Review of 9 *SPOILERS*

Saw 9 today! *squee*

So, in the spirit of my last post: I'm going to review it.
Firstly, might I add that I am an avid fan of steampunk, so the post-apocalyptic crossed with technosteampunk genre of the movie is just...well, win. And, my word, they pulled no punches in lazy frame filling. I want to watch it again if only to take in the glorious detail of how everything worked.

But back to the story, which was, in short...fairly borderline *shrug*. I mean, it was an interesting premise, but the backstory and solution were definitely quite Applied Phlebotinum. "Oh, we're calling it a Talisman now? *blink blink* News to me..." And, perhaps I'm thick, but I didn't quite see where the Scientist explains that if you rip out the Talisman (why they needed the Scientist to figure out that if you rip out the thing that made the Big Bag come alive, it will die) and THEN press the buttons it will destroy the Big Bad and THEN still have the spirits inside of it, which, when released, will make it rain. That wuz silleh. It felt like a PG story in a PG-13-year-old's body. I would have appreciated a bit more complicated and sensible story to shore up the fantastic world and characters that were created.

BUT on to the good stuff: loved the rating! Loved! Loved! Loved! I think it was a wise choice in that it didn't reign in the creators by having to go: Oh dear...PG movie. Hrm..... BUT they didn't take it upon themselves to "push the envelope" and make it a "solid pg-13" movie by adding in all sorts of whatnot. :D

YA HEY! This movie is brilliant in taking stock characters and making you LOVE them! Favorites have to be, hands down, the Twins. But genius on part of the filmmaker to make most of the drama surround the death of a character who has a whopping 3 or so minutes of screentime. I mean, there were a few people who needed fleshing out, but it was solved for me by not having just one really quirky eccentric character. You got Twins, Two, Five, and Six who were all slightly unbalanced and adorable, making each of them individual rather than a "standby QUIRKY!!one" solution.

Music was gorgeous. Beautiful beautiful beautiful.

Oh, by the way, was anyone else thinking of Doris (right? Doris from Meet the Robinsons...another classic! ^^) with the machines. Note to future filmmakers: robots should have two eyes from now on.

Overall take: Really happy and just happy. Gizmos! Gizmos! GORGEOUS! Would have appreciated some more thorough storytelling and wished it were longer. (And no more one-eyed robots) Otherwise a truly fantastic film.

4 stars out of 5