areaseven Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Sintel Blender Foundation, 2010 Directed by Colin Levy Running Time: 15 minutes Not Rated (suggested PG-13). Contains graphic violence. Cast Halina Reijn as Sintel Synopsis A young female nomad named Sintel discovers a wounded baby dragon she names Scales and keeps it as her pet. But when an adult dragon takes away Scales, she embarks on a perilous journey to rescue her pet. Story: A- Despite its short running time, Sintel does a wonderful job weaving the tragic story of a girl and her dragon. Animation: A The 3D animation is not the most groundbreaking and some of it feels like a typical video game, but keep in mind that this short film was done on a €400,000 budget and rendered using the open source software Blender - not a multimillion dollar machine used by Pixar. Soundtrack: A The pseudo-orchestral score by Jan Morgenstern has shades of Howard Shore (The Lord of the Rings) and James Horner (Avatar, Braveheart), and it really brings life to Sintel's action and landscape scenes. The Bottom Line Sintel may be a free download, but it beats a lot of the recent big-budget CG movies in terms of overall quality. Links Official Sintel Homepage References The Internet Movie Database Quote
Keith Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 It was interesting, but I wasn't impressed with it. The ending pretty much killed it for me I don't care how involved you are with searching, you ARE going to notice how many years pass. Quote
Robelwell202 Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 It was interesting, but I wasn't impressed with it. The ending pretty much killed it for me I don't care how involved you are with searching, you ARE going to notice how many years pass. Sure, but who can say how fast a dragon ages? Quote
Keith Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 Sure, but who can say how fast a dragon ages? I wasn't talking about the dragon Quote
JELEINEN Posted August 31, 2011 Posted August 31, 2011 It was interesting, but I wasn't impressed with it. The ending pretty much killed it for me I don't care how involved you are with searching, you ARE going to notice how many years pass. Eh. Mirrors were incredibly rare in pre-modern societies, so not realizing how much you've changed isn't much of a stretch. Quote
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