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I watched Nimona on the weekend, it kind of took over my life briefly. It was a blue sky project that spent several years in development before being sold on when the studio closed, bought up by netflix, set to release during the pandemic, then delayed. Let's say my expectations were low but a depth chage came along and blew them sky high.

I don't think I've laughed as much in just under 2 hours in a very long time. Nimona herself was an absolute cherry bomb and I liked her character from minute zero. This only improved as the movie went on.

Ballister was voiced Riz Ahmed and let me say he killed it! He nailed every emotional bit, he was sincere and funny and sometimes sarcastic. Lots of spice in his character!

Ambrosious was well developed and very well voice acted. I liked his character more than I expected to honestly and although we don't get a huge amount of him on screen, his presence made up for that.

As for supporting cast, Todd was fine. Maybe a little overstated but I never hated him more than a hateable character should be! The director was very imposing and stole every scene she was in.

Over all, I really enjoyed it. It was a super fun romp and there's a little bit of something for almost anyone!

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[-] onepinksheep@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some major spoilers below! Since there's no markup for spoiler text yet, here's a gap to indicate spoilers. If you haven't seen the movie yet, skip this comment.

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Loved the movie, but found that the ending was the weakest part. I don't mind the resolution we got, it's just how we got that resolution that has some parts missing. How did the people suddenly go from fearing her to calling her a hero? Sure, she saved the city from getting blown up, but one act alone doesn't easily undo a thousand years of prejudice. After all, it doesn't seem like anyone knows the truth about what happened between Nimona and Gloreth. How did they clear Nimona's name of the Director's accusation? Who runs the kingdom now? Why didn't that dudebro knight get his face punched in? The ending was fine, but they glossed over a lot of parts that would have made the ending make more sense.

Edit: Well, looks like the Lemmy spoiler code doesn't work on Kbin.

[-] Brio52@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Totally agree! Also think it's a shame she turned into the big monster which felt it just happened so the film could have a climactic third act. It wasn't too bad because it leaning into the "when I feel really bad, I want to let people harm me", but it still sort of presents the antagonists actions as somewhat reasonable, when I think it was stronger to have her acting solely out of bigotry.

[-] GrayBackgroundMusic@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

I'm using connect for lemmy and the ::: isn't working for me.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago

There is a spoiler tag

spoilerYou have to click the warning ⚠️ sign

[-] onepinksheep@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

The button doesn't seem to be available in Kbin. What's the markup code for it? I'll just do it manually.

[-] Damage@feddit.it 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

it's

"spoiler title"
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yeah kinda ugly... I wonder if it works in kbin tho

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