Strange Magic (2015)

Lucasfilm, and Industrial Light and Magic, should be really proud with how nice their first film under the Disney banner looks. It is jaw-droppingly well animated, and extremely easy on the eyes. Unfortunately, that is the only thing the movie has in its favor. Having to listen to this movie is extremely taxing. The dialogue is rushed, and sounds more like a first draft that never got properly fleshed out. Instead of adding any decent expository dialogue, they film makers added a bunch of horrible jukebox versions of popular songs that somewhat match what is happening in the story. The voice cast never quite gels, and each new addition doesn't match anyone who came before it, so you don't get a good sense of the world. Not to mention the villain is introduced with a song that literally says, "I am evil" at least 5 times. That is just lazy. This whole film is lazy.

Grade: D-
3D: N/A
Easter Egg: No

Starring: Alan Cumming, Evan Rachel Wood, Elijah Kelley
Director: Gary Rydstrom
Writer(s): David Berenbaum, Irene Mecchi & Gary Rydstrom - Story: George Lucas
RT: 99 min
Rating: PG for some action and scary images