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LUCY LOST MOVIE REVIEW
She doesn’t speak. She doesn’t remember her past. Yet somehow, she can see more than anyone else. Lucy is a mysterious girl living on a remote island in the Isles of Scilly, off the coast of Cornwall. Raised by a humble fishing family, she is the town’s outcast, accused of witchcraft by the local children because of her strange behavior and shunned by most of the adults. It doesn’t help that WW1 is raging and the islanders regularly witness battles between ships and aircraft over the sea and sky, leaving everyone on edge. Then one day, Lucy starts seeing an imaginary friend—a talkative girl from America named Milly. But as the strange visions continue, a much bigger mystery begins to unfold around them. While it’s a common myth that CGI killed the hand-drawn star, studios like Xilam from France are doing their darndest to keep the tradition alive, and to prove there is still plenty of room to be creative with the medium. Influenced by Studio Ghibli, director Olivier Clert creates an emotionally driven story based on Michael Morpurgo’s novel Le Mystère de Lucy Lost, also published as Listen to the Moon. The film moves from a sentimental coming-of-age journey into the very real trauma of war, before building towards an action-packed climax. But can the beautiful hand-drawn animation carry a story that’s as equally emotionally heavy? Can the Ghibli-inspired wonder mash well with the harsh realities of World War I without falling into the trap of becoming French Oscar bait? Maciej Kur shares his emotions after watching Lucy Lost with Spider-Mike.
DIRECTED BY: Olivier Clert
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Maciej Kur (Infestation)
Maciej Kur is a Polish comic and film script writer, director and reviewer, and decidedly the biggest fan and most loyal supporter of Oneofus.net. A graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw with a master’s degree and the Academy of Film and Television. Co-creator of the comic book series Dollicious and Emilka Sza (with Magdalena Kania ) and Lil i Put, (with Piotr Bednarczyk ) and many others. Awarded in 2014 for a comic book in the spirit of Janusz Christa and awarded for “Złoty Puchar” in 2023. He wrote scripts for new comic books in the Polish cult series “Kayko and Kokosh”, as well as episodes of an animated series based on it (available on Netflix). He wrote for many other shows including “Kicia Kocia” (Kitty Kotty), “Pompik the Bison”, “Pucio”, “Hip-Hip and Hurra” and the upcoming animated movies “The Shrew of Destiny” and “Tytus, Romek and A’tomek”. He also directed a documentary about Polish animation legend “Witold Giersz”. Big lover of the art of animation and comic books.
Michael Riojas (Screener Squad, Highly Suspect Reviews)
The man with the ever-changing nicknames. Born in Austin, Riojas was rocketed to Del Rio, Texas, a literal Smallville. In his youth, he was bitten by a radioactive… okay, look. Mike is not very good at this whole “talking about himself” thing. But he has been so obsessed with comics, video games, and anime since childhood- that if one has to choose between listening to Joe Quesada or Mike over any obscure Spider-Man trivia, they go to him (or, at least Martin Thomas once said so). He is also a big fan of “Ghostbusters” (he even owns his own jumpsuit and two, that’s right, TWO proton packs!), collects toys and video games, and will defend “Superman IV: The Quest for Peace” if provoked. He lives in Austin with his beloved Dachshund-Maltese and trusted sidekick, Dean. He can also be heard on RageSelect. He can be found on Twitter and Instagram.
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