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Before I kick this off, I want to start out by saying a few essential things. First. This review and post are opinions of my own and I am not being influenced by any of the creators or a higher up. These words, these views, everything is mine and mine only. That being said, you are welcome to take my opinion in whatever manner you so wish to. Second. This really shouldn't be something I have to say, but this post does contain profanity (as do all my posts). If you aren't comfortable with profane language, then I'd advise you not to read this post. Third. There are spoilers. There is no way I can properly and comfortably review this movie without even the slightest bit of spoilers. If you continue reading, please know that it is on your own volition and not by force. Getting mad at me will only amuse as this is a warning. Finally. This post is obviously gong to be mostly text as it is a review. If text heavy isn't something you want, skip this post.
Now that we've got all of that out of the way, let's jump into the this review of the movie 9.
“What parent would subject their child to this movie? No child should be subjected to something this...I don't--I can't even...This is NOT a children's movie. At all.” ~ otto and I on the movie 9
The movie 9 is a computer animated, science fiction movie that is credited to both Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov as its producers and Shane Acker as its director. This movie is based off a short film of the same name that was created back in 2005 and was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Animated Short Film. So that I can avoid excessively spoiling the movie for those who have never seen the movie, feel free to read more about the movie at the Wikipedia page.
This movie is just...okay. Let's do this one step at a time.
The cast list of voice actors for this movie is absolutely amazing Elijah Wood (#9), John C. Reilly (#5), Jennifer Connelly (#7), Christopher Plummer (#1), Crispen Glover (#6), Alan Oppenheimer (The Scientist), Martin Landau (#2), Fred Tatasciore (#8/Radio Announcer).
Seriously?! Okay, first of all. I was sold at Elijah Wood, but having found out after I watched the movie that John C. Reilly was apart of this as well as Crispen Glover (he was Thin Man in Charlie's Angels. Yes. The creepy hair guy...him. Also was Willard if you remember that movie.) I was just...lawd yes. If it isn't already obvious, I fully approve of the VA used in this movie. And you would think that the voices wouldn't suit the characters, but they really do...it's actually rather shocking.
Plot wise, 9 is unique. A lot of people kind of miss the actual plot of the movie since the movie focuses on the ideals of technology being what destroys humanity. I'll come back to that in a bit. However, what I personally love about this movie is that the actual plot of the movie was submerged in what you see. The plot isn't what you get at face value and I absolutely love that.
I love that this movie has undertones of Dystopian ideals while completely making it unaware to people unless they really looked into it as it was masked by the apocalyptic aspect. I love that the usage of these dolls were not to just simply protect themselves and save each other, but to represent all of what humanity was and is. What I got from the movie plot wise was that essentially, you have 9 dolls who respect the different sides of what makes us human and essentially, these dolls are not aware that they are what humanity is and what being human is. I also got that while technology can be an end to what we are, we are the end of what we are. Yes, technology and machines are what killed off the humans in this movie and yes, the desolation and emptiness can be blamed on the technology and the machines. However, the reason that the machines and technology were able to progress so far, in the manner it did, is because the chancellor wanted a world that ran on something that was still, as The Scientist says later on in the movie, too flawed. Essentially, humans were what destroyed humanity...the tech was just the face value. And god, getting that idea from this movie honestly made it all the more beautiful to me.
Now don't get me wrong, the movie is a bit draggy at times and the plot doesn't flow properly at times, but it's not enough to make me sit there and utterly detest or dislike the movie. I've honestly never found a movie where the plot is perfect and seamless through and through and frankly, I don't expect that. Critics and viewers who go into movies expecting that aren't true movie watchers as it's impossible to execute a plot perfectly without a few misses and fails in between. That being said, I still loved it.
The thing about this movie that really gets to me is how utterly depressing it is. You spend abut a half hour or so getting close to the dolls and getting to love their quirks and little things that are good about them, only to have most of them die off either way too early or way too close to the end. I will say that while I absolutely detested #1 as a character, he had amazing quotes in movie.
→ “Sometimes fear...is the appropriate response.”
→ “They left us nothing. Nothing. Why do we have to right their wrongs?”
→ “Sometimes one must be sacrificed.”
The thing I love and hate about #1 is how perfectly he represents the cowardice some people display daily. It angers and annoys you because it's so terribly accurate that you want to stop and go, "...is this how I fear really makes us look sometimes?" It's a bit...no, terribly disconcerting when you realize that yes, fear makes us like this. I do appreciate that he does redeem himself in the end by pushing #9 away and instead having his soul taken from him.
Honestly, the ending of the movie is terribly bittersweet. After having gone back to where he awakens, 9 listens to and watches the recording left behind by the scientist, finding out that they are not simply just dolls, but a representation of The Scientist's soul and again, what humanity is. Watching The Scientist create 9 (the final of the dolls) and inject the final parts of his soul into 9, basically committing suicide which was then followed up by 9 pulling back one of the page littering the floor to see The Scientist's dead body was just so...I could not deal with that part.
There's genuinely so much I wish I could say about this movie, but the emotions involved are too much and I genuinely do not want to give anything away. I recommend that you give this movie a try if not for the story, then for the beautiful visuals of it. I would also just like to give kudos to the people who worked on 9. Bringing it from an 11 minute short to a movie over an hour long that is decently executed is something to be proud of. It's an amazing feat.
“We had such potential... such promise. But we squandered our gifts, our intelligence. Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom. Our world is ending. But life... must go on.”
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Waiting for June is the sixth iteration of the same blog with a different name and structure. The original iteration of this blog was started back in November of 2012 as a purely Beauty and Lifestyle blog under the name Monochromatics which later got abandoned and restarted under the name sumeoseo. With sumeoseo came more beauty and review based blog which quickly lost its appeal. From that point on, there were three name changes, multiple hiatuses, and two blog changes before coming to where we are now.
Throughout this journey, I've learned that this blog shouldn't be limited to what I feel fits in with what I read from other bloggers nor should I put myself in a position to compromise my integrity and the feeling of transparency that I feel should always be there. I've also learned that blogging is probably never going to be a huge source of income the way I always expected it to be. So when I finally returned back to blogging with a fresh blog and an equally fresh name, I decided to make this blog about anything that I wanted to and break the mold of trying to fit into the mold. I can only imagine where this experience is going to take me.
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Welcome to the little about me section of the blog. If it isn't obvious by now, I'm Mochizuki and I'm kind of pretty important here. Admittedly, Mochizuki is a nom de plume, but I digress. I'm currently somewhere in my twenty-somethings and doing that thing where I'm learning how to be a proper adult while balancing being a student and a worker. Speaking of school, I'm a Graphic Design major who's concentration is Web Design and I take my classes online. If I'm being honest here, I do everything online because of my apprehension towards too much social interaction.
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Before I kick this off, I want to start out by saying a few essential things. First. This review and post are opinions of my own and I am not being influenced by any of the creators or a higher up. These words, these views, everything is mine and mine only. That being said, you are welcome to take my opinion in whatever manner you so wish to. Second. This really shouldn't be something I have to say, but this post does contain profanity (as do all my posts). If you aren't comfortable with profane language, then I'd advise you not to read this post. Third. There are spoilers. There is no way I can properly and comfortably review this movie without even the slightest bit of spoilers. If you continue reading, please know that it is on your own volition and not by force. Getting mad at me will only amuse as this is a warning. Finally. This post is obviously gong to be mostly text as it is a review. If text heavy isn't something you want, skip this post.
Now that we've got all of that out of the way, let's jump into the this review of the movie 9.
“What parent would subject their child to this movie? No child should be subjected to something this...I don't--I can't even...This is NOT a children's movie. At all.” ~ otto and I on the movie 9
The movie 9 is a computer animated, science fiction movie that is credited to both Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov as its producers and Shane Acker as its director. This movie is based off a short film of the same name that was created back in 2005 and was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best Animated Short Film. So that I can avoid excessively spoiling the movie for those who have never seen the movie, feel free to read more about the movie at the Wikipedia page.
This movie is just...okay. Let's do this one step at a time.
The cast list of voice actors for this movie is absolutely amazing Elijah Wood (#9), John C. Reilly (#5), Jennifer Connelly (#7), Christopher Plummer (#1), Crispen Glover (#6), Alan Oppenheimer (The Scientist), Martin Landau (#2), Fred Tatasciore (#8/Radio Announcer).
Seriously?! Okay, first of all. I was sold at Elijah Wood, but having found out after I watched the movie that John C. Reilly was apart of this as well as Crispen Glover (he was Thin Man in Charlie's Angels. Yes. The creepy hair guy...him. Also was Willard if you remember that movie.) I was just...lawd yes. If it isn't already obvious, I fully approve of the VA used in this movie. And you would think that the voices wouldn't suit the characters, but they really do...it's actually rather shocking.
Plot wise, 9 is unique. A lot of people kind of miss the actual plot of the movie since the movie focuses on the ideals of technology being what destroys humanity. I'll come back to that in a bit. However, what I personally love about this movie is that the actual plot of the movie was submerged in what you see. The plot isn't what you get at face value and I absolutely love that.
I love that this movie has undertones of Dystopian ideals while completely making it unaware to people unless they really looked into it as it was masked by the apocalyptic aspect. I love that the usage of these dolls were not to just simply protect themselves and save each other, but to represent all of what humanity was and is. What I got from the movie plot wise was that essentially, you have 9 dolls who respect the different sides of what makes us human and essentially, these dolls are not aware that they are what humanity is and what being human is. I also got that while technology can be an end to what we are, we are the end of what we are. Yes, technology and machines are what killed off the humans in this movie and yes, the desolation and emptiness can be blamed on the technology and the machines. However, the reason that the machines and technology were able to progress so far, in the manner it did, is because the chancellor wanted a world that ran on something that was still, as The Scientist says later on in the movie, too flawed. Essentially, humans were what destroyed humanity...the tech was just the face value. And god, getting that idea from this movie honestly made it all the more beautiful to me.
Now don't get me wrong, the movie is a bit draggy at times and the plot doesn't flow properly at times, but it's not enough to make me sit there and utterly detest or dislike the movie. I've honestly never found a movie where the plot is perfect and seamless through and through and frankly, I don't expect that. Critics and viewers who go into movies expecting that aren't true movie watchers as it's impossible to execute a plot perfectly without a few misses and fails in between. That being said, I still loved it.
The thing about this movie that really gets to me is how utterly depressing it is. You spend abut a half hour or so getting close to the dolls and getting to love their quirks and little things that are good about them, only to have most of them die off either way too early or way too close to the end. I will say that while I absolutely detested #1 as a character, he had amazing quotes in movie.
→ “Sometimes fear...is the appropriate response.”
→ “They left us nothing. Nothing. Why do we have to right their wrongs?”
→ “Sometimes one must be sacrificed.”
The thing I love and hate about #1 is how perfectly he represents the cowardice some people display daily. It angers and annoys you because it's so terribly accurate that you want to stop and go, "...is this how I fear really makes us look sometimes?" It's a bit...no, terribly disconcerting when you realize that yes, fear makes us like this. I do appreciate that he does redeem himself in the end by pushing #9 away and instead having his soul taken from him.
Honestly, the ending of the movie is terribly bittersweet. After having gone back to where he awakens, 9 listens to and watches the recording left behind by the scientist, finding out that they are not simply just dolls, but a representation of The Scientist's soul and again, what humanity is. Watching The Scientist create 9 (the final of the dolls) and inject the final parts of his soul into 9, basically committing suicide which was then followed up by 9 pulling back one of the page littering the floor to see The Scientist's dead body was just so...I could not deal with that part.
There's genuinely so much I wish I could say about this movie, but the emotions involved are too much and I genuinely do not want to give anything away. I recommend that you give this movie a try if not for the story, then for the beautiful visuals of it. I would also just like to give kudos to the people who worked on 9. Bringing it from an 11 minute short to a movie over an hour long that is decently executed is something to be proud of. It's an amazing feat.
“We had such potential... such promise. But we squandered our gifts, our intelligence. Our blind pursuit of technology only sped us quicker to our doom. Our world is ending. But life... must go on.”
