kretuzerwilhelmxiii
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What was the point of this?
The point of this kinda special episode seemed to be fleshing out the character of newly introduced villain by the name of Ashin.
And it failed spectacularly at it.
Rather than giving her character depth, and making her into a multidimensional character, 90 minutes were wasted on just showing that she's cruel and insane and literally wants to destroy the world then kill herself.
But even that was done poorly.
If they took the "slow descent into insanity and despair" thing, and did it right, I could possibly like or even sympathize with Ashin even if I disagree with her endgame. But the movie failed to make me empathize or even care about her at all. Because instead of going the psychologically realistic route, the directors/writers/dunnowhoistoblame decided to go for cheap shock value instead.
Am I really supposed to believe that kid resurrected a whole village of dead people, including her family, then kept them chained as undead in a shack that no one found over all these years, while hunting, working, having sex, and otherwise living the life of huntress/spy in a castle-town as if nothing happened?
The entire twist of this movie seems to be "haha you thought she broke when she found her father but surprise she was always crazy". And somehow, with being crazy, came hypercompetency that allowed her to destroy not one, but two settlements without being stopped or interrupted by anyone. Because you know. Psychos are superhumans immune to stress or hardship, amirite?
No other character than her is relevant. The nameless commander seemed to have the most character depth or complexity in the movie, but it doesn't matter cause he was just an extra and will never appear again(for obvious reasons....).
What does it spell for kingdom season 3? Our heroes will have to face an utterly insane and one-dimensional villain who could have been so much more if the writers were more competent. I'd prefer even the bitch queen and her suicidal maids to that.
As for production values, they were quite good. The costumes, music, weapons, scenery etc. were good. The acting was good too(except for whoever played the young Ashin, her crying was bad). The CGI used for animals was pretty obvious tho, the animals in normal Kingdom looked more real, but here it seems even pigs were computer-generated.
That being said, tiger chase scene and Mongolian throat singing are few good things I'm gonna remember this movie for. Definitely won't rewatch it, there is no point. Just like there wasn't much point in producing this. The writers NEED to step up their game, I liked Kingdom and I hope they won't ruin it by writing such "villains" and "tragic stories" again.
And it failed spectacularly at it.
Rather than giving her character depth, and making her into a multidimensional character, 90 minutes were wasted on just showing that she's cruel and insane and literally wants to destroy the world then kill herself.
But even that was done poorly.
If they took the "slow descent into insanity and despair" thing, and did it right, I could possibly like or even sympathize with Ashin even if I disagree with her endgame. But the movie failed to make me empathize or even care about her at all. Because instead of going the psychologically realistic route, the directors/writers/dunnowhoistoblame decided to go for cheap shock value instead.
Am I really supposed to believe that kid resurrected a whole village of dead people, including her family, then kept them chained as undead in a shack that no one found over all these years, while hunting, working, having sex, and otherwise living the life of huntress/spy in a castle-town as if nothing happened?
The entire twist of this movie seems to be "haha you thought she broke when she found her father but surprise she was always crazy". And somehow, with being crazy, came hypercompetency that allowed her to destroy not one, but two settlements without being stopped or interrupted by anyone. Because you know. Psychos are superhumans immune to stress or hardship, amirite?
No other character than her is relevant. The nameless commander seemed to have the most character depth or complexity in the movie, but it doesn't matter cause he was just an extra and will never appear again(for obvious reasons....).
What does it spell for kingdom season 3? Our heroes will have to face an utterly insane and one-dimensional villain who could have been so much more if the writers were more competent. I'd prefer even the bitch queen and her suicidal maids to that.
As for production values, they were quite good. The costumes, music, weapons, scenery etc. were good. The acting was good too(except for whoever played the young Ashin, her crying was bad). The CGI used for animals was pretty obvious tho, the animals in normal Kingdom looked more real, but here it seems even pigs were computer-generated.
That being said, tiger chase scene and Mongolian throat singing are few good things I'm gonna remember this movie for. Definitely won't rewatch it, there is no point. Just like there wasn't much point in producing this. The writers NEED to step up their game, I liked Kingdom and I hope they won't ruin it by writing such "villains" and "tragic stories" again.
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