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Sadly Over-hyped

Best movie ever!

Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

For a modern film, this is full of out of date stereotypes. Why is it perfectly acceptable for a beautiful princess to fall in love with a hideous man, yet there are no stories of handsome men falling for hideous women? All this feeds the stereotypes that females should be pretty, but men can be whatever they want. The only time this is reversed in the film it is used for comedy.If you don't wish for your children to be tainted by this I would avoid.

The highlight of this movie is the soundtrack. It includes cover versions of songs from seven decades, spanning an array of genres from the Four Tops' "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch)" to the 70s hard rock song "Mistreated" by Deep Purple, to Whitney Houston's pop hit "I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)." It includes mash ups of unlikely songs such as The Four Seasons' "C'mon Marianne" with Kelly Clarkson's "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)." Musical numbers are frequent in this movie with several reprises. It was as much a musical film as an animated film. As for the plot, I'm not sure why the critics tore it apart. The movie opens with Marianne (Evan Rachel Wood), a fairy princess, flying around on her wedding day in jovial bliss singing Elvis Presley's "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You." She briefly wanders into the wrong part of the forest so we can meet the antagonist, The Bog King (Alan Cummings), only to return to her rightful place and continue the song in a duet with her groom-to-be Roland (Sam Palladio). At first glance this movie looks like "Tinker Bell" (2008) or any of the other Disney Fairies Franchise movies. The mood quickly changes when Marianne runs into Roland kissing another fairy. Roland distraught that his future of leading the fairy kingdom has now been ruined, he searches for a way to win back Marianne's heart. The quest ensues for a love potion, held by the Sugar Plum Fairy (Kristin Chenoweth) who is being held captive by—you guessed it—the Bog King. While the movie may have been formulaic, it was entertaining to watch. The characters were fun, the animation was nice to look at, and it was enjoyable waiting to see what good tune they would incorporate next. Just because this isn't a mainstream Disney or Pixar production (although it is distributed by Disney) doesn't mean it's not a good animated movie.

From Star Wars' George Lucas comes a whimsical, madcap jukebox musical fantasy that is awesome. After watching the trailer, I was so psyched about seeing this movie. But it was out before I could see it at theaters. Well I had pre-ordered the movie on DVD, and after watching the movie I thought it was awesome! The story is very different from regular fairy tales. It basically about two fairy princess sisters, their notions on love and a love potion made by the Sugar Plum Fairy.I really consider this movie so criminally underrated! It has beautiful animation and it's a great music; I really love their version of "Three Little Birds" and "I Can't Help Myself ". The film even teaches that love isn't skin deep, which I didn't mind at all. I really love Princess Dawn & Sunny the elf, they are a cute match. So overall, I love this movie despite the negativity.

Strange Magic was an okay movie. As an adult who is obsessed with animated films and the fantasy genre, I believed that the film would go onto my list of lesser known favorites. This was not the case.The film was a mixture of Epic, Arthur and the Invisibles, and Labyrinth. The similarities were blindingly obvious, and took some of the most annoying aspects from the three.The SINGING, dear lord, stop the singing. Around fifteen popular songs, from the past sixty years, are retooled and force fed to you till you suffocate. Over thirty minutes! I'm absolutely fine with musicals, but it was done poorly here. The movie would have been exponentially better if the simply cut out the singing.The characters are basic and stereotypical, but each have a little charm to them. The gender representation on both ends is rather insulting, particularly the fact that all the male leads resorted to drugging one of their love interests. Bog and Marianne were adorable, I genuinely liked their characters. It's unfortunate that the film didn't capitalize on them, even more aggravating is that these two sworn-off-love characters fall in love with each other in a matter of hours! The plot is messy, predictable, and bland. The graphics are fantastic, hated the obvious 3d moments and awkward Wild Thing psychedelic nonsense. My mother and sister loved the movie, deeming it 'cute', while I remain disgusted that Lucas proclaimed that Strange Magic was supposed to be the Star Wars for girls.Verdict: The fanfiction is better than the movie.