Animated movies have always captured our hearts and imaginations. Studios have jumped on the CG bandwagon and hand drawn animation has slowly become a thing of the past. Zack Snyder is the director behind the project, the man behind "300" and "Watchmen", that's right the man behind the two most violent movies of the last two years is behind the latest kids flick. The first thing that caught my attention with this movie was the extended cast of great actors all pouring into this project.
The cast includes, Jim Sturgess, Sam Neill, Helen Mirren, Geoffrey Rush, and Hugo Weaving to name a few. This cast does such a wonderful job with all of their characters, the voice acting in this film is amazing but I think the best person was Geoffrey Rush. He plays the hero that Soren looks up to and finally gets to meet. His character is so crazy and out of this world, he looks rugged and scarred and has a random green eye that is bigger than the other one. He is so entertaining to watch and Rush gives such life to this little owl that has done big things. The whole cast breathes life into each character, good and evil, which is what makes this movie work.
The story is simple and I would have to say it isn't that every kid would enjoy. This movie is dark, and the evil in this movie is very evil. This movie isn't afraid to be bad and to show a dark side but the good side makes it all make sense. It's a classic good vs. evil and nothing too inspiring is here when it comes to the story. I noticed that Mr. Snyder was behind it because the action in this film is full and furious. This would contend for one of the best action movies of the year and the animation is just beautiful. Slow-motion cuts that are matrix like look stunning and makes the action just thrilling. Even when you won't care about some of the characters because of the lack of character development, you will be blown away by the extreme action and beautiful look.
I would not recommend this movie for small children just because it is very scary and moments are sad. It also is fast and ferocious and full of imagination and beauty. Fantasy and action junkies will get a huge kick out of this movie but this movie is lacking in some areas. The script is nothing special, the plot is the center stage, not the characters and a theme is tried so hard that it gets tiring. It's very predictable and throughout the action was so frenzied and furious that caring about this world and characters just wasn't always an option. I just wanted to see where this animation could go and what it could do, it does a ton in this movie. The brilliant animation is the center here and it's wonderful. This movie is stunning to look at but that is all you'll get, sometimes that's the best movie to watch, pure entertainment, nothing more and nothing less. Pixar is still the king of animation.
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