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  1. Reseña: Monstruo del mar // Review: The Sea Beast@presidentx1409d

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    Una película de aventuras tienda a mostrar grandes combates, diversas escenas de acción, misterios por revelar, etc. Este título intenta mostrarnos una historia de aventuras mientras nos deja ciertos mensajes. Se estrenó hace poco en Netflix. Su director es Chris Williams.

    An adventure movie tends to show great combats, diverse action scenes, mysteries to be revealed, etc. This title tries to show us an adventure story while leaving us certain messages. It was recently released on Netflix. Its director is Chris Williams.

    Sinopsis: En La Inevitable, un gran barco donde su tripulación está dedicada a cazar bestias marinas. En él se encuentra Jacob que con el capitán Crow, tratan de cazar una bestia esquiva llamada Ráfaga Roja. A su vez, hay una niña huérfana llamada Maisie tan interesada en los cazadores que tratará de integrarse a la famosa tripulación.

    Synopsis: In The Inevitable, a large ship where its crew is dedicated to hunting sea beasts. On it is Jacob who with Captain Crow, try to hunt an elusive beast called Red Bluster. At the same time, there is an orphan girl named Maisie who is so interested in the hunters that she will try to join the famous crew.

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    Partamos con los puntos buenos, que son principalmente la excelente animación y las diversas escenas de acción que veremos en la película. E incluso se puede mencionar como positivo los llamativos diseños de los diversos personajes. También me parece bueno el contexto que desarrollan, un mundo con sus propias reglas.

    Let's start with the good points, which are mainly the excellent animation and the various action scenes that we will see in the film. And we can even mention as positive the striking designs of the various characters. I also think it is good the context they develop, a world with its own rules.

    Es en el desarrollo de la trama donde veo problemas, que muestra como el personaje de Maisie se involucra en la vida de Jacob y la tripulación de La Inevitable. Un primer problema es que muchas transiciones no se muestran y se suponen, pero llegan a sentirse su falta.

    It is in the plot development where I see problems, which shows how Maisie's character gets involved in the life of Jacob and the crew of The Inevitable. A first problem is that many transitions are not shown and are assumed, but come to feel their lack.

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    Otro punto y el que más me molesta son la cantidad de mensajes incoherentes que se dan, ya que contradicen todo lo mostrado en la película. Finalmente creo que hay demasiados cabos sueltos sin cerrar o tramas que no llevan a ningún lado.

    Another point and the one that bothers me the most are the amount of incoherent messages given, as they contradict everything shown in the film. Finally I think there are too many loose ends or plots that lead nowhere.

    El trabajo de voces original me parece correcto y la música acompaña bien a las escenas de acción. No hay nada que objetar a la producción.

    The original voice work seems to me correct and the music accompanies the action scenes well. There is nothing to complain about the production.

    En general el tema de incoherencia y el ver tantas fallas en el desarrollo de la trama resto demasiado en mi apreciación del título. Sin embargo, creo que hay diversos públicos(especialmente niños) que lo pueden acabar disfrutando.

    Overall the issue of inconsistency and seeing so many flaws in the development of the plot is too much in my appreciation of the title. However, I think there are diverse audiences (especially children) that may end up enjoying it.

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  2. [Es-En] The Sea Beast Movie Review (No Spoilers)@joheredia211422d

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    A veces consumo películas de un mismo estilo o género por varios días seguidos, siento que es una buena forma de compararlas, en los últimos días una buena parte de mi contenido para esta comunidad se la he dedicado a la animación, ese es el caso de la película que deseo compartir con todos ustedes el día de hoy, es un filme que está disponible en Netflix y que deseaba ver, pero no fue hasta que leí una reseña en esta misma comunidad que me decidí a verla.

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    Luego de saber que el afamado director Guillermo del Toro había otorgado buenas críticas sobre esta producción, junto a otras reseñas positivas, era el momento de analizar saber que tiene de especial este filme, y si observamos detenidamente muchas de las características de la película poseen aspectos en los que Guillermo del Toro ha incluido en sus trabajos, la temática de monstruos o de creaturas misteriosas e incomprendidas son una de las cartas de presentación de este director, además de los monstruos me agradan las aventuras en el mar, así ya estaba en mi lista desde hace varios días.

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    Los cazadores son un grupo de marineros que arriesgas sus vidas para enfrentar a los monstruos marinos, una bestia de color rojo domina los mares y una niña sueña con unirse al grupo para enfrentar a la bestia del cual tanto ha leído, sus aventuras toman un giro inesperado cuando en el mar se enfrentan a la mítica bestia.

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    Análisis de la Película

    La temática de monstruos siempre es atractiva, además, cuando se mezcla con el mar siempre nos hace recordar aquellas viejas historias de marineros donde las leyendas hacen temblar a los aventureros, el filme nos traslada a un universo donde la realidad de estas bestias es palpable, así como también nos muestra como son enfrentadas por la sociedad con la esperanza de que no lleguen a las costas de los pueblos, simplemente una temática que a simple vista es atractiva y envolvente desde la sinopsis.

    Observamos ciertamente unos personajes que no logran ser muy innovadores, pero que logran su objetivo dentro del filme, una niña intrépida y el héroe con mucha habilidad, el típico personaje que ha nacido para el trabajo que realiza junto a la novata que desea la gloria, pero que en realidad no se ha enfrentado a los horrores de una batalla en alta mar con una bestia gigantesca y temible.

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    Venganza

    El desarrollo del filme es guiado por la obsesiva venganza de un capitán hacia una bestia marina, ¿le recuerda a alguna historia?, este es el camino que guía a la trama, es decir, su estructura es basada en historias que ya conocemos tanto en literatura como en el cine, sin embargo, a pesar de que se encuentran en nuestro recuerdo, lo envolvente de este filme es como se entrelazan esas características para llevarnos una historia interesante con lo que a mi parecer es un magnífico mensaje.

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    El Mensaje

    A mi parecer uno de los aspectos más atractivos y que hace que Guillermo del Toro alabe de alguna manera esta producción es su mensaje, no voy a introducirme mucho en este aspecto, sin embargo, para aquellos que han visto algunas películas de este director pueden discernir el enfoque del mensaje. Un desarrollo con toques conspiratorios y de una moralidad dudosa de una sociedad aparentemente perfecta para sus pobladores. La película tiene un desenlace un tanto predecible, pero que a mi parecer es correcto para cerrar la historia.

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    Animación

    En cuanto este trabajo, se observa que es realizado con mucha calidad, recuerdo las animaciones donde a los productores se les dificultaba enormemente simular el movimiento del agua, este tipo de producciones hace que se observe ese salto de calidad que nos han otorgado las nuevas tecnologías en animación, simplemente una animación adecuada con un toque de realismo, pero al mismo tiempo amigable, los monstruos no trasmiten miedo al espectador, puesto que es para un público generalizado y que además no es el objetivo principal del filme.

    El Legado

    El filme nos hace reflexionar sobre el legado, aquellas historias que dejamos a las nuevas generaciones, así como se puede manipular la información para enseñar odio, también la verdad y el amor pueden significar el derrumbe de paradigmas insertados en nuestra sociedad, el filme nos lleva a un mundo de fantasía, sin embargo, fácilmente podemos enlazar la historia a situaciones reales en nuestro planeta, esa pincelada de “antisistema” me agradó, disfruto mucho cuando se coloca en tela de juicio nuestro propio comportamiento egoísta y destructivo, este filme lo abarca de una manera correcta y efectiva.

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    Calificacion

    7.6 ⭐️

    Opinión Final

    La película nos presenta una interesante historia, aunque varias de sus características son muy conocidas en el cine y la literatura, se conjugan en una narrativa tanto interesante como envolvente, con buenas escenas de acción, una animación correcta para la aventura marina, así como también para otorgar el mensaje del film que tanto es de agrado para mí.

    Es un filme bastante completo e interesante teniendo en cuenta el gran segmento de público que puede disfrutar de esta película. Es de esas producciones que invitan sutilmente a la reflexión sobre situaciones reales en nuestro mundo, así como también a la aceptación y a la búsqueda de la verdad sobre algunas situaciones.

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    ¿La Recomiendo?

    Sí, es un filme a tener en cuenta, es muy entretenido y con un mensaje muy bien estructurado, la narrativa es envolvente, seguramente muchos podrán disfrutar de esta película que parece no tener mucha publicidad, pero que puede ser un buen entretenimiento en solitario o en compañía de la familia, la recomiendo abiertamente.

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    Gracias por tu lectura, hasta la próxima

    The Sea Beast

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    Sometimes I consume films of the same style or genre for several days in a row, I feel it is a good way to compare them, in recent days a good part of my content for this community has been dedicated to animation, that is the case of the film I want to share with you all today, it is a film that is available on Netflix and that I wanted to see, but it was not until I read a review in this same community that I decided to see it.

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    After knowing that the famed director Guillermo del Toro had given good reviews about this production, along with other positive reviews, it was time to analyze to know what is special about this film, and if we look closely many of the features of the film have aspects in which Guillermo del Toro has included in his works, the theme of monsters or mysterious and misunderstood creatures are one of the letters of introduction of this director, in addition to the monsters I like the adventures at sea, so it was already on my list for several days.

    Synopsis:

    The hunters are a group of sailors who risk their lives to confront sea monsters, a red coloured beast dominates the seas and a girl dreams of joining the group to confront the beast she has read so much about, their adventures take an unexpected turn when at sea they confront the mythical beast.

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    Film Analysis

    The theme of monsters is always attractive, moreover, when mixed with the sea always reminds us of those old stories of sailors where legends make adventurers tremble, the film takes us to a universe where the reality of these beasts is palpable, as well as showing us how they are confronted by society in the hope that they do not reach the shores of the people, simply a theme that at first glance is attractive and enveloping from the synopsis.

    We certainly see characters that are not very innovative, but they achieve their goal within the film, a fearless girl and the hero with a lot of skill, the typical character who is born for the job he does along with the rookie who wants glory, but who has not really faced the horrors of a battle on the high seas with a gigantic and fearsome beast.

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    Revenge

    The development of the film is guided by the obsessive revenge of a captain towards a sea beast, does it remind you of any story, this is the path that guides the plot, that is, its structure is based on stories that we already know in literature and cinema, however, despite the fact that they are in our memory, the enveloping thing about this film is how these characteristics are intertwined to bring us an interesting story with what I think is a magnificent message.

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    The Message

    In my opinion one of the most attractive aspects that makes Guillermo del Toro praise this production in some way is its message, I am not going to get too much into this aspect, however, for those who have seen some of this director's films can discern the focus of the message. A development with conspiratorial touches and a dubious morality of a seemingly perfect society for its inhabitants. The film has a somewhat predictable denouement, but in my opinion it is the right way to close the story.

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    Animation

    As for this work, it is observed that it is made with great quality, I remember the animations where the producers found it very difficult to simulate the movement of the water, this type of productions makes that jump of quality that the new technologies in animation have granted us, simply a suitable animation with a touch of realism, but at the same time friendly, the monsters do not transmit fear to the spectator, since it is for a generalized public and that in addition it is not the main objective of the film.

    The Legacy

    The film makes us reflect on the legacy, those stories that we leave to the new generations, just as information can be manipulated to teach hate, truth and love can also mean the collapse of paradigms inserted in our society, the film takes us to a fantasy world, however, we can easily link the story to real situations on our planet, that touch of "anti-system" pleased me, I really enjoy when our own selfish and destructive behaviour is questioned, this film covers it in a correct and effective way.

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    Rating

    7.6 ⭐️

    Final Opinion

    The film presents us with an interesting story, although several of its characteristics are well known in film and literature, they are conjugated in a narrative both interesting and involving, with good action scenes, a correct animation for the marine adventure, as well as to give the message of the film that is so much to my liking.

    It is a quite complete and interesting film considering the large segment of the audience that can enjoy this film. It is one of those productions that subtly invites reflection on real situations in our world, as well as acceptance and the search for the truth about some situations.

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    Do I recommend it?

    Yes, it is a film to take into account, it is very entertaining and with a very well structured message, the narrative is enveloping, surely many will enjoy this film that does not seem to have much publicity, but that can be a good entertainment alone or in the company of the family, I recommend it openly.

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    Thank you for your reading, until next time

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  3. Review: Netflix's THE SEA BEAST | First "Netflix Animation" Movie for Me | Is it Recommended to Watch?@faisalhanafih1424d

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    REVIEW: THE SEA BEAST

    The Sea Beast, this movie is an animated movie produced by Netflix Animation. I watched a few days ago on Netflix on my tv. I watched with my little friends, namely my neighbors who often play at my house.

    The Sea Beast, film ini adalah film animasi yang diproduksi oleh Netflix Animation. Aku menonton beberapa hari lalu di Netflix di tv-ku. Aku menonton bersama teman-teman kecilku, yaitu tetangga-tetanggaku yang sering main di rumahku.

    This movie is 1 hour 59 minutes long. This movie was released some time ago. The movie is directed by Chris Williams, the story is also by him. The genre of this movie is adventure, action. At that time we watched with Indonesian audio. As far as I remember, this is the first Netflix Animation movie I've seen.

    Film ini berdurasi 1 jam 59 menit. Film ini rilis beberapa waktu lalu. Film ini disutradarai oleh Chris Williams, cerita juga olehnya. Genre film ini adalah petualangan, aksi. Waktu itu kami menonton dengan audio bahasa Indonesia. Seingatku, film ini adalah film keluaran Netflix Animation pertama yang kutonton.

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    🎥 The Inevitable, the ship of the sea monster hunters. Led by Captain Crow. Jacob Holland, who has been considered by Captain Crow to be his own son, is the main character in this movie. The Inevitable returns to the kingdom with the horn of a sea monster and asks the kingdom to pay the hunters. However, the kingdom does not want to pay them, the kingdom already have its own fleet to eradicate sea monsters. Jacob Holland gives input to the kingdom so that the hunting competition for the Red Bluster begins, the red biggest sea monster.

    The Inevitable, kapal para pemburu monster-monster laut. Dipimpin oleh Kapten Crow. Jacob Holland yang sudah dianggap oleh Kapten Crow menjadi anaknya sendiri, adalah tokoh utama di film ini. The Inevitable kembali ke kerajaan dengan membawa tanduk seekor monster laut dan meminta kerajaan untuk mengupah para pemburu. Akan tetapi, kerajaan tidak mau mengupah mereka, kerajaan sudah punya armada sendiri untuk membasmi monster laut. Jacob Holland memberi masukan kepada kerajaan sehingga dimulailah kompetisi berburu Red Bluster, sang monster laut yang paling besar yang berwarna merah.

    🎥 The Inevitable set out to sea, unexpectedly a girl named Maisie Brumble, the main character too, become a stowaway on the ship. Then The Inevitable meet the Red Bluster. Do they manage to catch the Red Bluster? Know the answer yourself...

    The Inevitable pun berangkat ke lautan, tanpa disangka seorang anak perempuan bernama Maisie Brumble, tokoh utama juga, menjadi penumpang gelap di kapal. Lalu The Inevitable bertemu dengan Red Bluster. Apakah mereka berhasil menangkap Red Bluster? Ketahui jawabannya sendiri...

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    🎥 The action of this movie is great. The graphics are good too. Characters development are also good.

    Aksi dari film ini bagus sekali. Grafisnya pun bagus. Pembangunan karakter-karakter pun bagus.

    🎥 Maisie Brumble's character is annoying at first in my opinion. But she has noble characters...

    Karakteristik Maisie Brumble menurutku menyebalkan pada awalnya. Tapi punya sifat mulia ternyata...

    🎥 The essence of this movie is the lies of history. The history of humans and sea monsters. This is a plot twist. I'm not surprised about this movie gets praise, because the plot is good.

    Inti dari film ini adalah kebohongan sejarah. Sejarah manusia dan monster laut. Ini adalah sebuah plot twist. Aku tak heran bahwa film ini mendapat pujian, karena alurnya bagus.

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    As a result, this movie is recommended for you to watch. The story is adult, don't think it's because it's an animation so this is a cute film that is special for children.

    Walhasil, film ini recommended untuk kalian tonton. Ceritanya dewasa, jangan kira karena ini animasi maka ini film imut-imut yang khusus untuk anak-anak.



    Thank you for seeing this post!

    Terima kasih telah melihat postingan ini!




    About the author of this post:
    20211104_111143.jpg My name is Faisal Hanafi, I live in Medan, Indonesia.  I am a student at a college in my city.  My hobby is reading books.  I have hundreds of books.  There are comics, novels, and others.  My favorite comics are The Promised Neverland, Detektif Conan.  I also watch some movies and anime.  I joined Hive starting from 2021.  At Hive, I write about food, books and more.  My cooking ability went up because of Hive.
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  4. The Sea Beast | You can be a Hero and still be wrong@jauregui981439d

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    This movie is a beautiful thing that came out of Netflix, one of the very few beautiful things that Netflix is capable of doing. It's a children's movie, and I'm not one to review children's stuff, at least not this kind, but I don't know, it provoked me to review this movie, the plot is expected, the characters are normal, but visually it's fantastic, it has scenes that are very amazing and surprising, incredible, it puts into perspective things that are usually always taken for granted and that's good, breaking unwritten laws that are believed to be correct just because they have been that way for a long time.

    The Sea Monster is about a sea monster that lives in the sea and swims. A girl named Maisie is the offspring of a family of great warriors who have faced sea monsters all their lives, so growing up with those stories for as long as she can remember, she wants to become a warrior who will fight as many sea monsters as possible, so she smuggles herself onto the ship of her greatest inspiration, this being the beginning of an adventure that will change the course of events in the world.

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    Esta película es una cosa hermosa que salió de Netflix, una de las muy pocas cosas hermosas que netflix es capaz de hacer. Es una película infantil, y yo no soy de hacer reseñas de cosas infantiles, al menos no de este tipo, pero no sé, me provocó hacer la reseña de esta película, la trama es normal, los personajes son normales, pero visualmente es increíble, tiene escenas que son muy asombrosas y sorprendentes, increíbles, pone en perspectiva cosas que se suelen dar por sentado siempre y eso es bueno, romper con leyes no escritas que se creen correctas solo porque así han sido durante mucho tiempo.

    El Monstruo del Mar trata sobre un monstruo marino que vive en el mar y nada. Una niña llamada Maisie es la desendencia de una familia de grandes guerreros que se han enfrentado durante toda la vida a los monstruos marinos, por lo que creciendo con esas historias desde que tiene memoria, quiere convertirse en una guerrera que se enfrente a todos los monstruos marinos posibles, por lo que se mete de contrabando en el barco de su mayor inspiración, siende este el inicio de una aventura que cambiará el rumbo de los acontecimientos en el mundo.

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    I watched this movie because I didn't want to watch anything that needed my attention completely and much less made me think too much, Pet traumatized me enough that I didn't want to watch anything unnecessarily complicated to watch for several weeks. This movie has a perfect showcase of what the innocence of children is and how the world is constantly changing no matter what, and how little those changes can affect them when even though it goes against what they believe or want, they still accept it because they don't think they are superior by making them believe that their individual opinions or ways of thinking are superior to the rest.

    The comedy will be present, very present, but at least for me it rarely made me laugh out loud, otherwise, I could understand that what I was watching made me laugh, it's just that it's not a comedy that I belong to its target. Most of the time it will be about situations where Maisie will practically make a fool of Jacob by doing or achieving things that are not possible for him, and it will make you laugh, a lot of laughs, especially because it hurts that male ego that can't stand a girl achieving something he wants but can't do.

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    Vi esta película porque no quería ver nada que necesitara mi atención por completo y que mucho menos me hiciera pensar demasiado, Pet me traumó lo suficiente como para no querer ver nada innecesariamente complicado de ver por varias semanas. Esta película tiene una perfecta muestra de lo que es la inocencia de los niños y la forma en que el mundo está en constante cambio sin importar qué, y lo muy poco que les puede llegar a afectar esos cambios cuando a pesar de que va en contra de lo que creen o quieren, lo siguen aceptando pues no se creen superiores haciéndoles creer que sus opiniones o maneras de pensar individuales sean superiores a las del resto.

    La comedia va a estar presente, muy presente, pero al menos a mí muy pocas veces me hizo reír a carcagadas, de resto sí podía entender que lo que estaba viendo daba risa, solo que ya no es una comedia a la que yo pertenezca a su target. La mayoría de las veces se va a tratar de situaciones donde Maisie va a practicamente dejar en ridículo a Jacob al hacer o lograr hacer cosas que no se les hacen posible a él, y va a dar risa, mucha risa, en especial porque hiere ese ego masculino que no soporta que una niña logre algo que él quiere pero no puede hacer.

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    As always this is going to be a world ruled by adults where the vision of a child is going to be completely repressed for the simple fact that she is a child and doesn't know anything about what is happening, the best thing is that Maisie will shut half the world up, because as she says, you can be a hero and at the same time be wrong about something, and everyone is wrong about something sometime, and in this movie, almost everyone will be wrong about what they think is right just because it has been that way for many years.

    The hunt for the sea monsters is going to be a key point where it will always come back to, because as seen in the trailer, Maisie befriends one and adopts it, giving it the name Blue, just because it is blue, and as usual, Jacob tells her that it is not a pet, that she can't adopt it, because they are evil creatures that only exist to eat humans and cause chaos. Maisie will prove them all wrong, and best of all, she will manage to keep Blue.

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    Como siempre este va a ser un mundo gobernado por adultos donde la visión de una niña va a ser completamente reprimida por el simple hecho de que es una niña y no sabe nada de lo que está sucediendo, lo mejor es que Maisie le callará la boca a medio mundo, pues como ella misma dice, puedes ser un héroe y la vez estar equivocado sobre algo, y todo el mundo está equivocado sobre algo alguna vez, y en esta película casi todo el mundo lo estará sobre eso que creen correcto solo porque ha sido de esa forma durante muchos años.

    La caza de los monstruos marinos va a ser un punto clave a donde siempre se va a retornar, pues como se ve en el trailer, Maisie se hace amiga de uno y lo adopta, dándole el nombre de Blue, solo porque es azul, y como siempre, Jacob le dice que no es una mascota, que es imposible que lo adopte, pues son criaturas malignas que solo existen para comerse a los humanos y causar caos. Maisie les demostrará a todos que están equivoados, y lo mejor, logrará quedarse con Blue.

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    There you have the trailer, watch it, it doesn't say more than what I told you here, and it makes me proud to know that I didn't spoil it for you, especially because a big part of the movie includes something impossible not to say, but I did, I didn't say it, and you will be surprised, at least a little when you see it.

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    Ahí les dejo el trailer, véanlo, no dice más de lo que yo les dije aquí, y me llena de orgullo el saber que no les hice spoiler, sobre todo porque gran parte de la película incluye algo que es csi imposible no decir, pero lo hice, no lo dije, y lograrán sorprenderse, al menos un poco, cuando la vean.

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  5. "The Sea Beast" (2022) - Movie Review@shortshots1446d

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    SYNOPSIS

    An orphan stows away on the ship of her favorite monster hunter but learns monster-hunting isn't exactly as it's portrayed in her favorite book.

    WHERE DID I WATCH IT?

    Netflix had SEA BEAST as #2 on their top ten movies a couple days ago so I thought I'd see what all the fuss was about.

    WHAT DID I THINK?

    The movie both was and was not what I expected from some CGI kids movie about monster-hunters and gigantic dragon-whale creatures. I saw what looked like sea-dragons, pirates, old-fashioned navy battles, and what may or may not turn out into a colorful monster island for the main duo to explore.

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    The film revolves mostly around these two -- a popular monster-hunter named Jacob and a little orphan girl named Maisie. Jacob is the honorary son of even more popular monster hunter Captain Crow and Maisie is further linked to monster-hunting beyong he fascination for the job by the fact her parents used to be monster-hunters on a ship called the Monarch.

    New Zealand actor Karl Urban, famous for films like -- DOOM (2005), LORD OF THE RINGS (2003), STAR TREK (2009), THOR RAGNAROK (2017), and more recently the hit Amazon Prime series THE BOYS (2019) -- plays the voice of Jacob. I've been a fan of THE BOYS on Amazon so when I heard Jacob's voice in Netflix's THE SEA BEAST, I couldn't help but immediately say to myself, "Wait a minute I recognize this guy and without looking it up I knew that it was the sound of one of the leads of one of my favorite superhero-bashing show.

    The voice of the other main character Maisie is played by Zaris-Angel Hator who is very young which is completely appropriate for the role and has quite some big names on her short filmography career-- most recent being the comic-book movie "Morbius" and a role on a TV series based on a Margaret Atwood booked called, "The Power." I think Zaris-Angel did a great job voicing the young Maisie, bringing a great deal of personality and dramatic range to the role. Her character isn't some simplified kid but a girl answering her own call to adventure, albeit following in the foot steps of her long-gone parents who perished doing the very thing she dreams about doing -- monster hunting.

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    There's some other pretty-famous names on the list of voice actors for THE SEA BEAST as well, including the below:

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    Jared Harris is known from popular TV series FRINGE on Fox and from the HBO hit mini-series CHERNOBYL.

    Dan Stevens is famous for the Fox hit series LEGION where he played Professor Xavier's multi-powered titular son. He's also known for his role on the even more popular DOWNTOWN ABBEY.

    Jim Carter is also famous for also starring in the famous DOWNTOWN ABBEY and even has TRANSFORMERS in his credits.

    Then there's another famous face, Marianne Jean-Baptiste famous for the movie SPY GAME, the TV series WITHOUT A TRACE, BROACH CHURCH, and HOMECOMING.

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    Anyway back to the movie THE SEA BEAST. As you can see from the above image, not all the monsters are dragon-whale hybrids and happen to come in a lot of different sizes, colors, and shapes. Unfortunately the movie doesn't show us too many of these sea beasts which I found to be a weak point in the film. The way they focus on the one red sea-beast made me wish they'd made it the titular monster by naming the movie after i -- the Red Bluster.

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    Here's another one of the sea-beasts, a smaller pet-like creature, that Maisie names "Blue." I can't remember if it's just a smaller type of sea beast or if it's a baby but it follows her around like a dog and is decent source of cute comedic-relief in the film. Unfortunately one of the downfalls of the film is that just not enough information on these beasties is given and I was left scratching my head a lot when it came to them.

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    The monster-hunters who Maisie idolizes, the type of people her parents used to be before their untimely deaths, are basically akin to whale-hunters. Above in the hat we can see Jared Harris' character Captain Crow who acts a pseudo-father figure for Karl Urban's character Jacob.

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    One of my gripes with the film is that I felt that there wasn't enough explanation for the world of SEA BEAST and even when things got interesting the film doesn't take the opportunity to pursue those information tangents, or not even tangents. There's a lot about the world and the titular sea-beasts and sea beast that remains a complete mystery even up until it's end -- almost as if the movie ends at the end of Act 2 instead of a final Act 3 like in most movies.

    Overall it was still a much better movie than I expected with a pretty important message at the end.

    FINAL GRADE?

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    Hope you enjoyed this movie review!

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