I loved the trailer for this movie. I thought it was visually
beautiful, and the characters very entertaining. I'm surprised at how poorly it
did at the box office though...smh. Stop-motion animation are usually hard
sells. I'm definitely not the biggest fan, but there was something about this
film that had me very interested. It was the movie I was looking forward most
to seeing. Of course I had my little man by my side, and we made a date of it.
It took a minute
for this movie to really get going. It definitely started a bit slow, but
eventually got into a nice groove. I loved the visual effects. I found them to
be magically adoring and fun. The characters were entertaining, especially the
banter between Monkey, Beetle, and Kubo. However the story, and visually, the
movie was very dark. My 3 year old had an emotional time watching this one
because there are a number of "sad" moments, and dark monsters. My
kid was crying or shuddering and covering his eyes throughout most of the
film...smh. Halfway through the movie, I had to hold him. I was really
surprised at how dark the story was. Although I enjoyed the story, unfortunately
I don't think it registered well for younger audiences at all.
Kubo was a visual
delight, in my opinion, but failed to register to younger audiences. I enjoyed
everything about it, although it was a little too dark to take my 3 year old
too. This movie is receiving critical acclaim from critics, and I'm a little
surprised. It was a good movie, but my mark for it is a bit lower...B+
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