Like someone else said, I'll feel like an Ogre bashing on a child's movie, but I was so disappointed on this that I'll do it. After all, not all kids will have a great time ONLY by watching little cute bugs make funny fart noises.
By the trailer and a few minutes into the film, I enjoyed a lot how cute the little bugs are and how cool the mix with real forest footage looks. I really felt curious about the macro-photography style and how would that work.
But soon I was bored and disappointed, and it became a drag to get through it, even with the short 84 minute runtime.
The writing it's incredibly weak, and I've loved MANY other "kids" movies! Most Pixar and Disney movies have way deeper stories and character development, this didn't have any of that.
Plus, there isn't even good fact reference, as the bugs and physics are very inaccurate in their behaviour. Yeah, I know it's a comedy for kids, but a little sense wouldn't hurt, and kids could learn from it!
The story has an absolute lack of time coherence and continuity, which broke a lot the sense of realism for me, and I'm pretty sure a kid would notice this too.
I've also watched this in 3D, which looks good in the very close ups, but the landscapes are not thought to impress with the use of depth and look complete flat. Even more, the very slow fade between landscapes footage feels very weird when watching in 3D, annoying.
A very disappointing movie, even if I was going for a relaxed watch, it ended up being quite a negative experience, definitely not the great indie animation movie I expected.
By the trailer and a few minutes into the film, I enjoyed a lot how cute the little bugs are and how cool the mix with real forest footage looks. I really felt curious about the macro-photography style and how would that work.
But soon I was bored and disappointed, and it became a drag to get through it, even with the short 84 minute runtime.
The writing it's incredibly weak, and I've loved MANY other "kids" movies! Most Pixar and Disney movies have way deeper stories and character development, this didn't have any of that.
Plus, there isn't even good fact reference, as the bugs and physics are very inaccurate in their behaviour. Yeah, I know it's a comedy for kids, but a little sense wouldn't hurt, and kids could learn from it!
The story has an absolute lack of time coherence and continuity, which broke a lot the sense of realism for me, and I'm pretty sure a kid would notice this too.
I've also watched this in 3D, which looks good in the very close ups, but the landscapes are not thought to impress with the use of depth and look complete flat. Even more, the very slow fade between landscapes footage feels very weird when watching in 3D, annoying.
A very disappointing movie, even if I was going for a relaxed watch, it ended up being quite a negative experience, definitely not the great indie animation movie I expected.