#netflix damsel

[disneytrampstamp]

REALLY enjoyed Netflix’s Damsel with Millie Bobby Brown

The acting/dialogue was a bit shaky/exposition-y BUT the costuming, effects and cinematic shots were incredible??

And don’t even TALK to me about a woman being in pain and making ACTUAL in pain sounds?? None of this suffer in silence or slight grunting, this bitch was bleeding & screaming & I was rooting for her the whole way!

[keeponwatching]

The disintegration of Elodie's dress throughout her journey

[daniellekiddfilms]

Damsel coming out on International Women's Day tickles my brain the same way that spooky films being released on Halloween do.

[thenerdyindividual]

I just watched Damsel. Guys? It fucking slaps. Yes it’s a bit heavy handed at times but what can you expect for a fairytale honestly? The costumes looked great, the story was engaging, Millie Bobby Brown killed it especially considering she had to carry the whole second and third act with basically only a CGI dragon to interact with. If you were ever a teenage fantasy-loving girl, or someone who believed in their beliefs, this will call to that part of your soul. As @anarchycox put it, 12 year old me would have worn out the VHS.

[frostehburr]

Damsel Does What Disney Couldn't

I don't want to write about films or shows often because I'm not big on them. I also worried I might spill too much info while talking about it. However, I felt this one was too good to be silent about.

The premise is a princess fights a dragon.

Something.... I don't think has been done before. Maybe. Not sure if it's the first but it certainly feels like the first.

I'm going off everything that was from the trailer to avoid spoiling the movie since it just recently came out. Unsurprisingly, they put quite a bit in the trailer. That's the thing to do these days. Jam all the action bits in the trailer and hope the audience stays awake for the slow bits.

However, there's quite a bit of action left over after the trailer. Such as the princess exploring the caves and running from the dragon.

That's right, THE PRINCESS RUNS AWAY FROM THE DRAGON BECAUSE THAT IS THE OBVIOUS AND LOGICAL THING TO DO. Had she just picked up a sword and go head in for a fight, this would have been another Disney "empowered" strong woman sludge.

Thankfully, it's not and the princess uses her intelligence rather than magic deus ex machina and actually struggles while planning her escape from the dragon. Yes, ESCAPE, because that is what any normal person would do. Let's not forget this is a girl who expected to be married to a prince (for political reasons) and was tricked into being a dragon's dinner.

So yeah, Elodie (the princess, I'm done writing 'the princess' so often) manages to get her wedding dress torn up and hides in a cave with a map made by the previous princesses the dragon roasted over the century. Which help Elodie find a path to her escape.

A good chunk of this film is Elodie fumbling around the caves up and down, climbing chasms and running from dragon fire. It sounds like it would be boring but the film does it in a way that makes it all intense and fun to watch.

But after she escapes, OH NO, her sister gets set up to be sacrificed! So Elodie jumps back in the dragon's lair to get her sister out. This is where she does fight the dragon but she works with her strengths, which is her intelligence and strategizing skills. Never thought I'd see a modern movie give a girl a brain instead of a mcguffic to solve her problems.

Elodie is hands down the best female character we've been given in a long time and it's high time we got her. She's not physically strong like a man. She's emotionally and mentally strong, being able to confront terrible monsters, forgive bad decisions or mistakes, and having the courage to save her sister. THIS is what people have been begging for in female characters for years!

Hopefully, this is the start of better female character and not a jump into more stories of women fighting giant monsters ignoring the entire moral behind the story.

There's a megaton of stuff I left out for the sake of spoilers not being spilled.

The point I wanted to get across was that Damsel is a really good film that I highly recommend ... if you have Netflix already. Never going to condone purchasing streaming "service" just for a single show or film. I demand variety with that kind of thing!

[glitchypixie]

I was not expecting damsel to be that good!

I am obsessed with how integral her dress was

We love purposeful costuming here

[teenmaximoff]

Millie Bobby Brown & Nick Robinson via the Official Netflix trailer for 'Damsel'

[space-blue]

Me, watching Netflix's Damsel : Meh, it's mediocre, but it's good background while I play tetris on my switch

The Dragon : Voiced by SHOHREH AGHDASHLOO!!!

Me : WHA——

[void-tiger]

Damsel is just like: what if two bad bitches made a revenge pact tho. And I’m kinda here for it.

[cinelestial]

The new poster for DAMSEL starring Millie Bobby Brown, Angela Bassett, Robin Wright, and Nick Robinson

Releasing on Netflix March 8th

[fairykery]

I'm just going to pretend like Damsel is the ending of Game of Thrones.

[write-to-feel]

Damsel is so Targaryen coded

[paperuniverse]

Just finished Netflix’s Damsel and holy shit. 10/10 got everything I wanted from it and more.

[alphashley14]

I just watched Damsel tonight on Netflix starring Millie Bobby Brown, and I am absolutely in love with the dragon.

Seriously this is the best CGI/realistic dragon I have seen anywhere in years. This is a Smaug level Dragon. It’s GLORIOUS.

[lavoixhumaine]

Angela Bassett | Critics Choice Awars

[angelfishcake]

what's wheeljack doing in the damsel trailer?