Rowa Aishat If you wanna find a great story with lots of jokes, this is not the movie for you. However if you wanna see great animation in step motion, which is incredibly beautiful and fascinating, and you don't mind getting immersed in an emotional story with magic, definetly check this one out. So here is my opinion about anything while trying t keep it spoiler free. The animation is gorgeous and so pleasing to watch even when nothing is happening. The characters are simple with no depth. They do their job, you understand them well and root for the good guys while you hate the bad ones. It didn't bothered me but it might be annoying for some people. The humor is absent for a big part of the movie, then it doesn't get exceptionally good. It's decent for when it is, it doesn't get dumb or awkward, but it's not very original either. The good part about it is that I found it appropiate to be absent for like half of the movie considering this is a movie with a lot of sad scenes.The story is the weakest part to be honest. It's a simple run away from evil in a quest to find some item with some twists. That wouldn't be a problem if the twist weren't so predictable and dragged on and then the characters acting genuinely surprised when they find the truth. There is only one twist I didn't see it coming, maybe 2 or 3. That's it. Another problem is that Kubo causes the sad scenes by being dumb. Nobody even mentions his obvious mistakes. It's not even excused by "oh he didn't know that would happen". He should have known after all his mother told him. They tried to explain it in a line like "I don't know what is real anymore" but that doesn't work when you have a soft magic system (aka unexplained magic). You are supposed to trust the one other magic user you know for this kind of stuff. Speaking of magic, the magic system is "eh". It's very very pretty to look at it but it doesn't feel engaging when they fight with magic because of it. Also Kubo's magic (and not only his) leave so many questions with not even a vague answer. I know it's supposed to be unexplained for the most part, but not like that. The last problem I have is the ending. It has some good ideas, but they are rushed. If something with consenquences happen and you don't wanna erase what happened by magic at least give the audience and the characters time to mourn and show some scenes later in the story to make it feel like it's not that bad. How is Kubo's life after all that has happened? How is the village? Nope they just rushed over it. The messages were fine, not very original but I don't see a problem in that. I would have liked them more if they didn't became increasingly obvious as the movie progressed.In conclusion is a good movie, too bad the story hold it back to being a 10/10. However this issues didn't stop me from enjoying the movie very much while watching and even crying a bit. If you want a perfect story or a lot of jokes, don't watch it. But otherwise is a very pleasing experience for the eyes and the heart and I recommend you watch it.

Turfseer Kubo and the Two Strings is Travis Knight's animated stop-motion fantasy adventure film set in a feudal Japan voiced by a coterie of prominent actors. The overall effort is disappointing as so much excellent work went into the visual side of the film but little into the dialogue which can best be described as sophomoric and simply not funny. Don't plan on taking your kids to see this as the story as it has an undercurrent of nasty characters who might be a little too scary for children. When we're first introduced to Kubo (Art Parkinson), the young protagonist, he already has had his eye plucked out by his evil grandfather ("The Moon King" voiced by Ralph Fiennes) and his two aunts (a Japanese variation on the bad witches from the "Wizard of Oz") who are out to kill his mother, Sariatu (Charlize Theron) who was cast out by the family after marrying Kubo's now missing dad, Hanzo. Soon enough, the aunts (i.e. the witches) kill Kubo's mother and Kubo learns he must find three talismans to assist him in eventually defeating his grandfather. They include armor, a sword and a breastplate. Just as in the Wizard of Oz, Kubo is assisted by three characters who protect him from the wrath of his aunts. First there's "little Hanzo," Kubo's own Origami creation, who resembles his father, a Samurai warrior, along with a Monkey who comes to life from Kubo's monkey amulet given to him by his mother (the monkey is also voiced by Theron) as well as a Beetle/man hybrid (Matthew McConaughey). It's soon revealed that the Monkey and the Beetle are manifestations of Kubo's parents but hardly approximate their grandeur. The Monkey's lines in particular are quite grating, as she spends most of her time insulting the Beetle, who comes off as foolish and ineffectual. Nonetheless, the two manage in the end to sacrifice themselves and kill the aunts, so that Kubo can have his final confrontation with the evil grandfather. As I mentioned at the beginning, a great deal of thought went into animating this enterprise and most of it is quite impressive. However, when it comes to the animation of the grandfather's spirit (which takes the form of an ordinary dragon), one must conclude that the film's animators could have created a more interesting and compelling (final) monster/adversary for little Kubo. The ending is at least appropriate as Kubo uses the strings from his Shamisen (banjo-like instrument), culled from his mother's hair, which enables him to neutralize his grandfather's powers and transform him to a feeble old man, on whom the villagers (from Kubo's nearby town), take pity. Despite the impressive animation, the film's inappropriate comic tone undermines the filmmaker's serious intent, and relegates the overall effort as a lame attempt that patronizes the adult audience while at the same token, ends up scaring its base of young children.

charliekusiel Stop motion animation has always been one of my favorite filmmaking techniques, from Aardman Productions to even the ATATs in Star Wars. "Kubo and the Two Strings", deserves to be among the titles when you list "the great stop motion movies". The story had me hooked from the beginning, and the animation was superb. Kubo and the two strings tales place in a world where magic and humans live together, inspired by ancient Japanese culture, where a boy sets out on a quest to restore peace to his family. The cast was really good, I thought, and I especially loved Charlize Theron's performance as Monkey. The color palette of the film made me not want to take my eyes of the screen and, combined with the animation, was breathtaking. Even though this movie was aiming for the enjoyment of kids, the jokes still landed for me and I still felt the emotion conveyed, especially at the end. The characters The Sisters even made me feel a bit creeped out at times, which was great. In the battle scenes, I felt threatened and in the emotional scenes, I felt sad. This movie, I thought, really did well with conveying emotion. Although I loved the story this movie told, I thought the plot felt rushed at times. This is understandable, though, as they had a pretty low budget and claymation takes a lot of time for not very much product.

netanelarussy From the storytelling to the animation to the musical scoring, it is amazing. Many animated movies are deemed "kid' movies" due to them being simplistic and always being wrapped up in a neat bow with everyone happy and smiling, but this does not do that. It accepts the reality of his final predicament and shows contentment with it. It is a great movie for a whole family, not just kids.