Terrible

Rating: 3/10 (23 December 2005)

I can't believe there are so many people who actually find this a good movie. I would give it a 1 out of 10, but since it's a child movie i give it a little cut. There are a lot of child (/disney) movies that i like very much, both animated and real. However this one was just plain terrible.
The worst is the children. They are casted to be SO cute but they just can't act and they irritate the crap out of me. If this was the only failure i would maybe see through it, however there is really nothing good about this movie.
The beginning takes far too long and could easily have been cut 15 minutes, it seems like the director wanted to make the movie last for like 3 hours, to match the common image of "epic" fantasy movies. The story is very very simple and predictable but i guess you can't blame the director for this. The computer generated scenes also just not cut it. Sure it looks nice, but it all seems a little too rushed. CG Animals are not real enough and backgrounds look plain and dull.
Laughable i found the part where a battle is just about to begin, and the sound fades completely like in Gladiator. There is even a matrix-like moment.
Oh one light could be the music, it was very beautiful from time to time.
To sum things up: completely unlikable, unrealistic, bad-at-acting main characters ,bad CG, bad story, good music
just a terrible movie, don't waste your time and money.