03-22-2016, 11:47 PM
This could have used some judicious trimming throughout. It got just a bit too lingerish and wanderish in places, little eddies in the screaming rapids that spans two hours.
But having said that, I'm fully aboard with DM's review. I had this in my streaming cue for quite a while, had forgotten it was a Sion Sono flick, and had somehow missed or forgotten about DM's review. So I cranked it up expecting junk.
At first I thought that's what it was, because I hate rap. I just don't get it. It took me a few minutes to sink into it. My goodness, Sono is so inventive, so full of energy, and those long scenes are so complex, full of movement, and so many individuals are rapping (something you'll never see out of Hollywood, where speaking parts are kept to a bare minimum to keep costs down). Pretty soon my feet were atwitchin' to the beat and it was like, holy shit, some Japanese guy just explained rap to me? Very comic-bookish, superheroish, and I was totally immersed.
Not a perfect film, as it gets needlessly sloppy in a few places. But still, so many great scenes, beyond count, and I give it a rare 5 -- the first in a very long while.
Even rarer, I have a strong urge to watch it all again.
But having said that, I'm fully aboard with DM's review. I had this in my streaming cue for quite a while, had forgotten it was a Sion Sono flick, and had somehow missed or forgotten about DM's review. So I cranked it up expecting junk.
At first I thought that's what it was, because I hate rap. I just don't get it. It took me a few minutes to sink into it. My goodness, Sono is so inventive, so full of energy, and those long scenes are so complex, full of movement, and so many individuals are rapping (something you'll never see out of Hollywood, where speaking parts are kept to a bare minimum to keep costs down). Pretty soon my feet were atwitchin' to the beat and it was like, holy shit, some Japanese guy just explained rap to me? Very comic-bookish, superheroish, and I was totally immersed.
Not a perfect film, as it gets needlessly sloppy in a few places. But still, so many great scenes, beyond count, and I give it a rare 5 -- the first in a very long while.
Even rarer, I have a strong urge to watch it all again.