Lack of refinement and low budget still shows in some of the animation, if not quite as much inexperience, a lot of the character designs looking rather stiff still as well as blocky. The script is weaker, the humour has its fun amusing moments but lacks the wit and quirkiness of that of 'Zambezia' and too much of the dialogue is trite. And while it was a good thing in a way to leave things uncomplicated 'Khumba' actually makes the mistake of making things too simple. As well as being a more derivative plot, being strongly indebted to 'Madagascar' and especially 'The Lion King' as said before and not doing enough to give its own identity, the pacing isn't as smooth here with a middle act that drags rather. This, with that being said, also presented a problem. It is better than 'Zambezia' in the sense that it doesn't try too hard and does less rather than being too busy. Very little in 'Khumba' is awful, it does have some very good elements even, it's just unexceptional. 'Zambezia' was also the better film to me because of having more consistent pacing and better characters and story. Actually do feel similarly about Triggerfish's second film 'Khumba', except while 'Zambezia' was decent to pretty good, some elements like the music and voice cast very good, 'Khumba' ranged from average to decent while also having good elements. With that being said, it was colourful and entertaining, and also liked that it was made with effort and good intentions and that it had a heart of gold and tried to attract a wider audience. It wasn't a great film, inexperience did show and it was rough around the edges. Was very pleasantly surprised by Triggerfish Animation Studio's debut feature 'Zambezia'. Through these interactions, Khumba begins to learn that diversity is essential for survival and that one's difference can, in fact, be one's strength.
On their journey, Khumba encounters a colorful range of characters including a migrating herd of Springbok in search of greener (and safer) pastures a new age, bohemian community living safely within the confines of a luxurious national park an endangered Riverine Rabbit who has survived extinction by mastering a myriad of skills ranging from impersonations to beat-boxing a group of hysterical Dassies (rock-rabbits) who fanatically worship the Mighty Black Eagle and Nora, a loony, solitary Merino sheep living on an abandoned farm. When a mystical mantis appears to the foal, drawing a map to what could be interpreted as either water or stripes, the duo join Khumba on his quest in the hope that their own search for a safe waterhole is over. Ironically, she mothers Bradley, a flamboyant but insecure ostrich who overcompensates for his scraggily feathers.
English cartoon movies 2013 free#
Mama V is a self-confessed free spirit who does not want to be the average stay-at-home mom, like other wildebeest.
Khumba is rescued from an opportunistic wild dog by a quirky duo: a wildebeest and an ostrich. Khumba ventures beyond the fence - vulnerable to the ferocious Leopard, Phango, who controls the waterholes and terrorizes the animals in the Great Karoo. When even his father, the leader of the herd, blames him for the lack of rain and the subsequent death of his mother, the outcast zebra leaves the confines of his home knowing that he cannot survive in the herd without all his stripes.
Rumors that the strange foal is cursed spread and, before long, he is blamed for the drought that sets into the Great Karoo.
A half-striped zebra is born into an insular, isolated herd obsessed with stripes.
0 kommentar(er)
