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inkperch Ā· 4 years ago
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V8E13 Thoughts- Just OUCH.
Ok, so, this one is me live tweeting my second watching, cause there is no way in FUCKING HELL Im being coherant otherwise HOLY CRAP.
Jauneā€™s motion sickness coming up again is fun. The evacuation plan is pretty smart tbh. Renā€™s fuCKING SMILE- if I didnā€™t ship Renora b4 this, Iā€™d ship it now. Also, Nora can ride her hammer like a broom now, and its so casual Im genuinely trying to remeber if Im just being dumb and she could always do that? The subway scene is f-ing hilarious, but I canā€™t help but feel like they were intentionally being more cartoon-y than usual cause of the shit that happens later.
Everyones wonder at the portals is just *chefs kiss*. Especially Mayā€™sĀ ā€˜figured you wouldnā€™t let us down!ā€™- shes awesome, strong contender in theĀ ā€˜probably only here for one arc+cameosā€™ best girl contest. Iliaā€™s still winning, but Mayā€™s a strong 2nd place. Really donā€™t like how fast Ruby gets back to mission mode tho- girl, let yourself appreciate the pretty golden bridges ffs, you definitely donā€™t by the end of the episode.
And I love how the biggest problem was something they just... couldnā€™t predict. The sandstorm wasnā€™t a fault in their plan, it wasnā€™t a villainous scheme, it just happened.
I swear Cinderā€™s the animation teams favourite, her expressions are always 100% spot on. And RWBY squaring up, altogether again, is badass.Ā 
And just- the way sheā€™s still super shaken? But comes up with a perfect plan regardless? Wow. Like- she took exactly what needed taking from Wattā€™s speech, how to get Neo back on board and, as we see later, exactly what to tell Watts to get him on her side. V1-3 Cinderā€™s back guys, and sheā€™s more dangerous than ever.
And Jinnā€™s moment of hesitation before answering Cinder is great- Jinn may be a solid True Neutral, but she still doesnā€™t particularly want to doom Rubyā€™s plan. She knew exactly what answering the question would lead to, after all.
Actually- Hey, Jinn seems to get linked to Ruby like, a lot. Obviously Ruby was the first person we saw ask her a question and, while Yang got them the lamp, Ruby was the one carrying it all the way to Atlas pretty much. And then theres the big, obvious one- when the Spirit of Knowledge admits your clever, your clever. Food for thought.
Cinderā€™s troubled response to seeing Emerald- seriously, animation team popped off this season. And the fucking SOUNDTRACK DISSONANCE! It sounds like something out of a ballet, and then weā€™re shown them casually enter a room full of people and seal the door- then cut to a room full of corpses. Without so much as a blip in the happy, airy music. Cause really whatā€™s changed? Everythingā€™s coming up Cinder! (also, Neo beating a survivor around the head got a guilty laugh, Iā€™ll admit.)
The #1 Dud mug hit different.
And Robynā€™s spitting facts. Marrow is the best, wasnā€™t sold on him, then he went and did this. Also, FUCK HARRIET. Saving her own ass so she can go doom Mantle. Didnā€™t even fuckin TRY to wait for Wacky Tube Man and Adult Nora. And Robynā€™s face- ok, fine, Iā€™ll shut up about the animation team. No I wonā€™t, but Iā€™mĀ running out of creative ways to say theyā€™re awesome.
Also, fuck Jaques! I was fucking CACKLING when Ironwood shot him! Just- fuckign hell, I know it shows just how far heā€™s fallen, willing to execute a prisoner who, even in the case of escape is harmless now, but also, itā€™s Jaques, the guyā€™s a fucking hate sink for a reason, best choice Ironwoodā€™s made all season! I guess itā€™s pretty clear heā€™s dead now huh?
Also- Cinder keeping the attention off of Neo- like, I only noticed it here but holy crap, Cinder isnā€™t lying in her speech- this is great teamwork, and itā€™s the kind of teamwork Cinder excels at- she makes some form of spectacle that furthers her goals, then uses it as a distraction for an even bigger part of her goals- we first saw it at Beacon. Like I said, Cinderā€™s back~ rip any redemption arc tho, sheā€™s just better at being worse- itā€™s actually a really, really good villain arc, without becoming a redemption arc and I love it.
And then, Yangā€™s sacrifice- ok, like the Penny one Iā€™d had this mildly spoiled for me. Unlike the Penny one, I had 0 hope of her getting out of this intact. Because as soon as there was that black screen, I knew Yang was fucked- cause, remember what other scene we saw shot like this? Close up of Yangā€™s face, then she activates her semblance and throws herself forward? All because someone she loves is in danger? Yeah, I was having big V3 flashbacks at this point, so I knew Yang wasnā€™t gonna be ok.
Also, something I didnā€™t notice until rewatch, but the reason Blakes the only one fast enough to react is cause Rubyā€™s on the floor. Kinda neat attention to detail. First watch I just joked to myself her reaction times shit.
And Blake just missing- wow. Fucking OUCH. Sheā€™s probably having V3 thoughts too. And just generally the way this is framed- just fucking OUCH. The heartbeat sound, the black frames, the slowmow- just OUCH. Speaking of OUCH, thatĀ ā€˜YAAAANG!ā€™. Like. Excellent voice acting (and animation, again, seriously wow.) And the FUCKING ECHO! Just- OUCH. Thatā€™s just a summary of this whole scene, just fucking OUCH.
Also, as we learn later, if Yang had fallen a second later, Penny wouldā€™ve been through the portal before she could react. Think about that for a second- Penny wouldā€™ve gone through the portal, guilty about leaving her friends behind to fight, only to her a heartbroken cry ofĀ ā€˜Yang!ā€™ literally as she stepped through- only to realise she canā€™t go back.
Also, RUBY IS NOT OK. GIVE RUBY A FUCKING HUG. HER SISTER JUST DIED AND BEFORE SHE CAN PROCESS THAT, SHE HAS TO FIGHT FOR HER FUCKING LIFE AGAINST THE PERSON YANG JUST DIED TO SAVE HER FROM. Seriously, give Ruby a fucking break holy shit. That quietĀ ā€˜Yang?ā€™ and then she is immediately back in mission mode? O U C H.Ā Ā 
Also, Neo is smiling in that fight, wow, holy shit- wait, theres the other V3 scene this gave me Deja Vu to, itā€™s the fucking Roman fight! Neo just did to Ruby what Ruby did to Neo, but flipped- sheĀ ā€˜ring outā€™ed Yang to her death, when Ruby ā€˜ring outā€™ed Neo and thenĀ ā€˜killedā€™ Torchwick. Wow, holy crap.
And, again, ANIMATION TEAM OUCH. Seriosly, why are they so good at animating sobbing? Also, cute detail with Weiss holding Blake back. Donā€™t know why Iā€™m calling it cute, nothing here is cute, holy shit, this episode is ouch. And the fucking anger, itā€™s so well animated holy fuck. And Neo refusing to even fight Blake, cause Rubyā€™s her target- yeah, thatā€™s gonna fuck both them up. I am not looking forward to the end of these fight scenes- and seriously? Was this what Yang having her back turned in the OP was foreshadowing???
Weiss vs Cinder is awesome- Weiss has been on good form when it comes to winning fights again this season. Helps that, other than the ones who can fly, sheā€™s in the best position to fight here what with her glyphs and all.
Penny trying to draw her swords and not got a laugh out of me, Iā€™ll admit. To be fair, I was laughing at anything and everything at that point, cause they just fuckin killed Yang. Also, Rip Pennyā€™s feet, imagine the friction burns? Like, ignoring how shes running around barefoot rn, i m a g i n e the friction burns from getting thrown like that with no shoes. Whole different kind of ouch.
And, Ok, so, are Pennyā€™s swords made of rocks? Because they donā€™t look particularly rock-y. They look like something out of TRON tbh, donā€™t really seem Maiden-y to me.Ā 
Weiss protecting everyone with her sword is badass. Blake being forced to chose between protecting everyone, and murdering Neo is heartbreaking just-Ā 
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This fuckING FRAME!
Also, yeah, FUCK HARRIET. Also, Robyn ramming them had me fucking cackling so hard- just, like, Wacky arms guy almost, almost talked some sense into her (Not really, or she wouldnā€™t go back on it so quickly, but almost), meanwhile in the other jet, Robyn ainā€™t letting anyone kill her people. Especially not mid-evacuation, thatā€™s just a dick move. FUCK HARRIET. And like... was Harriet into Clover? Iā€™m reading that right, right? Cause like... thatā€™s some yikesy foreshadowing on the back of YANG GETTING KILLED OFF.
But also, still, FUCK HARRIET. Qrow throwing himself through the windshield was 10/10, would fight intro again. And Arthur finished his apple before hyjacking the bomb.
And then, the Winter scene. Is Ironwood just in a Schnee- killing mood? Ironwoodā€™s speech is... honestly, heart-breaking. He is the definition of a fallen hero. If he wasnā€™t blinded by paranoia and driven to rely on no-one but himself and a very select few, would he still have come believe he was the only one who anyone could trust? Because thatā€™s, ultimately, what has brought him here- he doesnā€™t think he can trust anyone but himself, and so, he must be the only one who can save Atlas, right?
And Winterā€™s FUCKING RESPONSE-Ā ā€˜Iā€™ve never wavered in fighting the enemies of this kingdom... and I wonā€™t start now.ā€™ No emotion, no hesitation, no anything. Just resolve. Made even more badass by how clearly pained she is- and like, I donā€™t mean emotionally, thatā€™s cool too, I mean that sheā€™s physically in pain, but still wonā€™t evenĀ hesitate to fight the guy who took a whole team to fight in a sneak attack last episode. And Ironwoodā€™s response... I really canā€™t praise the animation team enough.
And then thereā€™s the other side of the portal- Ren is MVP ngl, thatā€™s a stupid amount of people he sheilded for a stupid amount of time, all on his own.
Ok, so, next weekā€™s big fights. RWBP vs Cinder and Neo inside the bridge world, Qrow vs Harriet, with plane assists from Robyn and who the fuck knows from Wacky arms man in the atlas/mantle set for the last time probably. Winter vs Ironwood. And Oscar, Emerald and a half-dead Ren vs a massive, massive crowd of Grimm all while doing an escort mission.
...Iā€™m not going on Youtube for a week.
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calocera Ā· 5 years ago
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SPOILERS FOR CATS 2019, hereā€™s my hot takes and opinions
be warned, THIS IS LOOOONG
First off my overall opinion, i LITERALLY cannot say whether it was good or bad, like lots of critics say it just...is beyond that. Itā€™s VERY fun and thatā€™s all I can bring myself to say, I have LOTS of problems with it but I canā€™t even say that they make the movie bad. It is definitely worth watching
OPINIONS ON CHARACTERS:
Victoria: sheā€™s good! I appreciate that they kinda left her personality blank other than her innocence since thatā€™s pretty much how she always was, still not super thrilled with her as a main character but franchesca did the best she could
Munkustrap: I loved him! he was more of a main character than I would have expected, but they STILL cut all the charm from his lines... why do I love him then? Robbie fairchild did AMAZING background acting, whenever he was in frame he was always doing something SUPER munkustrap-y and making cute dad faces. he was dealt bad lines but he worked around it best he could. Also his legs were normal so...epic fail
Mistoffelees: šŸ˜’šŸ˜’šŸ˜’šŸ˜’šŸ˜’šŸ¤¢šŸ¤¢šŸ¤® disappointed but not at all surprised...he was just a Woobie, a softboy uwu nice guy. I felt like I was seeing fanon 2013 loki in cat form. THEY MADE HIS SONG A SADBOY PITY PARTY SONG...WHY WOULD YOU MAKE THE 11 Oā€™CLOCK NUMBER SLOW AND SAD???? Where is the smug little shit whoā€™s vague and aloof yet confident and joyous? He was murdered by his evil homophobic shadow clone. Iā€™m not even gunna indulge the fact that him and Victoria were a thing, Iā€™ll go over that later. He also just constantly looked like the crying cat meme his eyes were so red and watery it was horrifying, yet somehow he wasnā€™t the worst character , that leads us too.....
tugger: what.the.fuck.did.you.do.to.this.boy. HE GOT THE TREATMENT I EXPECTED FOR MUNKUSTRAP! HE WAS DEMOTED TO BACKGROUND CHARACTER! not only did he not sing mr. mistoffelees, he literally did nothing other than his song, he never interacted with ANY characters besides jenny in 1 scene. I know cats has no set main characters but heā€™s undoubtedly one of the most important characters and heā€™s like...the least important named character in the movie. ALSO Jason Derulo was not sexy at all. There was NO hip thrusting NO sexy meowing NO glamrock, he was just an asshole and if I hadnā€™t already seen the original I would have either completely forgotten about his character or though he was the worst character. Iā€™m so fucking angy I cannot express.
Girzzabella: ngl I expected better. Her acting was great but with the horrible effects I couldnt get invested but Iā€™ll touch on the effects later. Her singing was good, but I expected it to carry the movie and it wasnā€™t at all the best song in the movie, Iā€™d say sheā€™s about as good as I expected sheā€™d be but the movie itself was more enjoyable than I expected so she was less significant
Old d: she was fine, she LOOKED the part definitely, she didnā€™t have as large a presence as ken page but I wouldnt expect that of her. Her singing wasnā€™t the greatest though, her voice is fine by itā€™s just NOT suited to old dā€™s songs. I would have preferred she play a female gus bc her voice is very sweet and frail, not at all built for belting like her songs required.
Macavity: heā€™s just...eh. Heā€™s basically a comic relief villain which sucks. He does practically nothing besides kidnap people, say a cheesy line, and act like a caricature of a 90s cartoon villain (and not one of the fun ones) like theres a scene where he poofs away and when he does it he goes, MACAvityyyyyyy and fades away its so unintentionally funny but it just makes him so lame as a villain. not to mention he doesnt even die at the end or get any satisfying conclusion he just gets stuck on top of a statue and his powers suddenly stop working (for some reason??)
Bombalurina: fuck that, I am simultaneously glad she only was in the macavity number bc fuck off Taylor Swift but also disappointed bc she deserved so much better.
Bustopher: šŸ˜Ÿ never in my darkest nightmares did I think Iā€™d see bustopher Jones deepthroat multiple crayfish but here we are. Somehow THIS was the most sexual song, I cannot begin to name the fetishes checked off by this performance bc itd hit word limit. Let me just say that I said multiple times out loud, ā€œdamn bustopher kinda a freak with it šŸ˜šŸ˜ā€ like I CANNOT stress how weirdly sexual it gets. And ofc its all otherwise just haha funney fat guy eat food and burp and fall down. He also breaks the fourth wall a few times which like, fuck you
Jenny: exactly what was shown in the trailer. Unfunny fat jokes and slapstick humor. Also they focused WAY too many shots on her cat pussy and I wish I was making that up. Also of note is that the cgi on the rats and cockroaches are drastically worse than the rest of the movie, like not just bad designs the effects are BAD. also they translated they whole gumbie cat fur-shedding as her wearing fake skin over her outfit which would be fine but UHH the fake fur is skin tight??? so it literally looks like shes ripping off her skin and she does it multiple times its fucking terrifying
Mungojerrie and rumpelteazer: meh, they are fine as characters, not quite as energetic as I would have liked but they didnā€™t massively fuck anything up? The song was horrible, they went against the beat for...some reason? Like itā€™s a song with a very distinct rhythm and they split up the lyrics so weirdly. I liked that they followed through with the lore of them working for macavity
Skimbleshanks: YES YESSSSSSSSSS HOLY FUCKING SHIT šŸ’—šŸ’•šŸ’–šŸ’žšŸ’œšŸ˜³šŸ˜³šŸ˜³šŸ˜³šŸ˜³šŸ˜³šŸ˜³šŸ’œšŸ’›šŸ§”šŸ’ššŸ’–ā¤ļøšŸ’— i absolutely CANNOT express how good skimbleshanks made me feel. He looks like a leather daddy with his chains and suspenders and hat and stache, I hate that Iā€™m saying this but uh...mr skimbleshanks siršŸ˜³ we were actually screaming it was so fucking good. Watching this movie was worth it just for skimble. Unironically. Iā€™m listening to the song as we speak. It was kinda weird that they moved the tap dancing to this song but thatā€™s more of a detractor from Jennieā€™s and a plus side to skimbles since itā€™s good tap
Gus: good! Ian did a good job of course, no one doubted that he would.
Growltiger and griddlebone: not racist but still absolutely horrifying. One of the worst parts of the movie, I actually got squeamish looking at griddlebone a few times thatā€™s how bad she looks
Everyone else: not that good. I couldnā€™t tell who was who, all their personalities were annoying, Iā€™m on imdb as we speak trying to figure out who even was supposed to be who. Demeter is completely butchered and jemima just isnā€™t there, doesnā€™t sing her part, it all sucked man.
Tech talk:
CGI: okay so hereā€™s the thing, the effects are good. GREAT even, the issue is how fucking horrible the designs are. The lack of cat nose, mouth, and hairy cheeks makes them all look disgusting. Also the feet. Holy fuck why do they have feet. THERES A FUCKING SCENE WHERE TUGGER GRABS VICTORIAS FOOT AND SNIFFS IT. IT LASTS LIKE 5 SECONDS. Old Deuteronomy, Gus, and Cassandra (bc she was already bald) are the only characters Iā€™d say look anywhere close to decent, grizabella looks okay in profile but head on itā€™s all horrible again. its really such a shame bc the sets are gorgeous! i really hope this movie gets some form of recognition for its sets.
the editing and directing was DOGSHITTTTTTT there are SO many scenes where characters just teleport or parts where people are singing and no ones mouths are moving its really distracting
Other things:
itā€™s OBVIOUS that the critics calling this movie horny have never seen the original. Iā€™d definitely say the movie is LESS HORNY than the play. It IS however waaaaaaay more uncomfortable with its hornieness, so Iā€™d say in that regard YES, the horny stuff is much more gratuitous and off putting despite there being an overall smaller amount than the play. ie everything bustopher jones does
They changed a BUNCH of lyrics for some reason?? Like they cut verses which I understand but there are like a handful of lyrics in almost every song they just...change. like...okay? All changing lyrics is gunna do is make people who knew the songs frustrated when they canā€™t sing along
the dancing was incredible! shame the cg just fucking invalidates all of it bc your mind doesnt register it as real people doing real moves
OKAY THE FUCKING CATNIP SCENE so when taylor swift showers everyone in catnip they all just fucking start moaning and go FULL HORNY its TOO MUCH like misto full on does an o face like eyes rolled back mouth openĀ  and munkustrap is like ass up panting i still havent processed it im fucking terrified to encounter it again. they cut the orgy? yet added THIS??? k
WHY did they take 2 of the most iconic characters who FREQUENTLY interact and just
a. Never even have them make eye contact
b. Make 1 a background character
c. Completely change the personality of the other one
On the topic of Victoria/misto: I am just still at a loss as to why they thought itā€™d be a good idea? They completely removed Plato and for what? This? Pathetic. Itā€™s worth noting the weirdly munkustrap has WAYYY more chemistry with both Victoria AND mistoffelees then they did with each other (thereā€™s a part where it looks like misto and munk are about to kiss for some reason?? munk ALSO gets all touchy feely with skimbleshanks???) anyways munkustrap king moments
tldr; its worth watching, the best parts were the sets, the dancing, skimbleshanks, and munkustrp fucking CARRIES the weight of the world with his face acting. the worst things were a big fat tie between bustopher, tugger,misto,jenny,growltiger and griddlebone, and the godawful design choices
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