Going through everything wrong with this animated movie would take more than a short review, so I'll keep this to a few points.
Most distractingly, the animation is really strange - characters twist and warp as they make even the slightest movements. Nobody's hair never seems to stay still, and distractingly flies all over the screen. Just bizarre emphasis on every tiny action - it seems like a lot more could've been done with the animation budget, instead of using all those frames on the weird, undulating movements. It really reminds me of the Zelda CD-I games' animation, and needless to say, this pulled me out of the movie.
The villains are the least menacing I've ever seen in a children's film, and this removes all tension or interest to what the protagonists are even fighting for. The goblins are goofy and incompetent right from the getgo, so it feels like there's no reason for the kids to fear them. Not only this, but there's some weird homophobia / transphobia going on, with the hideous Goblin Queen with a male voice actor and the other goblin villain with a pronounced lisp and flamboyant gestures. Yuck.
I generally don't expect much from children's fairytale animation, but this was still glaringly awful in comparison to other, similar fare.
Most distractingly, the animation is really strange - characters twist and warp as they make even the slightest movements. Nobody's hair never seems to stay still, and distractingly flies all over the screen. Just bizarre emphasis on every tiny action - it seems like a lot more could've been done with the animation budget, instead of using all those frames on the weird, undulating movements. It really reminds me of the Zelda CD-I games' animation, and needless to say, this pulled me out of the movie.
The villains are the least menacing I've ever seen in a children's film, and this removes all tension or interest to what the protagonists are even fighting for. The goblins are goofy and incompetent right from the getgo, so it feels like there's no reason for the kids to fear them. Not only this, but there's some weird homophobia / transphobia going on, with the hideous Goblin Queen with a male voice actor and the other goblin villain with a pronounced lisp and flamboyant gestures. Yuck.
I generally don't expect much from children's fairytale animation, but this was still glaringly awful in comparison to other, similar fare.