White Fang

I feel this movie had all the important elements of a good story. It connected me with the White Fang as a character. There was a lot of visual storytelling at play, especially in the first section of the movie, which is a style I sincerely appreciate when done well, which I feel was the case here.

I found that I cared what happened to White Fang and it had significsnt

I wanted to like this film more than I did, as the general story, theme and atmosphere were quite nice, but there were some flaws that I can't get away from and have to take into account for my rating.

I'd say the biggest one for me was the animation. Quite a bit of it felt quite jerky and unnatural, and the emotions in the human faces were lacking. A lot of the time it felt like I was watching video game cutscenes rather than a film. The words even seemed to be quite out of sync a lot of the time. Fortunately there was quite a bit more emotion coming from White Fang.

The other main criticism I have is that some things just didn't make much sense. The only example I'll mention is when Maggie is suddenly anxious when she apparently forgets that she left White Fang with the chickens, only a couple of minutes after she was talking about it with her husband. It may seem minor but it can still affect the viewing experience.

Overall I'd say it was a nice Friday evening watch but I'll probably not watch it again.

Without judging it by how faithful it is to the source material, I'd say White Fang does a good job as a movie. It may not be the conventional family film, as it takes a slower and more dramatic path in its story telling with less dialogue and a stylized but realistic animation style.

Sit really depends on how much you like the book and how you like your animation. This is not for everyone, but I mostly enjoyed its approach towards telling its story of this wolf-dog growing up and being thrown around between different kinds of people good or bad and how he copes with it.

Some times there is a little uncanny valley tendecies in the human designs, but the backgrounds when fully shown look really nice and grand. And if you're kind of an emotional person like me, you'll probably shed a tear here and there.

This simple and compelling narrative makes this an enjoyable movie to watch with or without children. It's subtle, believable and captures the beauty of nature wonderfully (which is refreshing since there is no lack of over-the-top movies out there). This one is a winner. Well done!

I hate to be so brutal as to only give this movie 5 stars as it was a good film for the most part, but I cannot abide the rewriting of an American Classic such as this. While I understand the choice to mitigate the violence expressed in the book for young viewers, I do believe the screenwriters did a disservice to Jack London's writing by changing characters, their motives, and even the ending. Netflix's White Fang is a solid children's movie, but a poor depiction of Jack London's classic.