Although The Illusionist is mostly a silent film accompanied by some beautiful music written by the director, it captivates you the whole way through. I feel that although some people feel silent films are a thing of the past, The Illusionist shows that dialogue is not necessarily needed in order to have a modern day masterpiece. The fact that just as much emotion can come through these silent animated character as the best Laurence Olivier performance is outstanding to me. That is one thing about animation that out trumps other entertainment is that you can have an outstanding performance even without words. I mean just look at how far Wile Coyote and Pink Panther got without using words.
The one thing that really shines in this film is the artwork, the only other animated artwork I can compare it to is Hayao Miyazaki films, and we all know how beautiful the animation is one those, at least I hope we do, if not please go treat your self to Porco Rosso or My Neighbor Totoro. But when an animated film gives away so much beauty and it still has a wonderful story, you have some very talented people at work there. Just as with Miyazaki's films almost every single frame is a picture I would gladly frame and put on my wall.
Overall the film has a great production value, as well as a great story and beautiful visuals. After seeing this film I really would have liked to see Toy Story 3 win best film and The Illusionist win best animated film, because Toy Story 3 was a great film, but The Illusionist was a great animated film. The animation in the Illusionist out trumps any 3d experience because once you realize how long it took to put in all the details of this film mostly by hand and not a computer you begin to realize how much work went into this film and just how much recognition is deserves.
5 out of 5
Now I must go and change the whale oil in my spaceship but stay tuned for the next Movie Review From Space!!!!!!!!!
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