Army of the Doomstar is everything a Dethklok fan could have hoped for. It's got laughs, it's got callbacks, it's got great cameos, all your favourite characters, Doctor Rockso singing Amazing Grace is a standout moment. Tremendous animation. Some truly horrifying scenes particularly with Murderface that really hit. It's very cinematic and extremely well made. All the epic craziness you expect from the band of course. My personal favourite Pickles is hilarious here and also really shows his leadership qualities. His speech about the importance of another character sucking is immortal.
This film has something that you might not expect from a film about an extreme death metal band: It has heart. It tells a challenging story about trying to find one's deepest truth. About people from different walks of life coming together as brothers. About redemption, forgiveness, and the power of music to change the world. It's extremely poignant and surprisingly moving.
Many fan-favourite characters meet a gruesome and heart-wrenching demise. And I felt something for each and every one and that's something I can't say about the animated series, whose forays into gore-soaked mayhem sometimes became tiresome and repetitive. But here they mean something. A character goes down and it's a punch to the gut. You think a character might go down and you're on the edge of your seat. Mark Hamill gets killed off and it's a million times better than his death scene in The Last Jedi. The fans showing up and the zombie chef from the first episode making a cameo in the final battle floored me completely. I almost shed a bloody tear.
As a long-time fan, thank you to everyone who made this film possible. It's absolutely beautiful. Wonderfully absurd. Perfectly hilarious. And oh yeah it's pretty metal too :)
This film has something that you might not expect from a film about an extreme death metal band: It has heart. It tells a challenging story about trying to find one's deepest truth. About people from different walks of life coming together as brothers. About redemption, forgiveness, and the power of music to change the world. It's extremely poignant and surprisingly moving.
Many fan-favourite characters meet a gruesome and heart-wrenching demise. And I felt something for each and every one and that's something I can't say about the animated series, whose forays into gore-soaked mayhem sometimes became tiresome and repetitive. But here they mean something. A character goes down and it's a punch to the gut. You think a character might go down and you're on the edge of your seat. Mark Hamill gets killed off and it's a million times better than his death scene in The Last Jedi. The fans showing up and the zombie chef from the first episode making a cameo in the final battle floored me completely. I almost shed a bloody tear.
As a long-time fan, thank you to everyone who made this film possible. It's absolutely beautiful. Wonderfully absurd. Perfectly hilarious. And oh yeah it's pretty metal too :)