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Hottarake no shima - Haruka to maho no kagami (2009)
A beautiful , colorful adventure
"Oblivion Island" is for sure a beautiful animation , starting from its characters represented in the heroine Haruka , her cute friends in oblivion island, and the whole magical idea about the island.
The film starts in a 2d animation telling the story of the island and then shifts to its 3d style with what seems to be still hand drawn backgrounds in several scenes, the drawings are beautiful indeed , and the 3d characters are well designed , on the visual side, this is a fine movie to watch.
The story is as engaging as the visuals, as it talks about oblivion island, an island where fox-like creatures take things long forgotten by humans and make use of them, the film follows Haruka's journey to this island and the several events she experiences and the effect of these events on her memories, there are several heartwarming scenes especially at the beginning and near the ending.
I watched "Oblivion Island" with my brother and we both enjoyed it, its a beautiful entertaining movie and -for me- it won't go into oblivion.
The Chain (1998)
Not like other Phill Mulloy films
I have watched films by Phill Mulloy before ,and I didn't like them,so , when I started watching this one , I didn't expect much ,but to my surprise , I found a decent portrayal to mankind's cruelty and hatred against each other over something trivial thought to be great, the drawings weren't my cup of tea , but the story was good.
The film runs in a symbolic way most of the time , and it succeeds at this, but the drawings may confuse you and the similarity between the characters could annoy you.
If you watched other films by Phill Mulloy , don't expect this one to be like them - in terms of the storyline and the idea - but , in terms of the animation , it's pretty much the same.
It's not a great film , but it's a decent one , you'll enjoy the symbolism in this film and the true representation of man's greed.