Motionlmags’s review published on Letterboxd:
Finally rewatching at home with subtitles and the following is clear:
1. This is the most cinematic and epic movie of 2024. The effects, the escapism, the lore, the themes, the cast - all 10/10
2. There’s no way in hell I would have figured out what was going on by myself, making this a highly invested watch. I haven’t read the books but my husband has and he was able to explain things as I paused every 30 minutes or so and my word there is just toooooo much to keep track.
While this film has the huge undertaking of condensing this enormous story to a palatable experience, I have to take a half star off for requiring so much of movie goers that haven’t read the books.