You know who's the prettiest drunk person ever? Anne Hathaway. I kid you not, Anne Hathaway is supposed to have gotten black-out drunk a number of times in this movie, yet she still looks as gorgeous as ever. Just saying.
Colossal was directed by Nacho Vigallondo and stars Anne Hathaway, who's trying to get her life together while Seoul is getting screwed up the butt by this giant monster thing. It also stars Jason Sudeikis and Dan Stevens and is a very fresh and original movie in this landscape of sequels, reboots, and remakes.
I'm gonna try my best to not get into too much detail while talking about Colossal, since most of the enjoyment to be had in this movie is if you go in there blind. This movie is like that one Tame Impala song.
This one.
I feel like I might've enjoyed this a lot more if I'd known next to squat about it, but that doesn't change the fact that - spoiler alert - I quite enjoyed this movie. That being said, let's talk about what I liked.
The acting in this movie is really good. I thought Dan Stevens was great, but the movie really is about Anne Hathaway's and Jason Sudeikis' performances, and, fortunately for the movie, that does pay off. Both Hathaway and Sudeikis were really good in this movie.
There was a nice dynamic between them.
For two actors with really different styles of acting, the two really do complement each other in the best ways. Anne Hathaway shines through her own charms and quirks, while Jason Sudeikis brings his dryness and deadpan delivery to round the whole dynamic out. But, among the two of them, the one who both impressed and surprised me most was Jason Sudeikis. I honestly did not think he would really gel into this kind of movie, but he did, and it was great to see.
There really is more to him than hosting Jennifer Aniston lookalike contests.
I also really liked the whole kaiju-slash-monster aspect as the movie really does put a new and fresh twist on the genre. And, since the movie and its ideas are so fresh, the mystery and drama surrounding this monster are so much more compelling and the movie does a great job of making you want to know more about what's happening.
But, without a doubt, the movie's strongest point is its ending - it's one of those endings that feels fulfilling. Besides being a really interesting idea, it also gives a lot of closure to Anne Hathaway as a character. It rounded out the arc nicely, and was satisfying to see.
Yaaasss, slay kween.
I thought the score was good and had a nice, bombastic feel to it. The themes, I thought, suited the characters well, and the background music adapted to the emotion a character might've been projecting at a given time.
As interesting as the movie is, however, it does have its flaws.
For one, the movie is really slow to build to what it's trying to get at. It's around two hours long, but the way it's structured makes it feel a lot longer than it needs to be. There are also way too many scenes that felt like filler, and, personally, there were some cases wherein the movie almost did border on boring. Some scenes were drawn out a lot longer than I felt they needed to be, and other scenes felt kinda pointless to watch.
Also, it's fair to say that this movie gets dark really quickly. For example, in one scene, it just goes from a simple, chill conversation to some angry outburst in a matter of seconds, and it does that a lot. It felt really jarring and I, personally, had a hard time focusing on the story because of all the sudden tonal changes.
And I think that a lot of these tonal changes are because of the way Jason Sudeikis' character was written.
Don't get me wrong; he was really good in the role.
I just didn't get his character. His motivations were cloudy, his personality traits were a bit on-and-off, and I couldn't exactly tell why he was doing whatever it was he was doing. The performance was good but the writing behind it just didn't make too much sense to me.
And there was this one thing that seemed like it would be pretty significant in the movie but, in the end, it just led to nothing. I was interested in seeing where it was gonna go but no one ever brought it up after it happened. Ever. Not once. That was a bit of a bummer for me.
Overall, Colossal was good. I enjoyed it, but I don't think it's something I can ever will myself to watch a second time. While it does have its flaws, it's got some pretty great performances and puts an interesting twist on a genre I thought had shown me everything it had to offer. And, for that, I will say that Colossal is deserving of a Jar Jar thumbs-up.
Have you seen Colossal? If you have, I wanna know what you thought of it. Leave me a comment, let me know. And, as always, this has been Rafa. Stay classy.
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