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The Swan Princess: A Fairytale Is Born (2023)
A horrible awkward retelling of "Swan Princess"
The original Swan Princess holds a special place in my heart. It may not have an entirely great plot but I've always loved its whimsical storytelling, fantastic animation, and its catchy songs. This poor excuse of a film is anything but that.
It was so painful to watch that I had to skim through nearly the entire movie. When they finally introduced Derek and Odette, I cringed. The character modeling sucks and the animation feels like it was done by someone still learning how to animate. I mean Uberta's hair was swinging around way too much.
Don't waste your time watching it, unless you're doing so for comedy's sake like I did haha.
The Bad Guys (2022)
Better off watching Zootopia
I really wanted to like this movie and I felt the premise was great, but the plot seemed to unravel right after introducing the Bad Guys.
I liked the idea of Wolf wanting to try and change for the better because it made more sense (domestication of wolf = dog) hence the whole "good boy" act. But it just didn't make sense for the rest of the characters since they're natural born predators that can't conceivably be domesticated.
The rest of the movie after the Bad Guys move in with Professor Marmalade seemed poorly patched together. Kind of felt like the writers were running out of ideas. Even the reveal of Diane Foxington being Crimson Paw didn't add too much to the story. I understand why it was added but it didn't exactly make it all that more interesting to watch.
Plot aside, I did enjoy the art and animation style. The voice acting was just as great, just wish they had a better story.
First Girl I Loved (2016)
Big giant oof
The chemistry between Sasha and Anne is undeniable. They perfectly emulate the whole "my first time with a girl was in high school" kind of vibe. Nothing short of sweet. But then things get complicated and suddenly not everything is sunshine and rainbows especially when Sasha denies even having feelings for Anne.
And to top it off, you've got Anne's best guy friend, Clifton, who turns out to be an unreliable friend and goes so far as to-well...
There were a couple of things I didn't understand in the movie though. There were times when it would jump back and forth between flashbacks and you never really knew what really went down in certain scenes because they wouldn't reveal it until way later in the movie. Not sure what purpose that has flashing back and forth like that. Just made it more confusing.
The other thing was that the woman who works at the Out of the Closet thrift store; throughout the movie, she kept appearing in different scenes and she'd be there watching Anne. It made her seem like she was supposed to be a love interest or some sort of guardian angel for Anne. But at the very end of the movie, we finally see her interacting with Anne but... not in a very significant way. I don't understand why the movie placed so much emphasis on that woman by having her be in three different scenes watching Anne but it wasn't needed.
Another thing that kinda lost me was the thing about Sasha and Anne kissing and that photo appearing in their yearbook. When Anne grabbed the flashdrive from Clifton and she inserted an image, we don't know what the image is but we can assume it's of them kissing. However when they all arrive at the conference, it's said that Clifton was the one who put the photo in the yearbook. Did he really do it? It was unclear and that was really bothersome.
I appreciated the twists to the movie but it felt incomplete at the end and probably for a good reason: that's just how things are irl unfortunately. Sometimes things just don't go accordingly to plan and you get your heart broken.
Gotta give it to everyone in the cast. They were very convincing. I enjoyed just how realistic the plot was and each consequence that followed.