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silkyravenIn My Father's Den
This New Zealand film tells the story of a young mans return to the town where he grew up on the occasion of his fathers funeral. He isn't expected, and as he left home very young under difficult circumstances he has a lot of past waiting for him to sort out. It's a fantastic film - the New Zealand scenery is the perfect backdrop for the story, and it really sums up the atmosphere of a small town. The soundtrack was very interesting, and there was silence in all the right places, so it really helped carry the film. There were good performances, Matthew MacFadyen in particular was impressive as the long lost brother, and good pace was kept up throughout. The film feels quite haunting, and in places very desolate. Good though. 8/10
Sky Blue
This is a Korean attempt to steal some of the sucess the Japanese have made out of animated films...and quite frankly it barely held my attention. It wasn't awful, I mean I didn't feel like leaving, but the story was one that's been told countless times before without any real imagination. The animation itself was quite interesting - all the backgrounds were state of the art CGI and some were quite stunning, but then the humans were all traditional 2D cartoon style animations which gave for an interesting effect overall. I didn't feel the characters had any depth to them though - it almost felt like this was an exercise in using the techniques rather than a film with a storyline. 4/10
This New Zealand film tells the story of a young mans return to the town where he grew up on the occasion of his fathers funeral. He isn't expected, and as he left home very young under difficult circumstances he has a lot of past waiting for him to sort out. It's a fantastic film - the New Zealand scenery is the perfect backdrop for the story, and it really sums up the atmosphere of a small town. The soundtrack was very interesting, and there was silence in all the right places, so it really helped carry the film. There were good performances, Matthew MacFadyen in particular was impressive as the long lost brother, and good pace was kept up throughout. The film feels quite haunting, and in places very desolate. Good though. 8/10
Sky Blue
This is a Korean attempt to steal some of the sucess the Japanese have made out of animated films...and quite frankly it barely held my attention. It wasn't awful, I mean I didn't feel like leaving, but the story was one that's been told countless times before without any real imagination. The animation itself was quite interesting - all the backgrounds were state of the art CGI and some were quite stunning, but then the humans were all traditional 2D cartoon style animations which gave for an interesting effect overall. I didn't feel the characters had any depth to them though - it almost felt like this was an exercise in using the techniques rather than a film with a storyline. 4/10
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Date: 2005-07-19 11:50 am (UTC)Father's Den sounds good, but I think I may well pass on Sky Blue then.
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Date: 2005-07-20 04:57 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-20 05:48 pm (UTC)