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I was
in the mood to re-watch this classic, guaranteed to make me cry. It remains a
fantastic film, gorgeously done and with a timeless message of courage and
redemption. I watched the English dub and was not too impressed with the voice
acting, even though greats like Christopher Lee, Mia Farrow and Jeff Bridges
were involved. Particularly Mia Farrow's singing was quite cringy, actually,
but I just absolutely love the songs by America and the moving score.
(I even got the original CD with all the music, back in the day when CDs
where expensive.) (Fun side-note: I was just blown away when they used on of the songs in The Orville's second season, with a gorgeous new rendition.)
I had read the book years ago and while I did not like it particularly much, I though that the film did an absolutely brilliant job to integrate little nods and touches and, ultimately, the movie - for once - ended up being much better than the book. The aimless philosophical metaphors and allegories of Peter S. Beagle were distilled down to the essentials, but not in an on-the-nose way. And would you believe it? (spoilers) I never realised before that Unicorn could never have defeated the Red Bull if she hadn't spent some time as a human. So the magic DID know what it was doing! Only being human taught her the resilience she needed, and human emotions brought her the motivation she was lacking when she first faced the bull.
The visuals are dominated by a quite unique animation style with its own brand of aesthetics. The backdrops are beautiful and the pictures simple, but with thoughtful touches and details.
Anyway, I love this film. 4/5 for being a genuine fairy-tale, true and full of wisdom.
I had read the book years ago and while I did not like it particularly much, I though that the film did an absolutely brilliant job to integrate little nods and touches and, ultimately, the movie - for once - ended up being much better than the book. The aimless philosophical metaphors and allegories of Peter S. Beagle were distilled down to the essentials, but not in an on-the-nose way. And would you believe it? (spoilers) I never realised before that Unicorn could never have defeated the Red Bull if she hadn't spent some time as a human. So the magic DID know what it was doing! Only being human taught her the resilience she needed, and human emotions brought her the motivation she was lacking when she first faced the bull.
The visuals are dominated by a quite unique animation style with its own brand of aesthetics. The backdrops are beautiful and the pictures simple, but with thoughtful touches and details.
Anyway, I love this film. 4/5 for being a genuine fairy-tale, true and full of wisdom.
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