im sorry but that was HORRIBLE
bad voice acting, bad animation! and it goes absolutely NOWHERE! a kid gets a plane and has a flashback!
im sorry, but i hated this, it was cliched, unorigional and sappy for no real apparent reason, and it didnt go anywhere, the kid wants to be an aviator... so? why should i care? what have you presented that would make me care about this child?
listen before people go deleting my post because i was one of few who didnt like this... lets look at a SIMILAR post, by Vinnie Veritas, and im talking about Papalote++ so people know...
similar story, about a kid who wants to "fly" but the kid doesnt talk about wanting to be an aviator, he goes and does it, we already care about this character because we can see the passion and kejones thats hes got to make his dreams a reality. trouble is not EVERY dream comes true... thats what he learns; in this we only learn "its ok to have a dream" i think... was that what you were going for? isnt that a little weak? or maybe its just a kid who has a dream to fly?
how can we relate to this child at all? he accepts a present from his dad with little to no graditute, and then he mourns over his dead mom, who probably died in a plane crash anyways...
heres how i would have done this:
go a step further after he has the flashback it goes to him only hes the aviator, nonchalontly navigating a beaten up old zepplin...
this is a very small way to add a bit more depth to this overwise see-through plot-line...
showing as the aviator shows he isnt just a dreamer, but a doer, and showing how hes achieved his dream is even more meaningful, because seeing that its not just a shiny new plane, its not something his dad gave to him, its something he earned, he built it, that shows comitement...
i didnt like the animation, well.. i didnt like MOST of it... i liked the seen with king kong because its un-obvious... if youd picked "alive" i would have broke out laughing, anyways, it seemed plain... like, its all right, it gets your point across, but if thats whats holding this thing afloat if you'll pardon the expression, then im afraid the whole thing will just crash and burn...sorry
i HATED the voice acting, considering whats being said, you could have well done without it... why? honestly why did you have voice acting? this movie would have been MUCH more potent without it, even if a little on the flavorless side...
the kids whiny voice bugged the heck out of me, and the adults do little more...
and whats the connection with christmas? i cant make sense of that at all...
sorry, keep trying... theres the begginnings of something there, but thats it
2/10