Nimona was an interesting movie to say the least. A sci-fi/medieval kingdom walled off is a decent concept. The idea of a posh british knight who has to get along with an angsty teen girl with shape shifting powers is also a good concept.
The main problem with the movie though, is the pacing. From the opening scene the movies plot gets dialed up to eleven, and gets way too far way too fast. Now i know i may sound like a hypocrite saying that when ive trashed other movies for not getting started soon enough, but theres also such a thing as getting started too fast. It pretty much has the same problem that i had with "the mitchells vs the machines" but even worse. The movie has a lot of plot holes and forced moments throughout the script. Im trying really hard not to spoil anything here, but theres this one scene where the 2 main characters manage to gain a piece of evidence from another character, but its never explained why that character didnt just make it public themself, like why did they hold onto it and not tell anyone about it?
Also the 2 main characters bond just way too quickly. With a movie like this you know theyre going to go the route of "2 main characters hate eachother but eventually grow on eachother" but they again did that way too quickly. They literally go from resenting eachother to being the best of friends in just one scene.
The whole movie revolves around a mystery element where you wonder who killed the queen in the opening scene, but the problem is that its blatantly obvious who did it even from the beginning of the film.
Now to be fair, the movie does have its upsides. The animation is good and unique, im glad that studios are starting to explore more stylized animation styles these days. Although the animation and the way the characters moved looked a little stilted in some shots, it wasnt as noticable as it was throughout the whole movie but there were some moments where i was like "huh, that looks kinda fake". The action was fast paced and exciting, the voice acting was good, and thats pretty much it. Its a passable movie but just way too ADHD for me.
The main problem with the movie though, is the pacing. From the opening scene the movies plot gets dialed up to eleven, and gets way too far way too fast. Now i know i may sound like a hypocrite saying that when ive trashed other movies for not getting started soon enough, but theres also such a thing as getting started too fast. It pretty much has the same problem that i had with "the mitchells vs the machines" but even worse. The movie has a lot of plot holes and forced moments throughout the script. Im trying really hard not to spoil anything here, but theres this one scene where the 2 main characters manage to gain a piece of evidence from another character, but its never explained why that character didnt just make it public themself, like why did they hold onto it and not tell anyone about it?
Also the 2 main characters bond just way too quickly. With a movie like this you know theyre going to go the route of "2 main characters hate eachother but eventually grow on eachother" but they again did that way too quickly. They literally go from resenting eachother to being the best of friends in just one scene.
The whole movie revolves around a mystery element where you wonder who killed the queen in the opening scene, but the problem is that its blatantly obvious who did it even from the beginning of the film.
Now to be fair, the movie does have its upsides. The animation is good and unique, im glad that studios are starting to explore more stylized animation styles these days. Although the animation and the way the characters moved looked a little stilted in some shots, it wasnt as noticable as it was throughout the whole movie but there were some moments where i was like "huh, that looks kinda fake". The action was fast paced and exciting, the voice acting was good, and thats pretty much it. Its a passable movie but just way too ADHD for me.