![]() ![]() The romantic elements seem unnecessary as well, with M.K. Epic feels overlong and overly reminiscent of several other animated movies, like The Secret World of Arrietty, Happy Feet, and Antz. Plot wise, there's also something missing from the story. The weak link in casting is Waltz, whose unique Austrian accent works scarily well in live action but has less impact when he's in animated form. Farrell is exceptionally believable as a stoic warrior, as is Hutcherson as an orphaned teen who's a gifted fighter but who has trouble following directions. The voice actors are all fittingly cast, particularly the comic relief provided by slug-snail pals Mub and Grub ( Aziz Ansari and Chris O'Dowd). The greens and browns and vibrant flower palettes are beautiful, and the way that light and dark (the Boggans make everything an ash gray) are used is inspired. ![]() Visually, EPIC captures the beauty of the lush forest in which the majority of the characters live. ![]() Because if Mandrake and the Boggans can capture the bulb, the forest will turn into a barren wasteland. and the bulb in the hopes of keeping it away from the forest's archenemy, Mandrake ( Christoph Waltz), leader of the Boggans - nefarious creatures who cause rot and destruction. is confused but quickly realizes that her father is right, thanks to the head of the Leafmen, Ronin ( Colin Farrell), and his rebellious protege, Nod ( Josh Hutcherson), who guard M.K. until she witnesses the death of the tiny forest queen Tara ( Beyonce Knowles), who entrusts her with the care of a magical bulb that must bloom in that very night's moonlight. M.K., like her late mother, thinks her obsessed father is mentally ill. (voiced by Amanda Seyfried), goes to live with her estranged father, Bomba ( Jason Sudeikis), a disgraced professor who's convinced that the forests are inhabited by tiny creatures, including armed warrior guards. They totally nailed it with this masterpiece and it's TOTALLY underrated and WAY better than Frozen, which came out later and is overrated to be honest.Īfter her mother dies, teenager Mary Katherine, aka M.K. The good thing was that like many movies, good wins over evil. The story was underrated, though sadness lurked as well but balanced well, as in the queen died but then later a new one rose after good was saved. Yet I told a story to one of my friends about being a fly at an arena seeing the players shoot their balls toward the basket hoops and dribbling the balls every which way in such thundering mind-blowing fashion. Now I had thoughts and imaginations of being in a basketball arena as a fly and seeing the basketball players shooting hoops from such perspective. Imagine if you were the size of a fly and saw everything in slow motion. The theory of bugs and flies seeing things in slow motion was priceless and the appearance of slow-moving giants from a fly's perspective totally nailed it in this movie. The way Mary Katherine (MK, who unfortunately died at 18 in reality from brain cancer) shrunk was more like a roller coaster ride and if any of you ever experienced that it'd be a TOTAL pants-wetting thrill. The idea of shrinking has been done many times in movies, but still executed well in this, yet the perspective totally suspended disbelief. Nature involving battle between good and evil mixed well and the lessons learned tell us to take good care of nature. ![]() The idea of the plot and story made perfect sense and so did the visuals. I 1st saw it at school and it totally nailed it. But schools and libraries sign up with apps such as Epic, Hoopla and OverDrive because readers say they like the convenience of e-books and teachers get more options for assignments - especially during pandemic-related school closings.This was a perfect flawless A+ movie that came out in 2013. People use the apps to find e-books available to borrow and then read them either in the same app or download them to another, such as Amazon’s Kindle.Į-reader apps haven’t replaced printed books, which schools and libraries often still buy because they own the paper versions, whereas e-books are licensed from publishers for a set period of time. That it’s now so easy to pull the plug on thousands of book titles is itself a revelation to some users of e-reader apps, which have become part of the basic digital infrastructure at many schools and public libraries. “We stand with and trust librarians and the professionals.” “Individuals who are not supporters of materials with certain diverse voices - probably without reading the material - are creating an alarm,” he said. In every case, he said, the local librarians hand-pick which titles are available to area residents or students. OverDrive, based in Cleveland, is used by 75,000 libraries and other institutions, including prisons and militaries in 100 countries, Potash said. ![]()
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