The plot of the cartoon shows what can lead to a lie of one, and what can turn into a state in which everyone lies to everyone, including themselves. This is quite an interesting idea, because behind the children's fairy tale there is a very interesting satire. A goblin state with so familiar problems like bureaucracy, inflated interest rates, fair elections in which “everyone can participate”, but in reality only a select few participate, and the winner is determined long before the beginning, so reminiscent of modern reality. And that’s why I want everything to magically get better in this country. And that’s why it seems even more disappointing when this interesting idea is thrown overboard of the plot at the very beginning.
The further events develop, the more they resemble a broken broom - some storylines break off, others arise by pianos in the bushes. Many of the questions that arose at the beginning and, according to the logic of filmmaking, should have had answers at the end, remained open. Like, for example, a villain -- OK, it's clear he came from a lie, but why does he have the power and power of the Snow Queen? Or why has Orm, who has some magical powers, never used them?
Most of all, the characters suffer from the plot holes and lame logic. For example, a character declared to be negative and throughout the cartoon acting according to the cliché of a secondary villain, in the end is declared (in words, but not in deeds) good and correct. The whole finale looks ridiculous. As if the Beast at the end of Beauty and the Beast apologized to Gaston, matched him with Belle (without asking her opinion), left them his castle, and walked away in the sunset.
Equally disappointing is Gerda. In general, all attempts to link the second part with the first one look like this, but Gerda and her company (Kai and the creature of the indefinite sex) is the worst thing in the film in terms of both morality and quality. That’s because Gerda, the sweet, kind, sympathetic girl she was in the first part, in the second part behaves like a suspicious bitch, ready to abandon the “inconvenient” friend at the slightest misunderstanding or his attempts to show character, instead of helping him deal with problems. I wish it was an example of a bad friend, giving children to understand that it is better to be friends with fat, stupid, but reliable than with beautiful, but turning away from you at the first sign of trouble. But no. Despite all the crap in her behavior, Gerda is presented to the very end as an exceptionally kind character.
But with the visual part of the cartoon everything is fine. The graphics are quite beautiful and pleasant. The background is well worked out. The fairy-tale city is full of details, residents, guards, atmosphere, fabulous fuss. The characters are pretty cute, even though they are trolls. A little poor for the inexorable elements looks the North wind, and inappropriate slow-mo cuts the eyes, but these are small things.
As a cartoon for children, the dynamic and bright “Snow Queen 2” is quite good, if you do not pay attention to the shaky morality, which on the one hand loudly declares simple truths, and on the other leaves behind secondary characters. Well, for those who have already grown up from primary school age, this cartoon will be simply boring.
5 out of 10
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