Honestly, I'd gladly watch Alpha & Omega in place of any WowNow film. I went out to see it in a theatre in its opening week. Haven't bothered with any of the sequels though.
Dislkes:
- Toilet humor and butt shots, especially towards the first half of the film.
- 3D animation is ok at best. Weird moments: early in the film the wolves do a weird curvy dance; and after the packs are united, the background characters start doing a bizarre hopping-skip thing. The way that saliva and mud are animated is particularly awful.
- The goose and his sidekick are just annoying and not funny.
- The film takes absolutely no risks. Not well-written.
Likes:
- Some ok character designs (varies from character to character), fur textures, body language.
- Good voice acting.
- Omegas aren't depicted as clumsy goofs. They're low-ranking, but they have a job and purpose.
- Garth's terrible howling.
- Garth isn't a jerk! No idiotic male rivalry with Humphrey.
- Lily earning Garth's respect and teaching him how to howl.
- Howling is a form of music, that was a really nice touch!
- No songs!!
- The closing credits show the animators' sketches, 3D models, and reference sheets.
It's not a great film, but it's not a disaster either. Thoroughly meh. It's what I call a "babysitting film", it's fine for younger kids. When I saw it in the theatre, there was a whole group of them a few rows in front of me, and they seemed to be entertained. It was their first 3D film too, the opening cloudscape made them go "Ooooooooh!"
Honestly, I'd gladly watch Alpha & Omega in place of any WowNow film. I went out to see it in a theatre in its opening week. Haven't bothered with any of the sequels though.
Dislkes:
- Toilet humor and butt shots, especially towards the first half of the film.
- 3D animation is ok at best. Weird moments: early in the film the wolves do a weird curvy dance; and after the packs are united, the background characters start doing a bizarre hopping-skip thing. The way that saliva and mud are animated is particularly awful.
- The goose and his sidekick are just annoying and not funny.
- The film takes absolutely no risks. Not well-written.
Likes:
- Some ok character designs (varies from character to character), fur textures, body language.
- Good voice acting.
- Omegas aren't depicted as clumsy goofs. They're low-ranking, but they have a job and purpose.
- Garth's terrible howling.
- Garth isn't a jerk! No idiotic male rivalry with Humphrey.
- Lily earning Garth's respect and teaching him how to howl.
- Howling is a form of music, that was a really nice touch!
- No songs!!
- The closing credits show the animators' sketches, 3D models, and reference sheets.
It's not a great film, but it's not a disaster either. Thoroughly meh. It's what I call a "babysitting film", it's fine for younger kids. When I saw it in the theatre, there was a whole group of them a few rows in front of me, and they seemed to be entertained. It was their first 3D film too, the opening cloudscape made them go "Ooooooooh!"