It truly is a wonder to behold the amazing animation, beautiful music, enthralling lore, and amazing adventure that ties this film together.Brendan Ó Cathaoir explores the Hook Peninsula, a cul-de-sac sprinkled with history. If you're a fan of animation, and you have not yet seen this film, you owe it to yourself to watch it. However despite that, this movie still ended up being one of my favorite films period of 2013, and easily makes it into my top two spot along with Kaguya. Also, it may have been because I was spoiled on the ending accidentally, but it felt that the film had trouble inducing a sense of tension near the climax of the movie. There are some frames that stick out, and the film often flips in between exuberance and fear too abruptly. It did have some problems with it, notably a slow start, a few characters being overly eccentric, just for the sake of it. It is exactly film I wanted when Cartoon Saloon was first advertising it. My biggest qualm with The Secret of Kells was that the ending seemed incredibly rushed, and Song of the Sea remedies this beautifully. It's animation is crisper, its music is more gorgeous, it has a better story, better pacing, and more relatable characters. The Song of the Sea is better than Kells in almost every conceivable way. Song of the Sea shows how much Cartoon Saloon has already learned in the span of one movie. You don't need to know any of it to watch (I didn't), but you will probably get more out of it the more you know. The film is heavily influenced by a number of aspects, predominately Irish culture and lore. For those who don't know, This is the second full length animated film, after The Secret of Kells, from up and coming Irish studio Cartoon Saloon, and revolves around Ben and Saoirse (pronounced sear-sha), and their struggles after learning that Saoirse is a selkie, a creature in Irish mythology that turns into a seal when in the water. I just got out from watching this film in the theaters and immedietly ordered this film on blu-ray. As a teacher and practicing uncle, I cherish this film. It is fascinating for children who will recognize themselves and their family members in the characters and parents who will identify with the challenges of child rearing. "The Song of the Sea" is predicated on the notion that Ireland, the haunted land and the enveloping sea, is suffused with magic and as such is perfect for family viewing. The Denashee/fairies surround the human characters, both as living and imperiled creatures and as petrified art works, increasing the density of texture of "Song of the Sea" They make elements such as the holy well both a primitive and a Christian iconograph. This story of the last selkie, the mythic Irish seal/woman, has precedent in film history as well therefore.Ī bereft lighthouse keeper father, a nonspeaking 6 year old daughter, the very reincarnation of her selkie mother, the older brother who, although a sibling rival, undergoes a heroic journey to big brotherhood, and the domineering grandmother who doubles as Macha the Owl Witch, constitute the sharply realized central group of family characters. The film's strong narrative contains the same lost mother element which Disney incorporated into "Dumbo" and "Bambi" and buried in the nightmares of generations of children. The hand drawn film is filled with Irish melodies ,instruments, characters and techniques which harken back to the illuminated manuscripts of a thousand years or more in the Celtic tradition. "Song of the Sea", an exquisitely rendered Cartoon Saloon production from Ireland, is directed by animator Thom Moore and financed by numerous European companies.
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