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A nice change of pace. We have an apparently supernatural enemy, but the protagonists take logical steps towards dealing with it. First trying to see it, and then trying to see their capabilities and ways to hurt or contain it. The actual science makes little sense, using real words from science, but not making sense in context, much like TNG Star Trek "tech, tech, tech" dialogs.

Some cool things are super understated, and many viewers might miss them. Like the US army is in Moldova to support the Moldovan government, who turns out to be the real bad guys, and at the end of the movie everything returns to the status quo, with the US supporting the bad guys again.

So you want to tell a prequel of how some people have manipulated the narrative and setup everything thousands of years ago.. Okay, that is possible.. Want to do it with a single cast in the first 100 years of a 10000 year process, and at the same time reference everything people already know from Dune?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING!

Everything, and I do meany everything, is exactly the same as in the Dune books that are supposed to happen 10000 years later. So nothing has change, no new clothing or building styles, no new religions, language, or technology. This is the lazyiest and weakest world building ever written.

Surprisingly well working story for what is essentially a travel advertisement for China, dispite being made by DreamWorks. The characters are all well done. The animation is beautiful.

The story however is a bit over the place. It made no sense to me all the places they came past in China or the distances travelled. I guess that was all just forced for whatever they were paid to make it an advert.

The ending also a bit weak, but it works.

I can recommend the movie for children, parents of children, and anybody that loves beautiful animated movies and doesnt mind a bit of detours and pandering to China.