My negative comments about the animated Batman: The Killing Joke and Justice League Dark were definitely affected by my lack of love for animation, but mostly because the animation was ugly, and the stories weak. My comments on the animated stories within A Monster Calls were positively glowing, so I guess it isn’t animation overall I don’t get into, though that’s my biggest complaint. Another complaint is that I don’t feel that animated stuff is much more than fanservice once it goes beyond the child demographic.
Tag: Coming of Age
Movie Review: WHEN ANIMALS DREAM
I’m quite fond of foreign language horror movies. Mostly, they haven’t succumbed to the slick move toward PG-13 irrelevance, which isn’t to say an R (or 18) rated movie is full of blood and guts and everything that’s superficial about the genre. No, I’m mostly talking about the fact that character-driven stories are the keys to good horror. I know, I know, many people are all about the serial murders of a youthful cast within 120 minutes. Whatever floats your boat, I won’t judge. Especially because my own character-driven snobbery doesn’t necessarily produce great movies either.