Nothing fresh nor special. Not for me anyways.

Rating: 4/10 (25 June 2015)

This film may be for many, but surprisingly it wasn't for me. But then again, I guess that's what happens to have high expectations whenever one hears that a film is well-received and critically acclaimed.
The special effects/CGIs were okay and all, but it's the story that I felt was lacking something. I just couldn't put my finger on it but there was something about the plot of the film along with the characters that I didn't quite find to be fleshed out enough.
I really did not find myself relating to the main "human" character at all in this film, in fact, I found many of the supporting characters to be a lot more fleshed out and interesting than the main character was. I also found the villain of the film to be very unoriginal and not very interesting.
My number one problem after watching this film is that the only original take I thought it had was that it isn't a typical Disney movie. Which I don't really have a problem with. But I did not find the writing to be all that fresh at all and at the end of it, plot-wise, it felt as if I was watching another low-budget action-hero film (not counting the CGI) with many of the plot-twists being somewhat dull and predictable. Maybe a lot of heart-warming and tear-jerking moments, but this film failed to grab my interest enough for any of it to take effect.
So while not saying that the film is either "terrible" or "awful", will however, say that it was nothing really fresh nor special. Not for me anyways. So to "each their own", but it just wasn't for me.