Tessa Elmore

After watching Marcel last night, I just have to say that it was very calming to me. Since not too much was going on at once, I felt like I could just sit back and easily follow the plot. As nice as that was, I would have still preferred that the events were at least a little more interesting. I can see why someone would find this movie to be boring, since they had about 2-3 interesting events max. I personally did enjoy the humor though. I have always appreciated subtle (and awkward?) humor, and I was not expecting this movie to implement it. I also found the drug meme funnier than it probably should have been. Unexpected jokes in a supposedly cute movie may as well be the greatest form of humor if executed well. To sum up my opinion of this movie, it was not the greatest movie, although it was pretty original. I still found it cute, for some reason I cannot get over how much I admired the house's interior, the movie did not seem entertaining enough for its child audience to actually be invested in it, and it felt like there was a bigger message that I could not find. Whether there was one or not, I did like the message that change should not always be deemed as bad because it is a natural aspect of everyone's lives. Change helps us grow and have life experiences. It is something that many of us need to hear, especially me.

Just as you thought you were growing tired of the "accept everyone" theme in stories and film, well, here we go again. It's obvious that no one needs to "earn" anyone's respect and everyone should be accepted (until they do something pretty bad, such as making this show for example). It is entirely okay to have the desire to incorporate diverse characters and ideas, and it is good to be encouraged. Many people do not realize that this is not the same as being hateful when stories do not have a completely diverse set of characters. This is when the actual story and plot begin to be forgotten because this type of viewers will look at any show with only the sexuality, gender, race, et cetera, of a character on their minds. Can't we just watch or read something and enjoy it for its story but then appreciate it when it does happen to include diversity? This leads me to my first impression of this show. I saw this show and immediately thought about how strange it was to dive in and change the race of every character besides Fred, even though it would probably be easier to make diversity out of new characters that never previously existed. After seeing negative reviews of this show, I decided to watch videos of OTHER people watching some of it so that I did not have to waste my time and watch every bit of each episode. I found out that my first impression was valid considering the creators made Fred the stupid character and many bits of "humor" they forced in was just an insert of Mindy Kaling's insecurities and her convoluted ideas on feminism, and whatever else she had on her mind. The entire time it just felt like a poorly executed way of Mindy trying to make a statement of some sort. I do not even know how to explain it, but it all brought me a feeling that every single aspect of the show and the characters was forced. That, and I don't think I need to explain why the show made Velma the worst possible character that I ever laid eyes on. Besides all of that, the show reminds of that one Pinocchio movie all of us ripped on. Good times. It has the same issue where they use characters that already exist and turn them into completely different characters in a whole new story (and a horrible one at that). Because of this, it results in a whole new thing while still having "Pinocchio" or "Velma" as the title. At this point, you know the creators do this for one reason: there is a higher chance of them gaining more money if they advertise something that everyone has already known and loved. However, they end up making a mockery of the original story which was enjoyed worldwide. Guillermo del Toro did not deserve that. The same goes for Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. In the end, I have no idea why I took the time to write all of this. I was originally trying to find ideas for a dialectical journal in AP Language and I guess I got a bit distracted.

Disgusting in every way. This movie looks as if everyone is high. The way the movie was done was terrible. The actors are terrible. The writing is terrible. It's so overdone and rushed, I do not recommend this movie.

Oh gosh golly. It seems as if there was this ONE actor, not even a producer, who loved Death Note and encouraged the rest of the crew to make a live action movie off of it. Then everyone watches O N E E P I S O D E and is like "Okay, we've got this. We should just make it take place in America and everyone's white so that it looks more like a teen drama". Although this movie makes me believe they decided to purposely make it so that the characters are the exact opposite of how they are in the manga. This whole movie should be rated a one star with all the reviews put together. This movie reminds me of the people out there who believe that they know everything about an anime but then they make this. This absolute garbage.

I really liked this movie, watching it was very entertaining. The only thing I would say is that they rub it in a little TOO much that the leading role is a female. I get it, it's cool and d i f f e r e n t but they treat it like it's the only thing that matters. Advice: Instead of making a female lead and then deciding to make her overpowered, how about make a cool powerful character, without the thought of gender, and then LATER ON decide that it can be a female role. That will make people look at her and not have gender be the first thing that comes to mind. Female empowering characters are so much more interesting when their gender isn't exactly the main focus. As a girl, seeing this portrayal makes me feel slightly uncomfortable, and OF COURSE Brie Larson is rude enough to not let males give her constructive criticism. OKAY, even though the main character was overpowered and overdone as a female role, the movie was pretty entertaining. T H E R E .