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Reviews
Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
As good as I expected, then the film gave more.
This is a great film and a pleasure to watch if you don't come up with a way of comparing this film to others. Enjoy what it is. It's a little sad not being able to watch this in the cinema, but I hope everything is fine after this. This is the right film to watch in this time of the pandemic to spread a new sense of positivity in today's day.
Visually this film is very astonishing. The animations are great and very detailed. From what I found in the film, the filmmaker is very thorough in creating the background story which is inspired by Southeast Asia. Lots of references that can be found if you were born and lived in Southeast Asia. But people from other regions can still enjoy and understand this film (although Southeast Asia naming might be difficult to pronounce by the native English tongue).
I was a little skeptical of the story at first. The story starts off rather weakly, but the film picks up a fast pace in the middle. And the ending is very good and can cover the weaknesses of the story at the beginning.
It's a bit unfortunate that this film can't explain everything in the story, the film has a lot to explore. I guess this is the type of film that should have 3 hours of screen time. but I think the filmmakers are still doing a great job covering the most important things.
Pendekar Tongkat Emas (2014)
Maybe a bit boring for some people but it delivers.
This is one of Indonesian action film that I can enjoy beside The Raid II Berandal. But not like The Raid, the story a bit slow. I think for this kind of film it's necessary.
The action scenes suprisingly has good choreography and camera work, even if almost all actors and actresses aren't from martial artist background (except the kid I guess, that kid definitely a martial artist, he is that good).
Acting is believable and can give you real understanding about what the story is. This film is enjoyable enough to watch.