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I will forever love Hadestown. I’ve seen it live, the pro-shot, and I’ve been in it myself. This is my favorite musical and is filled with some of the most emotional moments that live theatre has to offer(and the best songs).

Where was Shermanus? Greatness in every sense of the word. The scale, characters, set design, music, and story. At 3 hours long I didn’t want the movie to end. The way scenes were set up with the cinematography and music made everything important and no time felt wasted. The attention to detail in the scenes is perfection, like the soldiers walking oddly after being in the Trojan horse. This adds to the atmosphere and kept me immersed. Every scene makes you feel whether it’s loss, fear, or triumph. The emotional weight of the death of Odysseus’ soldiers was not lost same with Argos and his story(made me tear up a little). I cannot fully express the impression this movie made on me, it was so grand and amazing. Agamemnon was not a good person but his scenes were some of my favorite with the armor and how he was portrayed. Truly speechless.

I felt the movie was a bit longer than its actual runtime but that is not to say I felt overwhelmingly bored, just that it was a little slow at times. The ending was good and I like Helen’s character but one part of me feels like her not dying cheapened the villainy of Miles but I also am glad she made it to the end. This movie had a lot of good lines that were clever. The depth of each character/the group’s background I found to be a positive. I know some didn’t like how much this movie leaned into being “contemporary” but I believe that is its greatest strength, from COVID to the nods at tech billionaires this film highlights and parodies the modern world. Overall it was enjoyable and kept me intrigued throughout. I love anything that criticizes the wealthy.

“Fisto, you fist people.” “HELL YEAH I DO!” This movie is full of so many good jokes it’s hard to remember them all. The world is bright and colorful. MOTU doesn’t take itself too seriously which is a great thing as the concept is very absurd and knows its audience very well. I also love the “Boys Don’t Cry” by the Cure addition as well as Dolph Lundgren’s cameo. I didn’t feel too connected to the story which made some of the emotional parts less compelling.