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Philip J. Fry
02-10-2016, 05:38 AM
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Trailer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEPqgSNLfK8

IMDb (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754656/) / wiki (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Prince_(2015_film)) / RT (http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_little_prince_2016/)

Official website (http://www.thelittleprincemovie.com/)

Philip J. Fry
05-28-2016, 02:22 AM
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Watashi
08-05-2016, 09:54 PM
Outside of an unnecessary third act action setpiece, this was wonderful. Fans of Mark Osborne's More will dig this a lot.

TGM
08-07-2016, 09:56 PM
Should this be moved to the 2016 forum?

Philip J. Fry
08-08-2016, 04:11 AM
Don't mind if you do.

TGM
08-08-2016, 01:22 PM
Yeah, I'm glad this finally released, and it's every bit as wonderful as the trailer made it out to be. Fantastic little film, and very imaginative. Definitely worth checking out.

amberlita
08-09-2016, 01:56 AM
Really happy to see Osborne doing well. I felt guilty for many years because I wrote him a fan email after I watched More, which I still love and *still* makes me cry, and he responded thanking me and suggesting I buy the DVD (which they spent a lot of time and money putting together after the Oscar nomination). I gave him some terrible response about how I was a poor college student (I was) which was really an excuse for me to say "Eh, I can just get this for free online, I don't really appreciate at this point in my life that forking over money is a means of showing one's support for a project that is meaningful to them".

Anyway, that was just my confessional. If you're reading this, sorry Mark Osborne.

Skitch
08-09-2016, 11:21 PM
This is one of the few instances where the trailer can make me cry because I can imagine the film. Cannot wait to press play on it.

TGM
08-10-2016, 01:53 AM
This is one of the few instances where the trailer can make me cry because I can imagine the film. Cannot wait to press play on it.

This is precisely the reaction I had when I first saw the trailer. ;)

Philip J. Fry
02-11-2017, 03:26 AM
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The Little Prince.
Mark Osborne, 2015.

Synopsis: An adaptation/sequel of the story by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, it deals with a young, precocious girl, who, is pretty much groomed to be an adult since the day she was born (kind of a future CEO-type). Her next-door neighbor is the pilot who meets the little prince and as he tells her the story of the prince, they begin to become friends and the girl starts to discover the joys of being a child and to loosen up.

How does it look? Not only does it look great, but it is used interestingly. Most of the film is in 3D animation (which is very well done, to the point it compares well with something by say... dreamworks), however, it switches repeatedly to stop-motion animation, closer in look and feel to Sain-Exupéry's original watercolor drawings, when the pilot tells the prince's story (see below). Not only does it keep the narratives separate, but also serves as a contrast between the past and the present, not only of the stories told, but the animation industry (ar at least how most perceive it).


http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z73/Wolf_of_the_Winter/Screenshots/TLP1_zpscnjgrzvx.jpg

What about it? When you're making a film about something like The Little Prince there are a lot of landmines. First, you have to take into account a story that's both very well known by most people and second, that the story itself is relatively short, at least for a 90+ minute film. Osborne and co go around this by making this a sequel of sorts focusing on the aviator and young girl (his new neighbor). It's a wise move since trying to expand the prince's original story feels almost like desecrating it.

So, after laying out what Osborne and company did, the major question is... does this sequel thing work? It does really well! Not only the friendship between the aviator and the little girl (true to TLP, she doesn't get a name) is presented in a believable, well done fashion, but in the third act, manages to add an action-adventure element that is not really present in the original story, making it a little more user-friendly to modern audiences without ever sacrificing it's themes...

In fact, something I really loved (probably my favorite part of the movie) is how it captures the way a lot of people, specially children experience the story for the first time and how it moves them along (she even gets very upset in the saddest parts). It shows how it is good to never forget some of the attitudes one associates with childhood more like curiosity, creativity and the freedom they can give one. It's a film that, just like the novel, doesn't want you to forget those lessons

Final thoughts: Really enjoyed this one. It kinda surprises me it isn't more talked about in general and, unless Moana and My Life as a Zucchini blow me away, it was (along with Your Name) one of the biggest omissions from this year best animated Oscar.