The school holidays, and yet another school holiday movie; but maybe not for the little ones.Synopsis: Mortimer "Mo" Folchart is a silver tongue, which means he has the power to bring characters out of books just by reading them only with one catch, somebody from the real world dissapears into it's pages. When he reads a rare children's fable called "Inkheart" his wife is mistakenly pulled into the book and a cast of characters are brought out. Twelve years later his daughter, Meggie has grown up. Now they are travelling across Europe to find a copy of Inkheart to bring their beloved mother and wife out of the pages. The only thing stopping them is Capricorn, the antagonist of the story. When he finds out that Meggie also has the gift of the silvertounge, he kidnapps her. Now Mortimer assembles a team to get her back in an unforgettable adventure.
I think he strongest point of this movie is it's characters. They may be typical; Mortimer being the dashing and successful protagonist, Capricorn being the snarling villain with the henchmen that have no personality and intentions, Meggie who will fatefully save the day and Dustfinger, the man who has motives and will not stop until he gets what he wants, but he stays loyal to Mo, but he characters are wonderful and every single one of their traits set out this intruiguing story.
"Inkheart" takes characters from other books like the flying monkeys from "The Wizard of Oz" and the the ticking alligator from "Peter Pan", plus some others. Sure you may think that merging characters from different stories would be cool, you may be disappointed. Only glimpses of these characters are shown and don't really affect the story at all.
I think this story is a classic adventure story changed to meet the needs of a modern western audience; the special effects are top notch, it has a pretty neat premise that would appeal to kids and it has a cast the wouldn't have come cheap, yet Brendan Fraser seems to be unchallenged and almost bored with his role, just like the recent "Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ". All round it's a great movie, but once again it's nothing that we haven't seen before.
I think he strongest point of this movie is it's characters. They may be typical; Mortimer being the dashing and successful protagonist, Capricorn being the snarling villain with the henchmen that have no personality and intentions, Meggie who will fatefully save the day and Dustfinger, the man who has motives and will not stop until he gets what he wants, but he stays loyal to Mo, but he characters are wonderful and every single one of their traits set out this intruiguing story.
"Inkheart" takes characters from other books like the flying monkeys from "The Wizard of Oz" and the the ticking alligator from "Peter Pan", plus some others. Sure you may think that merging characters from different stories would be cool, you may be disappointed. Only glimpses of these characters are shown and don't really affect the story at all.
I think this story is a classic adventure story changed to meet the needs of a modern western audience; the special effects are top notch, it has a pretty neat premise that would appeal to kids and it has a cast the wouldn't have come cheap, yet Brendan Fraser seems to be unchallenged and almost bored with his role, just like the recent "Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ". All round it's a great movie, but once again it's nothing that we haven't seen before.
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