The Sea Beast

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Judy It was very cute, I thought i was going to see the beast that is filmed in Africa, by mistake got the wrong ticket. If I had my grandson of 7, I would have enjoyed it more with him. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/04/22 Full Review Audience Member Nothing new in the core, but beautifully told. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/04/25 Full Review Collin O Though the story is simple, it has a heart the size of the seas. Beautifully animated and at times terrifying with its look into the abyss it none the less stands tall with other movies of the time. Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 12/28/24 Full Review Jay W "The Sea Beast" is a 2022 Netflix animated film. In the film, the sea is full of sea monsters and our main character, Jacob, is a "hunter", a pirate that specializes in killing sea beasts. The parts of the story that focus on Jacob and the other hunters is really engaging, exciting and unlike the typical animated film. I give this film credit that it feels like it earns that "PG" rating, the action is rightfully intense, and the characters have a decent edge to them. I particularly like the relationship between Jacob and Captain Crow. The captain is a good fleshed out multi-dimensional character. It would have been easy to make him the obvious captain Ahab obsessed about revenge character, but the movie does give him scenes to show that he legitimately cares about Jacob. If the movie was to just focus on these characters, we would have had a real great swash buckling adventure. But then the movie adds in a few other elements. Some work, some don't. They introduce the other main character of the story, a young orphan named Maisie. Doing this does make the film seem a bit more like your typical kids' movie, making an orphan child the P. O. V. Character. That being said, Maisie is a fun character. She has spent her life reading the tales of the hunters and is always excited to participate in the adventure. But the movie then adds on another element that is totally unnecessary. They add in a villain. Now don't get me wrong, a villain can be a great thing in an animated film. Heck, I have been wanting Disney to give us another great villain for years. But this film didn't need one. The King and Queen decide that hunters are lame, and they don't need them anymore. A snooty captain then claims he can kill sea beasts better than Captain Crow. So, a competition is proposed for who can kill the big red sea beast first. You could cut out this whole subplot from the movie and save yourself 10 minutes of runtime. When the movie is a sort of Pirate/Moana story it is really good. When it becomes a discount "How to Train your Dragon" it becomes pretty standard stuff. The whole lesson about not judging others based on appearance or what people say about them is good. The problem is that same message has been done to death by dozens of other animated films. And what's worse, the movie tries to blame all prejudice in their world on a single person. The movie becomes very heavy handed towards the end. They had a great ending that visually showed their moral, but then the characters get up on a soapbox and tell the audience what the moral is. While at the same time passing the buck for all prejudice in the world onto one person. There is also another storyline with Captain Crow that goes absolutely nowhere. Once again it could have been cut and nothing would have been missed. This movie is nearly 2 hours long, and it could have been trimmed down. It may sound like I am being overly harsh on this movie. It is just that I really enjoyed the parts it did well, that is what makes the parts it falls short all the more frustrating. It is still a good movie I recommend you Sea it for yourself. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/01/24 Full Review Wendy C Weak storyline. Agenda shaming about history of whaling. Disappointing. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 11/24/24 Full Review Nick R A fun adventure flick with great animation and excellent voice acting. Rated 4.5/5 Stars •  Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/04/24 Full Review Read all reviews

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