I saw "Strange Magic", starring the voices of Evan Rachel Wood-True Blood_tv, Across the Universe; Alan Cumming-The Good Wife_tv, Goldeneye; Sam Palladio-Nashville_tv, Runner Runner and Kristin Chenoweth-The Boy Next Door, RV.
This is an animated movie that was written by George Lucas-do I really need to list his credits? George said that he wanted to do a family friendly movie and he based it loosely on William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The main theme of the story is that true love should be based on the inner person and not their outer looks-when I was growing up, we used to say, 'Don't judge a book by it's cover.' Evan plays a fairy princess that is getting married to Sam, a vane prince that just wants the power and prestige of the position, and he seems to be more in love with his self than he is with Evan. Alan is the evil looking-he looks like a cross between a praying mantis and a cockroach- bog king that runs the dark kingdom next door to the fairies. I did say evil looking, because once you get to know him, there is more beneath the surface than there first appears. Kristin is the sugar plum fairy that makes magic love potions that are sought after by most of the main characters for one reason or another. Oh yeah, did I mention that it is a musical? Well, it is and everyone gets their chance to sing, with most of the music coming from the 60's through the present; besides the title song by ELO, I liked the one based on Evan's character's name, Marianne- one of my favorite songs by the Four Seasons. As the end credits start, there is a scene with Sam finding his true love and at the very end- after the credits-there is another scene with the mushrooms passing along a message. It's rated "PG" for action and some scary images and has a running time of 1 hour & 39 minutes. I enjoyed it-and I think the little ones would enjoy it, too-and I would buy it on DVD.
This is an animated movie that was written by George Lucas-do I really need to list his credits? George said that he wanted to do a family friendly movie and he based it loosely on William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream'. The main theme of the story is that true love should be based on the inner person and not their outer looks-when I was growing up, we used to say, 'Don't judge a book by it's cover.' Evan plays a fairy princess that is getting married to Sam, a vane prince that just wants the power and prestige of the position, and he seems to be more in love with his self than he is with Evan. Alan is the evil looking-he looks like a cross between a praying mantis and a cockroach- bog king that runs the dark kingdom next door to the fairies. I did say evil looking, because once you get to know him, there is more beneath the surface than there first appears. Kristin is the sugar plum fairy that makes magic love potions that are sought after by most of the main characters for one reason or another. Oh yeah, did I mention that it is a musical? Well, it is and everyone gets their chance to sing, with most of the music coming from the 60's through the present; besides the title song by ELO, I liked the one based on Evan's character's name, Marianne- one of my favorite songs by the Four Seasons. As the end credits start, there is a scene with Sam finding his true love and at the very end- after the credits-there is another scene with the mushrooms passing along a message. It's rated "PG" for action and some scary images and has a running time of 1 hour & 39 minutes. I enjoyed it-and I think the little ones would enjoy it, too-and I would buy it on DVD.