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thistlechaserI was poking through Netflix to find something to watch tonight, and Frozen Land caught my eye. Not because I wanted to see Disney's Frozen, but because the plot looked interesting:
Their usual hunting grounds depleted after their shaman begins practicing the dark arts, a starving tribe of Inuit nomads dispatches three brave adventurers to locate a hidden promised land of legend in this epic animated adventure.
I decided to check it out. I think this is the first time a font ever kept me watching a movie. How cool is it?
While googling to try to find out the name of the font, I discovered that (unsurprisingly) Disney is unhappy with this being called Frozen Lands. Turns out, this time Disney seems to be in the right. Check out each movie's logo:
Then the most damning evidence: The movie had originally been named The Legend of Sarila and was renamed to Frozen Land at the last minute.
The sad part about all this is that Frozen Land didn't need to try to trick viewers, it's a pretty good movie on its own. Not perfect (I HATED the animation quality/style), but pretty good (loved the voice acting and plot, and liked just about everything else). While I haven't seen Frozen, I've heard nothing but bad things about it. I bet Frozen Land is the better movie.
My issues with the animation style are likely personal -- I haven't liked the style of most major animated movies lately. You can check it out for yourself and decide:
Their usual hunting grounds depleted after their shaman begins practicing the dark arts, a starving tribe of Inuit nomads dispatches three brave adventurers to locate a hidden promised land of legend in this epic animated adventure.
I decided to check it out. I think this is the first time a font ever kept me watching a movie. How cool is it?
While googling to try to find out the name of the font, I discovered that (unsurprisingly) Disney is unhappy with this being called Frozen Lands. Turns out, this time Disney seems to be in the right. Check out each movie's logo:
Then the most damning evidence: The movie had originally been named The Legend of Sarila and was renamed to Frozen Land at the last minute.
The sad part about all this is that Frozen Land didn't need to try to trick viewers, it's a pretty good movie on its own. Not perfect (I HATED the animation quality/style), but pretty good (loved the voice acting and plot, and liked just about everything else). While I haven't seen Frozen, I've heard nothing but bad things about it. I bet Frozen Land is the better movie.
My issues with the animation style are likely personal -- I haven't liked the style of most major animated movies lately. You can check it out for yourself and decide:
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Date: 2013-12-26 05:46 pm (UTC)D:
Weird. I've heard it's not perfect, but also a lot of good things about it. Like the fact that it doesn't follow the traditional princess formula for how the plot is resolved, which actually makes it a really good thing for that particular message.
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Date: 2013-12-27 04:51 am (UTC)I must admit I did like the animation style of the "Frozen Lands" movie (and I can see why Disney would be mad at the re-naming of this movie!). Except for the lemming. The lemming has to die.
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Date: 2013-12-27 04:56 am (UTC)That lemming was easily the worst thing in the movie. Luckily it didn't show up as much as some "funny" animal sidekicks do.
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Date: 2013-12-27 07:31 pm (UTC)I can't stand the animation style, but that's normal. I wish studios would go back to hand-drawn.
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Date: 2013-12-28 04:26 am (UTC)Agreed on the animation, I haven't liked it in a long time either. Hand-drawn (or at least in that style) is a lot better.