Elena And The Secret Of Avalor Review

Disney fans i'm back with a review i may have hinted at in an earlier post and honestly it's really decent movie so here is my review of Elena And The Secret Of Avalor.

The plot of this Sofia/Elena crossover prequel is Sofia has to find away to free a trapped princess and overthrow an evil queen. The plot of this movie does move i think at a fast pace and it could have benefited from having an extra thirty minuets but since the film clocks in at an hour and three minuets it means that certain plot points get rushed but the story as a whole is really good if somewhat predictable.

Since this is a crossover movie that features a ton of cast members i'm only going to name the three main stars and they are Ariel Winter as Princess Sofia , Aimee Carrero as Princess Elena and the great and legendary Jane Fonda as The Villain. I wasn't kidding when i said Elena had some great guest stars but the cast in this movie/special do a great job voicing there characters and that really doesn't shock me since both this and both TV shows were in development so both the main leads and the various supporting cast had the time to get to know there characters and we all know Jane Fonda will be great in this.

Like Elena and Sofia this show is done in CGI but unlike those shows where the animation was really top notch the animation in this film to me felt like a down grade i can't explain why i got that feeling but for a movie that's not a good thing maybe it's due to the fact they were also making two TV shows at the same time.

The major issue i have with this movie/special is the fact that it's a prequel to a TV show that was still airing now from what i can gather this film was meant to debut before the series which to me makes sense but for some unknown reason the film got pushed back until November 2016 so then why did they premier the first episode of Elena on July 22nd 2016 why not push the start of the series until December of November since then the no one will know how the film ends but they didn't do that so now we know how the film ends before it even starts.

The score and songs where done by both shows composer John Kavanaugh and i have to say that the songs in this film for me was better then the score it self all three songs those being "The Great Unknown" , "The Spirit of Avalor" and "My Time" were really catchy and they all had great beats to them and more importantly they didn't sound like over produced pop songs they worked great for this film and i loved them.

Overall i'd say if your interested in watching Elena Of Avalor i'd say check out this movie first since it acts as a pilot to the series for me tho this film gets a 6.5 out of 10.

Elena Of Avalor Review

Hello Disney fans since Elena season 2 is due to start in just under four weeks time i thought i'd finally give you my thoughts on the series so here is my review of Elena Of Avalor.

The basic premise of the show is young princess Elena has to learn how to rule her kingdom. That's really all i can say without giving away the plot to a movie i want to review but i have to admit the story for the show is really interesting and i like the fact that it doesn't have an overall story arc each episode is pretty much episodic and for this show it works.

Since the voice cast for this show is pretty huge i'm not going to name every single cast member but in the show we have Aimee Carrero , Jenna Ortega , Keith Ferguson , Jillian Rose Reed and Joseph Haro. The voice cast for this series are pretty good and looking threw the guest cast i found out they have some pretty huge names on the show as well but i personally love Aimee Carrero as Elena if her show Young & Hungry ends she could easily make it as a voice actress.

Now as you can gather by all the above pictures the show is done in CGI and while i would have preferred it to be done in traditional 2D the CGI in the series is shockingly good every episode has top notch CGI which for a TV show on a TV budget is a freaking miracle.

The characters also have some really great designs to me they look like classic Disney characters and that's a good thing to a degree because at times they look a little two much like a cartoon and that can take me out of an episode.

The theme to the show which is called Elena Of Avalor is done by Spanish artist Gaby Moreno and to me since the show is based in Latin American culture it helps that the theme song would also have a Latin American feel to it and the theme song is really super catchy.

The score and songs for the series are done by John Kavanaugh and the series mostly features a new song in every episode but the problem is the songs are very hit and miss for every good song there's at least two or three bad one's but the way i see it is that's a pretty good record since the show has been picked up for season's two and three.

Overall i will say that while this is a spin-off to Sofia The First you don't need to have seen that show to under stand this one altho i do think you should Elena And The Secret Of Avalor since it's prequel to the show and there will not be a rating for this show.