The number rating I gave this title. Out of a possible Ten, I would actually rate it as 'Y'. As in, the Letter 'Y'.
This movie has some of the most impressive visuals of any movie I have ever seen. It has a supernatural storyline that has great potential. It has some very funny moments in it, and some decent action.
Unfortunately, this movie is gratuitously surreal. A good example is the Parrot. At a late point in the movie, the master of the Dark ones sends a henchmen after the hero. The henchmen is a parrot that morphs into a human. OK. Why the hell is this guy a parrot? And why did he have a plastic toy car that became real? At the birthday party near the end of the movie, why does the crowd clap and cheer after every muttered half sentence from our injured hero? There is a lot of stuff that happens in this movie where you never quite know why the things that happen are happening. This may be due to many factors. Maybe because its subtitled. Maybe because its the 2nd part of a trilogy where I never saw the first part. But I think it is because there is a lot of stuff that happens on screen that is not really relevant to the plot.
Despite these flaws, this movie is absolutely worth watching, simply for the stunning visuals. I enjoyed this movie, but it really feels like a 3 hour movie compressed into 2 hours.
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This movie has some of the most impressive visuals of any movie I have ever seen. It has a supernatural storyline that has great potential. It has some very funny moments in it, and some decent action.
Unfortunately, this movie is gratuitously surreal. A good example is the Parrot. At a late point in the movie, the master of the Dark ones sends a henchmen after the hero. The henchmen is a parrot that morphs into a human. OK. Why the hell is this guy a parrot? And why did he have a plastic toy car that became real? At the birthday party near the end of the movie, why does the crowd clap and cheer after every muttered half sentence from our injured hero? There is a lot of stuff that happens in this movie where you never quite know why the things that happen are happening. This may be due to many factors. Maybe because its subtitled. Maybe because its the 2nd part of a trilogy where I never saw the first part. But I think it is because there is a lot of stuff that happens on screen that is not really relevant to the plot.
Despite these flaws, this movie is absolutely worth watching, simply for the stunning visuals. I enjoyed this movie, but it really feels like a 3 hour movie compressed into 2 hours.
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