bryant

Saturday was our children's movie day. Aziris Nuna was the first of the pair, and it was pretty much a generic children's movie. It's somewhat looser than you'd expect from a US flick of the same style, and a little more leering, but all in all it didn't go anywhere weird or wild.

The opening shots were incredible: pyramids rising behind Moscow, and a ship of some sort kinda drifting over the city. This had me considerably excited, since the Fantasia blurb said "Aziris Nuna is set in an alternate reality that sees the architecture of Moscow blended with Egyptian temples and pyramids." Alas, this was not the case -- it's set in our reality, with a bunch of time travel, and the opening shots are just cool effects.

The look of the film held up. It's sort of Fifth Element, sort of Zathura. The effects and set design were pretty amazing, considering the whole thing cost less than four million to make. (This according to one of the producers, hanging out at the back of the theater as we filed out.) The acting was as good as you'd expect, and the thing was competently made. But, eh, it's still just a children's movie and it didn't hold my interest.

Grade: B-.