Shame that most of the movies I mentioned earlier in this thread haven't been released anyhow. Especially since I'd like to watch the Day Tripper one more time very much.
Anyway, here's another bunch of movies which probably will never be released, but in case they will, you should probably watch them too.
Flush
A very, very solid film, all set in a cabin of a toilet, start to finish. Nevertheless, the creators managed to make a picture, which induces a whole rainbow of emotions. It's disgusting, it's fun, it's sad. It's a comedy, it's a tragedy, it's a trashy B-movie of a finest kind. It is also very well made. The creators work greatly with camera, picture, colors and sound. Man, the music, and even the sound effects... In case you will be able to see it one day somewhere, I guarantee it will give you the most unexpected Wilhelm scream ever. At least I definitely never saw it coming like that, and, quite likely, will never see anything like that ever again.
I guess, the only moment where this movie sucks is CGI... I mean, there wasn't much of it. A tiny bit, where the rat attacks the protagonist, and it was done, of course, so the actor won't be bitten by a real rat... But I guess they should've found a way to do it with practical effects, because even though there's just several frames with CGI in them, the graphics are so bad, they do hit you in the eyes. But that would be my only critique.
Heart Of Darkness
There's not much to say about this one, really, because all in all it is the famous Heart Of Darkness novel brought to screen, and all of the movie lovers know that novel thanks to Coppola and his Apocalypse Now.
So if you saw Apocalypse Now, this Heart Of Darkness is just that. Apocalypse Now, but animated, and set in a slightly futuristic Brazil, with Vietnam War being replaced with war between drug barons and forces of the law.
Incredibly stylish and cool looking animation. In case you ever wanted more Apocalypse Now, write this down somewhere and pray it will be public one day.
And yeah, another brazilian animation, but unlike the one I mentioned several posts ago, this one is all around good... albeit it might have a bit less creativity than the previous one. Yeah, I guess, it almost always works like that, no? The human brain, the art - it all have rules and laws which, one way or another, harm the pure creative spirit after all. The Flock Steampunk Version was laughingly bad, but... it was more creative than Heart Of Darkness... Then again though, Heart Of Darkness is based on the famous novel, and it imposes hard limits on it from the very start... I mean, one more time: in the end of the day, you already saw it all several decades ago.
Still, cool animation from Brazil, so it deserves a shout out.
Soy Frankelda
It is actually not a movie, but a stop-motion animation, along the lines of Corpse Bride, The Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline, so if you like these things, it is automatically up your alley, and you must watch it. I'm pretty sure this one will come out, because in the titles I saw HBO Max, Cartoon Network and, I think, even Warner Brothers, and these people don't do charities. Plus, Wiki says Netflix has already acquired the rights and plan to release it somewhere later in 2026, so... yeah, I'm rather sure this one will see the public release.
And it's a good thing, since we do not get much stop-motion animations. Thing is incredibly hard and time consuming, and Soy Frankelda is pretty much completely stop-motion, save for several very short shots: one from live action camera, and then one (or two) with drawn animation. All of the non-stop-motion shots are also very stylish and beatiful.
There are a lot of songs in this one, and the central song - El Principe De Los Sustos - is a 6-minute long almost-opera piece with multiple voices and some amazing visuals. It is actually already available on YouTube, but I will deliberately share a variant with music and words only, so you can listen to it and avoid animation spoilers.
Some critique, maybe?
Well, some designs are a bit off, I think... I mean, the designs of the monsters are, well, monstrous and awesome, especially the main hero - such an interesting mix of something bird-cat-like, I likely will base my next TTRPG character on him. And yet humans, on the other hand... They hit Wallace & Gromit area. You gotta get used to them.
Some scenes are way too cluttered, and it is hard to understand what's going on. Vision just drowns in all the colors and set pieces... On the other hand, I guess it is kinda awesome too? Not sure.
Plus, I think the ending is off the rails as well. Which is a major bummer, of course, but, I guess, it is kinda subjective. I mean, I wanted straight bad or straight good ending, and instead I saw... something not quite clear, if authors themselves couldn't, in the end of the day, kill off the main character and did... that thing. Yeah, I'm not sure they should've went that way. Frankly, I'd just go for the simple happy fairy tale ending, if I was doing this thing.
But, still, it's a great piece, and from Mexico, and I love to support stuff from Latin America for whatever reason. Maybe because I love their culture, or mayhaps because I know some good people from those places... Either way, I wish prosperity for Latin America, so... Way to go, Mexico. Congrats, it's one truly great piece of animation.
And, well, subjectively, me myself being a creative person and a writer, the plot of the movie spoke to me, therefore... I will definitely watch it again once it will appear on torrents, and don't you fucking dare not to release it in 2026, Netflix.
