areaseven Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Coming to theaters on January 23 is Strange Magic, an animated comedy fantasy film by Lucasfilm and Touchstone Pictures, directed by Gary Rydstrom (Lifted, Hawaiian Vacation) and written by George Lucas. The film features the voices of Alan Cumming (Boris in GoldenEye, Kurt/Nightcrawler in X2), Evan Rachel Wood (Stephanie in The Wrestler, Mala in Battle for Terra), Kristin Chenoweth (Rosetta in Tinker Bell, Gabi in Rio 2), Maya Rudolph (Rapunzel in Shrek the Third, Aunt Cass in Big Hero 6), Sam Palladio (Gunnar in Nashville), Alfred Molina (Otto/Doc Ock in Spider-Man 2, Satipo in Raiders of the Lost Ark), Elijah Kelley (Darnell in 28 Days, Samuel in Red Tails), Bob Einstein (Super Dave Osborne), and Peter Stormare (Meltdown in Transformers: Animated, Dracula in The Batman vs. Dracula). Official Site Quote
miriya Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Interesting.... Well my son liked the trailer. I thought it looked a bit unoriginal and cliche. too many things are these days. Guess old George really is all about kids movies. I may see it. Quote
Knight26 Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Looks a lot like that movie Epic that came a year or two ago, only with worse music and less heart. Quote
Vepariga Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Has Lucas written all over it. The poor humour,the silly creatures,the unoriginal plots. Guess if the kids like it,all the best. I'll give it a pass. Quote
xrentonx Posted January 4, 2015 Posted January 4, 2015 Yeah, that looked really bad. Oh...George Lucas...that explains it all! Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Seeing George Lucas involved with a family film makes me kinda nervous since the last time he made one it was a heartwarming tale of a little girl on her quest to reunite with her lost family... who were all promtly killed off five minutes into the sequel. Yeah. Quote
anime52k8 Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Seeing George Lucas involved with a family film makes me kinda nervous since the last time he made one it was a heartwarming tale of a little girl on her quest to reunite with her lost family... who were all promtly killed off five minutes into the sequel. Yeah. I... legit have no idea what you're talking about. Quote
Duke Togo Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 I... legit have no idea what you're talking about. Red Tails Quote
Keith Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 Red Tails I thought it was Howard The Duck? Quote
renegadeleader1 Posted January 6, 2015 Posted January 6, 2015 I... legit have no idea what you're talking about. The two Ewok movies. Quote
areaseven Posted January 22, 2015 Author Posted January 22, 2015 To no surprise, no one's impressed. Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 22% Metacritic Score: 20 out of 100 Quote
David Hingtgen Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Yet Paddington Bear, which looks awful/stupid from the trailers, still holding at 98%: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paddington_2014/ Quote
Dynaman Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Yet Paddington Bear, which looks awful/stupid from the trailers, still holding at 98%: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paddington_2014/ Have to disagree, Paddington looks like Saccharine sweet kiddie fare that I have no interest in but it did not look terrible like Strange Magic's trailer did. Quote
Mommar Posted January 22, 2015 Posted January 22, 2015 Yet Paddington Bear, which looks awful/stupid from the trailers, still holding at 98%: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/paddington_2014/ The trailer looks bad but the reviews have been pretty positive for it. Quote
Knight26 Posted January 23, 2015 Posted January 23, 2015 While Paddington doesn't look like something I, or my boys, are at all interested in, the reviews have been overall good. Strange Magic on the other hand, the trailer made my boys say "That looks like a worse version of that Epic movie we saw a couple years ago. Hey let's watch Epic again, that was a fun one." Quote
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