+5, but -5

Rating: 5/10 (26 November 2007)

I had previously read the book in my English class. So I was already familiar with the title and the story line. It really irritates me when a movie doesn't follow the book. However, this was originally an oral tale passed down through the generations. During that time the story most likely had been altered. So this time it was interesting how everything turned out. I was impressed with the animation. At some parts you couldn't even tell it was animation. This is why I gave it five stars.
However, this is where I subtracted five stars. I thought it would be cool to see it in 3D, but the 3D effects were not very good. The stuff that was supposed to "pop out" at you didn't seem to at all. The snow falling was about the only thing that the 3D worked. The other thing, There was a lot of nudity for it to be a PG-13 movie. About half of the movie, there is images of naked men. Even though it only showed the backside, I thought the movie would have been a lot better without the nudity; It was completely unnecessary. There were sexual references but no sexual content. The nudity was not sexual at all.
There was a comment to the Christian religion that I particularly didn't care for. If people of other religions get angry about Christians ridiculing their beliefs (not that I ridicule other people), then they have no right to do it back to us. It makes both sides look bad. But that's just my take on the movie.