SCARLET REVIEW Film Threat

Scarlet is actually an anime. It's out in theaters. Okay. So what the people find people at Sony wanted me to let you know is that it is in IMAX this weekend or this week. Uh, the, the dubbed version sub version, and then next week it'll be out in all formats, both subbed and dubbed. It's your choice. But, uh, the movie stars, a princess Scarlet who, uh, it opens up. She is in the other world. Basically it's purgatory as she has just died in the real world. And then we quickly flashback, uh, as a child, she saw her uncle. Uh, her, her father was the King, her uncle publicly executed him. And, uh, and as a result, she becomes vengeful and decides that she's going to train and train and train, uh, and ultimately kill her uncle. Uh, she's just waiting for the right moment and the right time to do it. And so by the time she turns into a teenager, that time has come. Uh, she has the perfect opportunity only to realize that her uncle had poisoned her earlier that day. And before she can kill him, she dies. And so now this movie takes place. Most of the movie takes place in the other world, which is purgatory. Where, um, where it's interesting, the idea of this other world is that time doesn't exist. And so the people who are in the other world who arrive at the other world are people from all time periods of human history. So you have cavemen, you have, um, you have people in the future. You have, uh, in her case, she is kind of of the Victorian time. Uh, but, but she has partnered up with a medic who died in our modern time. And the two of them go on an adventure. Basically, uh, because it's timeless, uh, her uncle and the people who murdered her father are there. And so she has taken upon herself to kill the people who killed her father. And then to exact revenge on her, her uncle. And in doing so find the place called the infinite land where, which is basically heaven. And so that's kind of the plot. That's the goal that everyone's going for. And, um, and she, uh, and the last thing is in this other world, if you die in the other world, you, you, uh, vanish off into nothingness. And so there's almost two deaths that occurred, one that sends you to the other world, and then the other sends you to this void. Uh, and that's, that's this movie. Um, look, uh, there's a, this movie is, I'm, I'm starting to understand why people like anime. Um, there's a theme in this movie that is revealed in the middle of the movie. And my issue with this movie is that once the theme is revealed, uh, I'm kind of already at the end. I know how this movie is going to end. Uh, and lo and behold, it worked out exactly the same way. The, this, this, um, you know, huge revelation that occurs at all at the end of all anime movies. Yeah. I, I nailed it. And I think you will too. I think the reason to see this movie though, is it is beautiful. So the, the landscapes in this movie are photorealistic. You know, I think, uh, or better yet, this movie blends a hand-drawn or, or computer hand-drawn animation so beautifully with the photorealistic world that it's there, that is, this is a gorgeous movie, the action. I mean, look, this movie puts anything Disney has done in the last 10 years, the shame in terms of the animation itself. Um, you know, I think it's the reason why you watch anime because it's a different style of, of storytelling of visuals. And this certainly has ramped things up in terms of how it uses computers and hand-drawn. So, uh, a recommendation, but the two hour runtime is, is long. Yeah. It released last year for Oscar consideration, and then they're re-releasing it now in IMAX.