Arlo the Alligator Boy. That's about all there is to say personally. First, I think it looks really wonderful: the expressions, the backgrounds, the character designs, little moments that just wowed me. I think it's far and away the film's best feature. I also thought Arlo, as much as he was the millionth "Naive and Overly Friendly Protagonist", was sweet and charming and I'm a sucker for his type of character. Everyone else in the crew was...eh? I think my lack of enthusiasm with this was not realizing just how much of the story and world was going to be offset to the upcoming show because a lot of these surrounding characters are given 5 or 10 minutes to speak and then don't make much impression beyond that, but again the show so. The musical numbers were not my thing at least in a musical film. They felt for the most part heavily produced and trendy for a film that was otherwise about oddities and creativity. They weren't terrible, they just felt more like singles from an artist I wouldn't listen to than they felt like songs for this film. Also was genuinely not expecting this film to end up having plot points about gentrification and frankly its whole class dynamics thing felt strange as if they both weren't taking themselves seriously but were also trying to say something? I think Arlo the Alligator Boy as a pilot/film is a bit undercooked underneath all its flash and charm. Though maybe it's not all bad considering even with my problems I was still intrigued enough that I will be checking out the show once it releases.
Arlo the Alligator Boy. That's about all there is to say personally. First, I think it looks really wonderful: the expressions, the backgrounds, the character designs, little moments that just wowed me. I think it's far and away the film's best feature. I also thought Arlo, as much as he was the millionth "Naive and Overly Friendly Protagonist", was sweet and charming and I'm a sucker for his type of character. Everyone else in the crew was...eh? I think my lack of enthusiasm with this was not realizing just how much of the story and world was going to be offset to the upcoming show because a lot of these surrounding characters are given 5 or 10 minutes to speak and then don't make much impression beyond that, but again the show so. The musical numbers were not my thing at least in a musical film. They felt for the most part heavily produced and trendy for a film that was otherwise about oddities and creativity. They weren't terrible, they just felt more like singles from an artist I wouldn't listen to than they felt like songs for this film. Also was genuinely not expecting this film to end up having plot points about gentrification and frankly its whole class dynamics thing felt strange as if they both weren't taking themselves seriously but were also trying to say something? I think Arlo the Alligator Boy as a pilot/film is a bit undercooked underneath all its flash and charm. Though maybe it's not all bad considering even with my problems I was still intrigued enough that I will be checking out the show once it releases.
