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trixster
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 The Secret of Kells The Secret of Kells Quote: The Secret of Kells (working title: Brendan and the Secret of Kells) is an Irish-French-Belgian animated feature film by Cartoon Saloon that premiered on February 8, 2009, at the Berlin International Film Festival. It went into wide release in Belgium and France on February 11, and in the Republic of Ireland on March 3. On February 2, 2010, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: The Secret of Kells Beautifully drawn in the manner of the celtic illuminations of the book referred to in the title, The Secret of Kells is a splendid animated feature film that captures the light of the dark ages. Rife with symmetries, knots, and nature the animation is a reminder that stylization can trump cgi technology when imaginatively applied. The story is a snapshot of the era in which the Irish saved civilization. Hard to believe that this splendid film didn't get a theatrical run in North America, though it did get nominated for the best animated film Oscar. If works of art like this remain unseen, we will surely be plunged into a new dark age before too long. 15 out of 5. Note: One doesn't have to look further than The Secret of Kells to find the source of inspiration for the design of Disney's Tangled lead character... 
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JURiNG
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Re: The Secret of Kells it was kind of interesting ... for 30 minutes or so.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: The Secret of Kells JURiNG wrote: it was kind of interesting ... for 30 minutes or so.
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Re: The Secret of Kells Bradley Witherberry wrote: Note: One doesn't have to look further than The Secret of Kells to find the source of inspiration for the design of Disney's Tangled lead character... but that one doesn't look like barbie, mr. witherberry ?!
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Groucho
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Re: The Secret of Kells I quite enjoyed it. Great fun to look at and follow. Bradley Witherberry wrote: Note: One doesn't have to look further than The Secret of Kells to find the source of inspiration for the design of Disney's Tangled lead character... One doesn't have to look farther than the 80s TV show The Critic to find the source of inspiration for the design of The Secret of Kells.  In all honesty, I think Disney's "Rapunzel" had been in production long before this film was released. _________________Buy my books! http://michaelaventrella.com
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: The Secret of Kells Groucho wrote: In all honesty, I think Disney's "Rapunzel" had been in production long before this film was released. 2010's Tangled " was in development for six years". 2009's The Secret of Kells " began development in 1999", when Tomm Moore and several of his friends were inspired by Richard Williams' The Thief and the Cobbler and Disney's Mulan, which based their visual style on the respective traditional art. They decided to do something similar with Irish art.
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Flava'd vs The World
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Re: The Secret of Kells Below Wolfwalkers, but above Song of the Sea, Kells may have been their first film, but for me it was the tiebreaker, and the Irish Folk-Fantasy trilogy comes out with a thumbs up!
It's got the usual mix of lore, people turning into animals, unreasonable guardians, etc... That are the core of these films. The main character is very likeable, as are his friends, and I was rooting for them to succeed in their quest even if I didn't fully understand what it was at all times. I also didn't really understand the time jump at the end, but it was still a heart warming reunion when he returned to his uncle as a man of victory.
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