Onward: Keine halben Sachen

Auf den ersten Blick handelt es sich bei Onward: Keine halben Sachen um ein recht originelles Thema in Form einer alternativen Märchenwelt, die eine Fülle von Möglichkeiten bietet. Nachdem ich den Film gesehen habe, muss ich sagen, dass die Filmemacher in Bezug auf Fantasie und Ideen etwas mehr hätten tun können. Das soll nicht heißen, dass ich von dem Film enttäuscht war. Ich mag es, dass Pixar-Filme ihren "erwachsenen Look" behalten, ohne zu viele infantile Szenen und Figuren, was die Macher in diesem Fall glücklicherweise beibehalten haben. Der Film bietet zwar keine so vielfältige Welt wie Alles steht Kopf und auch keine so starken Handlungsstränge wie - Lebendiger als das Leben, aber er erwärmt das Herz mit seiner einfachen, aber umso ehrlicheren Geschichte über die Bedeutung von Familie und Selbstfindung. Daher gibt es von mir schwächere vier Sterne, aber ich glaube, dass es in der Originalversion glatte vier gewesen wäre. (06.03.2020)

During the time I was reading different articles and discussions about modified Oscar terms I played this animated movie Onward to rest a bit from all this gender inequality. But the modern approach to a fairy tale about modern elves living in our world didn’t interest me. Moreover I was slightly shocked by the lesbian police woman and black scorpion like monster combined with bear. The Oscars are opening the issue of transgender now but Pixar already focused on it in the beginning of 2020. In the end we get a good fairy tale that has almost 80% rating at this site so who really cares? (16.09.2020)

A nicely executed fairy tale from an attractive fantasy magical world where the humour works, the characters are entertaining and the action is engaging. Especially the car chase is very well done. Again, it's Pixar quality, but you won't fall on your ass for it. Story****, Action***, Humor***, Violence>No, Entertainment****, Music***, Visuals****, Atmosphere***, Suspense>No. 7/10. (25.03.2020)

It’s not “it”. Onward has the classic Pixar combination of humour, suspense, emotion and life truths delivered artfully and without pathos, but this time it's as if the studio didn't enjoy inventing the world. And yet, modern fantasy literally begged for someone to have a good go at it, like in Monsters Inc. We do get a few references to Dungeons and Dragons, but overall the new world is a lot less playful, witty and fun than what we're used to with Pixar. At the same time, it's just begging for the creators to have a go at it. If I'm going a little overboard, by the end of the film I had to make do with unicorns that act like rats. Everything else works as we're used to with Pixar, but that the studio would be lacking in audio-visual games and small jokes is something I didn't quite expect. (01.03.2020)

Pixar the way I like it. At the same time imaginative, funny, more grown-up than the other competition, and smart and touching. From the beginning, I was under the impression that I was watching an exceptional animated film, and in the end my impression was confirmed to me. Most feature films can only dream about such impressiveness, because the story of elf teenagers is really trending. (27.12.2020)