It is also a beautiful film. The storybook pictures give way to lush scenery and lavish sets in the land of Faraway, contrasting with the dank tunnels inside Kato's tower and the drab locations on Earth. The theme is to take a children's fable and bring it to life, and visually it succeeds. Detail level is sharp enough and I have no real complaints. The music comes through nicely.
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A young hero goes on a quest first to get the weapon of kick-butt to use on the evil guy in the tower, and thereby lift an evil curse. Tell me if you've heard this story before. But this is straight formula, which is understandable since this is an adaptation of a children's book, and the story must be one that young kids can understand. The simplicity of the story is also evident in the dialogue and writing. The characters are barely sketched in, and a generally fine cast is reduced to spouting off lines that sound just like well, a children's book.