So I took my children to the movies to watch the Snow Queen, and they loved it. They made plans to watch the number 2 (as the director confidently advertises for the nmb 2 movie before receiving responses to the first movie - pretty arrogant). My children liking the movie forces me to give it 3 stars. If not I would have given it 1 star...
I had great anticipation for this movie, portaying one of my childhoods favorite stories. I've read the fairytale in books by HC Andersen, and I've seen earlier movies of it. It is a magical story! I was greatly disappointed by this animation.
Reasons: 1: bad animation. Does not succeed in making facial expressions (important in animation) look clear and real.
2: The movie does not succeed in creating a clear story-line. Several figures are unclear (what was the point of the plant-lady?), and the movie jumps from one action to the next.
3: many scenes are borrowed from other movies (slalom-scene from IceAge, scary creatures crawling down columns in a big hall from Lord of the rings, big meat-eating plant from Little shop of horrors, just to mention 3 of them)
4: it's not funny! Well-made animation movies with side-kick animals should be funny for both children AND adults!
5: the troll does not look like a troll...
I will NOT be watching the nmb 2. But maybe my children will...
I had great anticipation for this movie, portaying one of my childhoods favorite stories. I've read the fairytale in books by HC Andersen, and I've seen earlier movies of it. It is a magical story! I was greatly disappointed by this animation.
Reasons: 1: bad animation. Does not succeed in making facial expressions (important in animation) look clear and real.
2: The movie does not succeed in creating a clear story-line. Several figures are unclear (what was the point of the plant-lady?), and the movie jumps from one action to the next.
3: many scenes are borrowed from other movies (slalom-scene from IceAge, scary creatures crawling down columns in a big hall from Lord of the rings, big meat-eating plant from Little shop of horrors, just to mention 3 of them)
4: it's not funny! Well-made animation movies with side-kick animals should be funny for both children AND adults!
5: the troll does not look like a troll...
I will NOT be watching the nmb 2. But maybe my children will...