Promare

GKIDS | Release Date: September 17, 2019

8.8	USER SCORE Universal acclaim based on 3055 Ratings

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AkuzaFeb 18, 2020

The basis of this movie is very similar to the anime/manga called "fire force" but it's similarities end with the basis. This film is just mindless fun from the beginning to end, with not much story to back it up. the visuals are amazing asThe basis of this movie is very similar to the anime/manga called "fire force" but it's similarities end with the basis. This film is just mindless fun from the beginning to end, with not much story to back it up. the visuals are amazing as you'd expect from trigger, the characters don't really work with the short time they have to develop into fully fledged characters, majority of the time they are fighting with no real time to slow down the movie apart from maybe 1 moment the rest is just building to another fight then another and so on. There isn't anything wrong with doing this, as i say trigger have done a really good job in turning this into a mindlessly fun movie. However when you walk out of the movie only remembering 1 character from the movie, vaguely might i add, it really shows it's a flash in the pan type of movie you probably won't watch again after watching it once.… Expand

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clem666Nov 13, 2020

The universal acclaim about this movie is to be understood by the atmosphere it creates. Everywhere your look goes you see bright colors and movements and animations you simply can't understand. Because 'Promare' definitively is aggressive,The universal acclaim about this movie is to be understood by the atmosphere it creates. Everywhere your look goes you see bright colors and movements and animations you simply can't understand. Because 'Promare' definitively is aggressive, moving and clocked. Characters are attractive, intelligently connected an funny. You can find differents sub-stories that evolve in parallel with the main plot and those add some content to the characters it concerns without dragging us out of the movie. Far from being perfect, visual effects do bring a lot in 'Promare' and there is something charming when you watch it.
However, story is way too conventional and there is no turn of events unless those who are fundamental to japan-animation movies. I enjoyed to discover the universe in which Promare people live but I was less intrigued by the resolution that you can predict from miles and miles away. Animation is colorful yes but jerky and often really hard to follow. Shapes and colors don't stop hitting your retina so fast you wish you could simply zoom out this mess. The particularity of the animation is that it swings between amazing and cartoon-esque. Some vehicules are gorgeous to watch while faces in overall seem to have been drawn by a 8-year-old kid. The main criticism I have to address to 'Promare' is that I felt we don't show us enough of the past stories: there are a lot of flashbacks and complex connections between characters that are not correctly explained by the movie itself. I suppose I don't have to underline the fact the central protagonist is a stereotype of himslelf: an intelligent, sociable and strong boy/man with a dumb motto and unlikely hairstyle.… Expand

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RedPanda_94Jul 20, 2020

I really cant believe this thing has recieved so many praise by everyone, being by far the most mediocre product Trigger has released since Franxx, yes, the technical aspect of the movie is outstanding, and it shows how much can the studioI really cant believe this thing has recieved so many praise by everyone, being by far the most mediocre product Trigger has released since Franxx, yes, the technical aspect of the movie is outstanding, and it shows how much can the studio accomplish with proper resources and time, but the writing... god is the writing bad in this movie. There is absolutely zero character development, Galo is especially guilty of this, his arc is a goddam circle, well, more like a Q, but it ends up right at the beginning having learned nothing in the entire movie. The twist, what twist? you mean the one you can see throught right at the beggining? The secondary characters are just fill in, they have 1 personality trait and barely anything more, they act like cardboard cutouts to fill an scene while something is happening, you legit can't remember any of their names after the first watch cause they're that bland and uninteresting. The ending is complete doodoo, no spoiler but there is no moral of the story in here, a story about the pretty obvious "racial" struggle between two parties could have left such a powerful message to todays society with all that has been happening in the past years but noooope, no message at all.
Aight let's adress the elephant in the room, i watched this movie 'cause a friend sold me that there are actually gay characters in here, let me tell you now, there aren't. I was really interested on seeing an actual big studio telling a story with openly homosexual characters knowing how slow Japan is moving in regards to LGBT rights... well this is pretty much just some Fujoshi bait **** the "gay" moment in the movie is introduced as barely more than "space magic rcp", enough to sell a ****ton of merch and have an army of girls losing their **** about the two characters, but clearly not openly gay 'cause they don't want to alienate no one on their home country since is that box office and critics the one that determinates if they get more work.
TL:DR on a technical aspect the movie is really good, but the very predictable story, forgettable secondary characters and a null development of the main ones leaves this as barely more than a mediocre movie to kill some time
PD: The OST by Hiroyuki Sawano is godlike as usual… Expand

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