Ever since I heard that Disney's Character Designer Jin Kim was involved with this film I was eager to see whatever he might do with a South Korean animated film. After all, I had not seen any animated film from South Korea before this, and well...
... it's sadly just an okay film, very american and I probably won't remember most of it in some days, young me would probably have liked it more, like with Hoodwinked! another film that takes a classic tale and puts a twist on it. Now, I've forgotten most things about Hoodwinked! and from what I've seen from Youtube, it doesn't look as good as I remembered it did when it came out. The same goes for this film, even if the character designs looks good for both Snow White/Red Shoes as well as the Princes, there's just something with the animation that looks odd, their movements is a bit like the humans in the Shrek films, something that always annoyed me, since Shrek's and Donkey's movements were so much better, I can explain how, but those that knows what I'm talking about will get what I mean.
For those that have given this film bad rating because of its body shaming haven't seen the film, it's like another user review mentioned, it's Shallow Hal in a fairy tale wrapping, inner beauty and believe in yourself, probably the only thing I'll remember in the end from it, which is good, because the message worked then. But other than that, it's sad that it looks like a weak Disney film and if someone told me this was either a Dreamworks or BlueSky production, I wouldn't be surprised at all, but for an animated film from South Korea, I sure hope we'll see something more original and less Disney-ified next time from this studio. I'll be there to watch whatever is next!
... it's sadly just an okay film, very american and I probably won't remember most of it in some days, young me would probably have liked it more, like with Hoodwinked! another film that takes a classic tale and puts a twist on it. Now, I've forgotten most things about Hoodwinked! and from what I've seen from Youtube, it doesn't look as good as I remembered it did when it came out. The same goes for this film, even if the character designs looks good for both Snow White/Red Shoes as well as the Princes, there's just something with the animation that looks odd, their movements is a bit like the humans in the Shrek films, something that always annoyed me, since Shrek's and Donkey's movements were so much better, I can explain how, but those that knows what I'm talking about will get what I mean.
For those that have given this film bad rating because of its body shaming haven't seen the film, it's like another user review mentioned, it's Shallow Hal in a fairy tale wrapping, inner beauty and believe in yourself, probably the only thing I'll remember in the end from it, which is good, because the message worked then. But other than that, it's sad that it looks like a weak Disney film and if someone told me this was either a Dreamworks or BlueSky production, I wouldn't be surprised at all, but for an animated film from South Korea, I sure hope we'll see something more original and less Disney-ified next time from this studio. I'll be there to watch whatever is next!