Recently Kubo and the Two Strings was released in theaters. It
is a heartwarming story of a boy named Kubo who travels the mystic lands of
japan to defeat an evil force known as the moon king
with the help of a magical
monkey, called Monkey, and a cursed samurai, with no memory, who was tuned into
a beetle-like man and is given the name Beetle by Kubo. The movie is entirely
done in stop-motion and is said to have the largest stop motion puppet and not
many studios these days will wait two whole years to finish one and would rather
use special effects, which makes it a more unique movie. The movie revolves
around the stories Kubo’s mother told him his whole life; which he tells to the
villagers in the nearby town through his shamisen and using his inner powers to
use origami to give a more visual representation, which adds to the film’s
amazing and well composed soundtrack. After Kubo is thrust upon the role of
stopping the evil force out to get the magical powers within his eye, he is
forced into retrieving his father’s missing magic sword, helmet, and breastplate.
Monkey is the more serious character one who tells Kubo of what he must do and
forces him to go on a quest to find the three magical items. When Beetle comes
into the story trying to help the two out and claims to be Kubo’s father’s
apprentice. Monkey throughout the story has more of a serious side as she
rushes Kubo to find the magical armor, while Beetle remains as the comic relief
to the story, often forgetting things, acting brave then becoming scared, and
pointing out random occurrences and things about what is happening The story
itself is not too deep as other movies might have it, but it still is able to
convey its message. Although it seems Kubo is on a quest he is also on a journey,
as he travels the harsh lands he also finds his own story to tell. Ever since I
first saw the film I was hyped to see it and when I saw it in August it met
more of my expectations than I first thought it would. I give the movie a well-earned
ten out of ten.
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