Der Elefant des Magiers

Another animation film gone straight to streaming, which is such a shame.

The film is very beautiful visually, showing us different and unique places, and in a style that is very pleasing.

The story is interesting, although perhaps not as daring as other recent animated films and at times felt a little too simple. Some themes needed more depth, but the plot is entertaining. As much as it was not as creatively original as say the Spider-man Spider-Verse films, it was a pleasant experience and left an extremely positive balance.

I did enjoy that the moral lesson is very well crafted, always reminding us how we must never lose hope, regardless of the challenge.

Upon reflection, it seems that numerous individuals share my sentiment that while the animation style was slightly off, the storyline was exceptional, and the scores were remarkably good. The characters, brought to life by compelling voice actors, were truly delightful, and each one of them deserves commendation.

The storyline was completely original, unlike anything I had seen before. I particularly enjoyed the magical elements of this animation; it evoked the nostalgic feel of classic Disney animated movies. I believe it is a film that appeals to all age groups, and I highly recommend it. Check it out!.

Started off great w a good premise, captivating animation.

... then the plot absurdities start to plonk in one by one until there's such a deluge of nonsense that all sense of connection to the plot or the characters are gone.

Yet AGAIN another animation which throws all its budget on the visual graphics and a tiny tiny pittance on good writers who can flesh out a viable plot with characters that can hold the viewers interest.

But here we have rubbish plot, rubbish dialogue, characters which held early promise all plonked down the tunnel of showy absurdity.

Good visual animation but the nonsense plotting is for animation trash heap.

Peter is an orphan living in a magical town, and is being raised by Vilna, a soldier who rescued him during the war. Vilna has always been telling Peter his sister died at birth, but Peter is convinced she is alive and determined to find her.

To be sure, Peter decides to ask a fortune teller, who allows him one question for one coin. When he asks her how he could find his sister, she replies "Follow the elephant." Although this proves to Peter she is in fact alive still, there are no elephants in his town.

Well, not until a magician makes an elephant appear during one of his magic shows. Fearing the elephant might endanger her people, the Countess wants to get rid of the elephant. However, when Peter insists he needs the elephant to find his sister, the King agrees to give him the elephant providing he can complete three impossible tasks.

And so Peter's adventure begins. He first has to find a way to accomplish the tasks, and then find his sister. 'The Magician's Elephant' is not as funny as most animated films are. It has a far more serious undertone with a heartfelt story and a positive underlying message.

I really enjoyed the characters and rooted for Peter every step of the way. I also enjoyed the fact there were no annoying comic relief characters. The animation is absolutely stunning and this film looks incredible on screen. I loved it.

Director: "Looks really good! Just one thing, have you ever seen a cloud before?" Animator: "No." Director: "Me neither. I'm sure it's fine."

This one's got quite great deal of tender, genuinely moving scenes. And for the most part the animation looks striking and original despite the obviously lower budget.

(Aside from the clouds, which I know are supposed to look odd but they're just...so obviously not clouds.)

The compelling story is unfortunately often dampened by poor dialogue. It's unbearably contrived and stilted, too often clumsily telling us what has already been expressed visually just in case we're too dumb to pick up on characters' emotions on our own.

But there's so much vibrant content and heartwarming elements that it's impossible to disregard this film, or even dislike it, entirely.