The look of the film reminds me of Epic - Strange Magic (2015) Discussion

[–] uberfu 9 years ago

Yep. EXACTLY what I was thinking. Except more advanced animation and a sh*tload more singing (because ya know it's "disney" afterall and they can't do anything without it being a musical).

I guess "from the mind of George Lucas" means that he watched EPIC and thought he could redo it "better" ?

I wonder is SW Ep. 7 going to also be a musical now that Disney owns that too ?

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[–] Unvoiced-Apollo 9 years ago

You do realize this one in production before Disney acquired Lucasfilm, right?

And with an announcement so close to release date, I doubt it was suddenly Disney's idea to make it a musical, especially when the movie is taking from already existing songs when Disney musicals are known for making originals.

Besides, there are several non-musical Disney movies.

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[–] Paul_Mall 9 years ago

Same here.

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[–] dbone828 9 years ago

Haha... I also came here to post how much I thought this movie seemed very similar to Epic. Let's see how long this topic can get before the movie comes out.

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[–] dalbrech 9 years ago

The look of the film does indeed swipe a lot from epic, but from the trialer the script wants to be another Shrek. I got a feeling the mixture is really going to suck.

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[–] El_Guapo_Caballo 9 years ago

Yes, it sure feels like is aiming for a Shreck mixed with Epic crapfest.

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[–] m_zainulabedin 9 years ago

Agreed with you.

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[–] number1212 9 years ago

It looks like a Epic if Epic was a terrible, terrible movie.

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[–] Unvoiced-Apollo 9 years ago

It looks like Epic without ripping off the Fern Gully human shrinking , choosing to instead steal the madcap pace and unoriginal music as Moulin Rouge.

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[–] snoglow-87 9 years ago

My first thought was that it was a mixture of Epic, Shrek, Arthur and the Minimoys and The Spiderwick Chronicles, and the sing star games, can't forget those.

I doubt this will be great, but I'm certain I'll enjoy some scenes (at least I hope I will).

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[–] LeiaOfLothlorien (1980) 7 years ago

Yes, yes, yes! For me, mostly Shrek and Arthur and the Invisibles, but I can see the other two movies you mentioned in it. Roland was 100% Prince Charming from Shrek 2.

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[–] squeack 9 years ago

I thought it was a sequel to Epic..

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[–] jagmarky 9 years ago

Yeah, I got the EXACT same feeling I got watching the trailer as I did watching Epic. Beautiful animation, boring movie. I'll still give this a chance on Netflix, hate judging a film by a trailer.

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[–] tommypezmaster 9 years ago

It did reminds me of Epic, but it also reminds me a little bit of Rango also.
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[–] Mina-Mina 9 years ago

Barely 12 minutes into the movi....wait, WHAT!?!? A Beyonce chorus (Crazy in Love).
I was going to say how terrible the FIRST 12 minutes were. But now, ...I am turning it off. Animation is lovely, but (wow) this is a stinky movie!
And yes; I too see the STRONG similarities to Epic (and wasn't Beyonce IN that movie?) But even Epic knew that this type animation/storyline did NOT need to be a musical. (I really did like Epic, BTW).
"Lucas had long wanted to make a film for his three daughters. He described the film as Star Wars for a female audience . . ."
My niece is 12, and she decided the newly enhanced Fruit Ninja was much more entertaining!
She shed no tears when I turned off the "movie" and began watching American Greed.
LOL

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[–] AlexaB92 8 years ago

EEEEEEXACTLY!!!

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