Post by Vits on Jun 1, 2020 13:12:35 GMT
YU-GI-OH is a franchise of many TV shows where people play a trading card game. Thanks to the technology created by a millionaire named Kaiba, people can play using holograms of the creatures from the cards. The protagonist of the first series is a boy named Yugi who discovers an ancient Egyptian puzzle that transforms him body into a Pharaoh. His first antagonist was Pegasus, the creator of the card game who didn't have a proper exit at the end of season 1. YU-GI-OH THE MOVIE: PYRAMID OF LIGHT features his on-screen return... but it's presented like it's not big deal. How disappointing. The plot of this movie doesn't really feel cinematic. It's like watching an extended episode with some events that feel like a waste of time in retrospective (like Kaiba and Pegasus' duel). Yugi technically doesn't appear for the first 25 minutes (not counting a flashback during the prologue and a simulation Kaiba uses to duel) and the villain of this new adventure (the real one, at least) doesn't appear until there are 20 minutes left.
3/10
After the show's rushed ending, I was hoping YU-GI-OH: ZA DAKUSAIDO OBU DIMENSHONZU (THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS) would provide more closure, especially with the romances (none of them had any real pay-off). The movie only teases Yugi and his friend Anzu/Téa (didn't the last few episodes of the show made it clear that she had feelings for the Pharaoh instead?) and doesn't even bring up the other ones. Compared to the previous installment, the plot now feels more like a movie. Unfortunately, it's boring and overlong, and the combination of 2D and 3D animation is awkward. Time is wasted on making Kaiba sort of a secondary antagonist, even though there already are real villains. Once again, there's an unnecessary scene with one of Kaiba's simulations, but at least this time it's short and it happens after we've already seen the real Yugi. What every show and movie in this franchise have in common is that the line between hologram and reality is constantly blurred. As far as I can remember, they never explain how the creatures can hear the duelists. Also, there are many episodes where those creatures magically come to life. The duels become real, but they don't look or feel that different from the ones with holograms. Yugi and the Pharaoh have always looked alike and, thanks to subtle details, the way they were animated on the show always helped us tell them apart. For some reason, in this movie, those details aren't present. Was this some kind of marketing ploy to give the illusion of seeing the Pharaoh dueling, even though the script always makes it clear that it's Yugi? Like we wouldn't be interested in a movie without him (or the idea of him) as the co-protagonist?
3/10
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3/10
After the show's rushed ending, I was hoping YU-GI-OH: ZA DAKUSAIDO OBU DIMENSHONZU (THE DARK SIDE OF DIMENSIONS) would provide more closure, especially with the romances (none of them had any real pay-off). The movie only teases Yugi and his friend Anzu/Téa (didn't the last few episodes of the show made it clear that she had feelings for the Pharaoh instead?) and doesn't even bring up the other ones. Compared to the previous installment, the plot now feels more like a movie. Unfortunately, it's boring and overlong, and the combination of 2D and 3D animation is awkward. Time is wasted on making Kaiba sort of a secondary antagonist, even though there already are real villains. Once again, there's an unnecessary scene with one of Kaiba's simulations, but at least this time it's short and it happens after we've already seen the real Yugi. What every show and movie in this franchise have in common is that the line between hologram and reality is constantly blurred. As far as I can remember, they never explain how the creatures can hear the duelists. Also, there are many episodes where those creatures magically come to life. The duels become real, but they don't look or feel that different from the ones with holograms. Yugi and the Pharaoh have always looked alike and, thanks to subtle details, the way they were animated on the show always helped us tell them apart. For some reason, in this movie, those details aren't present. Was this some kind of marketing ploy to give the illusion of seeing the Pharaoh dueling, even though the script always makes it clear that it's Yugi? Like we wouldn't be interested in a movie without him (or the idea of him) as the co-protagonist?
3/10
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You can read comments of other movies in my blog.