Damsel 2024

Today I enjoyed: Damsel. Damsel is a Netflix Original, that was appear aloof a few canicule ago. Starring a able casting with Millie Bobby Brown, Robin Wright, Angela Bassett and the articulation of Shohreh Aghdashloo it follows the adventure of Elodie. I am not activity to blemish the artifice for you, but I bet you can apprehend best developments, baby reader. Overall I accept alloyed feelings. The adventure is annihilation new, best elements are able-bodied accepted for this affectionate of movie. Some decisions of characters (including the dragon) feel dumb, and sometimes our capital actualization gets actual lucky, so the blow of the artifice can happen. The CGI ranges from poor to appealing good, poor added in the begging, with huge landscapes and castles, but later, back the dragon makes an appearance, it looks appealing decent. But I was watching on a rather baby awning and Netflix is backbreaking me with characterless affection for some time now. So booty my beheld appraisement with a atom of salt. Now one affair I will say about the dragon: It has an absorbing circuit to it. For one thing, bisected of the time, we do not absolutely see it and alone apprehend Shohreh Aghdashloo's deep, abrasion voice, bringing it to life. And back we absolutely see the dragon, it has a slight abhorrence blow if you will. It looks like a amalgam amid your boilerplate majestic and broadly admired dragon and article added aphotic and slimy. A muskrat comes to mind. I admired that (sort of). One acknowledgment appear the title: While it is acutely a comedy the able-bodied accepted 'Damsel in distress' and acutely Elodie fights instead of defective to be rescued, she screams a lot and absolutely seems in ache bisected of the film. Until she aback becomes the hero and alone fights the dragon. It is a bit abundant and adamantine to believe. This is in all bluntness an boilerplate movie. It is neither abhorrent nor great. If you are in the affection for some imagery, gold and jewels, dragons, princesses, and a few swords, again go for it. There are worse means to absorb almost 109 minutes. But there are additionally bigger ways. _Originally acquaint on my blog:

Damsel suffers from the aforementioned issues that affliction movies of this kind, and no, I'm not talking about the "woke agenda" or "muh diversity". I'm talking about bad writing. Too abundant about-face "show, don't tell" and too abounding apish scenes and one-liners. The CGI is good, the apparel and set designs are good, the all-embracing artifice is good, but the autograph falters often. I get that this is a PG-13 cine but boyish admirers aren't this dumb. Give them bigger writing. Maybe if we amusement the adolescent bearing like they accept some intelligence, they'll alpha acting like it. The end aftereffect is a cine that wastes its brilliant ability and the accomplishment of all involved. VAGUE SPOILERS AHEAD: 1. I get they were aggravating to do anxiety with the aperture scene, but it broke the "reveal". The birds were a nice blood-tingling arena that fell collapsed by us already actuality apparent the antagonist. 2. The "V" aberration was aloof too silly. Elodie should accept begin the _evidance_ and had her own amoebic "Tis a lie!" reaction. 3. It would accept been nice to see Elodie apply a brand at some point afore they larboard their kingdom, alike if it was aloof her accretion one in her addition arena "for wolves" or some excuse. Take some hints from Brave (2012)'s Merida in the approaching for arrant out loud. 4. Sister's acknowledgment to stepmother's affair acquainted forced. 5. Stepmother's cut should accept been a ache and she should accept been in worse appearance aback she begin Elodie. That arena additionally bare some assignment to accomplish it beneath unbelievable. Like conceivably accept Elodie accomplish it aback to the address and acquisition stepmother abominably injured. Time skips are a affair that happens, y'know? 6. Father's affidavit could accept been bigger written. Easily they could've had alcazar guards adumbration him to betoken he'd been threatened and again adapted his accomplishment attempt. Why? Because he is never apparent to be apathetic to the needs or animosity of his daughters. Their ancestors actuality threatened would've fabricated added faculty than "well I anticipation the cede was account it for the acceptable of 'OUR' people". Why they had him say "my" is anyone's guess. 7. Beneath aloof one-liners and beneath aloof "No! <*thrusts brand into ground*" moments. We've apparent it abundant times and it's aloof absolutely arid and apish at this point.

"Damsel attempts to bear a account of empowerment and chance aural the affluent fantasy brand but finds itself circuitous in the ropes of adequation and absent opportunities for added anecdotal innovation. Despite its shortcomings, the blur shines through its abstruse prowess, from visually beauteous furnishings to immersive world-building, and is anchored by Millie Bobby Brown’s acute advance performance. While it may not redefine its brand or leave an enduring mark on the history of cinema, it’s a affable home examination with moments of 18-carat agreeableness and resilience." Rating: B-

I absolutely DISAGREE with the aboriginal analysis by thorian93. Yes, it is a simple storyline. Typical if you charge say but it is a adventure that is NOT complicated and adamantine to understand. The adventure is not circuitous that you charge to affix the dots from past, approaching and the now affectionate of movie. It's simple but super. CGI is amazing abnormally the dragon. Eat your affection out thorian93! This is by far the best cine that I've watched this ages of March.

**Movie Review: Damsel (2024)** **Plot Overview:** "Damsel" is a fantasy blur that subverts the archetypal 'damsel in distress' trope. Set in a medieval world, it follows Elodie, played by Millie Bobby Brown, who is tricked into a alliance with a prince alone to acquisition out she's to be sacrificed to a dragon as allotment of a centuries-old pact. The blur takes a about-face from bogie account to adaptation as Elodie uses her wit and assets to escape her fate. **Themes:** The blur explores capacity of self-reliance, empowerment, and the abolishment of acceptable gender roles. It challenges the anecdotal of the acquiescent changeable character, presenting a charlatan who is able and resourceful. **Character Development:** Elodie's appearance arc is axial to the film's impact. She evolves from a adolescent woman accommodated to her fate to a angry survivor, angry not aloof for herself but for the approaching of her people. The acknowledging characters, including the prince and the queen, add abyss to the story, anniversary absolute their own motives and complexities. **Director's Style:** Juan Carlos Fresnadillo directs with a bright vision, aggregate activity with fantasy elements. His use of allegory settings – from the albino apple to the abundant aristocratic cloister – adds to the film's beheld appeal. **Performances:** Millie Bobby Brown delivers a able performance, capturing Elodie's transformation convincingly. The acknowledging cast, including Ray Winstone and Robin Wright, accommodate solid performances, admitting Angela Bassett's aptitude is acclaimed as underused. **Technical Aspects:** The blur boasts absorbing assembly architecture and costumes, creating a visually beauteous medieval world. However, some reviews criticize the CGI as cheap-looking and the activity sequences as repetitive. **Strengths and Weaknesses:** Strengths accommodate the film's able advance performance, avant-garde plot, and admirable set pieces. Weaknesses lie in the calligraphy and some performances that abort to engage, forth with abstruse aspects that could accept been accomplished better. **Recommendation:** "Damsel" is a blur that offers a beginning booty on the fantasy genre. While it has its flaws, the film's strengths accomplish it account watching for those absorbed in a avant-garde aberration on archetypal bogie tales. In conclusion, "Damsel" is a adventurous attack to redefine a brand steeped in tradition. It's a blur that will bell with audiences attractive for able changeable leads and a adventure that champions alone bureau over destiny. Despite its shortcomings, "Damsel" is a admirable accession to the fantasy brand and is recommended for its different angle and agreeable storyline.

A disappointment.

Overall this blur was aloof meh. The cgi was good, but the autograph appealing abundant broke this blur for me, it was aloof so arid and so predictable. The chat acquainted actual scripted and aloof did not convince, As others accept acicular out as well, [SPOILER] our babe runs about agreeable for the aboriginal allotment of the blur and again aback turns into a warrior. Watch this if you don't affliction about the chat or adventure and appetite a dragon, acceptable cgi and appealing landscapes I guess.

Moronic, misandry, apperception numbing. The three M's of awfulness that is Damsel. No bulk of affection acting, can save this Damsel in distress.

Although far from a masterpiece this is a simple, aboveboard and absorbing fantasy movie. The adventure is anticipated to say the atomic but I do not absolutely care. I rather accept a good, solid but anticipated adventure than one abounding with the accepted casuistic twists that the Hollywood hacks are so acceptable at advancing up with. Fantasy is about magic, absurd creatures and appropriately about appropriate effects. This cine is appealing solid in that area. The appropriate furnishings are all-embracing good, not absurd but good. Occasionally the dragon blaze looked a wee bit wonky but all-embracing they were fine. The cine moves at a appropriate pace. Not too fast and not too slow. The adventure and the accomplished is appear at a bulk and in a way that makes things fit calm nicely. The capital advocate is absolutely appropriate as well. The appropriate bulk of agitation and cluelessness at the alpha which gradually turns into a able and adventurous heroin gluttonous revenge. It is additionally a adventure with a blessed catastrophe which I like. Able-bodied not for the angry queen of advance but you cannot amuse everyone. So, this was a affable abruptness from Netflix. Their assembly has been a bit asperous to say the atomic but I assumption the calendar pushers did not get their besmeared easily on this one.