2010s
Noah’s Barks pages covering things relating to the years 2010 to 2010s.
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The Stanley Parable
What can ‘The Stanley Parable’ teach us about the narrative constraints of video games? That is, if it has anything at all to teach. (read more)
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Black Lagoon: Roberta’s Blood Trail
After a long hiatus, Black Lagoon returns with this OVA. While that should be a perfect format for this action series, too much of the manga’s story is condensed by this adaptation’s meager runtime. (read more)
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Mobile Suit Gundam Thunderbolt
‘Gundam Thunderbolt,’ which started as one of the best Gundam entries yet, returns with an underwhelming and meandering second season. (read more)
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Paterson
Focuses on a normal life in Paterson, New Jersey but while the characters are likable it becomes unrealistic to insist on such surface characters and a stiff script. It’s often about complacency and so dedicated to that that the movie stays in one place too. What do this couple have in common? What does this… (read more)
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Gimme Danger
A renowned director like Jim Jarmusch combined with one of the greatest bands in history makes Gimme Danger sound like a recipe for success. But The Stooges brought their A-game decades ago, and it’s left to Jarmusch to underperform. This doc is overly historical and literal, almost entirely Iggy Pop (James Osterberg) reciting dates and… (read more)
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The Neon Demon
There’s some incredibly harsh imagery in The Neon Demon, complete with heavy, sharp, contrasting colors. This sleazy gloss accompanied by Cliff Martinez‘s distorted synthesizer compositions made me immediately think the movie had potential to be a favorite. But the style here seems like it should be multiplying the base concepts of industry corruption and the… (read more)
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Vista Chino – “Peace” (2013)
Surprisingly, the post-Kyuss project with the most Kyuss members, Vista Chino, is one of the alumni’s weakest. (read more)
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Lasher Keen – “Berserker” (2012)
Berserker features paganistic folk heavily inspired by Comus. I have a hard time getting into any modern post-Comus pagan folk bands because of the different context. When Comus put out First Utterance in 1971, it was genuinely a risky, controversial move filled with true inspiration from its unpaved road. A band like Lasher Keen are one of many… (read more)
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Hunter x Hunter: Phantom Rouge
Despite being based on an abandoned story concept by series creator Yoshihiro Togashi, Phantom Rouge is yet another non-canon shonen cash-in that fails to demonstrate the best qualities of its source material. (read more)
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Persona 5 the Animation: The Day Breakers
In this glorified commercial for the ‘Persona 5’ video game, it feels blasphemous that such a stylistic game would be associated with cheap, lackluster animation. (read more)