Ainbo

It could have been much more. Setting was good. The animation was a shame, it has nice pieces but near the end it got terrible and also some pieces the (human)characters were not "flowing" as they should have. However the surroundings and animals were very good. As for the story, it was meh. I thought it would go towards preserving nature in the Amazone or like a Pocahontas kind of Thing. But in the end totally different, but no positive surprise.

Unlike many Disney/Pixar or Dreamworks animation, where the story appeals to the young and old alike, this movie only appeals to the very young.

With basic storyline and childish comedy gags, this will make the little ones laugh and entertained. But as an adult, I found it all tedious and very childish.

SUMMARY: Animation is good (not Pixar great but good) however the movies demographics is more for the very young (ie. 12 years and younger). Adults will be bored.

VERDICT: Entertaining for the kids, Avoid if you're an adult.

I caught a test screening of Ainbo in December (the only "test" being a moment of incomplete CGI towards the end), and, while it won't get the attention of kids due to the likelihood of no wide release, it'll probably drop on Netflix.

It's been a few months but I remember a good amount of it, in that while the first act comes off as a near plagiarism of much more well-known Disney films, namely Moana, Frozen and The Lion King, the plot takes its own turn in the second half and stands as more than above average. Its animation quality as well is on par with Disney.

Give it a look when it comes out. It may seem tedious at first but Ainbo is a worthy entry into international animation. 8/10.

To junkmell,

"Ainbo" is not a made up word by removing the 'r' and the 'w' from 'rainbow' though, that would be clever. It's from the Shipibo-Conibo tribe of the Amazon Rainforest in Peru, and it means 'young woman' or 'little girl'. Names have meanings; my full name means 'Beloved Brave Eagle'. Typically, names mean something entirely different. 'Ainbo' is the English version of 'ciba' (wouldn't accept accents for 'c' and 'b'), which I found two references online of women with that name (with the correct accents.) All that took me about 30 minutes to research. Like 'junkmell'; if not a derivative of 'junkmail', and you purposely spelled it that way, then, that's clever since 'junk' is a mixture of objects, and so is 'mell'. You see, names have meanings. 'Nammage' is made up, not by me, though. My nickname is 'Nam' which was taken when I first joined this website 23 years ago so I chose 'Nammage' as a default to 'Nam'. Sometimes there are exceptions.

I don't really have a review; it has excellent animation but that's all it has going for it. Just responding to the above, which I found more interesting than the film.

I absolutely loved the Animation, Character Models, Lighting and Camera basically the CGI was good, but in the other hand the storyline and voice acting is bad, and the final fight was nothing special and in a lot of scenes the story doesn't make any sense or lacks answers regarding the storyline for example directors didn't even bother to fill some blanks "Spirits can help her but only SOMETIMES" and why? We don't know, it's just how it works? We need answers not just facts.