Wow, this must be one of the weakest of the Ghibli canon.
While it does everything "alright", it's just not outstanding in any way. The characters are super bland and underdeveloped, the fantasy world and the villain are super generic. The animation is also ok at best. Really forgettable.
It’s just a shame because the story is done so well throughout the books. The story here is just a mishmash of elements from the 1st, 3rd, and 4th book. Tehanu is never a love interest for Arren, at least not as far as I’ve gone. Would have been stronger just to stick to the story of Ged and Arren, the 3rd book.
Animation was spectacular as would be expected for a Ghibli film, but there wasn't a lot to love about this film other than that. I found the main boy and girl to be unlikable and the story as a whole was pretty basic.
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Wow, this must be one of the weakest of the Ghibli canon.While it does everything "alright", it's just not outstanding in any way. The characters are super bland and underdeveloped, the fantasy world and the villain are super generic. The animation is also ok at best. Really forgettable.
@dyin2live: Yes, the song too.
dyin2live
Aside from the song this movie cannot hold a candle to other Ghibli films.45MinuteZoom
It’s just a shame because the story is done so well throughout the books. The story here is just a mishmash of elements from the 1st, 3rd, and 4th book. Tehanu is never a love interest for Arren, at least not as far as I’ve gone. Would have been stronger just to stick to the story of Ged and Arren, the 3rd book.dvdllr
My only complaint with this film is that I had no idea Cob was a man until the end.Princess_Of_Snails
Animation was spectacular as would be expected for a Ghibli film, but there wasn't a lot to love about this film other than that. I found the main boy and girl to be unlikable and the story as a whole was pretty basic.Ayanami Lucy
@dyin2live @TrollMovies I agree with both of you.