Post by Dracula on Dec 12, 2020 19:46:04 GMT -5
Over the Moon(11/5/2020)
It’s been a stressful week, and I needed something light to watch, so I decided to check out this large budget animated film that somehow found its way to Amazon. The film was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks but the creative push for the film seems to have come from a company called Pearl Studio, which is a Chinese/American joint venture aimed at making Chinese themed productions for the Western Audience. They had a similar co-production with Dreamworks last year with the film Abominable and they seem to be going even deeper into Shino-themed trappings for this film which borrows pretty liberally from not overly familiar Chinese folklore. The animation here isn’t quite at Disney/Pixar levels but it does feel like some legit money was put into it and it’s clearly trying to be a sort of direct competition with mainline Disney. It’s a full on musical about a kid who goes on an adventure that ultimately helps her come to terms with her difficult family situation, so it’s not exactly breaking new ground on an overall story level, but a lot of the specifics of her adventure (which involves building a spaceship, flying to the moon, and interacting with a moon goddess who is also a pop idol) are quite strange. Much of the film takes place in such an abstract fantasy world that I did come to be a bit disconnected with it after a while but it remained a pretty visually creative experience throughout even if it’s kind of a hodge-podge of craziness.
**1/2 out of Five
It’s been a stressful week, and I needed something light to watch, so I decided to check out this large budget animated film that somehow found its way to Amazon. The film was animated by Sony Pictures Imageworks but the creative push for the film seems to have come from a company called Pearl Studio, which is a Chinese/American joint venture aimed at making Chinese themed productions for the Western Audience. They had a similar co-production with Dreamworks last year with the film Abominable and they seem to be going even deeper into Shino-themed trappings for this film which borrows pretty liberally from not overly familiar Chinese folklore. The animation here isn’t quite at Disney/Pixar levels but it does feel like some legit money was put into it and it’s clearly trying to be a sort of direct competition with mainline Disney. It’s a full on musical about a kid who goes on an adventure that ultimately helps her come to terms with her difficult family situation, so it’s not exactly breaking new ground on an overall story level, but a lot of the specifics of her adventure (which involves building a spaceship, flying to the moon, and interacting with a moon goddess who is also a pop idol) are quite strange. Much of the film takes place in such an abstract fantasy world that I did come to be a bit disconnected with it after a while but it remained a pretty visually creative experience throughout even if it’s kind of a hodge-podge of craziness.
**1/2 out of Five
