The ongoing problem with the animated films that Fox distributes is an overabundance of seriousness. must restore a healthy balance to the forest and put a stop to the Boggins' decay before it can destroy the entire forest. With the help of the head of the Leafmen (Colin Farrell) and a cute young Leafmen soldier (Josh Hutcherson), M.K. wanders through the forest, she stumbles upon the queen and gets pulled into their world – shrunken down and everything. As the Leafmen assist the queen, the Boggin army attacks and thwarts their plans, trying to steal the spirit of life and corrupting it with rot. arrives just-so-happens to be the day that the queen is going to pass along the spirit. You see, forests have always thrived because a powerful fairy queen (Beyoncé) carries "the spirit of the forest." Every so many years, she passes that spirit along to another being. arrives at her father's home, the lore of the forest is explained to us. Of course, we quickly learn that he's correct, that the Leafmen are in a constant battle against equally tiny bad guys called Boggins who promote rot and decay. He believes that these small people, known as Leafmen, serve as the guardians of nature. He still places 100 percent of his efforts in proving that tiny people exist within the forest. M.K.'s parents divorced long ago, a major source of the marital problems being her dad's obsession with his scientific work. Not quite old enough to be on her own, she's moving in with her father (Jason Sudeikis), who she hasn't seen in years.
The movie opens shortly after her mother's funeral. Mary Katherine (Amanda Seyfried), known as M.K., is in a hard period in her life. Yes, a human outsider is transformed into one of the natives, but the story that human is placed in has nothing to do with stopping mankind from destroying the Earth.
While 'Epic' definitely has elements of those movies, it's different enough to feel like its own film. It appeared to be ' Ferngully' and ' Avatar' (yes, I consider 'Avatar' an animated film) rolled into one. I initially wrote off 'Epic' as being a compilation of many well-known animated movies. 'Epic' isn't Pixar or DreamWorks quality, but it's a step in the right direction and a much stronger effort than other Fox-distributed movies. Am I the only one that's sad about DreamWorks leaving Paramount behind as a distributing partner and making the transition over to Fox? Fox hasn't had a very good track record with animation, so this move really had me worried – that is until now.
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