Nuigulumar Z
How do you review a fever dream disguised as a movie?
Is it worth the time and effort to even look for themes, let alone analyze them, in a movie about teddy bears imbued with the spirits of intergalactic warriors? Is there anything to gain picking apart plot holes or script issues in a movie that features four topless women in wedding dresses floating above Tokyo shooting lasers out of their breasts?
I can't bother to review a movie with the same gusto when it is is so deeply and intentionally unserious about anything but having a fun if insane time. I can't justify giving a movie whose English name is Gothic Lolita Battle Bear any more serious analysis in my review than I did something like The Velocipastor. Nuigulumar Z has one purpose -- to be as bright, loud, silly, and frenetic as possible -- and to that end, it achieves its goals and then some. This is 90 or so minutes of sheer, unadulterated madness. It doesn't throw ideas at the wall to see what sticks; it throws them and couldn't give a damn about the consequences. Are you amused by what you see? Confused? Afraid? Irritated? Doesn't matter. Nuigulumar Z is hurtling forward at the speed of light anyway, and either you're on board or not. Those who aren't will know they aren't within five minutes, and are advised to not bother pressing forward.
But if you're willing to not only suspend disbelief but smother it with a pillow and just enjoy the unbridled insanity, you're in for one hell of a bizarre, amusing, confounding, but ultimately enjoyable ride. It's like a mash-up of Power Rangers action, Bollywood-style pacing, self-aware low-budget indie charm, and 80's Saturday morning cartoons. The tagline of this movie should be "get in, sit down, shut up, and hold on", because as soon as soon as you're introduced to the movie's titular hero, this is an LSD-fueled rocket sled of a ride. Don't bother trying to figure it out. Don't look for logic. Just go with it, and you will have a fun time.
Is it worth the time and effort to even look for themes, let alone analyze them, in a movie about teddy bears imbued with the spirits of intergalactic warriors? Is there anything to gain picking apart plot holes or script issues in a movie that features four topless women in wedding dresses floating above Tokyo shooting lasers out of their breasts?
I can't bother to review a movie with the same gusto when it is is so deeply and intentionally unserious about anything but having a fun if insane time. I can't justify giving a movie whose English name is Gothic Lolita Battle Bear any more serious analysis in my review than I did something like The Velocipastor. Nuigulumar Z has one purpose -- to be as bright, loud, silly, and frenetic as possible -- and to that end, it achieves its goals and then some. This is 90 or so minutes of sheer, unadulterated madness. It doesn't throw ideas at the wall to see what sticks; it throws them and couldn't give a damn about the consequences. Are you amused by what you see? Confused? Afraid? Irritated? Doesn't matter. Nuigulumar Z is hurtling forward at the speed of light anyway, and either you're on board or not. Those who aren't will know they aren't within five minutes, and are advised to not bother pressing forward.
But if you're willing to not only suspend disbelief but smother it with a pillow and just enjoy the unbridled insanity, you're in for one hell of a bizarre, amusing, confounding, but ultimately enjoyable ride. It's like a mash-up of Power Rangers action, Bollywood-style pacing, self-aware low-budget indie charm, and 80's Saturday morning cartoons. The tagline of this movie should be "get in, sit down, shut up, and hold on", because as soon as soon as you're introduced to the movie's titular hero, this is an LSD-fueled rocket sled of a ride. Don't bother trying to figure it out. Don't look for logic. Just go with it, and you will have a fun time.
Mini Review: How do you review a fever dream disguised as a movie? Is it worth the time and effort to even look for themes, let alone analyze them, in a movie about teddy bears imbued with the spirits of intergalactic warriors? Is there anything to gain picking apart plot holes or script issues in a movie that features four topless women in wedding dresses floating above Tokyo shooting lasers out of their breasts? I can't bother to review a movie with the...