This animated film starring Johnny Depp started off a little confusing but you eventually realized he was entertaining himself while riding in the back of his owner's car. The story becomes too self-absorbed and too long. Graphic designers and animators will go crazy with the special effects which was absolutely beautiful. However looking at it as a story, it just missed the mark. The analogy was, "why did the chicken cross the road, to get to the other side" and what he finds helps him, helps his new friends and their lives. ILM can learn a thing or two about strong story telling from Disney and Pixar. Johnny Depp is one of my favorite actors and even with his tremendous talent, he could not save this film.
I agree that it fell a bit flat. The visuals were really great, and I still love the fact that Nickelodeon created "ugly" characters, yet still made them kind of cute I guess.
ReplyDeleteI felt the ending was kind of tacked on at the last minute. What I think is cool is how they went about animating the characters for the movie. They basically used the actor's movements for the animals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Bc43WVoL0
Oh wait! I found a better clip!
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i like johnny depp. animated is the new cinema
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