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The Secret of Kells
Adventure awaits 12 year old Brendan who must fight Vikings and a serpent god to find a crystal and complete the legendary Book of Kells. In order to finish Brother Aiden's book, Brendan must overcome his deepest fears on a secret quest that will take him beyond the abbey walls and into the enchanted forest where dangerous mythical creatures hide. Will Brendan succeed in his quest?
Release : | 2009 |
Rating : | 7.5 |
Studio : | France 2 Cinéma, Gébéka Films, Les Armateurs, |
Crew : | Art Direction, Background Designer, |
Cast : | Brendan Gleeson Liam Hourican Paul Tylak Paul Young Nora Twomey |
Genre : | Fantasy Animation Family |
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To me, this movie is perfection.
best movie i've ever seen.
This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.
True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
The animation for this little fantasy flick is just so beautifully crafted and takes the crown of haunting animated movies these days.The style reminded me of Genndy Tartakovsky's Samurai Jack with its sharp edges to the character designs and the extensive use of colour to underline certain moods. And it really works! I could talk forever about that animation, because it is the crown achievement of the movie. The rest is good, but could have been deeper and have explained a little more about the book itself and certain passages in the story. The ending was also a little abrubt even if it was conclusive it just felt like it left off a little too early. We could have dived deeper into the interesting mythology and have had more of the awesome battle scenes. But what the movie does right is absolutely phenomenal!The beautiful animation and the both epic and soothing musical score really make The Secret of Kells enjoyable despite the short amount of running time. Go watch it, I guarantee you will enjoy it.
I've enjoyed the movie alongside the scores from the beginning until the very end. But the only problem was the plot. It's very simple and straight forward- probably like one of the Grim's tales where not all details are explained thoroughly but are vague and left for the viewer to imagine the wondrous "Book" as Aidan views it to be. It's true I'm complimenting such aspect but I sort of liked a little more play in the plot- keep it vague but if it was conducted more smoothly (in terms of events and some hints -just a tad bit-) it would have been perfect. It's a beautiful movie that will warm you up needless to say.
When people talk about how much they loved this movie, I feel like I somehow missed out. And I watched this movie from start to finish. Its sad I have to give it the same review I did Avatar - great visuals, poor plot.We've got excellent, colorful, stylized animation, with some of the best scenes of nature you'll see outside of a Ghibli film. But, at the end of the day, there's nothing in the plot to take away. Heck, it would have improved if it were a dialog-free short.I didn't particularly like our lead. I didn't hate him, but he's just not interesting, and kind of bratty. But the bigger failure here is his relationship with Aisling. Although she's a main character, she has surprisingly little impact on Aidan and the plot in general. She's a beautiful, powerful spirit of the forest...that could easily be written out of the film. *shrugs*There's numerous other nits I could pick. The whacky, mostly pointless abbots, an underwhelming villain, a perilous quest for a magnifying glass. I almost feel like I'm not giving it a fair chance, and I went in with good expectations. I just felt a visceral "meh" by the time it was done. I did give it some slack though, because, again, it is a beautiful movie. Fans of animation should give it a shot for that alone. Just don't expect great journeys or relationships. Appreciate it for what it is.
I always love animation with different imagination with we see in daily animation. Here we saw magical colors spreads blowing our eyes by its beautiful light composition. And the ending is the best one. All it could be said in one word: gorgeous. But the story just so lame, hard to catch any message here. Or maybe it hidden and I'm too stupid to know. Very hard to know the meaning of pictures there and no alphabetical on the book. The Aisling song sang in unspeakable language. If anyone has it lyric please reply me. Its beautiful song, and voice, and I hope it meaning. Aisling voice is remarkably a picture of spirit, specially the giggles. Enjoy :)