The Mitchells vs. the Machines (2021)
★★★
This review may contain spoilers.
man I liked this movie, I think it's a lot of fun, the animation is stellar everything shooting from out behind the film like Katie edited the film was so cool but more than that the quality of the animation just looks really well done, the character models, the set design they are all super well done, and while the story can feel a bit by the numbers and there isn't a whole lot of subtext to be found deep within the film I don't think that is a negative at all. it's a really strong film and I have trouble trying to rate it between a 6 or a 7.
I really like the animation for the film, how stylized and up beat and brash it is, is very refreshing, it looks as if Katie made the film and that is very cool, when characters pop up it's really cool to see how she draws things and so much more, but much more than that I really like the character design, very cool the designs of each character but more the details that they have.
I also really like the color palate for the movie, it is so vibrant and colorful, the choice of cyan and red / orange clash so well together,
I love Abbi Jacobson in this role, the voice acting that she is doing in this film is really great, the opening credits is a great example, the subtle "there we are... warrior's" that is some really great voice acting, the subtle things that she is doing there is amazing, the deflated Warrior's is fantastic and she does tons of different things like that littered throughout the film, I also really like Maya Rudolph who does a pretty great job, usually she is so brash and out there which works for her but here she plays a different kind of role that is a lot more restraint and it works really well and flows together great, I also like Danny Mcbride and Mike Rianda and Olivia Coleman doing pretty stellar voice work here.
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- I love the personality in this movie, how fun and upbeat it is is great.
- really liked Abbi Jacobson voice acting here.
- like the opening score, the stylizer here is pretty good.
- it's crazy that Eric Andre is in this.
- I do like the silence that permeates when the laptop breaks, very nice.
- I like the character design of the family very well done, the style it has mixes and messes with the movie perfectly.
- prancer belongs to the canyon now.
- the oh no kills me every time.
- I really like stories that have the framing device of the end of the world.
- I like the animation on PAL phone, it looks really cool.
- I really like the color palate in the movie, very vibrant, the cyan pods contrasted against the red rhombus is really cool imagery.
- I do like the set design for the movie, it looks pretty great, good details.
- I do like the creativity of this fight with everyday appliances.
- I liked the sound design on the phone as it was flopping around.
- cool that there is about 42 minutes left in the movie and the camera says 42 minutes.
- the color palate in the tube when the lights are flashing was super cool
- Danny McBride kind of sounds like Alex Hirsch in this movie.
- I like the ending credits, very cool to see everyone's family.
