The Movie as a whole is pretty good. Most of the characters are 3 dimensional and the setting is unique and done quite well. The animation is done well and the unique style for the main story has a neat Framing Device justification. Let me be clear the animation is very detailed and very good. The center plot of the love triangle is believable and the moral problems the characters have is a plus.
Unfortunately while on a whole it is very good there is some problems. Most of which crop up in the latter half of the story.
1) Pacing: when we get to the trials of the cave of souls everything seems to move too quickly. which while its normal for a story to speed up as we get to the end it just comes off as unnatural.
2) Ice Cube: I have nothing wrong with the guy, but his portrayal of the candle maker makes the whole epicness of the concept into a joke. It's not the casual all powerful being hasn't been done before (Aladdin come to mind) I just don't think it fit this particular role or it just wasn't handled correctly.
3) It feels like some things were cut: Some things are just not elaborated on the significance of the medal, Joaquin's father, Xibalba's bitterness of the land of the forgotten it just seemed like it could use 15 more minutes.
4) In a little bit of contrast to the above it felt like it moved a little to slow in the beginning.
And another observation is that I have never gotten headaches from 3d movies before, but this one gave me one. It usually came up when a lot of detail was shown about like when we are introduced to the land of the remembered.
Good but some things hold it back
The Movie as a whole is pretty good. Most of the characters are 3 dimensional and the setting is unique and done quite well. The animation is done well and the unique style for the main story has a neat Framing Device justification. Let me be clear the animation is very detailed and very good. The center plot of the love triangle is believable and the moral problems the characters have is a plus.
Unfortunately while on a whole it is very good there is some problems. Most of which crop up in the latter half of the story.
1) Pacing: when we get to the trials of the cave of souls everything seems to move too quickly. which while its normal for a story to speed up as we get to the end it just comes off as unnatural.
2) Ice Cube: I have nothing wrong with the guy, but his portrayal of the candle maker makes the whole epicness of the concept into a joke. It's not the casual all powerful being hasn't been done before (Aladdin come to mind) I just don't think it fit this particular role or it just wasn't handled correctly.
3) It feels like some things were cut: Some things are just not elaborated on the significance of the medal, Joaquin's father, Xibalba's bitterness of the land of the forgotten it just seemed like it could use 15 more minutes.
4) In a little bit of contrast to the above it felt like it moved a little to slow in the beginning.
And another observation is that I have never gotten headaches from 3d movies before, but this one gave me one. It usually came up when a lot of detail was shown about like when we are introduced to the land of the remembered.