Kubo, the two strings

Two thumbs up for the two strings.

It’s a great story coming from stop motion animation studio, Laika.

It’s not the greatest story from their list of animated movies, but it’s very poetic, and this creativity almost makes up for it.

Kubo is a kid with one eye taken from him as a baby by his grandfather, he’s a story teller in his village (The story he told with his paper characters within the film is better than the story overall). Then in an attempt to make contact with his father in the after world, brings him back on his grandfather’s radar who sends his aunts to get him as he goes on a journey to find his father’s Armour for protection.

Where the movie lacks in compelling story, it makes up in how the story was implemented. The animation was imaginative. Nothing like being shown a story rather than being told a story which is bad for animation.

They really moved the characters around, and the characters are worth moving Very artistic and colorful. I especially like Monkey, from the character design to the voice of Charlize Theron.

Overall, very good looking picture.