Overhyped muddle

Rating: 1/10 (18 January 2020)

Let's face it, the only reason people watched this was for the effects. The plot was derived from dozens of other sources, with a half-hearted environmental message tacked on to give it some semblance of worth. Unfortunately, I find the effects tacky and unimpressive (I'm more of a practical effects fan myself, so this might not matter to you), and without that to impress the audience, it's little more than a multi-million dollar Fern Gully. I'd just watch Princess Mononoke instead, it's better written, and has about the same ratio of animation to live action as this.