Review of Journey to the West (2014) by Kyle G — 25 Nov 2015

I'm so, so disappointed. The first half of this movie was brilliant. The fish demon was awesome. The pig demon was exquisitely grotesque. The scene where the "demon hunters from the west" are introduced was one of the most maddeningly, insanely hilarious parts of any movie I've ever seen. Its implications are even funnier than the scene itself.

Then the movie got lame; the three new characters were unfunny and uninteresting. The Monkey King was a flat character and the resolution was too ridiculous and mawkish. In all, the last half was too appeasing to a mainstream audience. But the first is absolutely charming and you should watch it.