30 Days of DCMK: Day 14

[ninthfeather]

 

Favorite Movie: The Last Wizard of the Century

 

So, I’ve mentioned the fact that this movie basically got me back into the show.  Okay, scratch that–the first scene of KID, alone, was enough to get me back into the show–everything else was bonus, and it was glorious bonus.  People can say what they want about the movies, but Last Wizard is what the main canon of both shows are when they’re at their best–well-researched, gorgeously animated, and intense.  At any given moment, there’s at least three agendas at play, and between Shinichi and Heiji’s teamup and KID and Shinichi’s various interactions, it’s a mine of Gosho Boy interaction.  Yes, it borrowed elements from the Jodie Hopper file in MK, and Shinichi shouldn’t have survived his confrontation with the killer if actual physics were in play, but the plot moves along quickly enough that these things don’t pull you out of the narrative for that long.  Plus, the very end scene with KID and the doves is probably one of my favorite bits of the officially-produced material, period.  

 

(Edit: apparently did this a day early and labeled it as Day 13 instead of 14, whoops.  I knew I was gonna screw this up at some point.)