say that is possibly the most bittersweet version of "While my guitar gently weeps" that I've heard. Considering that song, that's saying something.
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They do credit the person who plays the shamisen throughout the movie, and as it's kind of one of the characters that's cool.
Aside from the music, I would not take very small kids to this, there are bits that would be very scary. George Takei is cool about being self-referential briefly toward the beginning part of the film; it's quick, so you almost miss it. There's a lot of humor. There's also a giant flying centipede monster at the end (that's what it looked like to me).
There were a lot of weird moments for me, though. I swear I saw Hiroshige and Hokusai in there, as well as some Buddhist imagery and a sort of Ozymandias bit. Then there was some clothing/costuming that seemed not to be from the same historical periods? I mean, I know this was a fantasy, but? Then they called something a shrine that I thought was a graveyard, although I've never been to Japan, so what do I know.
It was also weird and unexplained why the moon was evil and how the moon had three daughters, of which two were evil and looked like a cross between Noh masks and Tim Burton. Also reminiscent of a couple of representations of the Thunder God in things like Big Trouble in Little China and Mortal Kombat. Then there was the underwater cross between the dianoga and the sarlacc.
I'm taking the main moral of the story to be that your loved ones are never gone if you remember them. There's also something in there that might be about forgiveness, or freebee do-overs for amnesiac evil gods?
Anyway, visually stunning, very creative, enjoyable, don't get too deep. Lastly, it's worth staying for at least the first part of the credits to see a bit of the creation process of the film.
I'm sure this will get spoilery so I'll just say that I really liked it, although I can see quibbles arising. I don't think I paid attention to Laika being Portlandia? You might notice in this, though, so if you like noticing that sort of thing. Most of you are not music geeks? So I will say that is possibly the most bittersweet version of "While my guitar gently weeps" that I've heard. Considering that song, that's saying something.
Ok
Some
Spoiler
Space
Just
In
Case
They do credit the person who plays the shamisen throughout the movie, and as it's kind of one of the characters that's cool.
Aside from the music, I would not take very small kids to this, there are bits that would be very scary. George Takei is cool about being self-referential briefly toward the beginning part of the film; it's quick, so you almost miss it. There's a lot of humor. There's also a giant flying centipede monster at the end (that's what it looked like to me).
There were a lot of weird moments for me, though. I swear I saw Hiroshige and Hokusai in there, as well as some Buddhist imagery and a sort of Ozymandias bit. Then there was some clothing/costuming that seemed not to be from the same historical periods? I mean, I know this was a fantasy, but? Then they called something a shrine that I thought was a graveyard, although I've never been to Japan, so what do I know.
It was also weird and unexplained why the moon was evil and how the moon had three daughters, of which two were evil and looked like a cross between Noh masks and Tim Burton. Also reminiscent of a couple of representations of the Thunder God in things like Big Trouble in Little China and Mortal Kombat. Then there was the underwater cross between the dianoga and the sarlacc.
I'm taking the main moral of the story to be that your loved ones are never gone if you remember them. There's also something in there that might be about forgiveness, or freebee do-overs for amnesiac evil gods?
Anyway, visually stunning, very creative, enjoyable, don't get too deep. Lastly, it's worth staying for at least the first part of the credits to see a bit of the creation process of the film.
I really want to see this and probably should this week or it'll be gone from theaters...
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