Hello All,
So this is a bit of an awkward review for me for two very different reasons. One: Anyone whose reading from the states in hopes seeing next week, you’re unfortunately going to have to wait a little bit longer as literally right before I left to go see the movie, it was announced that Paramount had dropped the film from its distribution list. You can read more about that here:
The second awkward thing about this review for me is that I’ve never actually read the original book. I grew up in mostly english speaking parts of the country and I can honestly say I’ve never even actually seen a physical copy of the book. In fact, and I’m 95% sure of this, I learned of the little prince from an episode of futurama. I didn’t get the chance to actually read the full book but I did read a quick plot summary admittedly after the movie. So, how was the movie that I knew nothing of going in? Let’s find out together shall we?
Plot Summary - A little girl (Mackenzie Foy) and her over controlling mother (Rachel McAdams) move in next store to an aviator (Jeff Bridges.) When the girl and the aviator start to become friends, he starts telling her his story of a time he met a little prince (Riley Osborne) in the desert, and was told the story of how he got there.
Pros - The voice casting is phenomenally well done. There’s a lot of people in this film and they’re all really good in their roles. The animation is really good too as it switches back and forth between cgi and stop motion animation. The story between the aviator and the girl is a sweet and charming one, that admittedly had me shedding a few manly tears in the theatre.
Cons - It’s not a straightforward adaptation of the book, more the story of a child reading the book for the first time and the experiences that come with it. Anyone not familiar with the source material might find it a bit perplexing to follow, and anyone who knows the story might not be happy that they leave out a few characters from the book. There’s also a scene in the third act, that basically sort of acts as an extension of the original story, which I thought was okay, but original book fans may not be okay with. There’s also a bit of an unbalance as to which characters get how much screen time.
Final Score - 8/10
Overall I think that this is a really good movie, but how much of it you’ll understand versus how much you’ll enjoy depends on your knowledge of the source material.
Next: The Young Messiah - I do work the next five days in a row, so I’m not 100% sure when I’ll be able to see this one.
Before I go, I just wanted to remind people about the poll I started yesterday. To clarify, it’s a poll asking whether I should get a twitter account that will be used for both the blog and my twitch channel.
The Poll is Here, I’d love to have your input: http://goo.gl/NEaJLh
The 150th review is coming up soon, I have a few ideas floating around as to what to do for it. Stay tuned.
Until then, I’ll see you folks at the movies.
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