The Last Fiction

One of the true icon of the shahname is Kave, whom is popular for his actions against the injustice and cruelty. An ego that is brought the proud to the persian people. The movie is amazing and well-created and I believe it is a must-watch movie. You would not believe it until you'll watch it. The sounds, music and soundtracks are traditional persian well-known music. It could be ever better but I think they did an amazing job. We need more of these stories.

I went to watch this movie with really high hopes & well it was mediocre. It SURELY does have the worth to be watched once or twice maybe; but the movie has some disappointing features; for example :

The music by Christophe Rezaei is SPECTACULAR but sometimes the sound of music was so high that we barely could hear the characters. I really hope this wouldn't be a problem in DVD or Blu-ray version.

The language was a mixture between old and modern Persian which doesn't lead to integration! Again I do hope the English version doesn't have this problem.

Finally the plot... Well as a person who grew up with "Shahnameh" stories & also stories like J.R.R Tolkien's, I really did feel that the plot was an ambiguous mixture between The Lord of the Rings ,The Tale of Kave (from Shahnameh) & even a glimpse of Hayao Miyazaki's works. Sometimes we would feel a plot hole & well I know Hoorakhsh Studio has a series of comic books (The tale of Jamshid) that will eventually lead to this animation BUT they should consider that someone with no background of Iran's literature and their comics will also watch this. It would've been great if the plot was more comprehensive.

After all I did appreciate the graphics; though it isn't perfect compared to great 2D animations like Ghibli's works and you can notice some minor mistakes sometimes during the movie BUT it's a huge leap for Iran's 2D (with a sprinkle of 3D) animation. Good job to Hoorakhsh Studio & I look forward to watch better works from them in future!

Okay i give it 8 out of 10 and what i am going to say its probably already noticed by the director itself but i think the project lacked budget.

Good features : great soundtrack Great 2d animation Great enviroment art.

The only problem are the 3d parts of the animation. The animations looks so unrealistic and the models are not good textured to be put in a 2d animation... but as i said these things are pretty noticable and i bet it was a lack in equipment or budget. This is a product of hoorakhsh studios and i personally think its the first iranian animation worth watching.

The Last Fiction covers a dialectic among necessity and freedom: a historical spirit which has been wandering since the beginning of civilization. This is an ambitious movie which debates the problem of revolution, and evokes this question: Are self-emancipation and liberation just one same thing? The Last Fiction tells us that the history is not useless papers among old books, rather, it is the spirit of the world we are living in. I admire Hoorakhsh Studios for this practical adaptation, that also has great entertaining aspects and correct use of animation medium.

Well, Iranian animation industry have a long way to go. But I believe that's a good start.