100 Nights of Hero (2025) post

I hadn't heard of this film until a couple months ago, and the second I did I thought, "WTF?! There's a film adaptation of my favourite graphic novel of all time?! How did I not hear of this until now?! What cosmic force is trolling me?!" Worse, there was no way for me to see it. It's an indie film with LBGTQ+ themes, so of course it didn't receive a wide mainstream release. Fucking smallminded, cowardly conservatives.

It's criminal how so few people have heard of 100 Nights of Hero, and are not spreading the word, for it is important that it attract as much attention as possible.

But now I've bought a Blu-ray of it from eBay (imported from China), and I have finally seen it.

Yes, it is messy. But I liked it. I understand why they had to change some things, since graphic novels are not the same as the medium of film. It is still a fairy tale/storytelling/feminism/anti-dogma/moon/LBGTQ themed story put on celluloid. All the actors are very good. Nicholas Galitzine is ridiculously excellent at playing arseholes (with a heart of gold...?), yet he is so charming and smoldery that I like him in every role he's done (I refuse to watch Purple Hearts, though, and I need to stop getting him confused with Nick Robinson).

Overall, 100 Nights of Hero is a whimsical and cute little movie. It is definitely unique, and made by an almost-all female team of filmmakers. Anything to support LBGTQ+ films, as well.

I should watch it again. And again.

But you need to read the original graphic novel by Isabel Greenberg. Therein lies so much more substance, and feminist fairy tales told by Hero. I will never forget the day I stumbled across it in my local library in 2017, and going back again and again to read it there, before I bought my own copy. It's a truly magical and enriching experience.

Read my review of One Hundred Nights of Hero here.