Review of Isle of Dogs (2018) by Niceone — 08 Nov 2018

I personally enjoyed the movie Isle of Dogs very much. I really appreciate the amount of sweat and blood put into the creation of this film, being a stop-motion animated film. With that in mind, the cinematography in the film gave it a whole new effect and gave it a greater impact, which makes it so unique and fascinating. The combination of using cinematography techniques that is used in live action films and the animated characters and settings gives the film a sense of being “other” or makes it stand out.

I find Wes Anderson’s move to not subtitle the Japanese dialogue very interesting and brilliant; it allows the viewer to have a certain connection with the experiences of the relationship of the humans and the animals in the film. The humans can’t understand the dogs as much as the dogs can’t humans, and with the hope that a Japanese person doesn’t watch the film, Wes Anderson planned to give the viewer the same feeling.