02-21-2018, 04:06 PM
Since we bailed on our northern trip at the last second, I decided to catch the noon showing in Cupertino today. This is the last day for it.
There were two of us in the theater -- or five, if you count the three guys in the back row, who may not have been all that attentive.
DM pretty much covers it. More of a love story than I expected, and it played all sorts of games with feminine and masculine roles. A number of digitized animals, but it didn't bother me as much this time around. Either I'm lowering my standards or they're getting better at it -- or maybe my suspension bridge of disbelief is dipping ever lower and it's not a bad thing.
The Monkey King is the character that carries the whole thing. He's more serious here, with notable exceptions (he's a damned monkey, after all), and he has a clear sense of responsibility. That's a nice development. And while past episodes had a rather misogynistic feel, as women tended to be deceitful and evil and often the downfall of a good man, here there are lots of women, and they're all basically good.
Probably too much of a Buddhist slant to the proceedings for most Americans, but I like the direction this has started to lean -- westward, if you haven't read the book.
Yeah, okay. I fall in that category. It's right there on the bookshelf. I just need to pull it down.
There were two of us in the theater -- or five, if you count the three guys in the back row, who may not have been all that attentive.
DM pretty much covers it. More of a love story than I expected, and it played all sorts of games with feminine and masculine roles. A number of digitized animals, but it didn't bother me as much this time around. Either I'm lowering my standards or they're getting better at it -- or maybe my suspension bridge of disbelief is dipping ever lower and it's not a bad thing.
The Monkey King is the character that carries the whole thing. He's more serious here, with notable exceptions (he's a damned monkey, after all), and he has a clear sense of responsibility. That's a nice development. And while past episodes had a rather misogynistic feel, as women tended to be deceitful and evil and often the downfall of a good man, here there are lots of women, and they're all basically good.
Probably too much of a Buddhist slant to the proceedings for most Americans, but I like the direction this has started to lean -- westward, if you haven't read the book.
Yeah, okay. I fall in that category. It's right there on the bookshelf. I just need to pull it down.
I'm nobody's pony.