I adore kids movies, 36 going on 11 I am :) I loved the idea of butterfly fairies, very pretty and their lands were lovely, as were the lights and the Queen. Wonderful animation and the voice overs were great. I liked Chiara Zanni as Mariposa, young and innocent sounding and Alessandro Juliani was wonderful as always! He has such a lovely voice! I liked Mariposa's character, a lot - a dreamer like me and like me, she likes her books and longs for adventure...
However the names could have been better chosen. Mariposa, to me sounds like a name for a much older character and Henna ... really ... now all the kids are going to think because there was an evil fairy called Henna that henna is bad (Henna is a natural product used to make safe, natural hair and body dyes and other health products) We-hey! Way to go! (Note sarcasm) As if kids don't get enough junk stuff! My other major beef were the bad things (won't say bad guys as they hardly qualify)... Were really stupid looking and so idiotic, even if I was a kid it'd been impossible to find them scary. They were truly pathetic. They were too slow, fat and bulky to even catch the fairies, and what atrocious writing! ... They *eat* butterfly fairies??? As if they would show that in a kids movie ... It would have been more realistic if they caught the fairies to drain their fairy powers, fairy magic or their energy or something of that nature - still nasty, but more believable for a kids show.
I hope the future Barbie flicks will be as good in animation, voice and story, but more believable characters. And better names!
However the names could have been better chosen. Mariposa, to me sounds like a name for a much older character and Henna ... really ... now all the kids are going to think because there was an evil fairy called Henna that henna is bad (Henna is a natural product used to make safe, natural hair and body dyes and other health products) We-hey! Way to go! (Note sarcasm) As if kids don't get enough junk stuff! My other major beef were the bad things (won't say bad guys as they hardly qualify)... Were really stupid looking and so idiotic, even if I was a kid it'd been impossible to find them scary. They were truly pathetic. They were too slow, fat and bulky to even catch the fairies, and what atrocious writing! ... They *eat* butterfly fairies??? As if they would show that in a kids movie ... It would have been more realistic if they caught the fairies to drain their fairy powers, fairy magic or their energy or something of that nature - still nasty, but more believable for a kids show.
I hope the future Barbie flicks will be as good in animation, voice and story, but more believable characters. And better names!