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The Illusion of Megamind
Dec. 9th, 2010 10:56 pmTwo films for the price of one! Hopefully the advance notice on one will cancel out my coming much too late to the party on the other ...
Megamind - US release date: 5 Nov 2010
I was thoroughly, vocally skeptical about this one. It looked like a return to the smartass comedy Dreamworks was so infamous for before Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon pulled it out of the quicksand. Not only that, the trailers' main effect on me was to make me want to watch Dr Horrible again, instead of this film. But – for some reason I feel like I should apologise for this – I actually really enjoyed it. ( Why? )
Anyway, boo on you, Dreamworks marketing dept, for making this movie look like so much less than it was, and leading me to think it was worth it to wait until they screened it at work, so now I can't pass along the word-of-mouth that might have made it more successful at the box office (not that my word alone would influence the takings that much, but who knows how many times this experience has been multiplied across the country). It's worth seeing, if it's still in theatres near you, or if you live somewhere where it hasn't come out yet, but if not, there's always Netflix...
The Illusionist - US Release 25 December 2010
I know a couple of people who worked on this film so I was going to see it anyway, even if it hadn't looked absolutely gorgeous, and even though they had each given me their opinions of working on it, which were a)incredibly frustrating and b)incredibly dull. ( It's not as bad as all that ... )
Basically, my review comes down to this: if you like good art and want a quiet little place to escape to for an hour and half, or (perhaps more importantly) want to support the idea of hand-drawn animated films that are not Disney musicals or indeed anything like most American animation, you will likely enjoy this film, or at least find it interesting. If you are liable to fall asleep if someone doesn't make a wisecrack at least once every five minutes, stay home and play with some shiny objects. And if you do see it, stay to the end of the credits! There is a prize waiting for you there.
Megamind - US release date: 5 Nov 2010
I was thoroughly, vocally skeptical about this one. It looked like a return to the smartass comedy Dreamworks was so infamous for before Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon pulled it out of the quicksand. Not only that, the trailers' main effect on me was to make me want to watch Dr Horrible again, instead of this film. But – for some reason I feel like I should apologise for this – I actually really enjoyed it. ( Why? )
Anyway, boo on you, Dreamworks marketing dept, for making this movie look like so much less than it was, and leading me to think it was worth it to wait until they screened it at work, so now I can't pass along the word-of-mouth that might have made it more successful at the box office (not that my word alone would influence the takings that much, but who knows how many times this experience has been multiplied across the country). It's worth seeing, if it's still in theatres near you, or if you live somewhere where it hasn't come out yet, but if not, there's always Netflix...
The Illusionist - US Release 25 December 2010
I know a couple of people who worked on this film so I was going to see it anyway, even if it hadn't looked absolutely gorgeous, and even though they had each given me their opinions of working on it, which were a)incredibly frustrating and b)incredibly dull. ( It's not as bad as all that ... )
Basically, my review comes down to this: if you like good art and want a quiet little place to escape to for an hour and half, or (perhaps more importantly) want to support the idea of hand-drawn animated films that are not Disney musicals or indeed anything like most American animation, you will likely enjoy this film, or at least find it interesting. If you are liable to fall asleep if someone doesn't make a wisecrack at least once every five minutes, stay home and play with some shiny objects. And if you do see it, stay to the end of the credits! There is a prize waiting for you there.
