Review: Song of the Sea (no spoilers)

[tuftears]

So, I had a second date with someone on eHarmony! No, this post isn't about the date, per se, it's about the animation we saw, Song of the Sea which I hadn't even heard of until this past week.

Briefly, it's an awesome animation that could never have been made in 3D, or if it had, it would have been just as much work if not more than the 2D art. It's full of art and style and evocative music, that really works for bringing out the mysterious, ethereal air of the sea and the supernatural, which seems to hover just a breath away from the real world setting.

From Wikipedia, this seems like a good non-spoiler introduction:

The story... concerns two children, Ben and Saoirse, who live in a lighthouse by the sea with their father, Conor, who remains distraught over the loss of his wife several years earlier. Though Ben is aware of the responsibility that comes with being a big brother, he is easily frustrated with Saoirse, who, at six years old, has yet to utter a single word.

This is never a boring animation, which is in itself a remarkable thing, but everything makes sense rather than having random stuff just pop out of nowhere. Well worthy of its Academy Awards nomination. Tufty says five stars, go check it out!

Comments

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I want to see that movie. It looks beautiful. Was it running in the theater or did you get the dvd?

[tuftears.livejournal.com]

It was one of the few theaters that are still playing it! Nice theater though, compared to the usual dives that 'last run theaters' tend to be.

[okojosan.livejournal.com]

*Gasp* it's playing here at the arthouse theater this week! Gonna try to see it Wed. night.

[cjthomas.livejournal.com]

*twitch*

I just met up with dronon and friends yesterday, who saw the same movie. It took me a minute to parse the fact that this entry was from you rather than from him =^.^=.

(I didn't see the movie myself, as I'm on the Princess Luna sleep schedule and it was a morning showing, but we did all have a nice lunch trip afterwards.)