Saturday, October 9, 2010

The Secret of Kells


The Secret of Kells (2009) – Despite the Cartoon Network-style animation, the visuals are a spectacular plus, but the story is an equally great minus: there’s very little actual conflict, and these themes have all been done before, ad nauseum; plus it’s remarkable that even though nearly every character is a monk, there’s zero mention of Christianity (the film seems to go out of its way), but plenty of pre-Christian Irish mythology. 5

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