The best animation I've seen by in European Production. Chapeau!
Fascinating world, ingenious production design and believable characters, with flaws, demons to face and challenges to overcome. What surprised me the most is the density of information, small hints, little foreshadowing and oh so many threads coming together one after the other. In the end, all makes sense, but without being over explained. Elegant, that is how the story is written, subtle and perfectly crafted. In the past decade we've seen so much potential lost in science fiction, because every film tried to be a spectacle, and please even to the casual viewer. But Mars Express delivers on every front. Show don't tell, that's what happens here. What a masterpiece.
Fascinating world, ingenious production design and believable characters, with flaws, demons to face and challenges to overcome. What surprised me the most is the density of information, small hints, little foreshadowing and oh so many threads coming together one after the other. In the end, all makes sense, but without being over explained. Elegant, that is how the story is written, subtle and perfectly crafted. In the past decade we've seen so much potential lost in science fiction, because every film tried to be a spectacle, and please even to the casual viewer. But Mars Express delivers on every front. Show don't tell, that's what happens here. What a masterpiece.