Song of the Sea

After seeing that Song of the Sea was recognized for over seven Annie Awards, my girlfriend and I absolutely had to go see it. So over the weekend her and I headed over to Pasadena's Laemmle Playhouse 7 to see just how amazing this film was, and let me tell you, we were totally floored.

From the character designs, background painting, story and final composite, the film was like that of a beautiful orchestra, each section was in complete harmony with the other, I could totally see why it would sweep house at the Annie Awards.

I wish I could go into a brief summary to tell you all what the story is about, but just by doing so, I could totally ruin the film for you, that's just how tight this story was, every frame on that screen was well delivered and there was no filler, no time wasted, no lulls in the story. Tomm Moore really delivers with this film, just as he and the studio did with Secret of Kells.

The art direction of Adrien Merigeau, along with Tomm really painted a tapestry of beautiful Celtic heritage and lore, from beautifully painted backgrounds such as these scenes:

To simple yet extremely well designed and effective characters that really stitched together the world that they created:

So what are you doing there sitting reading this blog post? Go out and check out Song of the Sea! It's definitely a must watch for all.

Can you spot the Easter Egg in this scene?