Kubo and the Two Strings is the latest Laika animated production and tells the tale of Kubo (Art Parkinson) who is a young boy who is tasked with finding an ancient battle suit in the hope that it will help him and his mother live freely from an evil sorcerer (Ralph Fiennes.)
Kubo is beautifully animated truly beautiful with its use of stop motion animation just to look at this film is a true delight, the waves, the lights, the landscapes, the action all of it is just impeccably put together and Charlize Theron is great in the film as well playing a bad ass Monkey with a real attitude problem.
Sadly however the films storyline just didn't do much for me and all throughout the film I just struggled to get all that engaged with it and primarily because I felt it got pretty predictable with its story and character arcs in a way that I kinda began to figure out what was going to happen ahead of time and given that this film is meant to be about the power of storytelling and how it impacts our lives as well as the lives of those around us it feels a little disappointing that the film falls short in this key area.
That said some older kids 7 to 12 will enjoy this film but that would be about it I feel (saw a couple of young kids in my session and they did squirm a little bit) but for me personally it was just okay, another meh film in what has been a very meh year for movies in general, 2 out of 5.
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