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.

My Brief Thoughts On Coco Trailer 2

Well then PIXAR fans it has finally happened they have just now dropped the new trailer for Coco and here are my Brief Thoughts on the trailer.

Well since the trailer has just this minuet dropped i can't use any images but trust me when i say this movie looks stunning everything from the art to the animation is about the quality you'd expect from PIXAR by now.

Honestly hearing the voice cast in this trailer gets my excited for me there's no real big names in the film but there's a lot of great talent. I have to say that for a second i thought that Ricardo Montalban was in this movie because there's a character that sounds so much like him.

This movie looks like PIXAR is at there best and i cannot wait for November to come around.

My Thoughts On My Little Pony: The Movie Trailer 2 And What Are My Hopes For The Movie

Hello there Pony fans we are just under a month away from seeing the ponies hit the big screen and since there was a new trailer dropped recently i thought i'd do a couple of things give you my thoughts on that trailer and then tell you what are my hopes for the movie.

Ok wow that was a good solid trailer i found it refreshing that it didn't give away to much of the plot beyond of course what we already know so that was fun i would say that the animation is great but since this is a second trailer i just won't bother. If you watched the Facebook live stream like i did then you might have noticed  that they told you why the ponies are in Equestria so they gave you some of the plot and you might have missed it.

We also got a bit of confirmation that Princess Cadence will be at least making a cameo why she would be so far from the crystal empire is anyone's guess but it's still nice to see her altho i couldn't help but notice that there was no Shining Armour or the baby and best character in this trailer is easily rarity she got all the best scenes this time round.

Now that trailer talk is out of the way lets move on to the movie and what i hope for it. I hope that this movie is first of all good which judging of these two trailers it will be but a trailer can be misleading. I also think that even for MLP the plot should make some kind of sense i don't want things don't make sense in terms of the plot to happen just because it's a kids film using the excuse "it's a kids film" for me won't cut it the plot has to make sense.

Another thing i hope they don't do is i hope they don't have a moment in the film where the Mane 6 so there separate ways because we know that won't last long because A) there's still a movie to finish and B) season 8 is already in the works so having a moment like that would just feel cheap and pointless because of those two reasons.

The final thing i hope for the movie is apart from it being a hit i hope the movie makes people who think the franchise is just for girls now think the complete opposite but that second one more of a long shot really but as any male pony fan or any grown up fan will tell you Friendship Is Magic.

     

Overall that was what i thought of the new trailer and what my personal hopes for the movie are please let me know what your thoughts for the movie are and what you thought of the second trailer down below.

Victoria "Warp and Weft" Review

Sorry for this late review but here we are with episode three of series 2 of the hit British TV series Victoria and there might not be a review of next weeks episode since i'll be on holiday so here we go with this weeks episode.

The plot of this weeks episode was The Queen decides to throw another ball and receives some devastating news.I have to say that this weeks episode was the best of the series so far and i loved the plot of the episode as well as for a while it looks like it going one way but then right at the end it hits you in the gut not once but twice.

By now we should all know who's in the series so i won't bother saying who's in the episode but i will say that in the second to end scene Jenna killed it yet again now i wish i could say who i thought was the standout but i i list there name it might give away the ending but i will say that i will miss this character and if you saw the episode then i apologize for the above picture.

 Now apart from the two end scenes which i thought were really well done there was two other scenes that i thought were so well done and they both revolve around the ball in some way as well it was how well they mixed the music with what was being seen and in case of the first scene bits of audio as well they were both just well edited.

Prepare the tissues because they will be needed that's really all i can say about the end scenes because there spoilers but trust me you will need them and the ending is so sad even the creator of the show cried that's how good they were.

Overall this was the best episode of the series so far and i cannot wait for next weeks episode i give this weeks episode a solid 9.5 out of 10

  

My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Magical Movie Night Review

Hello pony fans this a good year to be a pony fan we have the new series currently airing and My Little Pony: The Movie arriving in a months time so to tide us over we kinda have a new Equestria Girls movie called My Little Pony: Equestria Girls – Magical Movie Night.

Now i said this is kinda a new movie because it's just the three episode of the Equestria Girls miniseries but it was released on DVD as a movie for some unknown reason but since it's just three episodes i'm not going to make a comment on the overall story since there isn't any but i will say i liked some segments more then others.

The cast for the series returns to play there respective characters and there all really good in this "movie" so i can't really fault them because they've played these characters since 2010 so they know there characters really well but apart from the returning cast debuting in this spin-off franchise is Kelly Sheridan as Starlight Glimmer and even tho she only appears in the third story she's pretty good.

I have to say that the animation in this "movie" wasn't that bad it was consistent with the show which for me was to be expected since that meant there was a lot of nice fluid movement with the characters and the backgrounds looked nice altho some of the characters have really thick lines which does get distracting. Some of the characters also have really nice designs as well with my personal favorite being Starlight Glimmer.

Now since this is a 2010 MLP product you'd think they'd be a song in each of the segments well that's not true since only the first segment features a song and it's the kind of the fluff that little girls would indeed like but i personally didn't like the song at all.

Overall the specials were pretty good but they didn't need to be released as a movie tho that to me was perhaps my biggest peeve about this "movie" and i won't be giving this a ranking but i will say if your looking for something to tide you over until the big screen movie comes out then this is fine.

  

OK K.O! Let's Be Heroes Review

Well then animation Cartoon network gets a lot of flack for producing bad shows but every once in a while the network brings out something truly worth talking about and well right now that show that's worth talking about is a little show called Ok K.O! Lets Be Heroes.

The basic premise of the series is KO trys to become the world's greatest superhero and the series follows him and his friends as they train to help reach that goal. Now i have to say i'm writing this review after seeing the TKO special so it looks like after that special the series will be adding in another story element which seems interesting.

I have to say that the premise alone made me interested in the show just because  i'd never seen a show where we will be following a group of people training to be heroes and i have to say that after the first six episodes aired i was hooked and now it's a must watch for me.

The series stars both Stephanie Nadolny & Courtenay Taylor as KO , Ashly Burch as Enid , Creator Ian Jones-Quartey as Rad , David Herman as Mr. Gar , Kate Flannery as Carol , Jim Cummings as Lord Boxman and Kari Wahlgren as Shannon. I really like the cast for this show there's a lot of great talent and they all voice more then one character except for JIm so i just chose all the main characters that they play and they play them really well altho i have to admit that i like Courtenay more then i do Stephanie who i thought made KO's voice to raspy for my liking.

Bravo CN because this show has some truly great animation i have no idea where the animation for this series is done but i hope everyone involved gets a good pat on the back because the animation in this show is excellent (who said in Bill & Ted's voice?) everything has nice crisp movements and the shows art style helps make the show very unique.

The show not only includes alot of references to various anime and manga but it also takes alot of visual clues from the anime medium as well you won't spot them if you don't watch anime but if your fan like me you'll see them instantly even the show's intro was animated by Hiroyuki Imaishi who co-founded Studio Trigger.

What i like about this show and what i think sets it apart from other shows in this genre is the fact that the heroes don't always win you see the main characters get beat by there enemy in an episode of the show and even tho this is a superhero show it makes the characters feel more human and that's something that i really like.

While most main heroes in superhero shows are mostly clean cut KO actually isn't like that at all in fact in an episode of the show we see that he fears the darkness that lurks within himself and to me that makes him feel more human and more like a real three dimensional i won't spoil the TKO special in case not alot of people have seen it but let's say something happens to KO.

You may have noticed that i havn't talked about the fight scenes well that's because for this type of show i didn't really feel the need to since there's so much more important stuff going on in the show it self but with that being said the action scenes are really well done.

Overall i highly recommend you go and check out this show right now because trust me it's worth your time and energy for me so far the show is a 9.5 out of 10.