For those that have been patiently waiting, the new Lucasfilm “Strange Magic”, from the mind of George Lucas is now in theaters TODAY. For those that haven’t about this film yet, it is a magical musical fairy tale with fairies and goblins that uses some of the plot from William Shakespare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.
I screened the movie last week and thought the movie was cute, FUN and I LOVED the storyline and the message that is being sent that everyone deserves to be loved, no matter what you look like on the outside.
This animated film takes place in a magic forest that is divided by light and dark. The story line first starts by following the fairy princess Marianne (Evan Rachel Wood) who has had her heart broken when she is cheated on by her fiance Roland (Sam Palladio). Marianne decides to have a new outlook on life and wants to forget about love altogether.
Despite the fact that Marianne wanted to forget about love, her sister Dawn can’t stop talking about finding it. Marianne finds herself on a mission with Sunny the elf (Elijah Kelley) who is in love with Dawn to help her sister who is love struck with the ugly Bog King (Alan Cumming) by love potion that can only be made by flower petals that can be found in the Dark Forest.
Marianne sets out on a mission with Sunny to find her sister that has been captured by the Bog King. Not only is Marianne on a mission, so is Roland who is adamant on finding the love potion to make Marianne fall back in love with him so that he can become prince.
You will have to watch the movie to see how it all ends…
After interviewing George Lucas last week I learned that Lucas had thoughts of creating this film about 15 years ago and wondered if he could tell a love story using love songs. He mentioned that music is a huge part of life so you will find that in “Strange Magic” Lucas takes his audience through a musical journey with 6 decades of pop music. Throughout the film the different “love” songs are played perfectly to go along with each scene. Lucas mentioned in his interview that this movie originally started with over 100 songs and after all final edits, you will only hear 25 songs of those 100.
I love fairies and fairy tales so I found this movie to be really fun and the animation was amazing. Not only did the characters have great detail, the songs that are played in the sequence played made the movie perfect! Although many George Lucas fans probably won’t enjoy this film because this film is “girly”, I think many will, especially moms like this one that enjoy taking their children to movies that fun that have an ending with a good message!
Strange Magic Movie Trailer
More Strange Magic Links To See & Follow:
- Strange Magic Interview With George Lucas
- Strange Magic Interview With Elijah Kelley
- Like STRANGE MAGIC on Facebook: https://facebook.com/StrangeMagicMovie
- Follow STRANGE MAGIC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StrangeMagic
i can’t wait to see Strange Magic. It looks like it’s going to be so much fun.
I can’t wait to see this movie! I have heard amazing things!
This film looks so cute! We almost went last weekend but the lines were long. We’re hoping to make it a snow day date this week!
This is going to be sssooo good! George Lucas can do no wrong, in my opinion.
This looks so cute! I cant wait to see it, maybe next weekend we will take the kids.
Looks like a great movie! My kids would definitely enjoy it.
I can see my kids just loving this movie. I think I would love it too. Looks really cute.
I really want to see this. My daughter and I are into movies like this (even though we are both too old). It’s always great to act like a kid and escape reality for awhile.
I definitley find music to be key in movies. It totally evokes the right emotions. This film does look cute!
I really have to check this movie out. It seems everyone is talking about it!
I do not know who is more excited about this movie, me or the kids! It looks so amazing!
I love that he incorporated a love of music into the show. I think it would be so great to sit in on an interview with him to learn about this film!
I pretty excited to see this… I just hope my toddler is ready to see it, too!
I had not heard about this movie before, but now I totally can’t wait to see it, I love that there are 25 songs. I’m really excited to see it now.
CAN’T WAIT TO SEE THIS! My daughter will just love it!
This looks like a very good movie! I did not see it in the theater, but plane on renting it or buying to watch at home! It looks like there is fun characters!