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Technotise - Edit i ja (2009)
Decent First Serbian Animated Film
Why do I call this film the first? Isn't "Film Noir" from 2007 the first? Well, in this film, they speak in native Serbian, and almost all the background texts are written in Serbian. In contrast, "Film Noir" was in American co-production and didn't have any Serbian elements, except for the crew who worked on it.
This film couldn't have had a better cast, who did a completely decent job, considering that this time they weren't dubbing some foreign cartoon, but were working on an original project from their homeland.
AND NOW TO THE MOST IMPORTANT ELEMENT OF THIS FILM: ANIMATION
The animation style reminds me a lot of Marvel's "What If...?", except it is a hundred times worse in quality. The animation simply can't be compared to Hollywood standards, as it was made in small Serbia, with a modest budget of just under a million euros.
That amount of money only leads me to note that my two sharp eyes spotted over 50 animation errors during my first viewing, which is completely absurd given that three people were responsible for the final check and correction of the animation, to whom I would gladly give a boot from my studio. Instead of the animation being the dominant aspect of this film, it only embarrassed itself along with poor editing in some action scenes. It seemed to me that in every frame they cut the effort and budget by 50% from the maximum potential of the animation. Some backgrounds and textures were phenomenal, while others just fit okay into the scene.
The 3D renders are excellently designed but very poorly animated, especially when throwing a tool or object like those tablets or a peasant throwing a rake, as if gravity from Mars was in play.
The story is complex, but at a moderate level of understanding, making it interesting. The script and story were a big win for this film because without them, this film would be a failure in all aspects. There were also many pop culture references, such as a Serbian peasant shouting "I'll call the kids", and Sloboda Milosevic... The humor was solid, with a few laughs here and there, but not overly emphasized.
The beginning of the film was done correctly, introducing us to the characters, the appearance of the world and community, and a gradual introduction to the mystery, while everything starts to heat up at halftime. As for the design of the world and the appearance of Belgrade 2077, there were many creative and interesting concepts of the future, a lot of famous buildings in Belgrade were shown in a modernized or untouched state. I particularly liked how people buy burek in a small bakery like a kiosk, flying cars, buses, an anti-gravity club where they drink floating drinks, that hoverboard sport, the installation of illegal chips...
I think that cyberpunk world wasn't utilized to its fullest potential (considering I didn't see any laser guns), but given that the action is set in Serbia, probably in that time technology would be lagging compared to other countries, so I have no complaints here.
If the story hadn't fascinated me as much as it did, but not on a 10/10 level, I would give this film a 6 or maybe even a 5, because they really embarrassed themselves with the animation, editing, and mistakes on an unforgivable level. It's evident that Serbia is still inexperienced in the field of animation and is about 80 years behind America.
Kung Fu Panda 4 (2024)
Junk Fu Panda 4 Kids
The first thing I worried about this movie was that they didn't spoil the plot much in the trailers, so to some extent, certainly the movie wasn't anything special. They could have done it like Megamind 2, to have the film only for streaming platforms because it is quite mid, but we are talking about Kung Fu Panda which is famous and has a wide audience and fans, which is why they cleverly used this film as a big cash grab. So we were manipulated with Tai Lung, who had 4 sentences and so much of him, I thought he would have more importance in the story. And as for the other villains, they haven't spoken a single word, like a Chameleon had got there tongues, they were totally cheap on the budget and even eliminated the furious five because you have to give money to the actors, right? As far as the film is concerned, it is nothing special, it had a few good jokes, very powerful sentences and that's it, it had a fair lesson but it is not as dominant as the previous trilogy. Plotwist surprised me for real, and also this movie didn't surprise me as a total failure. Good luck with part 5 and 6, which I won't watch, that's why I'm giving a rating of 5 for encouragement.
Solista (1963)
DIGNIFIED FIRST SERBIAN ANIMATED FILM
This animated short film is one of the first more serious cartoons produced in Serbia, a country not as developed in animation as Croatia.
Considering its release in the initial DVD edition of "Serbian Animated Film," it stands out among the other 16 pioneering cartoons in the collection, with a special mention to "Pionir i Dvojka."
The animation, a crucial element in any cartoon, is peculiar, fragmented and choppy. Some parts are good, while in others, it seems as if the entire budget was cut or the same animation was reused. Nevertheless, a decent quality is maintained throughout the film.
As for the story, it's somewhat similar to the animation-having its ups and downs but nothing extraordinary. The main goal of the protagonist is well portrayed, and some jokes work well, like bad playing causing a man across the street to literally drag an entire building to block annoying sounds. Also, when the guard confuses a real trumpeter with a fake one and throws him out.
The concert scene is quite confusing, especially at the beginning. In some parts, it feels like something is missing. For example, it doesn't show how the soloist ended up in the tuba-perhaps frightened by stage fright or launched by a cello string, which wasn't showned.
Throughout the concert, more humorous sketches could have been added, but I enjoyed moments like the bow turning into a saw and the drummer taking a lunch break from his drum.
The best thing about this cartoon is the music, as the title suggests. The jazz genre breathes life into the narrative and movements. However, the music is poorly synchronized with the animation in some parts.
All in all, considering it's the first Serbian cartoon lasting longer than 5 minutes, for the year 1963 (when short animation was already established in the West), this is a quite decent and dignified animated film.
Five Nights at Freddy's (2023)
Quite disappointing, but it has some EPIC moments
I've been waiting for this movie to come out since the sixth grade, when they announced it. Did it live up to expectations, well sort of. It had its epic and fun moments, such as the opening scene where the intro was done in pixel art like in minigames, hoe the set was built and the entire pizzeria complex, animatronics, YouTuber cameos, fnaf song in the credits... details that met the expectations of fans. Also, for the first time, a complete story was put together, to explain a bit of the lore of the game franchise, which is a big plus for this film, but somehow the story didn't go deep enough. It could've been more building up and raising the intense of the story, until the final act.
As for the final battle, it was good, but somewhat disappointing. Instead of it being the main act, which in my opinion should have lasted much longer, they cut it as if it was irrelevant. Wasn't Afton supposed to destroy all the animatronics with the ax and be scared to death by the unleashed ghosts of children to bring him to his doom. Likewise, in the game in the seventh night, the night guard was fired because of the damage caused in the restaurant. Also, Freddy, who is the main star of this film, has barely 2 minutes of screentime. CUPCAKE, who is the most pathetic animatronic in games, dominated more than him. But Foxy was the GOAT, there's no arguing about that. In my opinion, the film as a whole is ok, but it could have been done a lot better, that's why I was a little disappointed. And why didn't Markiplayer appeared. Also, the jumpschers in this film are generally not scary, except for BallonBoy, who is just a toy.
Mali Budo (2014)
Little Hwo? How Little??
... AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MOVIE I THOUGHT THAT THAT SOCCER PLAYER WAS LITTLE BUDO (I don't watch the trailers). BUT AFTER 10 MINUTES WHEN HE DIED IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT, I WAS SHOCKED (OMG) HOW THE MOVIE WILL LAST WITHOUT LITTLE BUDO, AND THEN IT TURNED OUT THAT ACTUALLY THAT OTHER TOTALLY IRRELEVANT DUDE IS LITTLE BUDO. FIRST OF ALL, "LITTLE", WHAT IS LITTLE (PLAYED BY A 45-YEAR-OLD GUY), AND SECONDLY THIS IS THE WORST MAIN CHARACTER I'VE EVER SEEN. HE HAS NO CHARACTERISTICS AND THAT DOESN'T SET HIM OUT FROM THE OTHER CHARACTERS WHO ARE JUST AS DESPERATE AS HIM. LIKE I SAID, IF IT HAS TWO FUNNY JOKES, IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE MOVIE IS GOOD, PERIOD.
Morbius (2022)
Its Morbing all over and over
Finally, I get to watch this masterpiece, or to put it simply, the renaissance of cinematographic art, or in English, the best film of all time. I simply also have no words to describe the validity and awesomeness of this film, just as this film has no end. Not literally, this film has no end, no end to its awesomenes and genius. The screenwriters left us with no end in principle, so that we would be speechless (which happened to me too), forever trapped in the abyss of the time continuum in the endless temptation of this film, until we become one with it, until we become "MORBIUS"!! ! This movie is a typical example of CINEMA, which doesn't need a sequel to satisfy our hunger for more viewing of new scenes. And I liked the song that says "have s*x" the most. It's just another added bonus in the level of positivity and genius of this movie, because right now I'm going to have s*x.
Indigo Kristal (2023)
When I say mooood indigooooo
The film correctly presented the concept of degeneration in its content. Everything went smoothly without any illogicality or distractions, but this film is quite limited due to such a subject. Literally halfway through the movie I wanted to close my eyes and sleep through it (to be honest). Fortunately, the cigars, tobacco, and smoking had so much screen time (more than the characters themselves) that they managed to simulate their stench to my nose to keep me awake. This film disfigured "South Wind" and "Usekovanje" as far as smoking is concerned, because 10 cigars were lit per minute and again kids watched this movie...
I liked the plot and the final battle that brought everyone to the brink of destruction and the line that you will not be a slave to anyone else but your own destiny.
To be commended, they had a wide range of quality music that I haven't seen in Serbian films for a long time. For example, in Vera, the same melody is repeated 45 times throughout the film. All in all, this movie was made by the same studio that worked on South Wind, so I don't change the fact that this movie seems like a bad copy of the first season of the series. I don't know what else to say about this movie, I'm just sorry that Bacha ended up like that.
Munje: opet! (2023)
Never a stronger return but AGAIN not at the level of quality
I waited 20 years for this movie, but was the wait worth it? Well, to some extent, although it could have ended much better, it still picked up the low-quality side from the first part, which is 10 times worse for me compared to this master-piece.
In addition to a lot of elements of illogicality, the collapse of the system in the climax, irrelevant characters, this film was included with a more interesting story and funny jokes. The most expected of long-awaited sequels are references from the first movie, which this sequel had tons of. They weren't forced and they fit perfectly in every scene, even the joke with Azdaja slipped through, which I noticed as a hardcore fan.
What I cannot leave out of mention as praise is the very beginning of this film. Everything went so smooth and awesome. Very good effects, music, introduction to the story and where it led, funny jokes that were plenty... Everything went perfectly, right up to entering the club and meeting Goyko again. From that moment everything falls into the water in the hope that I will leave the cinema satisfied, but again in the second half I almost got tired and almost give up of my perfect Munje experience. Just when they made some drug addict formula, "Kisic Lipsic" (LOTION for the mouth), everything becomes totally UNCLEAR to me. What was the purpose and impact or side effect of that LOTION, except that everyone was eating it like green beans in the form of a drug. From that moment on, everything about the quality of this film crumbles for me and I painfully watch how this turns into a mediocrity that was followed to the very end. Returned home from Vienna, got off the bus and that was it, without any significant win nor achievement nor lesson.
It's all fine and dandy to me, but it will never be clear to me how in these 20 years they didn't listen to the tape, which they chased till the very end of this film, and realized that they were scamed. It's crazy, but I'll let the screenwriters slip througt my fingers on this one.
As for the actors, they did an excellent job, some of them didn't have enough screen time to dominate, and some simply didn't have an important character to play. Like Dragan Marinkovic, who tried his best to be funny, but his poorly written character didn't allow it. He was in the shoes of a totally unlikeable and low-quality villain who was not funny at all. Also a lot of irrelevant characters, like Lola, who just appeared, did a striptease, without any important nostalgic interactions with the main characters. Likewise Razredna, which didn't make me laugh even once, and Narcotic Kristijan Golubovic, which had NO crucial impact on the story or the audience, but they still got the post-credits scene, which is total garbage. You could literally throw out all the characters, except for the three main ones, and the ending would remain unchanged.
And now a little about the main characters. Sergej Jesenin in the role of Pop totally dominated. He was influential right from the start including the humor and I wouldn't hold anything against him. But AGAIN there is Mare who turned out to be a total loser in the position of the main character, which he should be. So from my point of view, this movie had an empty main character spot. I almost forgot Chemists, who were irrelevant from the very beginning, until the very end. So irrelevant that I LITERALLY forgot they existed in the SERBIAN FILM cinematic universe. And Gojko... turned out to be such a SISA in the end!!! At the very beginning he had a very good build, the heroes were getting closer and closer to him and he was a serious threat as a villain, but after the introduction of LOTION, he breaks apart and is replaced by a totally inadequate villain. And until the very end of the film, he almost didn't do anything important, except that he made a truce with his 2 friends, and at the very end, he didn't have any epilogue about the continuation of his career, just like this film.
Oh yes, funny jokes.. Bro... there were a lot of them, and they were funny (of which I counted 47 in total). And they piled up nicely all the way to the LOTION part. Well, that LOSION again, bro LOSION is the real villain here, and his plan didn't failed, he totally ruined this movie.
If the film had invested at least another month of work on the script, it could have easily reached score 7 and disfigured the first part in terms of quality. But AGAIN, after LOTION, I'm absolutely convinced that the screenwriters didn't give a duck. So let's stick to the flat bowl with the round line, because probably without using 2% of your brain cells, you'll be able to watch this movie endlessly and it won't bore you out, at least not until the second half. After 20 years of waiting, I wasn't as disappointed as I expected, and I wasn't very excited either, at least not after the second half.
Usekovanje (2022)
How much is the bill to cure this nation?
The film "Uskeovanje" is a movie that spiritually gave me the strength to stop believing in new Serbian films. In general, "Usekovanje" is a film that exists and cannot be erased from history, but it can be erased from human brains, because the film is at an extreme level of flatness and forgettable. This movie is so flat, like that line on the machine when the patient's heart stops beating. The characters are sickeningly boring, and they spread that boredom throughout the film like some kind of virus, Corona virus... Every member at the table has some problem, which no body goves a carrot to get attached to, especially not the audience, because they are all empty with a backstory and they are not developed during the film, not even the main character. An exception is an Indianac whose backstory was mentioned during the conversation at the table, and after 3 years of addiction treatment he returned to be put in an unpleasant cage with his ex-wife. Simply unoriginal, pathetic and uninteresting. The film is transparent in every possible aspect, you can even see through the window the laziness of one screenwriter that he cannot get up from the heated chair to pop more popcorn in order to continue watching the movie "The Room" for an even better experience. Overall, this movie looks like someone took and filmed the most boring slava in history. Bro, the footage from my 4th birthday blowing out the candles is more interesting than this failed attempt for the film. I'm just sorry St. Jovan, who is watching and crying from the heavens, what kind of addicting movie they made, which is named after his slava. It should have been called "Drugs on an Average Slava day". I am most honestly worried about our country people, because this film won 5 awards and people gave 10s for this film. But Mix, you don't understand the essence of this film, Bogdan's dilemmas in life, how he takes drugs and connections with aliens... Everything is clear to me, especially that this film is a mprel to the last limit of reality, I will even say that this film is worse than "Munje!" Sooo STHU!!! There was only one scene that gave me chills a little with discomfort, and that was the last scene, when all the emotions came out. As for the acting, only in that scene was slightly better than the rest of the content, because this boring film limited them with boring actions and did not require any effort from them in acting (Except for the older brother, who left the big fard in toilet from his straining effort from acting). Did the movie have any point or lesson, yes, but I think it's more worthwhile for me to tell you about it in one sentence than to waste 2 hours of your precious time on this garbage, which reads: "Don't do drugs, believe in yourself, respect others and your family, and if you have a problem, feel free to speak with them, don't be shy". Raiting 2 for 2 hours of wasted time. The biggest problem this movie has, in addition to everything else mentioned above, is the duration. Before this film, the director filmed short films that lasted about 20 minutes, which does not distinguish him from this "long" film, because it could have lasted half an hour, more than the average. There are loads of unnecessary fillers, unnecessary scenes, characters, chapters, lighting, frames... Speaking of this dude, we must also mention the cringe shots and quite a bit of mid direction. The man let the movie languish in boredom, and as far as sad camera moves go, this movie had more zooms than a single tense scene in an Indian series. So let's continue with the nonsensical chapters, which I think are the most painful thing about this film when it is shown on the screen. The chapter is "We all grow old ugly", they talk about some nonsense at the table and some character matches his sentence with the title of the chapter and says: "We all grow old ugly" and that's all... This film needs to learn somethings from film "Ekipa", which did a job 10 times better in terms of chapters compared to this morbid film. Music is also cringe. Pleasant to the ears, but not pleasant when they repeat the same melody 50 times in one movie. How did they make it? They paid some violinist at Knez Mihailova to play them a tune for 30 euros, or they downloaded that clip from YouTube. Basically that's it, I can't write anymore about why this movie is as bad and stale as the noodles I ate while watching this movie. Btw, I didn't know this movie was set in the same universe as "When I Grow Up I'll Be a Kangaroo" XD.
Porno prica (2022)
MASTER-PIECE THAT CAN BE COMPARED TO SERBIAN FILM
This is a stupid movie that works, and that's why it's a MASTER-PIECE. Many movies fail when they try to make a stupid movies like "Zduhach" and "Tockovi". However, this film delivered a sufficient amount of humor, bizarreness, quality story and CRINGE, packed into "COMPLET". Concepts that appear in almost 90% of Serbian films, without being previously indicated, are sex and nudity. This film used that trump card in "its title" and thereby hinted at what to expect (SPOILERS: The neat thing is that there is no such thing at all XD). Generally speaking, this film is ART and it is the only one that can match "The Serbian Film" in terms of quality and expectations, and if we are going to talk about it, this film is reality. The film showed through 4 main characters how people actually live and everyone wants to satisfy their needs, without even paying on Cuprija. Almost 99% of amateur videos are filmed just like in this movie, everyone runs from one corner to another like flies without a "script", until the time runs out due to bad organization and everyone falls into a hole of disappointed. As for the characters, each one is unique in its own way and well interpreted, but I have to single out one best character, and that is Stella. Every word of hers that is present in her speeches is so accurate and epic that every human being should be told that to their face. Well, another big bonus for her is that she is beautiful and smart XD. The biggest complaint in the film is the AWFUL editing, next time don't look to hire editors that you find on the local beach. Although it blends right in with amateur p*** and that's why I adore such striking details as in "Serbian Film" and that's what makes me horny and want to give it a 10/10. (SPOILERS: Speaking of details, this movie was only shot in one room 🤣🤣🤣, also the ending left us wondering if they even shot that video???)
I can count a few more complaints, and that is how the film is spread out over time. In my opinion, it was quite short and could have added a few more juicy gags in that extra half hour, but I know it's hard to come up with a funny joke, so I won't hold it against them. But then, maybe they'll redeem themselves in the SEQUEL, which might be doable, although with Zeks as the main producer, nothing is impossible. We don't know if it will be in the quality of the first part, we can only hope that they don't rush during the development of the script so that it doesn't go to waste. When I first saw this movie, I was amazed and the whole theater was buzzing with laughter from the audience. After a 4 month hiatus it's still funny including watching my mates fall into a coma in their cinema seats. A realistic rating would be 7, but my rule is that the movie has to be FUN, without an iota of boredom, which this movie didn't have.
Vera (2022)
A REAL GOOD PREQUEL TO SOUTH WIND
Quite an ok movie. The fact is that if the company decides to shoot a film based on a true story, they must be aware that they are playing with fire. This film is done quite correctly, but when it is based on a true event, there are a lot of limitations. There was very little action for a spy movie, and the spying wasn't really outlined much in the movie itself. All the time they were jumping from one location to another and constantly changing the target, which throws the film out of the circle of interest. There was so little action that they made a small parkour from one terrace to another look like jumping from 20 floors like Chuck Norris. I was also quite irritated by the music, not because it was bad (it was good because it was JAZZ), but because it was repeated all the time. One SAME melody was present in the film 5 or more times. There were a lot of dramatic and unexpected moments, and there was even one scene that almost brought me to tears, albeit occasionally. The film should drive you 200 an hour from the beginning to the end like in "The South Wind". That's why this film is a completely correct prequel to South Wind, how Sofia lived before Marash Kalash came into her life.
The Cuphead Show! (2022)
PLAY THE GAME, THIS SERIES IS BORING AND FOR KIDS...
While watching the first two seasons, I realized that this is a waste of time.
As for the good things, let me mention them first.
It really evokes nostalgia and memories regarding the time where it is based, which is a time where there is no technology. The characters use old devices, radios, play marbles, everything that will awaken the memories of the generation from the 2000s and back. As for the animation, it's not bad, it's not as good as in the game compared to the budget, and the backgrounds are really beautiful. 8/10 for animation.
And now the bad stuff.
Ultra boring. The jokes are ultra bad and would only be funny to five-year-olds. This is rated E for Everyone, but this is only for ages 3-10. As for the character design, they are between bad and good, and the music is hardly there compared to the game. There is not even any new music in the second season, they reused all music pieces from the first season. 90% of the episodes are just big FILLER with a huge amount of boredom, except for the episodes with the Devil, which are mid, and with the main bosses from the game, which are so-so.
In conclusion, if I were a producer, I would rather focus on a new project, for example a Cuphead movie that will follow the story of a video game with the same pure animation as the game, instead of this boring series that has no purpose.