DAMSEL (starring Millie Bobby Brown) is an anti-monarchy dark fantasy BANGER! (Netflix Review)

Damsel is a dark fantasy Netflix film directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo and written by Dan Mazeau, starring Millie Bobby Brown, Ray Winstone, Nick Robinson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Angela Bassett, and Robin Wright. Damsel is based on Evelyn Skye's novel of the same name.
DAMSEL will be released globally on Netflix on 8 March 2024.
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0:00 Intro to Damsel / General Feedback
2:57 Technical Aspects & Visual World-building
13:16 Genre / Story
16:09 Characters / Performances
19:07 Themes / Final Thoughts
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[@LadyJenevia]

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[@clairejeter8274]

When I first saw ads for this movie, i wasn't too excited for it. But now I am really excited. I also loved that you took a look at the technical aspects of the film. I love those aspects of film and I am so happy you mentioned it.

[@LadyJenevia]

I was in such a hurry that I never got around to actually watching the trailer/promotion for it so when the screener was sent last minute I just jumped right in with no major expectations (good or bad) and was pleasantly surprised! It really feels like MBB is using Netflix as her training ground and I hope she will eventually make the jump to developing films to be released in the cinema because this trajectory from Enola Holmes 2 to Damsel is very promising… 👀🤔🎬

[@adalovelace521]

your attention to techical details scratches my particular movie itch, it's so satisfying when everything is working for a movie, especially the things that aren't noticable first glance. we may take for granted how a cave is lighted, but if it was badly done it would have lowered the quality significantly. cinematographers ensure every frame is in service to the story and they don't get nearly enough credit

[@LadyJenevia]

Cinematography and VFX are similar in that not enough people appreciate the artistry of what is achieved and they instead notice those aspects when they’re not done well. 🫣

[@NeverKissSomeFrog123]

Great review! I loved this movie and was looking for someone who could tell me what made it feel this great! For me it felt like it commented on being a woman in society. Pushed to sacrifice yourself for the good of others, used for someone else’s purposes and getting trapped in traumatizing cirmcumstanced are historically part of the female experience. !!Spoilers ahead!! It felt really good that she wasn’t a secret badass all along. For this story to work -and frankly, to deserve it’s title and make the wordplay make sense- she NEEDED to be a victim first. She slowly learned to find the strength to go on, learn about the threat and apply herself to get out the situation. She needed to have the choice to go back in for the ultimate scene where she arms herself and goes to fight the dragon for it to be as impactful as it was. I‘m glad that the majority of the runtime was really about this characters journey, it made me feel like I was in there with her. Also, absolutely love the relationships between all female characters (save the Queen) in this movie! So good to see

[@luckyowl6432]

I had a great time with this movie so it's refreshing to see a positive review. Great video! I wish we found out more about the dragons... is she the last of her kind because of her golden blood? It was mentioned "legends of them being hunted for their blood" by one of the knights. Is that how Auria became so rich? I feel like this movie has hidden storytelling or maybe I'm reading wayy too far into it lol

[@kategentry]

No, there were some plot points they could have explored and didn’t. Maybe we’ll get a sequel. Maybe.

[@aleksandrac9335]

Bird scene in the cave made my dark 🖤🖤🖤🖤 feel feels

[@MCAPrince]

I watched it today when I saw this video come up so I could watch this after. I liked it quite a lot. My least favourite thing was probably how they opened the movie with the line about how it wasn't a movie about a Damsel being saved, I could've done without that. Other than that the movie was pretty fun. The step-mother reversal was also just really great, I did expect it/hope for it, but it was just really great.

[@gordonwerner]

Lady Jenevia -- I love your snark “… because they actually got up and went outside to film…” 🤣

[@LadyJenevia]

There are actually many benefits to filming in studios and on sets but I was more so shading the push to overly rely on VFX to cut corners and exploit workers who don’t have the same union protections. But yeah, if you’re trying to do an old fantasy concept, there are PLENTY of castles still around. Go film at one! 🫵🏻

[@gordonwerner]

Ok. Damsel was really good - the ending was really satisfying … definitely give it a watch if can.

[@dannybakarimcena8303]

You do realise she defeated a dragon with no fighting experience at all😂..let that sink in ..then used the sed dragon to burn innocent people alive and still went back her home town filled with people dying of hunger..which was the whole point of the movie😂

[@zoeshaclarke8315]

@@dannybakarimcena8303 Exactly! Satisfying my backfoot 😭😭

[@realbadger]

Modeling a dragon's movements along feline lines works perfectly; watch the dragon in _Dragonheart_ walking along side Dennis Quaid: the dragon is _very_ cat-like in its movements.

[@AMoniqueOcampo]

I am loving your attention to detail in promoting this movie. You dove in deep. Patrick has officially gone into Dugeons and Dragons level of world building.

[@LadyJenevia]

I actually said while recording that I’ve met both Larry and Patrick before but I didn’t want to have to dig up the photos of me with them to edit in so I just scrapped it since this was a rushed review. 😂 But they’re both EXCELLENT at their crafts.

[@lfr8666]

This video title in my feed was the only thing I knew going in, and I liked the movie very much! Thanks for the rec. Thought the dragon design was very interesting, much more mammalian than reptilian. Modelling off of cats made sense. Also loved that her fire was mostly burning liquid fuel. I think they paid decent attention to the burn injuries in this movie, too. Kudos to the cinematographer, this movie was gorgeous. I especially liked the scene as she was observing that concave rock, with the dust currents in slow motion. Beautifully communicated Elodie's planning and what elements of the scene to focus on. I don't generally pay attention to architecture, but now I need to watch this again to look for Portuguese details. Thanks for letting me know!

[@jcgardenia]

Have you seen Ready or Not? It's horror/comedy and not fantasy, but it also had a "young woman marries into a rich family and has to fight for her life" plot.

[@LadyJenevia]

YES, I HAVE, and the directors Radio Silence will have a new film coming out next month called "Abigail"! 🧛🏻‍♀️🩰

[@joshuajohnson1796]

The dual of fates from phantom menace is epic!

[@LadyJenevia]

John Williams really SNAPPED when he wrote that one! 💥🔥

[@aleksandrac9335]

100 castles is not a lot. Greatings🇵🇱

[@annacalstone610]

I love the way you review, you look at the creativity of the piece and not just the performance. Your review makes me want to watch this when it wasn't even on my radar. Also for a quickly put together review, the detail you bring to it is amazing with the quotes from the creatives. Love to hear from them about their process and why they do certain things. Hopefully netflix are more prompt giving you screeners for anything else you've requested

[@LadyJenevia]

Thank you very much!!

[@t.rae.storyteller]

Just watched it and absolutely LOVED it 🙌 Was admittedly a little lacking in the character development department, but the scenery, costume design, dragon, cgi that was actually really Good, DRAGON, COSTUME DESIGN, and the gritty realism (without being grimdark) definitely made up for it!

[@gordonwerner]

Thank you for reviewing this film … I am glad that I have something fun to look forward to.

[@cinemaguerrilla]

The comissioners of tourism and filming in Portugal should watch this review to learn how to pitch their country for filming, cuz yea that was a great description of the scenery/locations

[@Aaa-dv3oi]

Okay yess this seems so promisingg

[@LadyJenevia]

I was pleasantly surprised! 🐉

[@mateofantasma]

Thank you for reviewing this film and for going over the technical details of it. I am now excited to watch it.

[@LadyJenevia]

Yay! I hope you enjoy it! 🐉⚔️

[@hilarymoonmurphy]

Thanks for your delightfully detailed review! I'll be looking for this one! ❤

[@LadyJenevia]

Thank you! DAMSEL is available now on Netflix! 😊

[@corrieloren8661]

People say that this is a Medieval Girlboss Power Fantasy like its a BAD thing. More of this dragon action princesses, please. Return of true Camp cinema at last.

[@kateliness2]

I'm excited to watch this now! I really like the Enola Holmes movies. Plus loved the technical overview, very cool discussion!

[@birdiewolf3497]

Well I was already going to watch it. But I’m excited!!

[@marymcallister7963]

Ok i wasn't interested at first, but now I am

[@LadyJenevia]

Yay! The movie is out now on Netflix! 🐉

[@huongspy1626]

the ending of the film is different from that of the book, which I love!

[@arriannaniv]

Do you know I noticed some thing when looking for reviews on this movie everyone is trashing it except for you and I absolutely loved it. Mosy of the complaints that I see are ones that we would not hear if this was a movie about a guy and I’m just like wow telling on yourselves aren’t you guys wooo. For instance, this one person was going off about how she’s tearing up her dress, which is a symbolism for tearing up societal expectations, but I have seen so many guys in movies a rip up their shirts for bandages, and I’ve seen women rip up their dresses to use as bandages for other people, and nobody says anything. So apparently it’s a hyper feminist to bandage yourself with the resources at your disposal. You know you’re supposed to use a rock on your severely burned leg. The only other explanation I can find is that everyone is becoming incredibly cynical and pessimistic with movies now.

[@arabellacarter1482]

13:26 saaammmeeeeeee❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@alexandriaunderwater]

Thank you for this... I watched it this morning after learning about it from you. I thought it was great--except that the dragon's Italian? accent sort of broke the narrative spell a little bit... Though I'm not sure what sort of accent I wanted from a dragon. Maybe she learned English from listening to a visiting Italian.

[@LadyJenevia]

The actress is Iranian, not Italian, and her accent doesn't sound too far off from what I've heard of her in other jobs. Nothing about her dragon dialogue threw me off compared to how I've heard her before. ☺️

[@jamesonstalanthasyu]

Shohrah has always had the seductive and long term smoker gravelly voice. You might remember her from 24 and then the Expanse.

[@noweaponshallprosper2651]

I loved the movie.

[@mountain85]

You surely let the dragons out!

[@realbadger]

Finally a positive review of this film I enjoyed. A lot of others across which I've been coming are surprisingly misogynistic in their "reviews" of this entertaining yarn.

[@zoeshaclarke8315]

Ok, I’m a lady, I’d love to hear what made other reviews misogynistic, because there was certainly no hatred of women displayed in the ones I watched, only a hatred of the script and movie’s…. Idiosyncrasies.

[@realbadger]

@@zoeshaclarke8315 They're not KZbinrs I generally follow, but the algorithm "suggested" them as it was clear to the algorithm that I enjoyed it. They were mostly about how "Girl Bosses" are wrecking fantasy, another kept mistaking Damsel as a retelling of England's St. George and the dragon story. I kept wondering if they'd seen some different version that I had...

[@zoeshaclarke8315]

@@realbadger Ok, but that still doesn’t explain where the misogyny laid with their reviews. That was, (and this is no attempt to be rude) but waffle that diverted from the question. It does make one wonder that if your first examples of misogyny is one man over-referencing the story of St George and the viewpoint that “girlboss” isn’t a successful formula in its current format then was there misogyny to begin with or rather scathing reviews… 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@jamesonstalanthasyu]

I didnt like Angela Basset here. She seemed like she was a little over the top for this movie I think the others took it more serious/horror/survival, and Angela was in a more whimisical film.

[@gordonwerner]

So you now have four cats that you own is what you’re saying

[@LadyJenevia]

Nope we already have an adopter for Yuki after she’s fixed/vaccinated and we’re trying to figure out someone to adopt the babies since we would really like for them to stay together. Yuki hisses and tries to charge if she catches a glimpse of Kimiko outside the playpen she’s set up in with her babies.

[@terW27]

you look like morticia addams

[@LadyJenevia]

I LOVE HER 🌹🥀🖤

[@brookedawson9966]

promo sm

[@gokuvegeta1167]

The book was better

[@Sandslash19]

Saw the movie, was not that great. You really have to turn your brain off for this one.

[@mckaylarosej7009]

Great review except Angela Bassett along with all the other black actors shouldn't have been casted in this movie. Nothing takes me out of a European medieval film like diversify casting. All I see are check boxes. I'm black and don't need to see my people in time periods they have no business being in.

[@HoldMyBeerWoman]

This should of been in theater's it's a very good movie.

[@floridababe05248]

I went to Lisbon in 2019 and went into some of the castles in Sintra. Sintra is beautiful, but not sure if I was told on tour Portugal has over 100 castles.