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BankofMarquis (1832 KP) rated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) in Movies

Dec 28, 2018  
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
2018 | Action, Animation, Sci-Fi
9
9.0 (113 Ratings)
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The first "true" comic book movie
The animated feature, SPIDERMAN: INTO THE SPIDER-VERSE, is the first, true "comic-book" film I have ever seen.

"But wait", you say, "How about the Marvel films? Or the DC Universe films? Or the X-Men or DeadPool? Aren't they Comic-Book films?".

I would have to answer - "no". At least not in the same way. All of those properties are films that are BASED on comic-books. Spider-verse, brilliantly, is a comic-book brought to life. It includes scenes that look like pages of a comic book (or graphic novel). It uses thought bubbles,sound effect words and abstract images. The characters are distorted and when other versions of the Spider-Verse are scene (not a spoiler: it's in the title), they are designed in a different graphic style.

Credit for this unique vision/type of film must start with the writers, Phil Lord (The Lego Movie) and Rodney Rothman (22 Jump Street) as well as Directors Bob Persischetti (in his Directing debut) and Rothman (again). These 3 brought to the screen a dazzling visual storytelling vision that is engrossing and interesting and (I am sure) will become richer and richer the more that this film is viewed.

This vision must have been apparent from the "get-go" as these 3 were able to load some top-notch voice talent into this film - Mahershala Ali, Hailee Steinfeld, Jake Johnson, Lily Tomlin(!), Zoe Kravitz, John Mulaney, Kathryn Hahn, Liev Schrieber, Chris Pine and good ol' Nicholas Cage all bring their "A" game to the voices, presenting (instantly) interesting, distinct characters to this interesting, distinct world.

The action of this film moves at a fast-pace, but not so fast that you get lost and the emotions of the film are strong, so the "slow" scenes are just as well paced and don't seem too slow.

I see alot of films, and it is rare when I am struck with how "unusual" a film is. And this one IS unusual - in a very good way. I was thoroughly entertained throughout and I cannot wait to see this film again to catch some of the things I missed the first time through and have a deeper and richer experience for knowing what is to come.

Letter Grade: A

9 (out of 10) stars (yes, it's that good!) and you can take this to the Bank(ofMarquis)
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated Alita: Battle Angel (2019) in Movies

Feb 8, 2019  
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
2019 | Action, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
6
7.4 (95 Ratings)
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Another case of 'visionary film-makers' getting together to produce something visually lavish but also very derivative and hobbled by a goosey-goosey-gander plot. Cyber-surgeon and part-time bounty hunter (you can tell it's a comic book movie) finds a brain in a can and installs it in his dead daughter's robotic body; she turns out to be Alita, who looks like Gollum's better groomed little sister but fights like a CGI'd version of Bruce Lee. Alita tries bounty hunting, also has a go at roller-boogie, falls in love (somewhat unconvincingly). Some good actors are saddled with unrewarding parts.

Looks good (as you would expect) and the action sequences are impressive (ditto) but it's not especially involving and the shapeless story in particular is a problem. It all feels a bit cool and mechanical, without much of a sense of humour - the one really funny moment is unintentional. Not an outright bad movie but spending $200 million on an adaptation of a relatively obscure comic book with someone equally little-known in the title role is a mistake, unless you end up with a film that people are really going to get excited about. Alita is not that movie: it's just another good-looking but vacuous comic-book film.
  
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CarolCorps1592 (21 KP) rated Doctor Strange, Vol. 1: God of Magic in Books

Jan 20, 2019  
Doctor Strange, Vol. 1: God of Magic
Doctor Strange, Vol. 1: God of Magic
Donny Cates | 2018 | Comics & Graphic Novels
1
4.5 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
OMG Bad...
Contains spoilers, click to show
This comic was so bad I could not even get passed the first issue. While it's really cool that the title of Sorcerer Supreme is held by someone besides Stephen Strange, that is about the only thing this comic has going for it. I firmly believe that if you are going to use the title of a character as the title for your book than the character should be the main character in it. Stephen Strange was only mentioned until the last few pages of the first issue. On top of that they portrayed Loki as if he was a whiney brat instead of the God of Mischief. I also had a major issue with the art style. While it wasn't incredibly bad there were a few things that really got to me. The major problem was that Loki, who is usually put together even when on the brink in death, looked like a hobo playing dress up.... This probably wouldn't have bothered me as much if the rest of the characters shown didn't look nowhere near as bad. Overall this comic was horrible and became the first comic that I choose to never pick up again.