More reviews, yet again
Abandoning the hundred-word limit because honestly I think I'll be even more brief.
Saw Schindler's List for the first time, and it was every bit as potent and awful as I had imagined it would be. Didn't cry my eyes out, if only because I had just cried my eyes out at the Holocaust Museum in May when I went with the eighth graders and decided I didn't want to bawl about that stuff again.
Saw what might have been the complete opposite film, Flushed Away, just yesterday evening and found it thoroughly delightful. I was hesitant about the computer animation at first (as opposed to the traditional stop-motion animation Aardman Studios typically employs and used so masterfully for Curse of the Were-Rabbit), but it removed none of the quirky personality association with the films of those wonderful, wonderful people. The style was much more hyper-kinetic and cartoon bouncy than their other films, but it never becomes distracting. The humor is more Looney Tunes, visceral (often involving strikes to the crotch) which I found charming rather than off-putting, coupled as it was with the delightful characterization and witty humor. It's not quite Wallace and Gromit, but I'm gonna go ahead and say I prefer it to Chicken Run, even though the latter is a take-off of The Great Escape, because Flushed Away has no Mel Gibson. Instead, it features Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, and Bill Nighy, ALL people whom I hold in the utmost respect.
Finally put to rest Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, and I can say for a certainty that it is a worthy successor to Phoenix Wright. Well, mostly. What Apollo does better than its predecessor is to tie all four cases (or "episodes") into a single, interwoven story (although this fact is one that only becomes apparent slowly). There are few, if any, concessions to more advanced gameplay (in fact I think the special case constructed as a bonus addition to the first game has more DS-specific features), but it doesn't matter because the story is told so well. I will admit that the final courtroom phase of the last episode feels a little brief, but maybe that's just because I knew what I was doing and presented all the right evidence. The game, however, is marred by one critical flaw: the absence of Miles Edgeworth. Ah well. You can't have everything, I suppose.
Kari and I are off to see Wall-E today, which I expect to be thoroughly delightful. I'll let you know what I think when I get back.
Saw Schindler's List for the first time, and it was every bit as potent and awful as I had imagined it would be. Didn't cry my eyes out, if only because I had just cried my eyes out at the Holocaust Museum in May when I went with the eighth graders and decided I didn't want to bawl about that stuff again.
Saw what might have been the complete opposite film, Flushed Away, just yesterday evening and found it thoroughly delightful. I was hesitant about the computer animation at first (as opposed to the traditional stop-motion animation Aardman Studios typically employs and used so masterfully for Curse of the Were-Rabbit), but it removed none of the quirky personality association with the films of those wonderful, wonderful people. The style was much more hyper-kinetic and cartoon bouncy than their other films, but it never becomes distracting. The humor is more Looney Tunes, visceral (often involving strikes to the crotch) which I found charming rather than off-putting, coupled as it was with the delightful characterization and witty humor. It's not quite Wallace and Gromit, but I'm gonna go ahead and say I prefer it to Chicken Run, even though the latter is a take-off of The Great Escape, because Flushed Away has no Mel Gibson. Instead, it features Hugh Jackman, Kate Winslet, Ian McKellen, and Bill Nighy, ALL people whom I hold in the utmost respect.
Finally put to rest Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, and I can say for a certainty that it is a worthy successor to Phoenix Wright. Well, mostly. What Apollo does better than its predecessor is to tie all four cases (or "episodes") into a single, interwoven story (although this fact is one that only becomes apparent slowly). There are few, if any, concessions to more advanced gameplay (in fact I think the special case constructed as a bonus addition to the first game has more DS-specific features), but it doesn't matter because the story is told so well. I will admit that the final courtroom phase of the last episode feels a little brief, but maybe that's just because I knew what I was doing and presented all the right evidence. The game, however, is marred by one critical flaw: the absence of Miles Edgeworth. Ah well. You can't have everything, I suppose.
Kari and I are off to see Wall-E today, which I expect to be thoroughly delightful. I'll let you know what I think when I get back.
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