After watching Sylvain Chomet's The Illusionist, I realized some animation artists have gone too far with emulating real-life. We're calling movies like Finding Nemo, Wall-E and Up gorgeous animation, but we have forgotten the majesty of 2D hand-drawn animation. Animation is not supposed to make things look like real-life. It's an artist canvas and there's a different style to how they want viewers to view their work. I propose for more hand-drawn animation in the future.
Well, the movie has a very basic plot. It's about this magician who is stuck in a phase of change in an era where magicians are of a dying breed of entertainers. Rock bands emerge and these old-timers go out of jobs. Thankfully, there is still one who enjoys a trick or two and she follows the magician on an adventure to find his new place in the world.
I like this movie quite a lot. Though it's depressing but I'm in love with the quirky characters and colour palette chosen for this movie.
P.S. I've been wanting to blog about this. It only recently dawned on me that I had this in my mind to say...
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