![]() Oh and, of course, I thought The Peanuts Movie was better. That's neither here nor there, of course, but I felt it was worth pointing out. I have no idea why, but stylistically speaking, I'm reminded of the Peanuts Movie, even though they share nothing in comparison and were made by completely different studios. From what I can see of the books, which is very little honestly, the film seems like a faithful adaptation of that style. Ironically speaking, the lowest-budgeted DreamWorks Animation movie in history, is also the one that has the most unique, if it can be called that, animation style for DreamWorks in quite a while. It's been a while since they've had one of those, something I pointed out in my review for the Boss Baby, which is the last movie I reviewed. Anyway, DreamWorks Animation FINALLY puts out a good animated movie. Not really, but a man can dream, right? A man can dream. Who knows, maybe I'll revisit the concept one of these days. Sounds stupid, right? I don't know if we ever went past that point, but I know that was part of the character's origin. How was he going to get back to earth, you ask? Well, he was gonna rip and angel's wings off (in this universe heaven exists), staple them (or something) to his own body and fly back down to earth. ![]() ![]() I don't remember much of the details, but I know he was gonna be a massive, angry man who died, but came back to 'earth' to avenge those who wronged him. In fact, then again this was when I was a senior in high school, me and one of my friends (who's great at drawing) came up with this anti-hero, as it were. I don't think it's a lot, but there has to be quite a few. As a bit of an aside, I wonder how many friends have started out like Harold and George, where they just create their own comic book super hero. And this fits that description to a T, quite frankly. Anyway, the best way to get rid of that is to watch silly movies. Seriously, try to imagine that for a second. But I still feel like I haven't washed off the anger and stress out of being without power for five months. I'll get to the other three this week, most likely. Naturally, I chose the silliest one of them all. I was leaning toward this, The Babysitter, 1922 or Gerald's Game. The movie is as thrilling as it is terrorizing, and powerful performances by George Mckay and Dean Charles Chapman make for a riveting experience almost reminiscent of poems by the war poets of the First World War era, just as the premise the movie is based on.Looks like we're gonna make this an all animated movie weekend over in my household. This war epic dwells on the lives of two soldiers out on a mission to deliver a confidential message before an attack ravages their post. Then there are those movies that end up capturing people's attention from the get-go due to their unprecedented charisma in portraying possibly the same stories with a fresh perspective. What better way to look back on some of humanity's most haunting chapters than through a captivating tale that hooks people into paying attention to those stories, right? However, such commonality also makes it harder for a lot of these movies to make a lasting effect on people's memories. War epics are as much a commonality in Hollywood as they are an essentiality.
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