They’re joined with normal height eccentric professor
Bomba (Jason Sudeikis), his disappointed teenage daughter Mary Katherine (Amanda
Seyfried), and a scene-stealing three-legged dog, which means the 2013 3D
digitally animated “Epic” is filled at the seams, much like the luxurious
forest where it takes place.
While “Epic,” with its amazingly unreasonable secrecy,
may not live up to its title in the story area, this film from Blue Sky Studios
is so visually pleasing it almost doesn’t matter.
Stephen Schaefer said in his review, “With a grab bag
of references that range from “The Wizard of Oz,” “Alice in Wonderland,” Harry
Potter and “The Hobbit” and a starry cast voicing its creatures large and
small, “Epic” offers a magical wonderland of a forest that is so rich and
inviting it seems only natural that it’s populated by tiny beings.”
They live under compassionate queen Tara (Beyonce
Knowles) and are protected by the heroic army of green-dressed Leafmen, led by
the square-jawed Ronin (Colin Farrell).
Bomba the scientist lives near the woods and believes,
despite he’s never seen them, in the little people who fight with ridiculous
Mandrake, voiced by Christoph Waltz, and his ugly residents of rot and decay
called Boggans.
As “Epic” starts, Bomba’s daughter returns – “It’s now
MK, Dad,” she tells him – following her mom’s dead to fix things with her dad
and his three-legged dog.
Somehow MK no only discovers the Leafmen but is shrunk
and finds a possible love interest in the rebellious free-spirited Nod, voiced
by Josh Hutcherson.
Schaefer joked, “Before MK can click her heels three
times — Nope! That’s another movie —” well, before the finale with Beyonce on the
soundtrack, there’s a lot of flying, fighting, and comic relief with a talking
slug (Aziz Ansari), snail (Chris O’Dowd), and a six-handed caterpillar Nim
Galuu (Steven Tyler).
“Epic” is a journey that is both unpredictable and
wonderfully familiar.
This is a good movie for the whole family to sit down
and watch. In the very best sense, this is a family friendly film that also has
an environmental message in it. Check it out on Hulu and enjoy the whimsical
world of this animated enjoyment.
Today will be a double feature because this morning,
my brother and I saw the new Sonic movie, so that review to come later.
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