Wow, another pretty damned good family film! This one has a fairly cool visual aesthetic as kind of an oil painting CG look. Lots of themes hit lightly and quickly in this, all classic stuff from family films of yore. If you are a parent this movie will HIT HARD, if you take your wife (or are a mom yourself) then bring a lot of tissues because the core relationship is very maternal focused. Not that it ignores dads, rather the masculine/paternal roles are divvied up amongst several characters so it's not as impactful, IMHO.
I thought the talking animal stuff was gonna make this cheesy, but it's done very well. It's almost a parallel story to WALL-E in some respects and does borrow a lot from that film for the robots. Excellent voice work all around and the film never slows down from frame 1.
I'm pretty psyched that we got Transformers One and this, maybe there is a bit of a pendulum swing from the looney stuff of the past few years and a return to just good story, classic family vibes, and, oh yeah, beheaded characters and bit of shock even in kids films
Curious if any one sees this and has read the book. The central theme of recognizing your weakness and having to work harder to be a part of the group is something what was just taken for granted in decades past (COUNTLESS films explored that idea) but its a bit of a rarity these days I think. The notion that an initial misfortune has given opportunities later and you just gotta accept the past and move on is another good theme.
Anyway, while not a direct GAF film, I think any parents should consider it and even if you don't have kids, it's a much more grounded and "Pixar-like" film from Dreamworks versus their usual output which is saturated in topical pop culture and gets dated quickly. This one, I think, will become a timeless classic (even if its because my house robot keeps choosing it for me
I thought the talking animal stuff was gonna make this cheesy, but it's done very well. It's almost a parallel story to WALL-E in some respects and does borrow a lot from that film for the robots. Excellent voice work all around and the film never slows down from frame 1.
I'm pretty psyched that we got Transformers One and this, maybe there is a bit of a pendulum swing from the looney stuff of the past few years and a return to just good story, classic family vibes, and, oh yeah, beheaded characters and bit of shock even in kids films
Curious if any one sees this and has read the book. The central theme of recognizing your weakness and having to work harder to be a part of the group is something what was just taken for granted in decades past (COUNTLESS films explored that idea) but its a bit of a rarity these days I think. The notion that an initial misfortune has given opportunities later and you just gotta accept the past and move on is another good theme.
Anyway, while not a direct GAF film, I think any parents should consider it and even if you don't have kids, it's a much more grounded and "Pixar-like" film from Dreamworks versus their usual output which is saturated in topical pop culture and gets dated quickly. This one, I think, will become a timeless classic (even if its because my house robot keeps choosing it for me
