What is Angel’s Egg? This question, as well as the question in the title card (What is it about?) are both things I do not know the answer to. Why not muse on them, explore them? Super spoiler alert: you probably should not read this epic on the scale of Beowulf if, by chance, you have not seen the aforementioned extremely obscure movie yet!
We can get the first question out of the way quickly. As to the question – What is Angel’s Egg? A movie. I am probably right on that one but far from definitely right. To say it is a movie is to assert that movies exist and that I am an existing thing that experiences. Awful bold of me, isn’t it? If I ignore all of that, I would still have trouble telling you what KIND of movie it is. I am pretty sure it is animated and not live action. I am probably right on that too. You could argue it to be an avant-garde film, a drama film, a dystopian film, a surreal film, a horror, film, or perhaps not a film at all.
Lots of possibilities here, but if I roll with Angel’s Egg being a movie that is probably animated and not live action – that leads us to the next question — What is it about? I have no idea what this movie is about! There is a girl running around with an egg of unknown origin. She is trying to keep it safe when she meets a man with an odd weapon. These are arguably the only two “characters” in the movie, and they both barely speak.
Shadow fish! One other thing I am pretty sure this movie is about is shadow fish being all fishy and chips. Shadows of large fish appear randomly and are hunted by groups of soldiers. Their weapons are completely ineffective to deez fisheez, yet they still try every time. I kinda liked the shadow fish. Not sure why the soldiers were so mad at ‘em.
Oh yeah, ABOUTNESS — the original bit I came up with for today’s episode and totally almost forgot to include. Taking a step back, why does a movie have to be about something? What is this aboutness that must be tied to it? Angel’s Egg objectively defies the notion that a movie has to clearly be about something! Mad respect to the filmmakers for that accomplishment. So maybe movies don’t ever have to be about anything, and why should they? What a ridiculous expectation of them when you really think about it!
Final Thoughts: 7/10 Crowns, but I don’t even know what Angel’s Egg is or what it’s about, so my opinion on this is worth nothing (as always). I have a feeling it’s a movie I will like even more on a second and third watch. OK, non-silly best guess – This Drawma Kingg thinks it may be about cycles of life and death.
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