Malco
Since: Oct, 2015
02/25/2016 00:00:00
I don't think Liar Revealed works for that situation. Third Act Misunderstanding and Innocent Bigot are better.
Basically, the protagonist didn't make up anything she wasn't. Including the cause of said Third Act Misunderstanding.
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TheRealYuma
Since: Feb, 2014
03/27/2016 00:00:00
I feel it\'s more accurate to call it \"new Disney at its finest.\"
Berserker88
Since: Dec, 2010
03/28/2016 00:00:00
The Third-Act Misunderstanding \"comes out of nowhere\" only if you weren\'t paying attention. Judy\'s inherent prejudice was hinted at repeatedly throughout the movie and it culminates in the press conference scene. There\'s a reason it\'s often considered the most brilliantly written part of the film.
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Awesome!
I went into this movie knowing almost nothing about it, other than the whole furry gimmick. What I got was a really competently made, suspenseful investigation story, with plenty of both humorous and at times surprisingly dark moments. It kept me constantly wondering what will happen next, and it managed to catch me completely off-guard with the reveal of the villain behind the whole ordeal.
Special ovation goes to our two main characters. They are both very smart and cunning, and they constantly utilize clever, underhanded tactics in their endeavors - first at each other, then at their enemies. They both have a fair share of very enjoyable smartass moments, but my personal preference must go to Judy, whose ways of pulling the rug from under Nick were easily one of the funniest moments in the movie.
What is even better is that the main selling point of the movie - anthropomorfic animals - isn't just a gimmick, but instead serves as a crucial foundation for the conflict established in the movie. Let me tell you, this movie has lots of Fantastic Racism moments, and they do end up painting Zootopia as a bit of a Crapsaccharine World. Maybe even more than it was truly necessary (seeing Judy get all this crap at the beginning was really disheartening).
If there are any criticisms that I would have towards the movie, then it would be the following:
- The movie does, unfortunately, have a Third-Act Misunderstanding. What's worse is that it seems to come completely out of a left field; sure, there is some justification for it, but nonetheless it seems to come right out of nowhere, and it's especially jarring considering that right before it happens, everything seems to go perfectly smoothly and without a hitch. When I was watching it in cinema, I was like: Whoa whoa whoa, hold on, what the hell is happening? Why is this happening? You just pulled this conflict out of your ass, movie!
- There is a handful of toilet humor in the movie. I wish they could go without it.
- There is a bit too many moments in the movie where the plot hinges on a character somehow managing to get a hold of some item without us seeing it, just to reveal it afterwards. Many, if not all, of these moments seemed to be completely cheated, with it not really being logically possible for the character to pull that off.
- The fact that the movie still relies sometimes on the they're animals forced into living in a human world, hurr hurr kind of humor. Because of it, the established world comes off as unrealistic sometimes, and raises questions on how can smaller or bigger animals live in it. Unless it's meant to hint even more at the Fantastic Racism...
But despite these issues, the movie is still highly recommendable, and definitely Disney at its finest. But I would advise against bringing small children into it, since there are several genuinely scary scenes in it.