Blue Sky's "Epic"

[Daikun]

I saw posters for this movie yesterday when I went to see Iron Man 3 in theaters. It looks like Blue Sky is taking a break from their millionth Ice Age sequel and trying something a bit different.

Trailer 1
Trailer 2

Anyone have any thoughts on it?

[The Shadow Gentleman]

It looks more interesting than what Blue Sky usually makes. I see potential.

Hopefully the slug isn't too much of a pain. 

[Goldstar]

Titling the film Epic seems a tad wanna be cool. It'd be like calling it "Awesome: The Motion Picture". However, it's nice to see Blue Sky taking a break from yet another Ice Age movie.

[Nel_Annette]

It looks like a 3D Fern Gully to me. I know it isn't, but it was the first thing that crossed my mind.

But that slug character. Ugh. "Urban" characters are always cringe-worthy, and reeks of a marketing team.

[Goldstar]

I've been seeing the ads for Epic, and while it doesn't look like a bad movie, per se, it does look painfully generic with all of the assembly line stock character and plot archetypes. I hope that it's good, but I'm getting a serious "Been there, seen that" vibe from the commercials for the film.