Epic (2013)

	Also Known As: -
	Year of first release: 2013
	Director: Chris Wedge (Ice Age, Robots)
	Actors (voices): Amanda Seyfried (Jennifer's Body, In Time), Josh Hutcherson (Voyage to the Center of the Earth, Detention), Beyoncé Knowles (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
	Country: USA
	Genre: Animation, Adventure
	Conditions of visioning: 01.122013, SD VOD, Home cinema
Synopsis: A young girl (Seyfried) is projected into a tiny advanced society living in the forest and fighting for the spirit of Nature against the dark forces of putrefaction and rot.
Review: I only knew about this movie after reading bad critics of it having copied the ideas from Avatar. It may be true to some extend: one character that will risk her life to protect a world which is not hers, the communion of the alien people with Nature,the flying soldiers... But I didn't feel it like a rip-off mainly because the message in the movie is not the same and the target audience is different as well. Avatar is very strong about how humans destroy everything while in Epic evil doesn't have this face. Epic is more for a young audience but I liked the fact that it doesn't take its viewers for dummies and doesn't overwhelm them with good feelings, cheap drama and key funny faces from annoying comic characters. The comic characters in Epic are a blind three-legged dog running in circles and a duo of snail/slug, and I sincerely laughted each time they appear on screen. Not a major animated film with double meanings for children and adults like The Incredibles, but refreshingly different from the usual lot.
Rating: 6 /10