Nimona (2023) · Tastebuds

A little anti. A little hero.

A knight framed for a tragic crime teams with a scrappy, shape-shifting teen to prove his innocence.

Animation Family Fantasy Adventure Science Fiction Action monster supernatural on the run knight based on graphic novel metamorphosis lgbt shape shifter unlikely friendship girl power imaginative 3d animation

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jt4on TMDB · Nov 20243/10
I see why this didn't get major production backing. There may be a place for the original hero in medieval times that vanquishes the monsters being female because for some reason the males who normally did that sort of thing were either unavailable or incapable; and there may be a place for a couple of primary male warrior characters being attracted to each other instead of the opposite gender despite that unlikelihood among warrior types; and there may be a place for the queen being black because maybe at some point in the hereditary line of a predominantly white society one of the royals in line for the throne married a black person, and then their child married a black person, and that just continued ever after. And there may be a place for all of that being at the forefront in the first ten minutes of the story. But because one of those on its own would be extremely unlikely and all three together would be a virtual impossibility, it just comes across to a significant portion of society as a writer or group of writers wanting to make a point, and, especially after so many attempts at this sort of ideology from Disney/Pixar and others (that have mostly been box office disappoint
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CinemaSerfon TMDB · Jul 20237/10
The Queen has broken with tradition and elevated a commoner - "Boldheart" to knighthood. She hopes that this will offer a proud and positive future to her country but, unsurprisingly, she has her detractors and when she is brutally killed at the ennobling ceremony, the kingdom turns on it's erstwhile hero. Even his boyfriend, fellow knight "Goldenloin" seems to be against him and so he must flee into the darkness. It is here that he is sought out by the eponymous teenage creature who determines to help him prove his innocence. Using her amazing morphing skills and both of their courage, they quickly discover that there was a conspiracy to frame him, and it goes right to the top! Can he thwart the ambitious plotting and restore some semblance of his love? It's a solid adventure story this, with plenty going on - loads of colourful and vibrant action that could well have suited Tony Curtis! The gay byline is left at just that - it's essentially an action animation peppered with some quite funny one-liners from "Nimona" and plenty of entertainingly compact combat scenes and shape-shifted creatures. I don't suppose there is too much jeopardy with the plot, but it was still fun-to-watch
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badelfon TMDB · Jul 202310/10
**_This review may contain spoilers._** Nimona might be the most joyful film I've watched in a very long time. Anime or not, it's just.pure.unadulterated.fun! Putting aside for a moment the serious subtext of the story, Nimona is a first-class super-hero, and with very real, very human emotions. On top of all that, she is a first-rate comedian too. "Arm chopping is not a love language." (Nimona read Chapman's book!) If I heard she was going to be at the Improv, I'd be looking for tickets! Chloë Grace Moretz hit this character right over the outfield wall. The script, the animation, and Chloë combine to make Nimona completely magnetic. Empathize with a character? I was totally in love. Riz Ahmed, the other lead voice, leveled right up to Chloë's energy. He played the double-minority cross he bore, with reality and complexity. Those two under-dogs make the best ever super-heroes. The story about the production is that Disney dropped Blue Sky for "balance sheet reasons", with the film already 70% finished. I have serious doubts that Disney would ever let this film go untouched. Kudos to Annapurna and Netflix for picking this up. Which brings us to the serious subtext. The script here
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