Length: 07:10
Logline: A young boy locked in a museum gets the last ticket for an unusual tour.
I recommend watching this high quality upload in full screen in order to fully take in the voluptuous cinematic film. It certainly looks great and is a veritable feast for the eyes. Shame the same can't be said for the dialogue (yes, I know you can't see dialogue but you know what I mean) While there is a whimsical and magical tone to this which will endear probably every child watching, the elaborate plot and patronising dialogue won't impress many adults. The badly written lines don't help the performances of the high caliber actors. Bill Nighy and Gemma Arterton are prominant names but are left looking like twats thanks to the rubbish story. I used to be a real fan of Stephen Poliakoff (think I even wrote an essay on him in uni) but this is a poor attempt at best.
The daft plot involves a museum tour introducing new species to the public but in reality is a badly designed and time consuming one man show. What's the point of sitting in an elaborately constructed chair to view some squid when you're then called over to the side of the room to look at the 'colossal' squid on a tiny iPhone screen? Not to mention this is a young lad, alone, trapped in a closed museum. Why isn't his teacher knocking on the door after doing a head count and realising he's missing? This plot makes me sick.
Don't let the enchanting musical soundtrack deceive you into thinking this is is good. The overall message should have been a powerful one but as the entire film has just explained how there's tons of new species out there we haven't yet discovered, the real message regarding nature conservation and species extinction is a little dampened. Overall, let's remember that this is aimed at kids and they'll probably all love it so it has kind of done its job.
Best Bit: Good idea. But badly executed.
Worst Bit: "Is it going to hurt?", "Course not" - mores the pity.
Final thought: The opening sequence brings back memories of that god awful whale song record we had when I was a kid. It really freaked me out.
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