The Jungle Book
If you thought the CGI tiger in Life of Pi was impressive, wait till you get an entire jungle full of creatures.
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If you thought the CGI tiger in Life of Pi was impressive, wait till you get an entire jungle full of creatures.
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Think of it as a kind of North American gothic fairy-tale meets European folklore, much like the work of Washington Irving.
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Prejudice – in all its forms – is the concept under the microscope here. And the screenplay to Zootopia is very, very good at examining said prejudice from every angle.
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I’d heard that the vistas were impressive, but nothing could prepare me for the image of a raging river, or wheat fields swaying in the breeze. I simply could not believe that I was looking at CGI.
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The mixture of emotions this film manages to tap into is extraordinary, and I was on the verge of tears more than once.
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There’s a lot about Big Hero 6 that is stock-standard, and the boy-and-his-robot tale has echoes of Short Circuit and Terminator 2: Judgement Day. Clichés abound, and whilst this may be based on a Marvel comic, there’s a lot that’s been Disney-fied.
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The animation is frequently jaw-dropping, and there are a number wonderfully realised scenes. This doesn’t feel like a conveyer-belt type animation, and no corners have been cut.
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The shades of grey are quite surprising for a Disney family film, and whilst we aren’t watching ‘Game of Thrones’, there’s definitely some good and some bad in Maleficent.
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I’m at a loss to understand how effortlessly writer/directors Phil Lord and Christopher Miller managed to combine what is basically a 100 minute toy commercial into an incredibly witty, self-referential and downright poignant movie such as this.
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Crystal and Goodman are just as good in the central roles as the first time around, but the dialogue feels a little sparse in comparison to the original. That being said, there are some heartfelt scenes here, particularly with one of the recurring motifs.
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