You know, I remember having this book and never finishing it.
As I often feel, though I am vainly committed to being that guy on the train with a physical book, as a general rule, the novel is written by an amateur and the movie is created by professionals and that certainly feels like the case here.
An energetic and vibrant anthropomorphic tale up to the standard of the American stuff more or less. The setting is enchantingly quaint with its bright color palette and it explores the theme of story telling itself more intelligently than what I read of the book and certainly more than "The Wonder".
The jokes are so much less contrived and the characters really feel fully formed from the get-go. Remember the title is "The Amazing MAURICE" not "The amazing...whatever her name was" and the "stupid looking kid" feels like a person rather than a prop.
The usage of narration, framing devices and fourth wall breaks won't be for everyone but they commit to is and it allows what might have arguable been something of a generic bit of anthropomorphic fairy-storytelling to have a distinct personality and our most smug character gets put in her place by the cat himself.
The animation is not half-assed either.
As I often feel, though I am vainly committed to being that guy on the train with a physical book, as a general rule, the novel is written by an amateur and the movie is created by professionals and that certainly feels like the case here.
An energetic and vibrant anthropomorphic tale up to the standard of the American stuff more or less. The setting is enchantingly quaint with its bright color palette and it explores the theme of story telling itself more intelligently than what I read of the book and certainly more than "The Wonder".
The jokes are so much less contrived and the characters really feel fully formed from the get-go. Remember the title is "The Amazing MAURICE" not "The amazing...whatever her name was" and the "stupid looking kid" feels like a person rather than a prop.
The usage of narration, framing devices and fourth wall breaks won't be for everyone but they commit to is and it allows what might have arguable been something of a generic bit of anthropomorphic fairy-storytelling to have a distinct personality and our most smug character gets put in her place by the cat himself.
The animation is not half-assed either.