Reviews WesternAnimation / Alpha And Omega

Yep, it's pretty bad

Alpha and Omega is a film that apparently all wolf fans will like. That is completely false, as I myself am a wolf fan yet I still don't think this is any good.

Alpha and Omega is a pretty big and blunt cliche "forbidden love" story from start to finish. I generally don't have a problem with cliched storylines as long as they bring a few interesting twists to the table or are at least entertaining, and Alpha and Omega failed to do either. Even then, if this movie's only problem was being a predictable cliche, I could still give it a bit of a pass; however this movie has several more problems aside from just that. First off, the character designs are absolutely hideous; I don't know who thought adding human hair and faces to these creatures was a good idea, but they sure have poor judgement, and as a result the "wolves" in this movie don't look much like wolves at all. Second of all is the two main leads, who are about as plain and cliched as the plot itself: Kate is an Alpha who doesn't have much of a personality aside from being a bit of a snarker and being supposedly "strong" but really, all she does to show how "strong" she is is do a bunch of fancy backflips that are honestly not that impressive. Humphrey is also pretty flat aside from being a bit of a dork. But that's it. To make matters worse, these two have absolutely zero character development: they clearly had a liking for each other at the start of the film so counting their falling in love as development is being too generous.

I would also like to add that Kate's fakeout death is poorly executed, and coupled with the fact that it is obvious that she will get up, it's just not sad.

Personally, I think the film would have been more enjoyable if the titular Alpha and Omega had been Garth and Lily rather than Kate and Humphrey. Garth and Lily just have better interactions with each other, and unlike Kate and Humphrey, they actually get character development. It helps that Lily is just about the only wolf that actually manages to look rather cute.

Overall, this film is rather bland and adds nothing new to the table that other romantic films haven't done already.