The Clockwork Girl

It's a mixed bag at best. The CGI characters had the look of those on cheap TV kids' shows. The world and characters are interesting, I wouldn't mind seeing this movie remade with an actual budget.

This was a weird, creative, and sometimes fun movie with a whole lot more heart than it did animation production values.

The story didn't seem too bad and I sort of got into the first 20 or so minutes of the movie, but as it progressed I just got more and more annoyed with the animation. I understand that this is a low budget movie and I guess one has to use what animation tools and staff are in their budget.

Tesla and Huxley OTP!

The production values look like a video game, but once you get past that, the world, story and cast is fantastic. I do wish this had a decent budget for the visuals, but this was an indie film made with love and it shows.

I was a big fan of the comic series, so it's nice to see it come to life! I hope they make a sequel or into a tv series.

A feel good family movie that can be enjoyed by old and young, it kept us entertained from beginning to end.

A unique storyline based on an intruquite fantasy world, with interesting characters and unexpecting twists, offering a lot more than special effects.

The bad - Half finished animation. Did they run out of money? Were they teaching themselves how to use the newly purchased software on the job? There was a lot of good world building and character design, but a substantial amount of it look half finished and amateurish.

• The sound mix and the music. The orchestral score was fine, if averagely mixed, but the modern pop songs shoehorned into the film were jarring and really bad. They damaged the world building significantly and were a poor decision.

• Huxley. Wasn't a great character idea or that well played. I can see what they were going for but for the bio part of it he could have been better than a dumb teenager in a misshapen frankestein's monster body.

The Good

• Tesla. She was pretty good, the best looking of the animated characters, and interestingly voice.

-The world building. It was a pretty solid idea for a film, tech verse bio in a steam punk setting. Heavily influenced by iconic characters from history but not in a bad way apart from the clockwork orange droogs who had no reason to be in this world apart from the word clockwork in their source film title.

The plague mask characters were suitably creepy, and the castle in the sky was interesting too. The Hals moving castle flapping flying machines were nicked but some of the other designs were original and interesting.

Although it was half finished the city design and some of the locations were good.

I think the animators over-reached their ability. There were some exciting camera angles attempted, but failed at. Just because you can move in a 3d way doesn't mean it looks cinematic. A more experienced team would know how to pull off the moves without it looking cheap.

Obviously a lot of work went into making this film once you look past the lackluster parts. There's a lot of detail in there amongst the poorly rendered and badly moved animation. The next one will be better I'm sure.

They wisely got some decent voice talent on board and they mostly delivered.

I can see why people are jarringly shocked by the movie, but it isn't a one star effort, but it's not a 10 either. It's a generous 6-7. Please do better next time as the material deserves it.