Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer (2018)

Jim Knopf und Lukas der Lokomotivführer: Directed by Dennis Gansel. With Uwe Ochsenknecht, Michael Herbig, Christoph Maria Herbst, Annette Frier. An orphan boy in search of his origin. A young princess held prisoner in deadly Dragon City. Jim and his friend Luke discovering mysterious lands on the quest of a lifetime.

“This live action movie tries to bring to the big screen the story of the Jim Knopf cartoons which once entertained my childhood, but as far as Iu0026#39;m concerned, it quite fails. The biggest problem with it is by far its screen time. As you might have guessed, itu0026#39;s simply impossible to fit an entire tv series into a movie, let alone a very short one like this one is, thus youu0026#39;re going to miss a lot of events. Another side effect to this is that the characters are not very well introduced and developed, fact which the series manages without breaking a sweat, thus for someone who hasnu0026#39;t seen the cartoons it would be unpleasant to link them all together. Theyu0026#39;ll figure it out as it is after all a film intended for children, but again, not the best experience.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSpeaking of children, this one seems to have been made solely for them. Iu0026#39;m speaking of course about the way it treats every single situation it encounters. Everything gets sorted out very easily without any drama, through inexplicable exaggerations (even by fantasy standards) or head scratching events, thus expect to be quite a lack of emotion or suspense throughout the entire film. It might be good if youu0026#39;re a little boy/girl watching a movie at the cinema with your parents but for someone like me, itu0026#39;s simply way too childish. The action is meh at best, even if they chose to include a couple of more u0026quot;intenseu0026quot; events from the series, hoping to impress the viewers but from my point of view, it did a bit too little in this direction. The cast could also have been better if you ask me, as too many actors donu0026#39;t manage to transmit anything through their characters which are very expressive in the animated show.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eItu0026#39;s a movie which unfortunately misses the point, or at least the one that I was expecting. It indeed manages to be a movie for the small ones who obviously havenu0026#39;t seen the series but for me who simply loved the cartoons itu0026#39;s a bit too hard to bare.”