Reviewed by Ben Lee
This
review contains minor spoilers.
I was a bit curious when I downloaded Cycles. I have never seen
any of Andres' work, but I was eager to watch this movie. Why?
You could say that I wanted to see how his movies match up to
his rather exaggerated posts and comments. And after watching
Cycles, I can kind of see why he types these harsh words.
You see, Cycles is well directed. The animations are great, and
I liked the way Andres introduces the movie with an old man
telling a story as if it was a myth. It's about a god, named
Zorn, who has made mankind (by vomiting, unusually). But instead
of being this nice friendly god, we see that Zorn is one not to
anger. I suppose you don't like to be crushed to death? Don't
get on his bad side then. A second character, Clux, is
introduced. He's the rebel, basically. He doesn't give a crap
about Zorn, even though he is all-powerful. And so, in
retaliation, Zorn makes life all cold and miserable. Guess who
the people blame? Clux.
Now I will shut up about the plot. If I told you the whole
thing, you probably wouldn't watch it, and this 'review' should
be called a 'sypnosis'. Instead, I will talk about why Andres is
such a good director basing on Cycles. He animates the two
characters, Zorn and Clux, extremely well and their
personalities really show. Their contrasts are shown in their
first argument, and this was done very well, despite the music
kind of drowning out the voices a bit here.
Andres is not the only one who has done well here. The only
voice actor in Cycles, James Burgon, has excelled in his roles,
taking on the old man, Zorn and Clux. He has successfully given
each character a unique voice which matches their personalities
and he deserves a lot of credit for this. I would say more about
Andres' efforts and James' voice-acting here, but how many
movies have I released here? None. Exactly. So I don't think I
really should go over-the-top. But overall, this is a delightful
movie to watch. If you like to think about the morals after
movies, even better. This may not be that action-packed, but
this will keep you interested throughout the whole movie. Enjoy.
Score: 84/100
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