Reviews on movie Bayala: A Magical Adventure (2)

Day. Although at the same time, the cartoon has a surprisingly useful script. The story is original and quite logical for the fairy tale, with several plot twists and sane characters. But everything else is down. Voice and music only for a tick, for 3 rubles are flaky. But animation deserves separate obscene expressions. The cartoon is shot on a computer and has a characteristic computer graphics, but the kinematics of the characters as in anime. That is, the picture freezes for a few seconds, even the mouth does not move when talking, and the camera moves, approaching or moving away from the picture. This cheapness cuts the eye. It is believed that the best way to test the quality of the animation is to evaluate the water and wool/hair, how believably drawn they are. In this movie, they are completely different from themselves. I don’t know what to compare with, but not with water. It seems that the water cartoon artists have never seen and painted it according to the stories of eyewitnesses, like a photo sketch in the police.
The wolf is some kind of mutant, he has no hair, did not bring, probably he is naked as a cat sphinx. The skin of elves looks one-on-one like the plastic of cheap dummies on the market. I've never met a elves in person, so maybe they do. And their faces are also like mannequins, they do not express any emotions, only their mouths do not fit with words to move. The overall level of graphics is very low, I don’t even know what to compare it with. Even in television animated series, where one series rivets in 10 days, the graphics are even higher. It's like a computer game from 20 years ago. In this regard, the cartoon is completely impossible to watch. I watched it on rewind, and I don't even recommend you to look like that.

There are clearly "girl" films in the movie rental... "Fairies: The Mystery of Dragon Land" belongs to this category, with the clarification: not for girls, but for little girls, preferably preschool age.
Why?
Well, let’s look at the pros and cons of this creation.

+) A vivid picture. Yes, the graphics are not at the level of “Pixar”, the backs are sometimes quite schematic, and the animation of the characters looks angular ... but what colors! What a combination! Everything from dragons to the flora of the magical country literally sparkles and sparkles, while the dark and gloomy frames in the cartoon are disparagingly few.
+) Dragons. Yes, I am a bit of a dragonophile, so the very presence in the cartoon of beautiful, elegant lizards with an unusual design (rainbow dragons with feather-webbed wings ... well, it looks original!) and charming faces conquered me. 3 Although the pig was planted here by those who localized the title of the cartoon: although “dragon country” implies that there will be many dragons, in fact ten percent of the timekeeping is devoted to them. The rest of the time we'll be looking at, at best, the dragon egg. It's not a fact.
+) It's very kind. Limitation “6+”, perhaps even too much: “Fey” can be safely watched with the smallest spectators, because everything here is calm, without excess, tells about the value of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance. Villains are not particularly villainous, rather, harmful, and the main characters, of course, will defeat their enemies and return to the country of fairies former prosperity. Well, as is the case in fairy tales.

- The movie is only for little girls. While Pixar or Dreamworks usually don’t have such a gender-strict focus — say, “How to Train Your Dragon” or “Monsters Corporation” is enjoyed by both boys and girls — Fairies are likely to appeal only to girls. And not anything: even junior high school girls are likely to get bored in this picture - here you have a primitive plot, and flat characters, and a rather crumpled narrative ... - but preschool girls, maybe, will sit down, carried away by bright colors, cute animals (one wolf is worth it!) and bosom girlfriends-fairies.

- Voice acting isn't always good. Alas, but in some places, the actors of dubbing clearly did not last with emotionality, especially for a children's cartoon. Given the slightly “wooden” animation, because of this, the characters sometimes resemble zombies. . .

Bottom line: a good choice for a family where there are small spectators, but frankly boring for older people. I looked to the end myself, but I definitely don’t want to review it. Even for dragons. They're cute, though. . .