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There is a lot to like about Strange World. The world itself is very beautiful and the setting and central premise of the movie was pretty cool, even if it's been done before (My first thought was Bionicle) And I can't complain about getting another adventure film in the vein of Atlantis and Treasure Planet. Unfortunately, the film is so focused on filling the scenes up with mediocre action and dialogue that we never really get to take it all in, nor the characters, who are likable, but never satisfyingly developed. The movie should have focused a lot more on either its central premise and allegory, or the family dynamics, both of which had a lot of potential but got shortchanged.

I admire Ne Zha's ambition and the animation is pretty impressive for foreign 3D animation, which is usually pretty bad. Got to learn quite a bit about Chinese mythology too. The central conflict is a pretty interesting examination of "nature" vs. "nurture" and destiny, unfortunately the pacing is pretty awful, and the story is pretty needlessly complicated. Very much worth a watch though.