This may very well be the most underrated film of this century.
I certainly noticed when this very bizarre looking George Miller film came out in theaters, but I never heard a peep about it. When it hit Amazon Prime, I knew there was a good chance it'd be a quiet gem, but it HIGHLY surpassed my expectations.
It's one of the most creative, unpredictable, and transformative big-budget movies I have seen come out in America since the turn of the century. It's full of CGI but it's all implemented so creatively and so impressively that it doesn't take anything away from the magic of the experience. Every single scene seems to take you to another bizarro world which you have never been to before. I always thought the pairing of Idris Alba and Tilda Swinton seemed kind of odd for these roles, but it really feels convincing in a highly surreal way when you are watching. Sometimes it feels a bit like a live-action version of the trippiest sequences you've ever seen in the entire history of animated films, and it not only pulls it off but does it's own thing entirely with that energy.
It's hard to say much more about this movie other than it is an astonishingly unique experience that is extremely entertaining and I would like to watch it at least ten more times. This is PRECISELY what we need more of in American cinema - visionary films bursting at the seams with creative concepts and imagery! George Miller (Mad Max, Babe: Pig In The City, etc) is somehow one of the most under-appreciated filmmaking geniuses of our lifetime. SEE THIS MOVIE.
I certainly noticed when this very bizarre looking George Miller film came out in theaters, but I never heard a peep about it. When it hit Amazon Prime, I knew there was a good chance it'd be a quiet gem, but it HIGHLY surpassed my expectations.
It's one of the most creative, unpredictable, and transformative big-budget movies I have seen come out in America since the turn of the century. It's full of CGI but it's all implemented so creatively and so impressively that it doesn't take anything away from the magic of the experience. Every single scene seems to take you to another bizarro world which you have never been to before. I always thought the pairing of Idris Alba and Tilda Swinton seemed kind of odd for these roles, but it really feels convincing in a highly surreal way when you are watching. Sometimes it feels a bit like a live-action version of the trippiest sequences you've ever seen in the entire history of animated films, and it not only pulls it off but does it's own thing entirely with that energy.
It's hard to say much more about this movie other than it is an astonishingly unique experience that is extremely entertaining and I would like to watch it at least ten more times. This is PRECISELY what we need more of in American cinema - visionary films bursting at the seams with creative concepts and imagery! George Miller (Mad Max, Babe: Pig In The City, etc) is somehow one of the most under-appreciated filmmaking geniuses of our lifetime. SEE THIS MOVIE.