The story in Epic is simple enough. They basically took The Borrowers and made them miniature soldiers concerned only with fighting evil that tries to rot the forest. And who better to save the day than a human girl shrunk to their dimensions and a hapless young boy who can't seem to think of nothing but himself? Really, it felt like an anti-teen movie, with the main young characters bursting with stamina, but also with imbecility.
I really tried to like the animation film, but the situation was ridiculous from the very start, with the girl that tries to reconcile with her father, because she promised her mother, but can't do it more than half a day, then the queen that has to choose some life pod (sorry for the pun) and pulls everybody into an ambush, and so on.
It quickly turned into one of so many US animations where the only stuff that happens is boy meets girl, then they fight evil in the middle of some beautifully designed world. So I can't really recommend something that seems to be inspired by a Facetime conversation.
The cast, of course, is fantastic and all that, but let's face it: it's an animation film! It doesn't bloody matter that the queen was Beyonce! She didn't even sing.
Bottom line: a little bit less boring than The Borrowers, in any incarnation, but also a lot more stupid. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.
I really tried to like the animation film, but the situation was ridiculous from the very start, with the girl that tries to reconcile with her father, because she promised her mother, but can't do it more than half a day, then the queen that has to choose some life pod (sorry for the pun) and pulls everybody into an ambush, and so on.
It quickly turned into one of so many US animations where the only stuff that happens is boy meets girl, then they fight evil in the middle of some beautifully designed world. So I can't really recommend something that seems to be inspired by a Facetime conversation.
The cast, of course, is fantastic and all that, but let's face it: it's an animation film! It doesn't bloody matter that the queen was Beyonce! She didn't even sing.
Bottom line: a little bit less boring than The Borrowers, in any incarnation, but also a lot more stupid. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.