What do you want me to tell you? i like animated movies. And while they’re clearly aimed at a younger audience (or “for the whole family” in industry jargon), I generally enjoy them if they’re done right. And after the disappointment of ‘Lightyear’ and the repeat of the umpteenth Minions movie, it was a bland summer sea.
But this year animation has a new rival: Apple TV+. Yes his weapon is ‘Luck’, a film produced by none other than John Lasseter and performed by Skydance Studios. After watching it, I have mixed feelings, but they end up giving feelings of hope.
A production with a Spanish paternity that stands out among the sequels and prequels
Let’s summarize the story a bit. In April 2020, Skydance Studios bought the studios from Ilion, a Spanish company responsible for films like “Planet 51”. It was this team that was in charge of animating ‘Luck’, just look at the huge number of Spanish names in the credits of the film.
The result of the work is not bad, but it is not comparable to what can be seen in recent animated films. It should be noted that in Skydance they did not have the resources that they have in Pixar or Dreamworks, and it shows in the expressiveness of the characters
I say this because the story is more than just baseless jokes. The hand of John Lasseter is noticeable in the production, in the situations and in certain characters (look at the owner of the juice bar, this expression could not be more Pixar). This can be seen in the structure of the story and in the progression
If you’re an adult and want something like “Wall-E,” I’m sorry to tell you that “Luck” doesn’t fall into that category. But if you have kids and want to be able to watch a movie with them and be entertained, there’s this Apple TV bet that rises very dignified compared to what we have seen from other film studios with much more money and talent. And it’s already something respectable, not to say that it lays the foundations for a future of animated films from the hand of Apple which can reserve us good surprises.
