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The Sea Beast

What I liked: This movie filled a hole I didn't know I had. Sort of a Jonah, how to train your dragon, Mobey Dick crossover sized hole. I want to live in a giant seashell house. I don't think the characters really thought through how great that future could have been because otherwise the movie world have ended there. I liked the crew of the inevitable. Just the right mix of swash buckling with eccentric pirate injuries. We had monster hunters, and monster vs monster fights, a sea witch, ship wrecks, giant storms and an evil conspiracy. What more could you hope for. The water animation was absolutely amazing and I really liked the forest? flock? float? of fluorescent jellyfish. 

What I didn't: We need to discuss the security and the accountability of the orphanage. We spent a great deal of time on the kingdom's approach to endangered species, but of equally great, or possibly greater, importance is the lack of any form of childcare standards. I am concerned about the depth of the water in the pool in the middle of the palace. What kind of island is that castle built on, why does it drop into the sheer abyss of the ocean floor? I know we were all rooting for a mutiny but it does seem like maybe the royals should have invested more in military training. And for that matter if the only thing they do is hunt beasts why was it all a private venture and not at all centralized for hundreds of years. After centuries of beast hunting they really should have been better at it, at least good enough to know what kind of boat to build. 

Who should watch this? People who like beasts. People who like water animation. People who wish they were whalers but in a jovial kind of way. 

Would I watch it again? It would be a great babysitting movie. 


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