Ana Clara Mariano

People who are criticising this are either absolutely insane or have developed a taste for bad films. I'm a huge huge fan of Tolkien, and I was thrilled that they finally created something worthy of him again. Quite the opposite of that awful series, in this film, the lines, the characters, the plot, everything felt like a fourth one, so natural and Tolkien-like. I was in a cold sweat the entire time, I had goosebumps and I was pulling my hair out. It was absolute madness (My neighbours must have been scared by the screams and cheers). It's truly a shame that this film hasn't received the attention it deserves, and after that disappointing series I'm not surprised, most fans have already lost all hope for adaptations. But this one, oh this one was so refreshing. In fact the animation is CGI, at some points I criticised how the movements looked dodgy but before long I was completely drawn into the story and could see the beauty and dedication that went into it, even in the CGI, which is generally much worse than what we get with this film. At first I thought they would smash some activist ideals into it but no, it was clearly made by fans, for fans, with all respect and love for Tolkien's legacy. Seriously, I really hope there's more, nothing will satisfy me more. From a real human being (not a bot) with a mind and taste for good things, totally 10 out of 10.

This movie is completely stupid. I was excited to see it because of the red panda and I thought it would be heart warming like Luca was but I couldn't be more wrong. I regret seeing it. It's definitely not a movie for kids or anyone else! Disney movies usually have a message but all this movie showed was a 13 year old girl doing things she shouldn't do like lying, disobeying, dishonouring*, being disloyal, drawing inappropriate things, being disrespectful**, running away, hitting her mom (even though they were both in panda form) and so on. But it wasn't enough to show such things, they showed them as if they were correct. "My body, my rules" people shouldn't think that way, who put us in the world were our parents, we must always obey and listen to them until we are independent enough to make our own choices wisely and we must always honor them even when we become independent! The mother's mistake was not to be controlling but to blame others and never hold her daughter responsible for the mistakes she made. * For me the saddest part was when she managed to control the panda and when her mother asked how she did it she said she just thought about the people she loved the most, and no, it wasn't her parents it was her friends, her parents were so happy thinking it was them that I felt sorry for them. ** Please, when fantasizing about someone, try to put yourself in that person's shoes and ask yourself how that person would feel if they found out what you've been up to. Wouldn't you feel disgusted in that person's place? When did integrity become so devalued? Be honest, honorable, righteous, pure, self-less and kind. These are words we must teach our children and ourselves.

When I finished watching my eyes were watering. I am very interested in environmental issues and I feel even more motivated to protect our perfect planet. As a Christian I realize that the Earth is groaning, crying out for help. Unfortunately humanity's greed is leading it to destruction. But even if destruction is inevitable, it is still worth fighting against.