swiftnimblefoot Review of Jiang Ziya

Jiang Ziya (2020)

In the immortal words of Krusty the Clown, what the heck was that???

[4/10 · 15 February 2021]

I couldn't spoil this movie if I wanted to, since I still have no bloody idea what the heck it was even about. It looks beautiful, yes, sure, great animation, amazing effects, cool battle scenes. But never once do we get any explanation for this "three worlds", who these gods are, what has the Nine Tailed Fox lady done to warrant her execution, why is she bound to some girl... Why are there weird demon creatures, gods and humans all inhabiting this world, yet everyone is afraid of the girl because she has fox ears? We seen a girl with bunny ears a minute ago. I guess that isn't a problem? I get the message is that justice must prevail and our hero basically powers up super saiyan mode to solve every problem like a deus ex machina (literally)... But why and how this happened, who this guy even was? Who knows. This movie feels like I should have taken some classes in chinese mythology and read a lot of books just to understand what it was supposed to be about, as the movie seemingly assumes we all know this stuff. Imagine if you were thrown into Star Wars but nobody ever explained who Jedi knights were, what the Empire is, that Darth Vader used to be a Jedi who betrayed his master? It would feel like that.