Seal Team

Quite a lot of known Voice Actors in this movie. Characters were funny.

However the film does have this budget feel, the Animation is somewhat comparable to Spiderman into the Spiderverse, in terms of style and Animation but not nearly as good as such. Still a good movie regardless.

The flaws is that some areas feel too fluid while other areas feel to stiff. The animation feels laggy when it's really not. Just has this delayed reaction like response time, even though there isn't. Almost like you're watching a high quality movie without the loss of pixels yet the animation is that of 20 to 30 FPS. If that even makes any sense. It's really hard to describe it.

I feel that if they had more of a budget and a better way to animate smoother and follow a fluid flowing movie then you'd have yourself an awesome movie. It sorta misses the mark in terms of pacing. A lot of scenes made the movie feel longer than it really needed to be.

On a good day 7/10

But I think it's a Mid movie that needed some more polishing.

Well, this 2021 animated movie is definitely well-worth a watch.

When I sat down to watch "Seal Team" with my 11 year old son, we hadn't heard about the movie prior to watching it. But the movie's cover/poster definitely seemed interesting, and let's just face it, the title of the movie was just brilliant.

The storyline told in "Seal Team", as written by Greig Cameron, Brian Cleveland, Jason Cleveland, Wayne Thornley, Paul Ian Johnson, Phil Lorin and Anthony Silverston was every bit as fun as it was entertaining and enjoyable. So there was certainly something for all ages in the audience when you watch "Seal Team". I have to admit that I was genuinely entertained by this animated movie.

The animation and art style was good, and it was bringing the marine life characters nicely to life on the screen. Lots of interesting and fun characters, not to mention memorable and loveable.

With "Seal Team" being an animated movie, of course having a good voice cast is quite necessary. And they certainly had that for this movie.

If you enjoy animated movies, then I can strongly and warmly recommend you sit down to watch "Seal Team".

My rating of "Seal Team" lands on a six out of ten stars.

I would first like to address the film's "frame rate" issues that I see in a lot of reviews. It's called an art style. It's an homage to stop motion animation, and for anyone complaining that it is "unwatchable", you clearly did not grow up watching any stop motion and only know the Blu-ray 60fps era. The frame rate is fine, as many things move at the full 24 (23.976), while the characters only move at the framerate necessary for the action they are doing. For slower movements, 12 frames is good, while for quick ones, they might bump it up to 18. Overall the jumpy style is fairly enjoyable, and isn't unique to this movie. It's seen in other movies like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, or The Lego Movie, so... if you don't enjoy it, don't blame the production team for making a mistake... it's intentional. If it's just not your taste just say so instead of making an un-educated review.

Now onto my own review.

Honestly, I thought this film was going to flop due to the low rating, however I was fairly impressed by the film.

• The art style was similar to The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021) with its quick swap in animation style (from 3D, to 2D elements, to drawing over the rendered footage at some points). It was quite appealing and something it seems Netflix animations are starting to take use of.

• The comedy was subpar, but they got me a few times with jokes (such as arithmetic jokes, those that have seen it or are about to watch it you'll know what I mean).

• Tons of references for all ages to get (and I mean all ages).

• It had a decent adventure plot. It lacked deep rooted meaning and powerful storytelling elements, but that's not needed to create a good, entertaining film, that's only useful when aiming to create one of the best films out there, and that wasn't their goal. They accomplished their goal of creating a fun family film, and they did it well.

• No outlying toilet humor (which is rare for kids movies these days). Just good clean humor.

• Overall a good redemption story for basically all of the characters, those who regret mistakes they wish they could change.

Now onto the possible cons.

Sometimes I realized how 2 dimensional the characters could be, other times I didn't notice or mind. This comes down to the genre and how deep you're looking into the film I feel. For instance, I feel the characters are similar to the Penguins of Madagascar, fitting one specific role and goal (such as leader, or comedic relief), which isn't such a bad thing. From an analytical perspective, this might be a con, but in this movie it isn't such a bad thing. Obviously some things were outrageous and silly, but that's because it's a family friendly movie, with the primary audience being kids. The first rule of a kids movie is that it can break the suspension of disbelief (a huge nono in movies geared towards adults), because kids have huge imaginations and love the silly, unreal moments (such as fireworks causing a dump truck to mimic bull riding, bouncing all over the place, from Paw Patrol: The Movie). It makes for a funny moment and is absolutely necessary for any successful kids movie.

Overall a well made family friendly animation. When reading reviews, remember that not everyone gives a review with the perspective of the intended audience. For some of these people, they're full grown adults ragging on this film because it's not the next Citizen Kane. If you and your family want an appropriate, fun, and exciting adventure movie to watch, this is one of those films.

It is quite watchable, my 6 y/o had fun, but it is not either memorable or repeatable.

As to flaws, well it has a few, animation is sort of off, it is not fluid and character movement is often very stop-motion like. Everything is a bit cliché, not that a 6 y/o would notice or care, but and adult will care and eventually find the movie boring. Predictable, it is very predictable, again for an adult. Dialogue is, well, not the best, but good enough for a 6 y/o.

As to virtues, I would have to say that for children it will be entertaining, one watch though, probably no repeats. It is a good natured family movie, all in all the movie has good values, no blood or gore at all. It is very safe, and an overall good movie for children.

I have no idea who the company that made it is, seems like a new film company, it is definitely a good effort, but it might take a bit more than this for a Seal Team 2 if it is made at any point.

In my opinion it is a good film for a family to watch.

I watched this with little expectation and got way more. The dialogue was witty, punny and gets you to chuckle. And the innovative use of sea objects that made it relatable. Highly reccomend for the family. Great movie.