From ea97d6cc48d047dfedf5ba475e975633694459d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dakkar Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 12:33:17 +0000 Subject: review: oblivion island --- src/anime/review/oblivion-island/.gitignore | 2 + .../review/oblivion-island/document.en.rest.txt | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++ src/anime/review/oblivion-island/du2html.xsl | 1 + 3 files changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/anime/review/oblivion-island/.gitignore create mode 100644 src/anime/review/oblivion-island/document.en.rest.txt create mode 120000 src/anime/review/oblivion-island/du2html.xsl diff --git a/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/.gitignore b/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/.gitignore new file mode 100644 index 0000000..08d33d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/.gitignore @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +/document.en.du.xml +/document.it.du.xml diff --git a/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/document.en.rest.txt b/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/document.en.rest.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a4d3131 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/document.en.rest.txt @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +================= + Oblivion Island +================= +:CreationDate: 2014-03-19 12:03:14 +:Id: anime/review/oblivion-island +:tags: - anime + - review +:rating: 3 +:original: http://www.easternkicks.com/reviews/oblivion-island-haruka-and-the-magic-mirror + +There's the mystery of socks disappearing from washing machines. +There's the speculation that ballpoint pens vanish from drawers to +return to their native planet. There's all the items that are lost +every time you move house, even if you write a detailed +inventory. Where does all that stuff go? According to this movie, +there's a whole world, Oblivion Island, built from our lost and +forgotten items, "collected" by the creatures who live there. + +Haruka, the protagonist, has lost her mother to illness, and lost her +mother's hand mirror to Oblivion Island. She believes her father +doesn't care about her, and goes back to the places of her younger +life. There, she discovers one of the creatures who's collecting +various items, and follows him into the other world. + +Surprises, friendship, bullies, an arch-villain, betrayal, community +spirit, daring rescues, painful memories, separation and +reconciliation. Of course there's a happy ending. + +If you're looking for something original, or a great execution of a +familiar story, look elsewhere. "Oblivion Island" is average in all +respects: from the railroaded plot we've all read and seen several +times already, to the smooth CG animation that still can't get +movements and expressions quite right, to a soundtrack that's +appropriate but nothing more. Some scenes look almost copied +frame-by-frame from better films: compare Haruka discovering the +creature and getting into Oblivion Island with Mei discovering the +little Totoro and getting into the big camphor tree. + +Oh, there's very nice backgrounds, and the buildings in the Island +show good imagination on the part of the authors. And there is nothing +really bad or wrong in any part of the movie. Also, given Sturgeon's +law, I should compliment the distributors for publishing in English +more average-or-better works than very bad works. + +Let's just say that I was led to expect much better from the press +release. That'll teach me to take press releases with a large grain of +salt. diff --git a/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/du2html.xsl b/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/du2html.xsl new file mode 120000 index 0000000..371d03d --- /dev/null +++ b/src/anime/review/oblivion-island/du2html.xsl @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +../../../../templates/du2html-review.xsl \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3