Review of Kubo and the Two Strings (2016) by Goombajmr — 30 Aug 2016

Really good animated movie here! The start is pretty slow and repetitive but once (like others have said) the talking monkey comes in, the flow of the plot smoothens and the plot itself thickens some more. The 'boss battles' seen in the movie are pretty intense and are great to watch.

There are a number of good scenes where we see character development for all main characters and it's really refreshing and enjoyable. There are a few plot twists that happen towards the middle to the end of the movie, and while some are kind of predictable, others will throw you nearly off your seat (I bet!). Check out this movie if you like animated movies, beautiful pieces of art, JRPGs (my main initial reason), or samurai and cool things related to Japanese culture.

One thing I noticed was that while the animation was beautiful, I kept noticing a twitching glitch of sorts that made the face of all animated/speaking characters jump a tiny bit (but insistently). It was extremely weird and maybe even a little irritating as it was there for a good majority of the beginning of the movie (felt like stop motion in a way though), but I got used to the twitching by the midpoint so it was alright.