Well, at least the title of this movie is alright.
Story: So apparently this is a Narnia inspired plot, or perhaps even a religious satire of it. But wait, wasn't Narnia itself made around Christian parallels? It's pretty weird, and made to teach us how corrupting books can be if they aren't the bible. Which is extra weird because it would seem you'd need to read the Narnia books to understand. Unless you watched the movie adaptation instead. Honestly, the whole movie here is really strange. All the books are actually rats, there's a talking string instrument with hooves and moles look more like dogs. I'm pretty sure David doesn't like books just because he isn't very good at writing. But I actually recommend this film if you're up for a surreal bad plot. You'll have plenty of it to go around in this movie 2/5 Animation: If I didn't know any better, I'd assume this was yet another film by the Gaithers animation studio. This looks eerily similar to Gaither's Pond or Dorbees, and if you've seen either of those cartoons, you'll have a feel for how uncanny this can be. Most of the characters are missing teeth, and like I said, Strawinsky looks more like a dog or an otter than he does a mole, like the film says he is supposed to be. Most uncanny of all, though, is the notorious... Globgogabdalab? Whatever it's spelled... He looks like a giant mound of putty, one that can shapeshift into a naked bird. Also, he's naked, which makes me feel quite uncomfortable. I think my favorite design is the rat king, who with a bit of refining could make for a better character in a better movie. However, the setting ranges in quality from freeware mobile game to Life of Black Tiger. And this was made in 2012, the same year as Wreck it Ralph. It's pretty bad, simply enough. 1/5 Characters: Cutting to the chase on this aspect, the side characters and villains are more intriguing than the main cast. All that needs to be said about Strawinsky and his animal friends is that they are the typical god-loving adventurers. Oh, and one of them is named Elbo cause the parents seemed to like messing with em. The rest of the inhabitants of the so-called Mysterious House. There's a talking cello whose dialogue sounds like innuendo and she seems to like drinking tea. There's a small troll who seems to be frustrated with Strawinsky and the others trespassing on the house, which seems fair enough. And then there's the glogdolabdagab or whatever who was originally an elf who turned into the taffy monster I mentioned before. As odd as he is, he's also probably the most memorable part of the film, both for his design and for his friendly personality, as well as the ability to sink into the pages of books and come out bigger... pardon the word choice. A couple other characters include the Scarlet Queen who acts as the Jesus-like voice of reason, then the rat king is revealed to be the corrupting force, much like Satan is depicted as. As simplistic as most of them are, they do have some decent voice acting, like with Eric Clayton's smooth and menacing performance as the king and Tony Halstead's admirable ability to pronounce that weird thing's name. If I had to pick the strangest thing about the cast is that the queen and king characters don't get an introduction like they should, probably because the film is based on the third part of the Strawinsky radio show. 2/5 Songs: Some of these tunes are strangely pretty catchy. Strawinsky himself is quite possibly the least impressive of these singers, partially due to how flat it comes across. That is kind of unfortunate for him since he's supposed to be the hero. But when your're competing against a scottish troll singing about the mysterious house of lies, a rat king with a chilling singing voice and the gwabogabogadolab freestyle rapping about how tremendous he is, you wouldn't stand much of a chance against them. The songs aren't quite the same level of quality as Friend Like Me (apparently the songs were inspired by Disney Renaissance films), but they are pretty neat in themselves for what they are. At least this film has something else in common with Dorbees. 4/5 Sadly, no amount of musical talent can save what is a preachy story with a confusing aesop, sub par animation and mostly flat characters. It could be a film to consider if you're in the mood for a bad film with some entertaining qualities, but despite being half an hour long, it can drag on at points, coming in at 2 rat books out of 5.
My name is Willie and I have to wonder if Loway and Mr. Hand were a fan of the blob thing as he appeared in two of their (now deleted) videos.
Story: So apparently this is a Narnia inspired plot, or perhaps even a religious satire of it. But wait, wasn't Narnia itself made around Christian parallels? It's pretty weird, and made to teach us how corrupting books can be if they aren't the bible. Which is extra weird because it would seem you'd need to read the Narnia books to understand. Unless you watched the movie adaptation instead. Honestly, the whole movie here is really strange. All the books are actually rats, there's a talking string instrument with hooves and moles look more like dogs. I'm pretty sure David doesn't like books just because he isn't very good at writing. But I actually recommend this film if you're up for a surreal bad plot. You'll have plenty of it to go around in this movie 2/5 Animation: If I didn't know any better, I'd assume this was yet another film by the Gaithers animation studio. This looks eerily similar to Gaither's Pond or Dorbees, and if you've seen either of those cartoons, you'll have a feel for how uncanny this can be. Most of the characters are missing teeth, and like I said, Strawinsky looks more like a dog or an otter than he does a mole, like the film says he is supposed to be. Most uncanny of all, though, is the notorious... Globgogabdalab? Whatever it's spelled... He looks like a giant mound of putty, one that can shapeshift into a naked bird. Also, he's naked, which makes me feel quite uncomfortable. I think my favorite design is the rat king, who with a bit of refining could make for a better character in a better movie. However, the setting ranges in quality from freeware mobile game to Life of Black Tiger. And this was made in 2012, the same year as Wreck it Ralph. It's pretty bad, simply enough. 1/5 Characters: Cutting to the chase on this aspect, the side characters and villains are more intriguing than the main cast. All that needs to be said about Strawinsky and his animal friends is that they are the typical god-loving adventurers. Oh, and one of them is named Elbo cause the parents seemed to like messing with em. The rest of the inhabitants of the so-called Mysterious House. There's a talking cello whose dialogue sounds like innuendo and she seems to like drinking tea. There's a small troll who seems to be frustrated with Strawinsky and the others trespassing on the house, which seems fair enough. And then there's the glogdolabdagab or whatever who was originally an elf who turned into the taffy monster I mentioned before. As odd as he is, he's also probably the most memorable part of the film, both for his design and for his friendly personality, as well as the ability to sink into the pages of books and come out bigger... pardon the word choice. A couple other characters include the Scarlet Queen who acts as the Jesus-like voice of reason, then the rat king is revealed to be the corrupting force, much like Satan is depicted as. As simplistic as most of them are, they do have some decent voice acting, like with Eric Clayton's smooth and menacing performance as the king and Tony Halstead's admirable ability to pronounce that weird thing's name. If I had to pick the strangest thing about the cast is that the queen and king characters don't get an introduction like they should, probably because the film is based on the third part of the Strawinsky radio show. 2/5 Songs: Some of these tunes are strangely pretty catchy. Strawinsky himself is quite possibly the least impressive of these singers, partially due to how flat it comes across. That is kind of unfortunate for him since he's supposed to be the hero. But when your're competing against a scottish troll singing about the mysterious house of lies, a rat king with a chilling singing voice and the gwabogabogadolab freestyle rapping about how tremendous he is, you wouldn't stand much of a chance against them. The songs aren't quite the same level of quality as Friend Like Me (apparently the songs were inspired by Disney Renaissance films), but they are pretty neat in themselves for what they are. At least this film has something else in common with Dorbees. 4/5 Sadly, no amount of musical talent can save what is a preachy story with a confusing aesop, sub par animation and mostly flat characters. It could be a film to consider if you're in the mood for a bad film with some entertaining qualities, but despite being half an hour long, it can drag on at points, coming in at 2 rat books out of 5.
My name is Willie and I have to wonder if Loway and Mr. Hand were a fan of the blob thing as he appeared in two of their (now deleted) videos.
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