Damsel Review - Rewriting a Movie in Distress
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- čas přidán 11. 06. 2024
- Telling an old story in a new way? Let's review Damsel! #damsel #moviereview #filmreview
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00:00 Damsel Review
18:14 Final Thoughts
23:50 First Rewrite
26:22 Second Rewrite - Zábava
This is yet another film that tries to "fix" existing plotlines without understanding why they need updating and whether they even need fixing at all. It picks the easiest, laziest answer and runs with it. How do you fix the damsel in distress? Simple, you make her a warrior. There's so many better ways to address the trope. Your rewrite was a great one. I feel like this movie exists like a lot of modern media solely to get brownie points for how progressive it is and what not. Except it's all surface level. If you cast a black woman as the stepmom, only to kill her off without doing anything with her, you might as well skip it. I feel like Shrek handled the fearsome dragon subversion way better than this movie.
Agreed that they didn't do enough to take any of those stale or outdated elements in a different direction, so what could've been fun and refreshing ultimately felt like more of the same. Thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. Really appreciate it!
Love the video breakdowns and your sense of humour. Definitely deserve more viewership numbers and subs 😀
Thank you! I hope you enjoy more of my videos whenever I post fun ones. Appreciate the comment!
Spot the phantom frame, streamers! Time for the QOTV. What did you think of the dragon's design? I'm a fan.
17:31 "It's like telling you to hear me out while punching you in the face" So like Batman vs Superman?
Bruce! Punch. Bruce, listen!
The real irony of this film is that from the trailers, I thought it would be an adaptation of the Prince Lindworm fairytale, a fairytale that doesn't have a damsel in distress and already could work with a similar setup. Instead of adapting a lesser known fairytale that doesn't have the trope they're ""subverting"" they just made something up to complain about a trope that hasn't been played straight in decades
I've never heard of Lindworm so I'll check it out, but you're right that while the trope exists, we don't really have as much coming out that fits it. A lot of people compared it to the other princess movie that came out that I haven't seen with the girl who was best known for the Kissing Booth movies at the time. From what I gather, people liked that movie more. Thanks for leaving a comment!
please keep up the good good work.
This was an awesome review! You're hilarious and I'd love to see your version of this film 😁 My favorite part of this film was the birds on fire scene i think, though the dragon design was cool too!
You've got a new subscriber, excited to watch some more of your videos!
The bird scene was so great! Probably my favorite too. Thank you so much for the comment. It can be tricky to grow in this space without doing things the most youtubey way possible, so it makes me happy that you found my little corner and enjoyed it!
34:14 I think the point of portraying the dragon to be less of a beast, could also be directed in a way that the dragon starts with only animalistic roars and sound, to not only catch audience off-guard once it spoke, but also ties well in showing how its opening up more and more! Just food for thought haha
Definitely! It would be a cool way to flip expectations about the dragon instead of starting off with it already talking. Thanks for watching!🐉
@@streamcometrueNoo, Thank YOU for reviewing and rewriting what could have been more than just another generic film! You were able to show us even with only few changes and ofcourse your top-tier humor, we could already have a better plot! Alot wasted oppurtunities in the OG production TT
Wonderful review, I love the humor as well. This video had me chuckling the entire time!
Thank you so much! I really appreciate you watching and taking the time to comment. I'm glad I gave you some chuckles too!