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Scarlet (cinema) - 7

I liked this more than the other recent Hosada films. An interesting pitch to volley the titular character between a battle princess out for revenge and a doe-eyed explorer depending on the situation she stumbles into. Solid performances with a script and story that will not blow you away. The other lead character feels underserved in the end as the film struggles to find time to introduce his backstory. This is also another example of a film that opens with a flash-forward that is entirely unnecessary, I'd have used this screen time elsewhere. Animation wise one thing is clear - Scarlet is an anime film that very much lives in world influenced by 2018's Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Not in that films frills and comic effects (also cribbed by 2023's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem) but I think in how CGI can be deployed and still produce something trully cinematic.
 
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