Good, but also bad...

Rating: 6/10 (14 January 2013)

So this film had a brilliant premise, with lots of promise and some good characters; unfortunately it was let down by a lot of film and plot clichés that showed they hadn't really gone much further than "Lets have a film with mythical beings." There were plenty of times where I was agonising in my seat because of the overused, predictable nature of the scene, such as when Pitch tried to convert Jack, (which was obviously not going to happen but they tried to make it dramatic anyway) with the all-too classic "villain on shoulders, hero turns away with troubled expression routine." There were many moments in this film like that. However, saying that, there were many highly hysterical moments, that literally made me laugh out load scattered about, so to say it was completely bad is wrong. It felt more like they'd obtained a decent premise, stuffed in a generic plot, then sprinkled it with a mixture of highly inventive scenes and highly uninventive drivel. Go watch this film, you may be able to look past the glaring cliché, and your child most certainly will (Unless he's been raised in a home full of those "kinds of films") and enjoy the very beautiful visuals.