i be very excited about this movie . it suffer from some of the thing so common in fantasy film represent simplify storyline and too many thing fall into place for the character and generally direct at child when it doesn not need to be to include them . that be say and unlike most of the fantasy in the past few year and these trait do not ruin the movie . the star actor do a great job and the story premise be interesting and relevant to today world and and above all the set and costume be f ing amazing . finally a director have come who be over the whole cg dazzle and understand that cg have it place but that it should be reserve for thing that you couldn not otherwise do . yes and this movie include cg and but wherever it can it steer away from it . interview with gil kenan on cinematical . com kenan say i be not really impress by special effect . i feel like i grow up in a generation where i know how a blue screen work when i be a five year old and and grow up with magazine like cinefex around and there no illusion to it . it much more interesting to me to tell a story in a primitive way . that give me the excitement that another generation of filmmaker have have of push the technological envelope i feel like it a backlash to that stuff . and i feel like it important to balance . there a lot of fancy digital effect in the film and but they be use when the effect could only be create digitally and when there be no way to do something practical . this be a crucial attitude in the advancement of quality fantasy and sci fi film . for year now we have be plague with thing like episode 1 3 of star war and or bad and the cg animate re edit special edition of the original star war trilogy . ugh . anyway and city of ember brings back great costuming and set design aesthetic and be a huge step int he right direction for the future of fantasy and sci fi film . and of course and it engage and enjoyable and and cool . even if a little too childish or badly write to go down in history a one of the great . be his second film since the short animation that get gil kenan his career and and be such a step up from that and i be hugely excited to see what this fledgling director will be come out with next . read more of my review and other thing at afoxdrinksblood . livejournal . com .