Having grown up with The Magic Roundabout I couldn't wait to see this new version but I was rather disappointed unfortunately.
The vocal talents are good with Tom Baker excelling as ZeBadDee and Robbie Williams as Dougal has a future in this sort of thing but there wasn't enough to keep this 35 year old fixed on the screen as say Skrek could. Sir Ian McKellen gave a great version of Gandalf as Zeberdee and Lee Evens was good as the voice of the train. Kylie Minogue seemed to have a small part as Florence and was hardly noticeable, Jim Broadbent probably had the best lines as Brian and Bill Nighy as Dylan just seemed to be the same character as in Love Actually! Joanna Lumley was good as Ermintrude, the opera singing cow.
OK, so I have been kind with the vocal talents but where this magic of the original was put into 5 minute episodes this falls down with trying to stretch that 5 minutes worth of fun into 80 minutes.
It is for the children and my 6 year old loved it...
The vocal talents are good with Tom Baker excelling as ZeBadDee and Robbie Williams as Dougal has a future in this sort of thing but there wasn't enough to keep this 35 year old fixed on the screen as say Skrek could. Sir Ian McKellen gave a great version of Gandalf as Zeberdee and Lee Evens was good as the voice of the train. Kylie Minogue seemed to have a small part as Florence and was hardly noticeable, Jim Broadbent probably had the best lines as Brian and Bill Nighy as Dylan just seemed to be the same character as in Love Actually! Joanna Lumley was good as Ermintrude, the opera singing cow.
OK, so I have been kind with the vocal talents but where this magic of the original was put into 5 minute episodes this falls down with trying to stretch that 5 minutes worth of fun into 80 minutes.
It is for the children and my 6 year old loved it...