"Are you trying to break my heart, child?"
So what if I told you Disney's new animated movie is about the problems with monarchy and dictatorships and the benefits of democracy? Because it's definitely not, not about that! There's also parallels to voting, and not meeting your idols, that make this a lot more interesting than you might expect. Some of the story points feel like they needed to be a little more thought-out. But when you're telling a story…
"You don't kill people for a job!"
Apparently this is the highest grossing Norwegian film ever made, and honestly I can see why! It's quite good! This reminded me of Just Another Love Story which I watched earlier this month, in that it is super unconventional and super twisty (in a mostly good way) it's like these filmmakers were like, "Nordic noir? It's gotta get super crazy right?" There were a couple twists and turns in this that I thought…
"You can say gibberish dialogue with great conviction."
Cute and totally fine, but a little too simple and light. Basically a Netflix special that is in the style of, but lesser in pretty much every way than a youtube video.
"I was never here!"
Okay this is short and silly, but I LOVED it! The Doctor is back, baby (in more ways than one!)
I don't think I fully "got it," but I really, really dug it.
How come other countries can do animated features for adults, and when America tries it we just get Sausage Party?
"I ate a baby there!"
Some things don't change much over time and that's exactly the way people like it. As far as tone and intent Invader Zim hasn't changed at all and fans are going to love that. The major change here is the art direction and design, and that's all greatly improved!
I'm not even a huge fan of this series and I was pretty into this: Some of the jokes are really great, there's some animation surprises throughout, and I never thought I'd say this but, I think I'd even watch another Invader Zim series if it continued from here!
