I'd go as far to say that of the Tinkerbell movies, and all of them are well-animated in my opinion, Secret of the Wings is the loveliest from a visual standpoint.
Moving on to the many positives about Secret of the Wings, I'll start with the animation, which is really beautiful, full of colour and sparkle. This said, the story is also cute and charming with a well-intentioned message, and the main target audience I doubt are going to care too much about what the dialogue is like. From an adult standpoint, maybe the story is a touch too simplistic and some of the dialogue cheesy(and I have to admit I did find them so at times).
It's not just a boy-thing, or a weird geek-thing".I did enjoy the previous Tinkerbell films, so I watched Tinkerbell and the Secret of the Wings knowing what to expect and hoping it would be as good as the others. I think it is a really good, empowering thing for girls to be told:"yes, you can/may build technical gizmo's.
That's an on-going theme in the Disney-fairy movies and shorts. She "tinkers" and is still, undoubtedly a girl. Tinkerbell designs, and builds a snow-maker with the help of the other girls. On a side-note: What struck me, was an underlying message that girls can do technical stuff too. The story on its own was a nice adventure bit, with some really funny characters that were brought to joyful life by an excellent combo of very talented voice-actors (and some big names at that.) and the Disney animators that, as already stated, absolutely know their craft.Īll in all movies like this show that CGI doesn't have to be lifeless shiny stuff, and prove that in the hands of people that know what they are doing, can be just as charming (and tugging at your heart-strings) as drawn animation. careful to the theme played when Tinkerbell and her sister, Periwinkle "dance" around each other for the first time. The rest of the music was good, with nice little touches of classical pieces. Nit-picking, I know.Īnd while I am at it, the "songs" were an uninspired atrocity, belted-out by some talentless, soulless.person. However, walking animations, and animal animations were not very convincing and pulled me a bit out of the "immersion" The snow-owls were adequate, but the lynx was absolutely not. Kids won't notice, but this art-school drop-out noticed that the upper-torso movements, the little twitches that every human has, were captured in sheer perfection, and show the craft of the Disney animators. Some mo capping seems to have been used, but not consistently. The color palette is gorgeous, atmospheric and translates very well to a smaller screen. I know they are, basically, meant for kids, however, there are enough little jokes and visual gags that go over the heads of little ones, to entertain grown-ups too.Īside from the gags and little in-jokes, the high quality blu-ray visuals are absolutely stunning, even in 2d. Now, I have to admit that Disney's fairies are kind of a guilty pleasure for this grown-up geek. The tiny bits that I saw (in a rather crappy quality) made me wonder about the rest of the movie, and I decided to just buy the movie. I bought the Blu-Ray of "The Secret of the Wings" after having seen badly ripped tidbits of it. Reviewed by Jay Stevens 9 / 10 Tink gets a winter surprise
The color schemes are beautiful no matter if the screen is filled with striking whites or darker tones. However, the 2D version is stunning as well. A greater amount of visual depth can be felt when watching the 3D version of the film. Its CG animation is clean and picture perfect. A bizarre glow overcomes her wings during the quick visit, which drives Tinker Bell to return and delve deeper into the winter woods in search of the Keeper of all fairy knowledge. Her dangerous excursion leads her to uncover a mysterious secret and almost break a wing. Timing couldn't be better to release the newest sequel since it takes place in the land of Winter and would make the perfect gift for Christmas for any little girl.Ī curious Tinker Bell ignores the rules of warm fairies and ventures into the forbidden world of winter. Reviewed by ersinkdotcom 8 / 10 "Secret of the Wings" takes Tinker Bell into the depths of the Winter world just in time for Christmasĭisney continues its "Fairies" franchise with the latest entry in the series, "Secret of the Wings." This marks the fourth movie and there doesn't look to be an end in sight with next year's addition already scheduled.