{"id":39052,"date":"2023-03-05T11:52:20","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T16:52:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/?p=39052"},"modified":"2023-03-05T11:52:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T16:52:20","slug":"the-end-2023-cinejoy-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/05\/the-end-2023-cinejoy-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"The End (2023) [CINEJOY 2023]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/the-end-still.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-39053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/the-end-still.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/the-end-still.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/the-end-still-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/the-end-still-2x1.jpg 2w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a>Well if \u201cThe End\u201d doesn\u2019t look like material for a hilarious animated feature, I don\u2019t know what does. \u201cThe End\u201d is a hilarious and fun short animated film in the vein of \u201cLooney Tunes\u201d and \u201cShrek\u201d in which the classic fairy tale is re-invented and de-constructed in to a short that\u2019s teeming with potential for something much bigger. \u201cThe End\u201d feels like a proof of concept for a feature length version, but if it isn\u2019t, it works wonderfully as a clever and unique re-imagining of the classic fairy tale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>After watching her gallant knight Sir Maximillian die at the end of the film, it\u2019s up to the determined Princess Hilderose to take matters into her own hands to stop her love and earn her happily ever after. But that proves harder than it looks as the knight is eager to prove his love.<\/p>\n<p>Alexandria Siah\u2019s short fairy tale progresses well in re-thinking the role of the princess, who breaks the fourth wall and ultimately decides her own fate. What\u2019s tough is that Maximillian is hard to deter from \u201cslaying\u201d the mythical dragon, and the results every time are less than fantastic. The constant results of Hilderose\u2019s interference are hilarious, and the animation really punctuates the comic timing and great script. I especially loved one moment when Hilderose pauses and asks \u201cWhy am I marrying this guy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Everything from the animation style, to the narrative, right down to the ace acting from Will Akana and Samantha Cooper are just top notch. I really hope we see more of this universe soon. If not, I hope we see more from Alexandria Siah down the road, as she really masters animated comedy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CINEJOY featuring CINEQUEST Artists is held from March 1<sup>st<\/sup> through March 12<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well if \u201cThe End\u201d doesn\u2019t look like material for a hilarious animated feature, I don\u2019t know what does. \u201cThe End\u201d is a hilarious and fun short animated film in the vein of \u201cLooney Tunes\u201d and \u201cShrek\u201d in which the classic fairy tale is re-invented and de-constructed in to a short that\u2019s teeming with potential for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1284,12],"tags":[99,219,301,349,501,938],"class_list":["post-39052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a-indie","category-festivalsevents","category-movie-reviews","tag-animation","tag-comedy","tag-dragons","tag-fantasy","tag-indie-film","tag-short-film"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39052","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39052"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39054,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39052\/revisions\/39054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cinema-crazed.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}