Adric Waibel

Absolutely beautiful. The particular flavors of horror and sadness covered in the film are tough to understand without some experience with it so it clearly tries to explain then through visuals and metaphor but I feel like they are few of those rare things that can’t really be understood but only experienced. I commend the filmmakers for trying. It’s a beautiful movie none the less.

First half to 3/4 of the movie is a good mystery/fantasy film loosely based on Irish/Celtic folklore. The rest is just eh. I’d say it’s a decent spooky story to put on for pre-teens.

Outstanding story. It’s bleak, depressing, and wonderfully nonsensical but follows it’s own rules very much in the way those old folk tales the events of the story are based on can be. It can feel a bit long, or even pointless however (without spoiling anything) that feeling of pointlessness is the point. This one makes the list of movies that I’m a big fan of that I have no desire to see more than once. All that said, it’s very niche in its plot, use of narrative choices, themes, and over all tone. It also suffers from poor marketing being promoted as though it is a fantasy action film rather than a medieval campfire horror story. It’s not flawless, and sometimes I think this movie was made with a single audience member in mind.

Inconsistent logic, unlikeable characters, jokes are all stolen from other films that did them better, it’s clearly trying to teach some kind of a lesson but does a poor job. That said, it is kinda fun in places.

Good movie with funny points. I have a relative who was married for many years and has had children before he came out as gay when he was nearly retired and insofar as treating the societal issues as well as the family devastation is a bit harder to watch in a comedic light. It’s certainly respectful of such situation but it’s also a little too…sweet given the subject and the themes. It treats some of the truly horrific bigotry (the main character going forward with a wedding in order to keep his job) was treated as mild shenanigans (it really isn’t IRL). They also really hammered on the homophobic stereotypes as a laugh which can be done well (I.E The Birdcage). But it seems to be TRYING to treat gay people as people but not necessarily succeeding at all times.

Had a lot of interesting potential but it was over-all unsatisfying. Solid spooky movie for high schoolers but I wouldn’t recommend it for any seasoned horror fan. I don’t regret having watched it. It’s certainly not a trash movie but it’s I particularly good or insightful.

A heavy handed metaphor for unresolved trauma and the collateral damage of that trauma and addiction. The message of the film is very clear and in no way subtle… And it doesn’t have to be. Anne Hathaway and Jason Sudeikis absolutely own their roles in this quirky film. The twists in the film may not make sense to some but for anyone who spent time on the alcohol industry or has spent time as an addict themselves would know that though it doesn’t make sense, it’s accurate just the same. Good soundtrack, very funny in the places it needs to be, outstanding performances by the supporting roles, and the visual effects are pretty good for their time.

It’s a fun movie! It doesn’t fall into the trap that other videogame-to-film movies do by adding unnecessary lore to pas run time nor does it mess around trying to pack too much lore into the film either. The film is self aware without falling into current meta tropes. It’s simple fun and cute.