shubhamm-79684's reviews

This is a beautiful story of a robot that missed its intended destination and found itself on a journey of finding greater meaning.

Each of us went to school, learned as much as we could - relatively unbeknownst of where or how we would apply what we've learned - and someday we were challenged to use our perceptions and capabilities to contribute to our world, whatever imperfect world we were put into and communities we chose to define. Our journeys were never linear and we often found ourselves contributing adapting in directions and magnitudes we were once incapable of fathoming.

This robot was designed to shoot for the metaphorical moon and this story is a journey about the gap between missing that moon and landing amongst the stars.

While the rendition may be predictable and takes numerous shots at appealing to the audience's emotions, it compromises no charm and does successfully hit us right in the feels - over and over again. It sends powerful messages of unity, where what brings us together is greater than what divides us, of healthy self-skepticism and adaptability, and even of parenthood and perseverance. In my view, it's predominantly a gentle, pure-hearted, and yet powerful reminder that our lives are not set in stone and that we can all do more than we think we can do, if we simply open ourselves up to it.

Dreamworks outdoes itself again with spectacular and intricate storytelling, colourful and vibrant animation and soundtracks, captivating dialogue and charming humour, believable characterizations and humanizations, and perfect voice casting and actors.

This is probably the best movie of the year, animated or otherwise. Needless to say further, definitely give this one a watch!

I have to admit, Marvel is just full of geniuses.

So we're in a setting where we have roughly a dozen superheroes so maybe you fear the lack of character development, insufficient movement on the plot, or perhaps you just suspect a very thin plot. Free yourselves from those perceptions and rest assured that Marvel knows what it is doing:

Instead of trying to significantly build on their massive number of heroes, it almost seems to focus more on the villain, Thanos, who I believe gets the most amount of screen time in this movie. I personally found this brilliant because it doesn't over-complicate the story of any one single hero and eliminates some sense of superficiality we would often otherwise get. Each relationship between the protagonists seems believable and too much time isn't spent on a single particular protagonist. Shifting the balance to the development of the antagonist enables a great flow to the movie, both in terms of character and plot development, and it does this so seamlessly.

So prepare yourself for there is humble and perfect amount of comedy; there is action so spectacularly executed that it supersedes my imagination; there's love, loss, and even just a little heartbreak. It's truly one of the greatest roller coaster's I've been in my life.

Don't go into it being overly critical and keep in open mind. Also yes, they will always continue to encourage you to spend more money with this franchise; but, you know what? - I will be more than happy to keep spending it and I think you will be too. :)

Congrats on another fantastic addition to the franchise! (y)

While I have never written a review before, I felt incredibly compelled to do so after watching the most recent episode (15) as this has quickly rose to the top of my list of the dozens of animes I have watched.

Darling in the FranXX excels and drawing out an incredible variety of emotions; it has the thrill of an awesome shonen/action series, characters each with unique (often relatable) personalities and surprisingly interesting backstories, the occasional set of humour, a beautiful combination of music, art, and animation, but most importantly a magnificent ability to tell an incredible romantic story between the two primary protagonists.

You will feel excited and frustrated, exhilarated and saddened; you will laugh and you may cry, both tears of sadness and joy; and, the more you watch, the more you will find the need to watch. It does what I have never seen any other animes do - it brings together those that watch shonens/action shows with those that watch rom-coms/slice of life animes and it seems to do it effortlessly.

Although the value of each episode may fluctuate throughout the series, stay patient as each episode is still significant and the creators excel at bringing them all together. You may first find it overly eerie but this is done purposefully and it truly makes the moments that bring you joy also possibly bring you to tears.

You may have questionable feelings as you begin to watch this series but put those feelings to rest and watch this anime as I cannot even fathom how you would regret it. This is a must-watch if there ever was one. It's pure magic.