The Host

Making a children’s animated feature about the art of Biblical caligraphy seems like rather an odd choice and yet that’s exactly what Tom Moore has done with his feature Brendan and the Secret of Kells. And, as we saw with the early teaser back in the summer he seems to be doing rather a good job of it. Well, that teaser was a rough job, prepared largely for internal use, but now the proper theatrical trailer has arrived and it’s looking like very strong stuff, filled with dazzling visuals and a solid sense of style. Check both trailers out below the break.
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Reader Comments
Mr.Jagil 12/01/2008 @ 2:39pm
Wow, from the forest part an onwards it is absolutely beautiful. Can’t seem to find a IMDB profile though…
Todd Brown 12/01/2008 @ 8:58pm
Yeah, it’s got a really interesting visual style, doesn’t it? Reminds me mostly of layers of paper, it’s like layers of 2D images with the layers giving it depth while still keeping it 2D. I like.
Swarez 12/01/2008 @ 11:21pm
Reminds me of The Thief and the Cobbler in a big way, the visual style and how it seems to be made by people who love traditional animation.
jfml 12/03/2008 @ 1:53pm
Imdb-entry is here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485601/
Looks really great! It reminded me of glassworks in churchwindows (whatever the right word for those is), at some points.