![]() Treasure Island will be a hit with any child who loves adventure. What follows is a truly epic adventure filled with breathtaking cliff hangers and incredible twists and turns. But when the mysterious and disheveled Captain Billy Bones arrives, things change dramatically for Jim.īilly Bones is a pirate, and he has a real-life treasure map in his possession. Jim lives in Bristol, England, where he lives a quiet life helping his parents run a seaside inn. It’s a classic coming of age story, centering around a young boy named Jim Hawkins. Treasure Island tells the story of the open seas, hidden treasure maps, and cunning pirates. It’s frequently hailed as one of the greatest adventure books of all time and has been the subject of countless movies, comics, and TV shows throughout recent history. But Epic never quite lives up to its riskily self-indulgent title.Although Robert Louis Stevenson wrote Treasure Island way back in the 1880s, this classic book is still captivating young audiences today. Despite these shortcomings, the movie is just funny and exciting enough to keep kids and parents entertained. and Nod falling into infatuation a bit too quickly and without any of the sweet banter that makes movies like Shrek and Tangled so good. The romantic elements seem unnecessary as well, with M.K. ![]() Epic feels overlong and overly reminiscent of several other animated movies, like The Secret World of Arrietty, Happy Feet, and Antz. Plot wise, there's also something missing from the story. The weak link in casting is Waltz, whose unique Austrian accent works scarily well in live action but has less impact when he's in animated form. Farrell is exceptionally believable as a stoic warrior, as is Hutcherson as an orphaned teen who's a gifted fighter but who has trouble following directions. ![]() The voice actors are all fittingly cast, particularly the comic relief provided by slug-snail pals Mub and Grub ( Aziz Ansari and Chris O'Dowd). The greens and browns and vibrant flower palettes are beautiful, and the way that light and dark (the Boggans make everything an ash gray) are used is inspired. Visually, EPIC captures the beauty of the lush forest in which the majority of the characters live. ![]() Because if Mandrake and the Boggans can capture the bulb, the forest will turn into a barren wasteland. and the bulb in the hopes of keeping it away from the forest's archenemy, Mandrake ( Christoph Waltz), leader of the Boggans - nefarious creatures who cause rot and destruction. is confused but quickly realizes that her father is right, thanks to the head of the Leafmen, Ronin ( Colin Farrell), and his rebellious protege, Nod ( Josh Hutcherson), who guard M.K. until she witnesses the death of the tiny forest queen Tara ( Beyonce Knowles), who entrusts her with the care of a magical bulb that must bloom in that very night's moonlight. M.K., like her late mother, thinks her obsessed father is mentally ill. (voiced by Amanda Seyfried), goes to live with her estranged father, Bomba ( Jason Sudeikis), a disgraced professor who's convinced that the forests are inhabited by tiny creatures, including armed warrior guards. They totally nailed it with this masterpiece and it's TOTALLY underrated and WAY better than Frozen, which came out later and is overrated to be honest.Īfter her mother dies, teenager Mary Katherine, aka M.K. The good thing was that like many movies, good wins over evil. The story was underrated, though sadness lurked as well but balanced well, as in the queen died but then later a new one rose after good was saved. Yet I told a story to one of my friends about being a fly at an arena seeing the players shoot their balls toward the basket hoops and dribbling the balls every which way in such thundering mind-blowing fashion. Now I had thoughts and imaginations of being in a basketball arena as a fly and seeing the basketball players shooting hoops from such perspective. Imagine if you were the size of a fly and saw everything in slow motion. The theory of bugs and flies seeing things in slow motion was priceless and the appearance of slow-moving giants from a fly's perspective totally nailed it in this movie. The way Mary Katherine (MK, who unfortunately died at 18 in reality from brain cancer) shrunk was more like a roller coaster ride and if any of you ever experienced that it'd be a TOTAL pants-wetting thrill. The idea of shrinking has been done many times in movies, but still executed well in this, yet the perspective totally suspended disbelief. Nature involving battle between good and evil mixed well and the lessons learned tell us to take good care of nature. The idea of the plot and story made perfect sense and so did the visuals. I 1st saw it at school and it totally nailed it. This was a perfect flawless A+ movie that came out in 2013.
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