Amazing film, the atmosphere left me actually freezing in the theatre, as though an old cadavre unburied in an European enchanted forest.

I enjoyed the transition shots between locations while Thomas was traveling to the castle. Eggers has a really great sense of composition for his scenes, but my criticism is for not establishing a more solid sense of Ellen's loneliness in the very beginning, and for the response from 'the spirit' she prayed for as it was WAY TOO quick. Also, this film should've been shot more from Ellen's point of view and her character arc since she was the one who 'summoned' the 'spirit' and then sacrificed herself to save everyone. Her arc of being 'lonely' and then victimized (a fact we don't find out till much later), and then should've been shown her punishment for being victimized and her struggle to find love with Thomas and then her growing fear that 'the spirit' would continue to haunt her, and then her ultimate sacrifice. I would've liked much more focus on Ellen's character in this version. Everyone else as secondary. Saying that though, I loved the performance of Renfield and his connection to Thomas in this version. That was refreshing. And I really enjoyed the gypsy village scenes. I absolutely adore Willem Dafoe's work, but I wasn't as convinced of his characters' need in this version (maybe it was all of the dust when they found him? lol...), he felt more of a placeholder for an anticipated version of Van Helsing from previous versions, and was only there for the audience. Thanks for posting your opinion of the film and opening up to others to talk about it. I enjoy discussing films and miss my old film groups. Cheers.

leonard Hofstader really needed the money💀

For us Mexican citizens it is a very offensive and insulting film, it treats a very delicate subject in a caricatured and mocking way, on the other hand, it approaches Mexico from a racist and Euro-centric point of view, putting the country as something “exotic” worthy of being seen from the morbid point of view of a freak show, taking already worn stereotypes of the country, and appropriating Latin American societal issues with very little seriousness and making fun of them, The fact that they have sanctified the character of Emilia Perez reaches parodic levels and is to some extent insulting to the victims of organized crime, it also makes fun of Mexicans making us look as unintelligent or as people who are not able to discern, I understand that foreigners fail to see all this, but it is important that our voice of Latin Americans is also heard, especially when they will appropriate our countries to profit from audiovisual products, in addition to that, it is quite offensive that a lot of foreign syndicates are rewarding the director for it, by the way, it is worrying how the film is being praised outside Latin America, but in the region it has offended to many Latin American countries and what is even more concerning is how is hasn't even been released in Latin America, sending a very dark message that in reality our voice is not being heard despite these people claim to be "representing" us.

sorry ..........Wicked was fabulous.

Morally and creatively bankrupt.

Selena being American is not an excuse for speaking bad spanish they could have hired someone like snow tha product who is a fluent spanish speaker born in the u.s and of Mexican descent.snow is also a lesbian if they wanted to tick off boxes there.

It’s all political I swear….thats the only explanation….it’s just so sad

I think this is worse than Megamind Vs. The Doom Syndicate!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we're supposed to support the scumbag lawyer and the literal human monster of a cartel boss 😂😂😂.

This is the cinematic equivalent of portraying all of the US as South Central LA then casting a Chinese guy to try and speak English by the sounds.

No

Actually, the french director said that he don't study about Mexico, so all is based in stereotypes

You're doing it too... Spanish people are not, mexican people... Emilia was played by a spanish actor, and it was awfull too.

Two things: 1) Why are you telling the whole plot without a spoiler alert? There are ways to review a film without revealing the entire plot. 2) Why are you saying a significant number of good things about it, yet emblazen your vid with the title, "Complete Nonsense?"

The problem is not "Hollywood." (Whatever that vague term means.) The problem is film festival boards, Golden Globes, BAFTA and critics who start the initial hype and keep it going. By the time the Oscar nominations come out, the Academy is left with the wave already created. AND due to the absurd inclusion casting rules created by corrupt board members with a political agenda, they very easily tamper with the results of the nomination voting. And keep in mind, many of the Academy voters don't even see the films before nominating them. They simply nominate the films that have already won previous awards such as BAFTA. Also, BAFTA and AMPAS are connected by having similar agendas regarding inclusion and subject matter. Major studios create trash, and their minions and employees nominate them. The Cannes, Venice, Toronto, etc film fests are also corruptly connected to the major film studios. The hype is created worldwide, not just in the US/Hollywood.

why did you explain how everyone dies and the movie ends as a bad thing that's like the best possible scenario

I must add that Zoe's accent also sucks, not as bad as Selena's but no one that's supposed to have spanish as first language speaks like that. Not to mention that Emilia's accent is fucking Spanish, imagine having someone from England in a movie about idk cowboys speaking with English accent but supposedly being usamerican. It's insulting not only by every disregard to mexican culture, actors and the stereotypes but it's disgusting how they talk about such a hurtful thing as forced disappearance of people by hand of narcotraffic. It's an disgusting abomination not only by movie and musical standards but as human and empathetic ones too

I actually want it to win. Just so the feminists can see the monster they've created.

If you think "Mi camino" it's a good song, I can say that the melody is nice, but even the lyrics are wrong. "Mi camino" (My road) "Quiero querer a mí misma" (I want want to myself) That's the result of translating an entire script with Google Translate instead of hiring a native speaker to make the dialogues make sense. Selena wasn't the only problem. The entire script was... "Escrito con las patas" (written with the feet).

Absurd and grotesque. But Civilization is passing thru its trans state. What used to be niche and rare and not of universal interest is now centre-stage. The film is so bad that it is good! To be enjoyed for all the wrong reasons.

This movie es insulting beyond writing, songs, Selena Gomez, casting, the comentaries of the director/assistant/actors or anything superficial. The cartel is a serious issue that Mexican people face every day, they can kill and r4pe regular people just because, the gov3rnm3nt doesn’t care because they are bought. Anyone who tries to do ANYTHING to prevent this (even if it's by proxy) dies, sometimes in gruesome ways, and put their family in danger. Disappeared people is a sensitive topic and should be treated as such. Instead, this movie mocks real victims, their families and the whole country. How can someone with half of a brain can see this massacre and think that it's a good idea to treat the cause of this suffering as a poor victim, forced to be "evil" just to be later treated like a "new" person because "trans people are pure god-like beings" and "transition does really change the soul uwu", like she is not TRULY trans until she gets a vag1noplasty. Emilia doesn’t show any kind of development or true resentment towards her past actions, d4mn! She is still as sh1tty as before: physically and psychologically abu5ing her exwife, trying to k1ll Jessie's boyfriend, gathering cartel members to a ONG meant to help the people they torture because: "oops! her bad! she is so naive!", SHE DOESN'T EVEN TRULY APOLOGIES TO THE WOMAN SHE THREATENED TO K1LL! This is too much, oh but of course, later the movie portraits her as a F-KING SAINT! Like, do I have to remind that Mexico has some the most religious people in the world? This movie is mocking religious beliefs as well! "It was imposed by Spaniards" How cares!? This was centuries ago! This is still their beliefs because they CHOSE to make it theirs. Why is this movie so d4mn blunt!?!?

Oscar bait the musical. I not a good film, but it has topica that Hollywood loves. It shit to everyone not from LA academy

The trans community deserves better

I’m pretty positive this movie is only getting awards and nominations because it stars a trans person.

Im south american and i gen cant understand what selena is saying

Istg this movie was made as a joke and the academy didnt get it

Even in the “Mi camino" song, Selena is singing the most broken spanish I've ever heard, and it's not just her accent, the lyrics doesn't make any sense. Even the name "mi camino" is a poor translation, mi camino means my road, the song should be called "mi manera" or "A mi manera"

As a Mexican, Selena's spanish was atrocious. Abominable even. A toddler could be understood way easier than her attempt.

Wish there was more space sex tbh :/ Honestly though great summary, I agree with a lot of the points, especially abt the side characters. Justice for the all the science boys tho cuz holy crap

The first 3 episodes were great It was just the pacing That’s the only problem And Mel’s storyline was pretty weak Also I feel the sex scene in the final episode in the cell just didn’t sit well with me because that’s where Jinx was a complete mess, and Jinx clearly showed tendencies of suicide when she left That’s the only problems I have Other then that it was great Episode 1,2,3 7 was fantastic And I loved Jinx character arc How she got to have a sacrificial “death” and have it mean something which is what she wanted A death, but for it to leave an impact Which was amazingly done, just wished ekko and jinx scene in episode 9 had a talk Great video :) And also I made a “Hurt” tribute for Jinx on my channel and I’d love your thoughts! And also a Video fan made trailer “infinity war trailer” style for arcane :) Great video and I also wish for Feedback on my stuff :)

Short answer : no. It’s a fucking masterpiece

Solid review! Player 120 is a great example of how to represent a community (and also a stigma) without over emphasizing it in the show. Hollywood needs to take note. I originally thought the director wanted to emulate the feeling of avengers Infinity War and Endgame. Infinity War still had a sense of being incomplete and Endgame was the conclusion. Like Season 2 & 3. But you're right, Infinity War felt more full with Thanos' story whereas season 2 is abrupt.

Really good review

I had my issues with the movie, too. I couldn't escape the sense that the movie was constantly interrupting *itself* to pad out the runtime and force us to come back for the sequel. It just seems like they added a lot of fluff, and if they hadn't, we could have gotten a complete story instead of showing up in theaters to find out that it was a two-parter. But why did you even watch it if you don't like musicals? You didn't even stay for the songs, skipping a lot of important plot stuff. This is like removing the cheese from a pizza, eating it, and then deciding you don't like pizza. If you despise cheese, then why did you order a pizza?

This review is a joke.

Does the maker of this film even realise how hypocritical they are??! A character who is demonised for wanting to be young and beautiful played by an actress who has stayed young and beautiful. It portrays the main character in a bad light for hating being old (even when she is actually amazing looking and not unattractive at all!) but then it goes on to use aging as the horror element!! SOOOOOOOO hypocritical it beggars belief! It literally shames people for finding aging horrifying, then uses aging to make people feel horrified!! Reply

So. Just because you don’t like something, doesn’t mean the movie isn’t good. What does that mean? The story writing, storytelling, media literacy, symbolism, impactful visuals, coloring, it evokes emotional connections, it has a theme that connects to the real world, and a compelling story. All of which AND MORE make a “good movie”. You, my friend, don’t have media literacy, an appreciation for actual story writing, and you just don’t like theatre. It’s a literal musical movie and you complained about the “big expressions”. You simply don’t understand the movie.

Oh aren't YOU the cool kid hating on the Popular thing. Spin on Dude.

Really trying to jump on that hater algorithm, aren't we? 😂

You triggered the theatre kids 😂😂

Few things. One is that I agree that the musical movie was overrated. Don’t get me wrong, it was amazing, but I’ve heard so many people acting like it’s the best thing since sliced bread and that it’s better than the musical. It’s not. Second I want to point out that a lot of what you said has to do with both not understanding the plot and not listening to the songs. Fiyero is actually very important to the plot in the second act, and I won’t spoil it, but there are some pretty powerful scenes with him. Also the whole “why are they so scared and mean to elphie when everyone is diverse” is so stupid because the exact same thing happens in the real world. It is a fantasy world so things considered “normal” there might be things people in the real world discriminate against. In our world there are people who have all different eye colors, but that’s not super common of an issue. Everything humans are scared of to is societal. Finally THE WHOLE POINT IS THAT ELPHIE ISNT PERFECT. she isn’t supposed to be the hero necessarily, just the protagonist. Everything that happens doesn’t take away from her literally torturing Dorthy, it just makes her more human and shows her path. Also ofc she assumes everyone is against her, because her whole life basically everyone is.

So you’re telling me the non theatre kid who hates musicals didn’t like the MUSICAL movie? No fucking way

Ok so coming from a theater kid so i have some bias. Obviously you’re not gonna like a movie of a musical if you dont like musicals. I get it, but also you can’t do a review of a movie musical and then most of your points are related to not liking the musical qualities. And also the fact that you skip songs and then complain about the plot is really weird. Most of the important plot points were during the songs, that’s how musical theater works. They convey plot through song and dance. No wonder you thought it was boring.

I feel like the reason why Eplhie talks over everyone is because she knows all people will say is bad things about her since that's how they've treated her since birth essentially. She tries telling them their wrong before they even get the chance to say it.

Most hypocritical movie in the history of American cinema and an infinite embarrassment to all involved...especially those who paid to be urinated on by Coralie and Demi.

Reck. We. Em. Great review!

Boring movie should ov just gave him a fight scene cameo for Spiderman

It had the potential to be so good honestly if they just gives the guy who played his father accent and change up is backstory by making him come from a mystical tribe that gains the powers of beast and make his father like the strongest creature by transforming him into a combination of different animals it would be the story about how the strongest hunter vs the king of best and he gets his title as the worlds strongest. 😩😔wasted potential.

I think the long mid season break hurt the momentum of the show. But i thought season 2 was better than season 1 except for the season finale. I thought the first season finale was epic.