Hurvínek a kouzelné muzeum
Composer:
Jiří ŠkorpíkCast:
Martin Klásek, Helena Štáchová, Petr Rychlý, Ota Jirák, Vilém Udatný, Jan Vondráček, Martin Dejdar, Jiří Lábus, Václav Vydra nejml., Zbyšek Pantůček (more)Plots(1)
10 year old Harvie is a smart but a bit too lively boy with one ambition, to finish the last impossible level of his computer game. Once in the Gamers Hall of Fame, the bullies at school will have to respect him and even his absentminded father, Mr. Spejbl, would finally be proud of him. But finishing the virtual game turns out to be only the beginning of a very real adventure that takes Harvie, his dog Jerry and the reluctant neighbour girl Monica deep into the forgotten realms of the city´s old puppet museum. And as Harvie by accident activates a legendary magic disc, he brings not only the museum and all its awesome puppets to life, but also it´s ancient and monstrous puppet master! Realising what powers he has unleashed, Harvie will have to challenge his gaming skills to new levels and summon all his courage to fight the crazy puppet master and save not only his father but the entire city from a grim and wooden faith! (Paycom Multimedia)
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The character Hurvínek’s (Harvie) journey through the silver screen is includes educational, cartoon, puppet, black and white, color and 3D films. Hurvínek was the hero of adaptations of theater plays for both the young and old, and he also became famous in his own bedtime story. There is plenty more I could mention about him. So is it possible to wonder and not cheer for Hurvínek in 2017? Besides him being very funny and good? Hardly. The only thing I wonder about is that the puppet has eyelids when transposed into 3D, which is sad because Hurvínek already had eyelids in 1936.
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The animation is surprisingly good and the stylized rendition of the characters turned out great. The animators and artists definitely deserve praise, and so does Jiří Škorpík for the great lively musical accompaniment. However, the directing and screenplay fail across the board, as unfortunately, the plot is desperately incoherent, unstable and in places even Dadaistic. Most of the film consists more or less only of various dramaturgical and narrative errors (for example, Mánička and Mrs. Kateřina are completely useless characters, because they do not do or say anything fundamental throughout the film to justify their existence in the story) and surprisingly, there is also a lack any of the verbal jokes or puns that made Harvie popular.
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This puppet classic is killed a bit by the 3D animation, but it has to be admitted that it celebrates puppets anyway. The story is a bit silly and overly positive towards the end, but it works and the blend of modern and classic is quite good. And yes, the characters have the potential for contemporary audiences, children and adults alike.
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