30 DoM: Day 27
Dec. 27th, 2010 03:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ravenswept27. A movie that you wish you had seen in theaters
Oh god, I was so pissed I missed The Secret of Kells when it went through. On slightly snobbish note, I was also pissed it seemed to go in and out so quickly in theaters. Anyway, this was one I really wanted to see on the big screen.
I have subsequently seen it, on a friend's Netflix account, at like 1 o'clock in the morning (he's a bit of a night owl) and loved it. Hated that I missed it. The animation is gorgeous, the story excellent (if, you know, just the tiniest bit embellished), and I'm buying it as soon as it's a DVD release. The stylistic choices throughout the film highlight what all it can do; it makes no effort to make anything realistic, and is the better for it. It almost feels like a moving picture book, with individual shots that could've easily come from book. Aisling is my favorite character, the wolf-spirit protector of the forest. Her wolf design is really interesting, and she herself has a very young/old personality dynamic that plays well with Brendan's sheltered and more naive, but still adventureous personality.
It was definitely considered a masterpiece, and was. nominated for an Academy Award (losing to Up).
Oh god, I was so pissed I missed The Secret of Kells when it went through. On slightly snobbish note, I was also pissed it seemed to go in and out so quickly in theaters. Anyway, this was one I really wanted to see on the big screen.
I have subsequently seen it, on a friend's Netflix account, at like 1 o'clock in the morning (he's a bit of a night owl) and loved it. Hated that I missed it. The animation is gorgeous, the story excellent (if, you know, just the tiniest bit embellished), and I'm buying it as soon as it's a DVD release. The stylistic choices throughout the film highlight what all it can do; it makes no effort to make anything realistic, and is the better for it. It almost feels like a moving picture book, with individual shots that could've easily come from book. Aisling is my favorite character, the wolf-spirit protector of the forest. Her wolf design is really interesting, and she herself has a very young/old personality dynamic that plays well with Brendan's sheltered and more naive, but still adventureous personality.
It was definitely considered a masterpiece, and was. nominated for an Academy Award (losing to Up).