George Lucas wrote and produced a animated feature “Strange Magic.”
“I thought, wouldn’t it be fun to make the movie using existing music and find lyrics from the songs to actually tell the story,” said Lucas.
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The biggest problem with the prequel was Anakin’s acting. Many folks have tried recutting the prequels to make it work.
While there’s some improvements after re-cutting, Anakin takes up so much screen time as the main protagonist, making it unsalvageable. People need to recognize Lucas skill as an “idea guy” and the ideas are very raw. It will need to be refined and vetted. Lucas isn’t an executioner. He brought hollywood two highly successful franchise in Star Wars and Indiana Jones; he also created ILM.Goldilocks
I was expecting something similar to “Brave” or “How to train your dragon”. The humor isn’t funny and story unintelligible. The music is unoriginal and uninspiring. This reminds me of “A Bug’s life” or “Epic”. I was hoping for good things, but it smells like a stinker to me. However, the graphics and the artistry is top-knotch. Can’t blame this completely on Lucas, because he isn’t the director. They need to hurry back into the editing room and see if they can salvage it.