this is going to suck
its going to be shallow and superficial.
shareThis was actually brilliant. The music, the style of it all. It all bound together in such a marvelous way. I never thought I could cry so much just by watching an animated movie. Maybe a lot of people will find it bland, maybe they will not resonate with it as much as I did, but this movie uncovered feelings I've long ago buried. Made me think of my grandmother and how she's always been there for me. Anyways, don't judge a book by its covers. Hilarious how you wrote this post a year ago and didn't even have enough patience to wait for a trailer.
shareI felt the same way about this movie, and am happy to see others experiencing the same. My grandpa passed away this christmas, and the day before new years eve was the funeral. He loved the story of the little prince so much, that instead of a funeral speech, we read from the book (the chapter of farewell, where the prince gifts the aviator with the laughing stars). After the funeral I wandered the city, deeply in thoughts, and came to the cinema where I saw a poster of the movie. When a mystery is too overpowering, one dare not disobey, so I watched the movie, and found my grandpa in it.
My grandpa also told me a lot of background information that changes the whole context of the movie (and the original book itself). All those informations can be found in libraries or the internet.
Did you know that Antoine de Saint-Exupery was an aviator himself during the war? He crashed in the desert and was rescued by a caravan after several days. Before his rescue, while searching for water, he found a young desert fox (fennec) and tried to tame it. Back from the desert he wrote a lot of letters about it to his friend Werth. He also wrote a lot of short stories/metaphors and thoughts about how odd adults are, and how he found in the desert what most adults never find in their lives. 6 years after his desert experience, he gave all those transcripts and letters to a younger female friend. Only after his death, this woman collected, rearranged and converted these manuscripts to the book that is known and loved as "the little prince". It's incredible, how many references the movie contained...
As I see it, the movie fails to be an adaption/remake (and never was intended as such), but as a tribute, it's a masterpiece!
And I will always see something hidden in this film that is invisible to the eye, like a flower on a star, or the screeching coil and strong arms of a friend in a mouthful of water in the desert. And it's nice to know that other people as well can see this movie with their heart!