You probably found out by now that this is a movie with a message of peace; I agree, the message is nice. However, the approach on telling the story is the same old Disney like way of having a good guy, a good girl, a wise man and an insane bad guy. This could have been a lot more, instead, the human soldiers are absolved in the end, just as any other soldier in a pointless war, because the head honcho dies and suddenly their sick obedience doesn't imply any responsibility.
The animation is OK, but 3D computer generated, so don't expect any emotional response from it. No wonder they had to bring famous people to do the voices, otherwise it would have meant nothing. The music is completely predictable, just like any other US movie on the subject, half uplifting and half "watch this, it's going to be good, trust the music". The story is as shallow as they could make it. A 5 year old would understand it, but what I think it's sickening is that a 5 year old would actually believe the simplistic message and become just another one of those obedient soldiers depicted in the film.
Bottom line: almost a propaganda movie, it fails on every level. Strange, though, I never expected anything else to start with.
The animation is OK, but 3D computer generated, so don't expect any emotional response from it. No wonder they had to bring famous people to do the voices, otherwise it would have meant nothing. The music is completely predictable, just like any other US movie on the subject, half uplifting and half "watch this, it's going to be good, trust the music". The story is as shallow as they could make it. A 5 year old would understand it, but what I think it's sickening is that a 5 year old would actually believe the simplistic message and become just another one of those obedient soldiers depicted in the film.
Bottom line: almost a propaganda movie, it fails on every level. Strange, though, I never expected anything else to start with.