What can you expect from a movie that calls itself Epic? Apparently, not much. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not bad but to call it Epic may have set expectations a little high on which it failed to deliver. Starred by Amanda Seyfried, Josh Hutcherson, Colin Farrell, the movie takes us on a journey to the heart of the forest where a battle between the guardians of the forest led Queen Tara(Beyoncé Knowles) and the putrefying Boggans has taken its toll. Boggan leader Mandrake(Christoph Waltz) manages to fatally wound Queen Tara in an attack during the ceremony where a new pod will be chosen as the next queen of the forest. Oblivious to what was going on around her, M.K (Seyfried) was shrunk down by Queen Tara and given the mission of taking the pod to safety. Joined by a Leafman warrior Ronin (Farell), the free-spirited Nod (Hutcherson), and the caretakers of the pod Mub (Aziz Ansari) and Grub(Chris O’Dowd), a tiny M.K sets out on a big adventure that will change her life.
Directed by animated film veteran Chris Wedge, the movie is as visually stunning as it gets. Wedge managed to create a beautiful world that is familiar yet somehow new. The movie also had some memorable laughs, mostly from the Mub and Grub tandem. The main characters are well casted and you can see the great chemistry as you watch the movie. But there were some that were just not right, Pitbull as a gangster frog? Steven Tyler as a singing caterpillar? Uhhh. No. Just no. But what let the movie down really was the absence of an epic battle scene. With a beautiful well imagined magical world, the movie could have done so much more with the battle scenes. I was expecting something more like Narnia but what we get is a war between two magical species and all it took was an iPod to end it. Creative, yes but a bit of a letdown. It could have been much, much, much more epic than what it turned out to be. As I said, it’s not all that bad. It’s actually quite good and enjoyable but definitely not enough to be Epic.
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