The review: I didn't have an expectation that this was going to be epic, but due to the trailers for this movie, and that they used the same song as they did for "Men of Valor" ("What If This Storm Ends", by Snow Patrol), I thought it would be a bit more action packed or
epic. It was not. It didn't fall flat on its face, or falter in many ways, but it didn't get close to the epic range for me. The plot was the most interesting thing to me. The whole world that exists under your eye but you can't imagine what is happening or even see it because it's microscopic, intriguing, and very "Honey I Shrunk the Kids"ish. That is where the strength resides unfortunately. I can only speak for the 2D as I don't go for the 3D all that often, and my kids don't care for it all the time either, especially when only some of the movie is in 3D. The animation was not bad, some of the scenes made for decent eye-candy, but nothing PIXAR-worthy. The story starts out strong enough, with some foreshadowing and character development between Ronin (Colin Farrel) and Queen Tara (Beyonce Knowles), but after the queen gets shot by an arrow and passes on, things kind of go downhill for the most part in the way of empathy for the characters. There are some attempt at father-son bonds between Ronin and the generic rebellious Nod (Josh Hutcherson) but it feels very predictable and dull. The fight scenes that the previews alluded to were pretty watered down, and most of the action was from afar in swarms and despite the "Leaf men" wearing swords, it didn't seem like they used them much. The comic relief was also average, with some decent voice performances (Aziz Ansari) playing the slug, or was it the snail, I can't recall but there are many jokes related to this.
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