Simply because it was a movie that applied to an adult audience doesn't make it a good film. People on these threads seem to be getting far too exited by the concept of an animation with adult themes, however you can't overlook the fact that the film was marketed at children and also followed that tradtional halloween animation movie theme.
I disliked the film, although I appreciated it was stylistically beautiful and I enjoyed the characterizations of the main characters. I felt that it was trying to simplify its story in order to apply to a younger audience and ended up making it overly simple and in that respect boring. The second half of the film felt like watching someone else playing a video game, collecting clues and defeating bad guys and being lead from stage to stage by the dead children - yawn.
It disappointed me because although I greatly enjoyed it in the cinema, and to a certain extent that was heightened by watching it in 3d - I bought the dvd and found myself thoroughly bored by it without the 3d experience. I can watch the film in dribs and drabs now and still enjoy it, mostly because I do still love the artwork and its quirky style, but the storyline is far too formulaic for the adult audience it is trying to reach.
So what I'm really trying to say is: don't just defend the film because it applies to an adult audience, its a flawed movie and the fact that its not suitable for 6 year olds isn't the only point of concern.
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Goat-lady
11 years ago
Very well put, Shiny. I agree with you on this one.
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jajceboy
11 years ago
To dislike a film just becasue it's flawed shouldn't even be a reason for disliking a film.
Almost all films contains flaws, you can't find a perfect film.
Going by that logic you should dislike every single movie out there because they are flawed.
You have to look beyond the flaws to truly appreciate a film.
So calling a film bad because it's flawed isn't a good reason.
Back to topic! Unfortunately the sometimes negative stereotype of animated films being meant for children only is very much alive today.Every time I say to my dad I'm going to watch an animated film he looks at me in disbelief.
When will people learn animation isn't a single genre? Animation is just a different way of telling a story on film, like black-white film.
You can make almost any genre in animation, but that doesn't by any means mean that you should take your child to see it.
If people started to read what the picture was about before taking their 6 year old with them perhaps they wouldn't be so surprise?
Honestly, don't people read summary's about a film before going to see it?
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Symarip
11 years ago
All movies are flawed, so that's kind of a dumb criticism...
If you've heard of it, it's already too mainstream for me.
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