The Little Prince

Growing up is not the problem. Forgetting is.

I usually love the French animations, because unlike American, the stories, musics, characters that influences the thousands of year cultural history. Definitely not comparable to the Hollywood standards, but it had its own technical brilliance. All I wondered was why this film was in English language.

It deserves to be on the upcoming's big occasion (2016 February), if it is eligible for the American Academy Awards. From the director of 'Kung Fu Panda' original movie, which was partially based on the children's novel. The book adaptation is the stop-motion animation and the remaining story's the regular 3D animation.

Just remember the movies like 'What Dreams May Come' and 'The Lovely Bones', those magical worlds and breathtaking landscapes. Usually animations are associated with comedy genre, especially when a child character attached to it. This film was not even a comedy, more like those two titles I mentioned.

The screenplay wise it was a very 'Neverwas' type, except this one was an animation. But appropriate for people of all ages. The kids can realise the importance of their childhood and the older people can become kids again. The film compressed the gap and erected a bridge between the two hoods, the childhood and the adulthood.

"What is essential is invisible to the eye."

I did not know what to expect from it, but I highly satisfied with the final product. The film characters had no names, but called, the Little Girl, Mother, Fox, Rose, Snake, King et cetera as what their role is and species. Barely there are only 3-4 characters where the story was focused. Obviously it had a villain, but very unusual existence time and in a crucial part of the story.

I don't remember how the 100 minutes went so fast like a ray of the light beam flashed away. The pace of narration was not a rushy, except the opening part. But once the old man character, the Aviator, voiced by Jeff Bridge was introduced,...

Have you ever felt like adulthood slowly turned into an endless spreadsheet of chores and schedules? That's exactly the main question posed by The Little Prince (2015). It's a movie that invites us to rescue our inner child, who's been buried under bills, goals, and robotic routines. Let's dive into how one of the greatest classics in world literature was reimagined for the big screen-a visual journey that promises to make even the most cynical adult rethink their priorities.

One of the best things about the movie is how the art direction works to tell the story; it's not just there to look pretty. Using two totally different animation styles perfectly separates the two worlds. The modern world of the Little Girl and her mom is done in traditional CGI, full of straight lines, sharp angles, cookie-cutter houses, and a dull, oppressive gray color palette. On the flip side, when the classic story of the Little Prince kicks in, the movie switches to a gorgeous, tactile, and organic stop-motion. Using papier-mâché, clay, and wood textures to mimic Saint-Exupéry's original watercolors, the film visually separates the mathematical rigidness of the adult world from the magical fragility of a child's imagination, bringing out an instant wave of nostalgia.

The script takes the social critique from the book and hits hard by bringing it into the 21st century. The movie's point is crystal clear: adulthood, when stripped of imagination and free time, is basically a sickness. This is perfectly captured by the terrifying "Life Plan" the Mom makes for the Girl-a giant magnetic board that literally schedules every single minute of her life until she's old. It's a sharp jab at how modern society doesn't prepare kids to actually live, but to be efficient little cogs in an exhausting capitalist machine. The movie feels like a manifesto against living on autopilot, reminding us that the real tragedy isn't growing up-it's forgetting.

At the emotional core of the film is the Aviat...