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Gekijô-ban Kimetsu no Yaiba Mugen Ressha-hen (2020)
Worthy of the Hype
(Reviewing subbed version) As a fan of the manga and anime, I had high expectations. They were met. Then they were blown away.
Visually, Mugen Train is a unique work of art. CGI and cel animation are not mixed seamlessly, but thrown together-sometimes in a dance, sometimes in a battle. Then a chibi pops up to mix things up some more.
The fight scenes are beautiful splashes and slashes of fire, water, and lightning. There's not as much blood as I thought there'd be, but that just made it so when it DID flow, the sympathetic pain was greater.
Like the series, though, Mugen Train has a trainload of humor, and the writers, seiyuus, and animators deftly incorporate it into the narrative. Inosuke flying off the handle, Zenitsu drooling over Nezuko, Rengoku's eating habits, smol Nezuko... is funny.
The Seiyuus did an excellent job, taking their performances over the top, perfectly matching the visuals.
There are a few spots here and there where inconsistent animation messes with the pacing, and only true fans of anime-those who are not only forgiving of extreme melodrama-won't think the ending dragged a bit. But little things can't take away from the awesomeness of Mugen Train.
Zashchitniki (2017)
Bad in Every Way
What a disappointment. The trailers that were swirling around the Internet a few months before this came out were promising. It looked Like it could be an entertaining bit of crap.
The reality is that it's just crap. The writing makes Michael Bay seem like Tolkien in comparison. The acting is barely of Made-for-SyFy caliber, and the effects are up there with "Scorpion King."
Russia has produced some phenomenal SF cinema ("Night Watch" is still a favorite), but this film is shameful.
Baby Daddy (2012)
Horrible in Every Way
Writing, acting, production, direction... Is there any way this show ISN'T a steaming pile of horse dookie?
The plots are derivative. The dialog is stiff and delivered with consistent wooden-ness. There's canned laughter for jokes that are never, ever funny. The characters are all annoying cretins. The titular baby is an occasional plot device.