Good animation, awful script. Far cry from Disney's or Pixar's best.
Not much can be said for this film but IMDb's Comment Requirements demand a minimum of 10 lines. OK, here goes. What a waste of incredible voice/acting talent. One of the main characters was voiced by Wallace Shawn (Vizzini "inconceivable!" "I'm waiting!" of The Princess Bride). It's as if the director threatened to smack him on his bald head if he even tried to voice his character in any way that was slightly entertaining or interesting. (Or maybe they just edited any funny lines out in post-production) Actually, the screenwriters should have watched The Princess Bride and gotten some ideas from that movie. The songs were atrocious and forgettable. My favorite part was when the credits stared rolling. The fact that there were only three other people in the theatre besides myself and my son should have been a clue. He had seen all the other "kid" movies so we were stuck with the bottom of the barrel.
Maybe they should have taken some of the budget that paid for the "star" vocal talent and rewritten the script. Just my opinion.
Not much can be said for this film but IMDb's Comment Requirements demand a minimum of 10 lines. OK, here goes. What a waste of incredible voice/acting talent. One of the main characters was voiced by Wallace Shawn (Vizzini "inconceivable!" "I'm waiting!" of The Princess Bride). It's as if the director threatened to smack him on his bald head if he even tried to voice his character in any way that was slightly entertaining or interesting. (Or maybe they just edited any funny lines out in post-production) Actually, the screenwriters should have watched The Princess Bride and gotten some ideas from that movie. The songs were atrocious and forgettable. My favorite part was when the credits stared rolling. The fact that there were only three other people in the theatre besides myself and my son should have been a clue. He had seen all the other "kid" movies so we were stuck with the bottom of the barrel.
Maybe they should have taken some of the budget that paid for the "star" vocal talent and rewritten the script. Just my opinion.