Fraught with over obvious symbolism, Hartley's early feature is nonetheless a joy to watch. Hal here shows us his uncanny ability to cast his characters perfectly came early in his career.
Adrienne Shelley is a near perfect foil to herself, equal parts annoying teen burgeoning in her sexuality (though using sex for several years); obsessed with doom and inspired by idealism gone wrong she is deceptively – and simultaneously – complex and simple. Her Audrey inspires so many levels of symbolism it is almost embarrassingly rich (e.g., her modeling career beginning with photos of her foot – culminating her doing nude (but unseen) work; Manhattan move; Europe trip; her stealing, then sleeping with the mechanics wrench, etc.)
As Josh, Robert Burke gives an absolutely masterful performance. A reformed prisoner/penitent he returns to his home town to face down past demons, accept his lot and begin a new life. Dressed in black, and repeatedly mistaken for a priest, he corrects everyone ("I'm a mechanic"), yet the symbolism is rich: he abstains from alcohol, he practices celibacy (is, in fact a virgin), and seemingly has taken on vows of poverty, and humility as well. The humility seems hardest to swallow seeming, at times, almost false, a pretense. Yet, as we learn more of Josh we see genuineness in his modesty, that his humility is indeed earnest and believable. What seems ironic is the character is fairly forthright in his simplicity, yet so richly drawn it becomes the viewer who wants to make him out as more than what he actually is. A fascinatingly written character, perfectly played.
The scene between Josh and Jane (a wonderful, young Edie Falco . . . "You need a woman not a girl") is hilarious . . . real. But Hartley can't leave it as such and his trick, having the actors repeat the dialogue over-and-over becomes frustratingly "arty" and annoying . . . until again it becomes hilarious. What a terrific sense of bizarre reality this lends the film (like kids in a perpetual "am not"/"are too" argument).
Hartley's weaves all of a small neighborhood's idiosyncrasies into a tapestry of seeming stereotypes but which delves far beneath the surface, the catalyst being that everyone believes they know what the "unbelievable truth" of the title is, yet no two people can agree (including our hero) on what exactly that truth is. A wonderful little movie with some big ideas.
浓浓的迪士尼画风，却是网飞的片子，故事主题也是老生常谈的人和自然如何和谐相处，全片看完，总觉得方方面面都缺少点新鲜的东西。
很不喜欢结尾的俗套嘴炮，但是前面金刚大战哥斯拉式的巨物打斗我还是很爱看的😌两位主角第一次落水时被海怪凝视的镜头看得我浑身一麻
还是很精彩的，反战动保都是我喜欢的题材。虽然CG、分镜运镜都想当的细腻，但是制作上还是很网飞，没有迪士尼大气。处处都透露着算计，小细节上给足了料，大场面上巧妙的偷工，预算省了，你又不能说它粗糙。剧创上抛弃了可以让故事更精彩的设定，可惜了。网飞想要在动画领域跟迪士尼角力，还是要大气一些，得舍得花钱才行啊。
有些文化作品鼓吹人定胜天、征服自然，有些则倡导与自然友好相处、探索共生之道。前者还停留在猎人与猎物关系的原始社会，后者才有点文明社会的样子。作为儿童片，为理念+1星。
其實比今年的《巴斯光年》和《小小兵2》都還要好，動畫精緻度是目前網飛自製的動畫電影裡最精緻的一部，《馴龍高手》+《神鬼奇航》+《白鯨傳奇：怒海之心》+《金剛》，就是《海獸獵人》。導演是《大英雄天團》+《海洋奇緣》的克里斯威廉斯，也難怪水的動畫能做的如此細緻。除了收尾有點快之外基本上沒啥問題，寓教於樂的保育動物，化解民族仇恨，反思戰爭本質，由黑人女孩來宣揚此理念，其實還滿政治正確XD，但因為這部是動畫，所以也不用過度解讀。整體娛樂性很高，故事也很完整，網飛繼《克勞斯：聖誕節的秘密》、《許願神龍》後最好的動畫，很值得在影院看，明年奧斯卡最佳動畫入圍有望（有鑒於今年到現在都還沒有特別強的動畫片情況下）
《驯龙高手》姐妹篇《驯鲸高手》╮(╯▽╰)╭
老套路了，开头还怪的戏倒是不错，不过还是偏向儿童，好莱坞动画片永远这样，所以最终还是要传达真善美，HE结局，就像《训龙高手》差不多吧。
技术和画面让这个无聊故事有了点看头，在动画片里做政治表达很不容易，但实在太低龄
时间好残酷，城市可淹没一切，但不要忽视年少时曾让你感动过的力量。
今年看的制作比较精良的动画片了。女主有点像克里斯多福。
制作上完全算的上精良，故事非常老套，但是放在动画上也勉强能接受
忽然天地间，人生远行客。一开始会觉得莫名其妙，但实则是个倒叙，最终成为闭环，称之为主角的“我”已过去的人生。普通也好，异常也罢，成为大人的时刻在某个节点，让你难以与过去的自己达成和解。为什么好，因为它够像我们的生活，追求与别人与之不同的体验又想找到自己的同好，为彼此共同的爱好沾沾自喜，不想承认自己的普通也不想认命做自己厌恶的那种人。站在年轻时遇见初恋的那个场所，果然还是败给了现实。
又是这种伪装成冒险故事的儿童环保题材，小女孩咣咣一说，民众就要造反了；在医院里女孩居然要拿刀要刺杀船长；我想看亚特兰蒂斯那种正统的冒险故事啊。值得称道的是第一场战斗，场面动作值得称道，怪物是致敬路飞吗。全片分为：白鲸记、公路片、金刚三部分，尤其公路部分过于平淡，金刚部分应该写成劝说老一代船长；其实即便是驯龙高手那套逻辑现在看也是有一定问题的。就拿它当特摄剧那么看
“他们是英雄，但也是会出错的。”往大了讲，这就是认知闭环，人永远不可能认清这个世界，因为对于无尽的真理而言生命只有一瞬间。
反之，他初恋女友倒确实是个有趣的女生，是因为他的女友有趣，所以给了他自己也不普通的错觉。
还不错吧，看了开头就大体猜到了结尾，但中间过程还算是精彩的啦。很适合练习听力的一部剧，整体语速比较慢
有几分可爱也有几处逗笑，美术总体还行，但大海兽是真的不好看。有漏洞，故事各种既视感，人物与背景如同白纸，不像活生生的人，不过是用来讲大道理的喇叭罢了。
动画的制作水平很高，但后半部分剧情直接稀烂，毫无逻辑可言
没什么新意，吃饭凑合看吧，没什么值得说的地方，估计马上就会忘掉这个电影
动画技术细腻，情节老套，happyending。适合孩子。
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