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furtech ([personal profile] furtech) wrote2010-09-29 05:51 pm
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Gardians of Gahaooey

Saw it in 2-D (hate the glasses 3D requires): very nice. Yes, the story is complex and hard to follow, but if you just assume Good Owls vs Bad Owls + God-weapon, it's not hard to figure out. Elayne wants to read the books now (must try to borrow from Zor). Oh, and did I mention this film is gorgeous? Absolutely. Worth it for the eye candy alone.

I'm amused that the two animated films I've just seen are such opposites in complexity (on nearly all counts-- technical, story and character-wise). "Alpha and Omega" had an insipid, predictable plot with barely passable animation. Ironically, A&O probably nailed their target audience, while I'm still trying to figure out who, exactly, the GoG audience was supposed to be. Maybe it's the same one that Scott Pilgrim was targeting (ie, the practically non-existent animation-comic-nerd set).
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[identity profile] fenris-lorsrai.livejournal.com 2010-09-30 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well it's a childrens book series, so they probably assume there's a built in audience for this. It's a tad younger reading level than Harry Potter and imitators, so unless you happen to have kids, it flies totally under your radar, despite selling scads of books.

Of course, just to confuse the HELL out of everyone, this is the same director that did Watchman and 300...

[identity profile] kynekh-amagire.livejournal.com 2010-09-30 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
How Zach Snyder-y is it exactly? I'll probably see it at some point regardless, but forewarned is fore-armed and all that.

[identity profile] furtech.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 06:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering it's based on a young-adult book, and that the studio demanded he lighten it up a bit, this film is -very- Snyder-esque. Things die, the battles are epic and the cinematography is gorgeous. Some of this film is pretty graphic--which is what makes me wonder who his intended audience is (besides adults who like Miyazaki and other adult anime).

Good points!

[identity profile] c-eagle.livejournal.com 2010-09-30 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
I haven't seen A&O but I did see Roadside Romeo.. so can't comment directly... but I just saw the owls tonight and I gotta say I did enjoy it... I'd say the target for that might be say, kids age 8 to 14 ? There was too much cutesy-cutesy stuff with the baby owl to be for young adults, but too much violence for kids under 8... so yep, target a bit hard to define.. but maybe people will be a bit more enlightened when viewing this.. Apparently so far it's working ok, bringing in second place so far!

Re: Good points!

[identity profile] furtech.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
That's what I'd guess, too. But 8-14 year olds think they're too "old" for cartoons...or they'd rather see Hanna Montana or similar pre-teen fluff.

Oh, and Roadside Romeo has a -very- similar feel to A&O, in both character design, plot and random Bollywood-dance-scene...Not sure if either are related, tho'.

[identity profile] furtech.livejournal.com 2010-10-01 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
BTW, thanks for this link! The singing husky totally cracks me up!!!
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