January 29, 2005
Bionicle: Mask of Light and Legends of Metru Nui
Way back in April 2004, I rented and watched Bionicle: Mask of Light. I'm not sure why, probably because I had rented Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas, and Netflix recommended Bionicle to me.
Anyways, I watched the movie, and while obviously not the target audience for the movie, I still enjoyed it. For a movie based on Lego characters, it was pretty decent, if a bit simplistic. And all the characters looked alike so I had trouble telling them apart.
However, the more fascinating part of the whole movie was the detail of the charactes and their background. It was almost Tolkein-esque in the way that these characters had their own language and alphabet and the religion aspect of it seemed very Polynesian/Indonesian.
Last night, I watched what is essentially the prequel to Mask of Light. In Legends of Metru Nui, the special effects were decent, the story line was still a bit simplistic but more detailed than the first movie, and I was able to tell the difference between the characters this time (even if I couldn't remember their names). Less time was spent on each individual city and its culture (which was a shame) and more time was spent on the story.
Rent the movies together and watch them in reverse order (Legends first, then Mask).
Posted by xinh at January 29, 2005 09:17 PM