For being a kids movie, this adult thought it was okay. Not my first choice but I've seen worse. Much worse. Acting by the adults were as one would expect, but kids...there must have been a shortage of more experienced ones. Overall the production quality was fine and with a minimum of "green screen" scenes.
The only real problem I had with the movie left me questioning why they made the elves have characteristics of vampirez. The one elf who is also a witch had very obvious vampire teeth while the young elven lad didn't have teeth as obvious as the witch's teeth but everytime just before turning into a form that allows him to fly throughout the woods, he hisses like we've seen in all of those vampire movies. It's almost like the elves had an "identity crisis" struggling between being magical forest creatures or belonging to a blood-thirsty vampire clan. Not to worry there are no "vampire scenes or talk so kids won't be scared...they just might be confused thinking elves hiss before changing their physical appearance & have vampire teeth making it difficult to eat normal food.
Honestly, the "vampire elves" I found to be more of a distraction taking away from the "magical" element of the story. I'm just not sure what the Director was trying to accomplish with those traits.
The only real problem I had with the movie left me questioning why they made the elves have characteristics of vampirez. The one elf who is also a witch had very obvious vampire teeth while the young elven lad didn't have teeth as obvious as the witch's teeth but everytime just before turning into a form that allows him to fly throughout the woods, he hisses like we've seen in all of those vampire movies. It's almost like the elves had an "identity crisis" struggling between being magical forest creatures or belonging to a blood-thirsty vampire clan. Not to worry there are no "vampire scenes or talk so kids won't be scared...they just might be confused thinking elves hiss before changing their physical appearance & have vampire teeth making it difficult to eat normal food.
Honestly, the "vampire elves" I found to be more of a distraction taking away from the "magical" element of the story. I'm just not sure what the Director was trying to accomplish with those traits.