Nina: A Heroína dos Sete Mares

This is a cute animation from France, nice characters and sweet story about friendship and working together.

It's a Greek mythology , Jason and the Argonauts adventure but the heroes are animals, (mostly) in particular a Cat and a Mouse.

When the Gods have a disagreement up in Olympus they play havoc down on earth, Poseidon threatens the seaside town of Yolcos with a tsunami if they don't build a statue honouring him.

Jason is now a bit ancient and the Argonauts are dead but clever little mouse Patti is determined to do her bit to save the town, she is well read on all things Greek mythology and starts the adventure going with a map leading to an island that has a magnificent trident, just what they need for the statue. With the help of some magic and best friend Sam they wake up the Argonauts and set sail on their quest in the refurbished Argo.

There are lots of wonderful animal characters including Ninja Rats and new age giant Scorpions, the baddies are represented by a hoard of Cyclops and their robot, Ray Harryhausen would probably turn in his grave here !?.

The animation quality is superb high resolution detailed CGi for the animals and settings , the human characters are a bit waxy though.

There are lots of nods , homages and music references to other movies , most of which the younger children wouldn't recognise but it was fun for me.

I am not sure if I liked all the voices in this English dubbed version, maybe they could have used actors that could at least do European accents , rather than the British stand up comedians ?

It's mostly aimed at the younger audience who I think would enjoy it.

At the beginning, the movie seems a bit slow and nothing truly eventful happens. However, the second part is full of surprises, funny and adventurous. The acting, the voice over actors to be precised, did a very good job in impersonating the characters and expressing their emotions. The animation is flawless and carefully executed, some of the characters are truly funny and lovable while the poor cat is pathetic. I guess the cat is meant to be that way but after a while it disturbs the rest of the characters who are perfect in their imperfections. To sum up, it's a cute movie, rather enjoyable in the second half while the first part can be a drag, it's been overstretched.

It might not have have helped that the volume was way too loud which spoilt the enjoyment

Greek myth in itself is interesting but it becomes less so when it's twisted even further that goes for the marvel or D. C. versions and the same with Norse myth but it also is less interesting in animation be it Disney or in this case an astrerix type French offering

The best part of the film was the credits as you then knew it was over !

It wasn't all bad the cat and mouse charade was fun and there were some interesting characters particularly the cyclops characters and that whole scene was probably the most interesting

It's ok but far from great

Pad. A 3/10.

Epic tails really is an epic movie of sorts. In a kid friendly cartoon sense. I did think that the translation to english might make it a bit not as understanding, but it worked well. Epic tails is all about a mouse called Patti. Who for some reason was adopted by a ginger cat called sam. Yes I dont know ever but these two are nice together and its a good family dynamic. There are many other mice to and those are ninjas. Patti seems the only feamle and she loves jason and his arganaughts. So when posidion wants a statue built. She will set off with him and other in order to bring back a tridant. Overall epic tails is a faily fun movie to watch . The voice cast do well and the animation flows well. It also has an intriguing story, though the script can leave something to desire at points.

The over dub into English seemed laboured. It might be a direct translation from French or a poor English writer but the script felt flat and awkward. I suspect in its original language it might have had more zing.

While the story is well told, ever so often things just didn't make sense because of the translation and that impacted on the enjoyment of the film.

The animation was good but the voice actors, some not actors but comedians, couldn't lift the dull script. Perhaps with a more experienced cast there might have been a little more energy.

It was an ok watch but i wouldn't want to sit through it again.