Surprisingly dull.

Rating: 6/10 (27 August 2018)

When I sat down to watch this movie, I was expecting it to be some kind of masterpiece due to all the praise it's gotten. Instead I got a boring but beautiful piece of work that honestly isn't worth watching.
Characters - None of the characters have any personalities or depth. Everyone has one motivation to do a thing because of the plot. There are no complex relationships or interesting exchanges between the characters. The villain wants to destroy the forest because she wants to. The hero wants no one to die because that's what he wants. The creatures want to protect the forest because they want their home to remain. It's quite unfortunate that the writers just forgot that to make a story interesting, everyone needs reasons for doing what they do and not "because movie."
Plot - this movie's story is a bit vague and pointless. Basically some people want the forest to die, the forest is against this, they fight, no one wins. It's pretty simplistic and uninteresting. There's a pointless romance thing in there and some other random story threads that mean nothing.
Animation - this movie is absolutely gorgeous. I wish that the animators could've animated something good. They're clearly talented and it's sad to see such talent wasted on such a garbage and meaningless story.