Change Your Image
sethsevenyoln
Reviews
Redwall (1999)
The very best Redwall season
When it comes to the Redwall animated series, the first season was terrible. Mattimeo more than makes up for it. There is a splendid soundtrack, great action and wonderful animation. The voice actors, for the most part, are wonderful. And with the background music, some scenes almost make you jump out of your seat. There is a notable lack of gore, sometimes I do wish Nelvana hadn't been so shy about showing a little blood. The considerable amount of violence in the film is handled tactfully. There are several sad character deaths. An infant was scared once, although it isn't very scary for most kids. Ironbeak is probably one of the most exiting animated bad guys, and Slagar is majestic in his part. Tim Curry makes him deeply menacing, for example when he snarls "The truth? Do you want to know the truth, mouse? Matthias, Warrior of Redwall, will know pain, when his only son is made to suffer as Slagar has suffered. That is the truth, and that is a promise."
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
Decent film
Its not as bad as some say, but its not as good as the LOTR films were.
The bad:
The stunts were ridiculous. The characters survived unbelievable circumstances, and goblin-town was cartoon-ish. One of the things that was wonderful about the LOTR was that few, if any of the stunts were crazy. The only ones which defied Human ability were done by Legolas, and he isn't human. But here people are surviving rock slides, jumping into other trees while the tree they are in is falling, going swinging on wooden platforms hooked onto ropes, etc. The CGI was a bit too glamorous, although not that bad. The camera was too unrealistic, it was swooping around like a video game. In LOTR, the camera usually stays on the ground, or does a magnificent areal shot, there are some fancy cool camera acrobatics but nothing like they are in the Hobbit. Some of the changes were terrible. Having Thorin hate the elves, (he almost threw Orcrist away when he heard it was an elven blade!), is really bad. Nothing like the book. Some of the characters, such as Azog, were rather poorly done. Other than that, it was good. The action was exiting, the dialog wasn't bad, it wasn't too slow moving. I recommend it overall.