I watched this right after watching the original Snowman. The newer film unfortunately pales in comparison to the original - the storyline is virtually the same but worse, and the same can be said for the animation and the music. With apologies to all those who I'm sure worked hard to bring the film to screen, this film was unable to live up to the original and one wonders why this sequel was made.
While the original animation shimmered across the whole screen, the remake had animated characters over a succession of virtually still backdrops. In the original I was impressed by the attention to detail in the shadows, whereas in the remake there were no shadows.
Again the music is very similar to the original, largely violin based and with similar themes. There is more guitar based music and later the song while the characters are flying is more pop and less choral. Still reasonably moving music, but slightly worse than the original.
Probably the worst thing about this film is its plot, really just a rehash of the old plot, except there's now a dog which comes to life by the end of the film. While not a scene for scene remake the plot points are virtually identical.
There is simply very little original brought to the film, and everything that has changed in the sequel turns out to have reduced the quality of the film rather than improved it.
While the original animation shimmered across the whole screen, the remake had animated characters over a succession of virtually still backdrops. In the original I was impressed by the attention to detail in the shadows, whereas in the remake there were no shadows.
Again the music is very similar to the original, largely violin based and with similar themes. There is more guitar based music and later the song while the characters are flying is more pop and less choral. Still reasonably moving music, but slightly worse than the original.
Probably the worst thing about this film is its plot, really just a rehash of the old plot, except there's now a dog which comes to life by the end of the film. While not a scene for scene remake the plot points are virtually identical.
There is simply very little original brought to the film, and everything that has changed in the sequel turns out to have reduced the quality of the film rather than improved it.