POSITIVES
The movie's imaginative world building about sea beasts and the hunters who hunt them is quite excellent. This is a very entertaining adventure at sea that you'll want to experience.
Animation is stellar and those enormous sea beasts are quite magnificent to look at. Visual imagery to marvel at. Then there are those like "Blue" who are just so cute.
Lively distinct characters wonderfully played by Karl Urban as Jacob Holland, Zaris-Angel Hator as Maisie Brumble, Jared Harris as Captain Crow, Marianne Jean-Baptiste as Sarah Sharpe, plus more. The banter between Jacob and Maisie in particular is pretty fun.
Those grand exciting engaging set pieces and action choreography are spectacular to watch!
What this movie decided to have as a thematic commentary is remarkable. Emphasized by a powerful moment during the last act. Take heed to what it has to say.
NEGATIVES
This isn't exactly a pirates movie if that's what you were hoping for.
Some familiar plot tropes here and there.
Plot conveniences? Highly illogical moments? Takes you out of the movie stuff? Sure.
Felt like it could have shown me more, and could have been more ambitious in scale.
You know some people are going to get annoyed by the kid.
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