(C+) 67% | Almost Satisfactory Notes: Not awful but offal, so drawn-out and tame, the art's really lazy and plot can get hazy, all vacuous, screwy and (C+) 67% | Almost Satisfactory Notes: Not awful but offal, so drawn-out and tame, the art's really lazy and plot can get hazy, all vacuous, screwy and lame.
(B-) 70% | Satisfactory Notes: All PowerPoint-y, it's didactic and reflective, barely plot, just themes and thoughts, but at least now there's objectiv(B-) 70% | Satisfactory Notes: All PowerPoint-y, it's didactic and reflective, barely plot, just themes and thoughts, but at least now there's objective.
(B) 73% | More than Satisfactory Notes: Not much, it chews on déjà vu, and flashbacks too, but nothing new, much too subdued, the story here's just res(B) 73% | More than Satisfactory Notes: Not much, it chews on déjà vu, and flashbacks too, but nothing new, much too subdued, the story here's just residue.
(B) 73% | More than Satisfactory Notes: Scarcely as gory, all new territory, on music and love and flashbacks thereof, terribly bland, more theme than (B) 73% | More than Satisfactory Notes: Scarcely as gory, all new territory, on music and love and flashbacks thereof, terribly bland, more theme than a story.
(B+) 77% | Good Notes: Nothing new, just battle wins, still fine, though padding, mere angst its adding, its slaughter gimmick's wearing thin.(B+) 77% | Good Notes: Nothing new, just battle wins, still fine, though padding, mere angst its adding, its slaughter gimmick's wearing thin....more
(B-) 71% | Satisfactory Notes: It's about memories, I guess, unlocking what's repressed... yup, that's the plot, I kid you not, a blah and lifeless mes(B-) 71% | Satisfactory Notes: It's about memories, I guess, unlocking what's repressed... yup, that's the plot, I kid you not, a blah and lifeless mess.
(B+) 77% | Good Notes: Painting a life as dull and mundane, bit much, it's too plain, but still entertains: all social distress and pimple disdain.(B+) 77% | Good Notes: Painting a life as dull and mundane, bit much, it's too plain, but still entertains: all social distress and pimple disdain....more
(B+) 78% | Good Notes: Flashbacks are telling, a lot of plot-propelling, rebelling, new bad boy's compelling, though still too trauma-dwelling.(B+) 78% | Good Notes: Flashbacks are telling, a lot of plot-propelling, rebelling, new bad boy's compelling, though still too trauma-dwelling....more
(C+) 65% | Almost Satisfactory Notes: Hard to decipher, just tangles and knots, confusing as heck, its pacing's a wreck, I needed a wiki to spell out t(C+) 65% | Almost Satisfactory Notes: Hard to decipher, just tangles and knots, confusing as heck, its pacing's a wreck, I needed a wiki to spell out the plot....more
(B+) 76% | Good Notes: All about its end reveal, there's otherwise not much appeal, still, however, fake-out's clever: in the end, a decent deal.(B+) 76% | Good Notes: All about its end reveal, there's otherwise not much appeal, still, however, fake-out's clever: in the end, a decent deal....more
(A) 85% | Extraordinary Notes: Opens rough, like stalks of wheat, bit raw to eat, but flavors build as meaning's milled and by the end it tastes a trea(A) 85% | Extraordinary Notes: Opens rough, like stalks of wheat, bit raw to eat, but flavors build as meaning's milled and by the end it tastes a treat....more
(A-) 80% | Very Good Notes: Twists and action, math and fractions, goes a little slower, a solid sequel, not quite equal: special issue drags it lower.
(A-) 81% | Very Good Notes: All about art, its story's okay, bit out of the way, bit out-of-the-blue, bit hard to construe, but artistry's truly gourme(A-) 81% | Very Good Notes: All about art, its story's okay, bit out of the way, bit out-of-the-blue, bit hard to construe, but artistry's truly gourmet....more