***SPOILERS*** After the horrendous piece of junk called "The Swan Princess Christmas", ugh, just saying that hurts, this waste of money was made.
Just why? The animation is still plastic-like CGI with stiff moves and awkward facial expressions. Obviously no effort was put into it, so why was it made?
Not only that, but the story still contradicts what was established in the first movie: The Forbidden Arts is some kind of a supernatural entity with a mind of its own???
And Odette is apparently an enemy of flying squirrels who plan to destroy her after being manipulated by The Forbidden Arts. Even though I was thoroughly insulted by the Christmas piece of trash, I felt it even more with this one. It does not expand on the original story, it changes it completely!
The plot about adopting this girl, Alise, was also painfully uneven and wasn't engaging.
The rest is simply put: the music is forgettable generic pop tunes, perhaps a little less auto-tune than in the Christmas abomination, but not at all true to the roots of the original. The animal friends are just there for being there with the same recycled gags. The main characters are either annoying or just not engaging.
This is a disgrace and a completely unnecessary sequel.
Just why? The animation is still plastic-like CGI with stiff moves and awkward facial expressions. Obviously no effort was put into it, so why was it made?
Not only that, but the story still contradicts what was established in the first movie: The Forbidden Arts is some kind of a supernatural entity with a mind of its own???
And Odette is apparently an enemy of flying squirrels who plan to destroy her after being manipulated by The Forbidden Arts. Even though I was thoroughly insulted by the Christmas piece of trash, I felt it even more with this one. It does not expand on the original story, it changes it completely!
The plot about adopting this girl, Alise, was also painfully uneven and wasn't engaging.
The rest is simply put: the music is forgettable generic pop tunes, perhaps a little less auto-tune than in the Christmas abomination, but not at all true to the roots of the original. The animal friends are just there for being there with the same recycled gags. The main characters are either annoying or just not engaging.
This is a disgrace and a completely unnecessary sequel.