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Summary: mask of light
Review: i think it was awsome. and it was not fluff.:-]but then again i am a major bionicle fan.go bionicle
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Summary: Mindless and Nonsensical, but Well Done
Review: I'm at a loss to explain the 5 star ratings this film got. It literally has no plot. Tons and tons of expository dialogue to explain the "mythology" (so that your 5 year old feels justified in demanding that you buy all the "characters") and "glory shots" of things getting blown up and characters running and screaming. But it has so much jargon that if you're not already familiar with the characters, the plot will make no sense. My son's Dad and I have watched it with my 6yo son (who admittedly loves it even though he can't explain what it's about either) and we still can't discern an actual plot. Harmless fluff, I guess, but my money would have been much better spent on other, much better videos.
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Summary: Awesome addition to Bionicle
Review: I've been a Bionicle fan from the start in Summer 2001, and let me tell you, this movie flows right along with the storyline. I expected much less, and got much more to say the least. The only thing I Didn't like were the voice actors. The only ones that reallty fit the character they played were Kopaka, Thau, Vakama, and Hahli. Everyone else just wasn't the right voice for the job, especially Lewa, though he is saved by the actor's great depiction of how he talks (like using terms such as "high-flying" or "wind-walking").
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Summary: Lewa, have you lost your mind?
Review: I've been a huge Bionicle maniac since the early days of the story, and let me say, this film does not dissappoint. The story fits well into the Bionicle world without being impossible to understood by non-fans and the visuals are simply stunning. The soundrack is appropriate and well composed. The voices, however, leave something to be desired. Especially Lewa who, instead of being his fun-loving wise-cracking self, is some sort of derranged hippy, speaking almost completely in mutilated Le-Koronan slang. For instance his line, "There'll be no landwalking today, just airflyin'!" may seem funny at first, but seems to become truly disturbing later veiwings.
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Summary: It's about time!!!
Review: It's about time!!! Lego finally smartened up and made a movie! How it begins is Takua finds the Mask of Light, The Rahkshi are released. Jaller is chosen to find Takanuva. the Rahkshi are trying to find the Mask of Light. And well, you can figure it out from there. And, I also have good news, 2 more Bionicle movies are going to be released between now and 2005. So, This movie isn't the end. I also heard this movie is rated PG for violence and Scary images, So YAY, This isn't going to be a little kid movie. This movie mostly focuses more on the Matoran then Toa. I hope this movie is worth my while.
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Summary: BIONICLE:MOL SUPER GREAT!!!!!!!!!
Review: It's SUPER GREAT! The CGI, the voices, and the music! Even the bounus!
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Summary: Surprisingly good
Review: Let's face it, this is a product tie-in movie. In addition, it is a straight-to-video movie, so let's just say my expectations were looooow. Pokemon Low. I expected "My Little Pony meets Lion King 2"-level quality. But the movie is actually coherent, thoughtful, moral, quasi-religious, and suspenseful. Maybe my low expectations had me disarmed, but it was genuinely not torturous to watch. The two children I watched it with, 6 and 8 years old (and both girls!), were mesmerized by it, and had to watch it again immediately. About 2/3 of the way through the first viewing, I thought, wow, this is actually pretty good. Then one of the girls exclaimed, "This is REALLY GOOD!" For this type of movie, what more can one hope for? I give it 3 stars because, I mean, it ain't exactly Kurosawa or Hawks or anything. This is hardly One For The Ages. But for an entertaining evening with children and adults both watching the same thing, enjoying it, and discussing it afterward, this movie is exactly what you want.
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Summary: A must have
Review: My 5 year-old son is a LEGOmaniac. He really wanted to see the movie since it has been advertised in the LEGO magazine for over a year. Well, after reading the reviews we decided to buy the DVD since every time we tried to rent it, they were out of it. We all enjoyed it a lot. It's great! Finally I understand the Bionicle story (though I have to admit that even with a Ph.D. I had to watch the movie twice to understand it completely). I thought it was funny, a lot of action, fast-paced, and not scary. If you like video games, sci-fi, LEGOs, or cool comp graphics this is the DVD to buy!
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Summary: WHAT THE...?
Review: OK, Bionicle fans skip this review because I'm about to insult this movie--bigtime.
This movie makes ABSOLUTELY no sense. Unless, of course, you have been a fan since you're two and have every bit of Bionicle paraphernalia in creation--comic books, T-shirts, posters, figures, movies, the whole nine yards. Even then, there are a couple of things...
For instance: where are the other Toa (Lewa, Kopaka, Onua) and Matoran at the Kohli game? And, why WEREN'T they there in the first place? What are totems? Do you have to go over to read them, or are they a sign of danger that one sees from afar? A lot of things are just NEVER explained in the whole thing! The mask powers and weapons just get more and more random throughout the film, not to mention the powers of the Rahkshi (sorry for misspellings).
And, why a character who would jump across lava JUST to look at a stupid totem that he can see from meters away WOULDN'T agree to carry a mask is beyond me. If he thought he could just stay back and record life from the sidelines, then they should have (gasp!) EXPLAINED IT--something that seems to be beyond the filmmakers. If they'd wanted THAT effect, h shouldn't have been going across the lava at all. Just because they needed the plot to move forward DOESN'T mean they should have discarded the minute traces of personality they actually HAD placed in the characters.
The music was OK, but it sounded very Howard-Shore-esque (the guy who did the music for the Lord of the Rings) to me, at least.
The animation? The horror... The sheer horror of it all... JUST because a movie is in three dimensions does NOT mean that you don't have to do what other movies have to do--tell a story, show personalities, and above all----MAKE IT BELEIVABLE!!!! The characters in this just don't work. The random, unnecessary gestures they add to make the characters more interesting are the marks of truly horrid actors. A REAL animator's task is not to just MOVE the characters--it's to make them REAL, to make them ACT, to make the audience FEEL. To make them feel sorry for the sad fellow in the corner; to make their hearts race when he's in the claws of a giant, ferocious beast; to make them sigh when he falls in love; to make their hearts swell in triumph when he defeats the evil. THESE are the marks of truly GOOD animators--when the crowd FEELS for the character. The robots don't extract emotion--at least, not from me (and I am the world's teariest sucker). The one time I thought I might actually feel sorry for someone was when Jaller died, but only because his voice-over actor was in something else I saw and liked.
In short------
If you want a good movie, go somewhere else.
If you're a Bionicle fan, enjoy.
(I STILL can't understand all the five-star reviews for this......Yet another mystery of----"The BIONICLE"...)
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Summary: DVD is AWSOME
Review: Ok..I have to admit as a parent when I saw the trailer for the movie I thought oh brother another [money amount]out of my pocket to Lego. I didnt even want to have anything to do with this thing. This morning my son wakes up, and is so excited that the movie was going to be released for sale today. I reluctantly bought him a copy. We sat down and popped the DVD in, and my first impression was "Hey this is kinda cool". Its got really neat interactive features ( I wont go into great detail, as I wouldnt want to ruin it for you, and I would list them but you can see them in the product details). After playing with the bonus features, we started the movie. The graphics and sound are AWSOME!! There is a feature that you can toggle on an off that allows additional information to be viewed during the movie (like the pop up bubbles). Its a tad slow during one part (but me not knowing really what was going on..well that could be because of my lack of Bioncile knowledge). I actually enjoyed the movie. There were three adults and one child, and everyone was GLUED to the set. No one moved or made a sound during the entire film. Its got a good story line. My son was a little disappointed in the way the one of the Bionicles talked..but over all was really happy. He had a smile on his face through the entire thing. I cant wait until the Second movie is released in the Fall of 2004
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