POSITIVES
As a visual love letter to storytelling that includes historical references, mythological figures, fantastical elements, and modern socio-political culture dynamics, this incredible film is full of imagination and wonder, plus there’s a wish granting genie in this! All under the amazing direction of the super talented George Miller.
The beautiful colorful imagery and the fantastic sound design are a huge delicious banquet to the eyes and ears. I was engaged with wanting to see what else this movie was going to show me next.
Since storytelling is a big part of this, the dialogue, conversations, monologues, descriptions, self-awareness, variety of languages, and word choices that are all included with the visual narrative are all simply excellent. It’s not without some subtle nuanced humor too, which is a delight.
Bouncing off each other, Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba are fantastic working together here. That initial meeting between their characters in the movie is a wonderful sequence that dictates an important tone for the rest of the plot’s progression.
This narrative has a lot of messaging to share with us, and the thematic focus is insightfully bittersweet.
NEGATIVES
It’s an unusual film that goes many places with the narrative, and that’s not necessarily going to be everybody’s kinda vibe.
With a movie filmed with multiple different languages, some will be annoyed that it doesn’t always give us translated subtitles to what they are saying.
I was disappointed with what the first wish was. Felt like it was a manipulative and unbelievable plot turn that tainted the rest of the film. Although I get the thematic messaging that comes from that.
That third act and the conclusion. Not sure if you’ll be completely satisfied with it.
The nudity in this will probably be too much for some people.
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