A simple movie but nice to watch. Nice meaning not too bad and watchable if you can stand the bland storyline...
Again City of Ember is ANOTHER adaptation from a novel. sigh... Hollywood's well of originality has really run dry..
Anyway, if you are a fan of Hayao Miyazaki, you will notice certain similarities in its plot. Well, City of Ember is no anime if that's what you are asking and there's no giant flying cat or castle that can walk.
The similarity comes from its subtle environmental-message and also from the movie's setup. City of Ember's peculiar and weird 'arrangements' seems to fit very well like most of Hayao's works. Hence you don't feel the urge to ask why and how. The same that you don't question Nausicaa's way of life and you don't ask why there are wizards and witches in Howl's industrial-revo era setup. And you definitely don ask why a goldfish have a human face...
In a glance this movie is boring and slow... but its appeal comes from its simplicity. The city itself and its way of life.
I would recommend this movie to those who want an escape from all the "CG-slow-mo action and bullets that never seems to critically hit the hero" movies.
A nice and simple movie that you may wanna bring your kids to.
Again City of Ember is ANOTHER adaptation from a novel. sigh... Hollywood's well of originality has really run dry..
Anyway, if you are a fan of Hayao Miyazaki, you will notice certain similarities in its plot. Well, City of Ember is no anime if that's what you are asking and there's no giant flying cat or castle that can walk.
The similarity comes from its subtle environmental-message and also from the movie's setup. City of Ember's peculiar and weird 'arrangements' seems to fit very well like most of Hayao's works. Hence you don't feel the urge to ask why and how. The same that you don't question Nausicaa's way of life and you don't ask why there are wizards and witches in Howl's industrial-revo era setup. And you definitely don ask why a goldfish have a human face...
In a glance this movie is boring and slow... but its appeal comes from its simplicity. The city itself and its way of life.
I would recommend this movie to those who want an escape from all the "CG-slow-mo action and bullets that never seems to critically hit the hero" movies.
A nice and simple movie that you may wanna bring your kids to.