I was actually intrigued over the style they used for the animations.
Very realistic at some points, but some scenes were excruciating to watch as they seemed to be in slow motion. Very annoying!
I mean - How long does it take to swing an axe..? This scene was a good 6-7 seconds.
As far as the story goes... Well, to tell you the truth, I didn't see all of it at once. I have other things that needs doing, so it had to be split into two days of watching it.
The characters are somewhat lacking depth, flat and at some angles they even look slightly retarded, but mostly the entire movie is sort of get to the bad guy, get caught, break free, get caught again, break free, look like you've got arthritis for a couple of scenes, slay the bad guy then "The end" and end credits.
Nevertheless, I understand that they needed to get to the bad guy and whoop his butt, but the actual hero is not who you'd think it'd be. The thought-to-be hero is somewhat of an bumbling idiot (Sorry, but he strikes me as such!), hapless and makes strange decisions.
The ending is indeed weird, and you're sitting there wondering what happened to the (actual) hero, which is really a guy which had no particular history, nor quite explained anything of his reason of being there, you get no explanation how he evaded the crumbling ice cave (Or whatever the heck that was supposed to be), and the entire thing ends just like that.
So, I'd say these animators should've had a better script, probably more money and time too. Or, better yet; A remake perhaps would do it more justice..? Someone like James Cameron maybe?
Perhaps you wonder why I left 5 of 10 stars? Well, simple; The movie doesn't such entirely, at least not if you were to ignore the storyline, and focus on the animation, so in fairness; 3/10 for story, 7/10 for animation, and overall gets an 5/10 (Yeah, the math doesn't quite add up, so deal with it!).
I think if someone were to make a remake they should actually try actual drawings in their animations and only do touch-ups with CGI. Let's face it - CGI today, where the hell is it going to end? It's so used up it's almost getting boring.
Hand drawn animations with no motion capture (Sure did look like it in this movie) is something I really like in animated movies!
That's art!
I mean - How long does it take to swing an axe..? This scene was a good 6-7 seconds.
As far as the story goes... Well, to tell you the truth, I didn't see all of it at once. I have other things that needs doing, so it had to be split into two days of watching it.
The characters are somewhat lacking depth, flat and at some angles they even look slightly retarded, but mostly the entire movie is sort of get to the bad guy, get caught, break free, get caught again, break free, look like you've got arthritis for a couple of scenes, slay the bad guy then "The end" and end credits.
Nevertheless, I understand that they needed to get to the bad guy and whoop his butt, but the actual hero is not who you'd think it'd be. The thought-to-be hero is somewhat of an bumbling idiot (Sorry, but he strikes me as such!), hapless and makes strange decisions.
The ending is indeed weird, and you're sitting there wondering what happened to the (actual) hero, which is really a guy which had no particular history, nor quite explained anything of his reason of being there, you get no explanation how he evaded the crumbling ice cave (Or whatever the heck that was supposed to be), and the entire thing ends just like that.
So, I'd say these animators should've had a better script, probably more money and time too. Or, better yet; A remake perhaps would do it more justice..? Someone like James Cameron maybe?
Perhaps you wonder why I left 5 of 10 stars? Well, simple; The movie doesn't such entirely, at least not if you were to ignore the storyline, and focus on the animation, so in fairness; 3/10 for story, 7/10 for animation, and overall gets an 5/10 (Yeah, the math doesn't quite add up, so deal with it!).
I think if someone were to make a remake they should actually try actual drawings in their animations and only do touch-ups with CGI. Let's face it - CGI today, where the hell is it going to end? It's so used up it's almost getting boring.
Hand drawn animations with no motion capture (Sure did look like it in this movie) is something I really like in animated movies!
That's art!