Epic 3D Movie Review

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That title is inviting the addition as to the word fail, however this movie really can be perfectly serviceable family animation movie.

Even thus, generic may are a a lot of better description. its woodland saga feels cobbled along issued from a dozen different sources, together with Ferngully, A Bugs Life, Arthur and of course the invisibles, the directors, Roger Dean, even fifi and of course the flowertots.

Our heroine may be a lonely human teen ( Amanda Seyfried ), whos shrunk out to fairy size out to aid magical forest dwellers with their battle against decay-spreading baddies. ( the motivation for our decay-spreading is unclear – they're barely baddies. ) boxes are studiously ticked.

Theres a mini-teen hunk for Seyfried out to flirt with, comedy gastropod sidekicks, parenting problems, eco sentiments, bird-back aerial action and random celebrity voice cameos, together with Beyoncé, Steven Tyler and Pitbull.

What stands out is that the animation. the microcosmic woodland world is luminous and detailed, and theres a pleasant disconnect of scale whereby humans seem as lumbering, slow-motion giants.

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