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Nimona (2023)
Huge plot hole at end kills this movie *expect disappointment*
You have to understand that I LIVE for the story. At the end of this movie there is a humongous plot hole that becomes the catalyst for the ending of the movie. This is probably one of the most disappointing films I have EVER watched. I had invested all this time to see how it would end, and it is extremely disappointing to witness a potential masterpiece get ruined by such a glaring issue to the story.
The main storyline revolves around a certain event that occurs early on. An investigation into the event eventually leads to an indisputable truth of who the actor of this event is. It. Is. Ironclad. This information is revealed to several main characters. These main characters then almost immediately ignore this ironclad information, and choose to follow instead a baseless superstition. (Baseless, because the information they had received previously was IRONCLAD). They had solved the investigation.
***These are some BIIIG SPOILERS for those of you who want to know the basic logic that was ignored***
Here is the basic logic:
The Bad Actor of the murder confesses to the murder and is recorded on camera confessing to the murder.
She stabs a Nimona during her confession. This stabbing of the Nimona proves without a shadow of a doubt that Nimona, who is being stabbed, cannot be the one confessing to the murder. Because Nimona has been stabbed, and is in the process of dying while the confession is being given by the murderer. The main character Boldheart knows this, observed this, so NOTHING should/could be able to sway his knowledge of who killed the queen. It is ironclad at this point in the movie REGARDLESS of what has happened in the past. This should also be Ironclad for Goldenloin. Why? Because he knows that he OBVIOUSLY wasn't the one stabbed in the video which means LOGICALLY that the one stabbed was "the monster". Again, there is literally nothing that should/could be able to sway Goldenloin from arresting the murderer of the Queen. THE ONLY thing that Goldenloin might consider at this point is if the murderer had accomplices. Goldenloin has a confession, but just simply lets a murderer go free because the murderer said,"But wait, Nimona can look like me too, and I think this monster is the original monster who fought Gloreth." To which Goldenloin should have held the murderer at sword point saying,"Last I checked I don't have a sword in my gut dying on the floor as I hear your confession of murder. Make no mistake, a monster did kill the Queen, and I intend to kill it to protect this city as my ancestor Gloreth did before me."
No... that is not what happened. What actually happens is Goldenloin instantly becomes a wet noodle at this news, and all the evidence incriminating the murderer vanish. He now suspects that Nimona was the one giving the confession in the video. He attempts to meet and convince his boyfriend Boldheart to share his asinine beliefs. Boldheart does the most infuriating thing I have ever witnessed in a movie. He believes Goldenloin.
I literally stopped watching this movie the moment it happened. Anything that happens after that moment is garbage, and isn't worth watching. I thought I was watching sensible, logical characters navigate a complicated investigation to ferret the truth. However, it is clear at the END OF THE MOVIE that our main characters seemingly lose all basic logic. I can't believe that the writers, directors, and producers just did not fix this glaring hole in their story.
Frustrating.
**Below here are some real spoilers** So stop reading if you don't want them:
Other than this issue there are several messages in this film that I don't like:
- Don't ask new magical creatures questions if you genuinely want to learn more about them (its "small-minded"?) I think this is probably an attempt to reference something in the real world, but in this context, it makes NO sense. Better writing would have fixed this. Why call him petty or small-minded? There is nothing petty about someone wanting to know about the rare magical creature literally no one has ever seen before. This does not make any sense to me)
- People will live within a completely walled city for a thousand years without ever questioning why, no one ever leaving, and also without having any evidence of the thing they are told they are living inside the walls for? Literally none of the knights seem to know what a monster looks like or does, but they are protecting the city against monsters?
- 5 year olds (and apparently full grown humans) will turn on their best friends with a sword for baseless, unexplained superstition ("alright, you got me, I did reopen the movie and skipped through the ending...frustrated")
Other than that, This had fun animation, great acting, and funny comedic moments. Up until I closed my laptop at the moment described above, and yelled in frustration at the idiotic writing decision that makes no sense whatsoever, and began writing my review.
WHY?!?!?! Movies like this deserve a warning label: "Massive plot hole near end messes up the whole ending." So people don't waste their time. There were obviously good parts, but that writing makes it not worth watching again. That moment is too frustrating to relive. I am genuinely mad. The writers did decent with this movie, and just completely fumbled the ending.
Disappointing.
Aladdin (2019)
Just like a kids movie
So this is a kids movie. I watched it and I am an adult (25 years old). I was disappointed. I watched it with an older crowd (50 ish or older). They enjoyed it.
It seems to be the same exact movie and does not add much more to the original story and changes 2 characters drastically to share the power of females and the evils of male toxicity.
The film is sped up in several places to add a certain pace to the film, and it made it very childlike.
Best parts were the new material, and there is not much of that.
Dwight in Shining Armor (2018)
Compared to all other media...meh.
So, is this show worth watching? Eh, not really. There is not really anything compelling me to watch the second episode.
Film: Generally we'll done. There are enough awkward cuts that just make it amateur.
Acting: The voices "accents" are very distracting from the story. Fight scenes need to be better, and less practiced looking.
Props & Stage: The fake parts of certain sets and props are apparent, and distract from the story.
Ultimately I keep getting pulled out of the story because of so many obvious and fake things, which makes it hard to want to watch more.
Saw first episode on BYUtv, which is a go to channel for amateur work anyway.