I have 3 daughters (6-year-old twins and a 3-year-old) and Winx has been part of our daily life for years. They love the girls, the wings, the magic,... and there are far worse shows they could be fond of. But we, the adults, are cringing whenever the intro starts :)
The first movie was bought on DVD for Christmas and very much appreciated. Personally I feel the series have more charm because they are drawn instead of the graphics which I don't appreciate, but that's personal. The girls prefer the smoothness of the CGI, the even brighter sparkles, the flowing of the hair...
With the second movie in the cinema (not 3D) we went on an all-girls trip (the things we do for our children, the intelligence of my husband to skip this adventure ;). And this movie is just the same as the first. Smooth, slick, easy to digest, like the buckets of popcorn crunched down. It is filled with clichés and regular Winx action. The girls save the day, Stella is even more shallow than usual, the specialists make virtual cameo appearances to help out, the mothers mediate, the fathers do the right thing, a horse is transformed into a winged unicorn (much to the delight of all children in the theater), evil is conquered and we all live to see another day.
I managed to stay awake (as did our littlest, she didn't even want to sit on my lap!), found myself humming the transformation tune (with my eldest singing out loud), smiling at the jokes, aah-ing as Sky and Bloom kiss, just drifting on the cloud of ecstasy created by very enthusiastic girls (Mum, can we watch it again? PLEASE!?!?!? Of course, my angels, just not right away...).
It is harmless, shallow, black-white, good-evil, fairy-witches fun. Don't expect too much, don't try to read too much into it all and you will survive ;)
But we all wondered where Nabu came from. Wasn't he dead? Apparently he is back.
The first movie was bought on DVD for Christmas and very much appreciated. Personally I feel the series have more charm because they are drawn instead of the graphics which I don't appreciate, but that's personal. The girls prefer the smoothness of the CGI, the even brighter sparkles, the flowing of the hair...
With the second movie in the cinema (not 3D) we went on an all-girls trip (the things we do for our children, the intelligence of my husband to skip this adventure ;). And this movie is just the same as the first. Smooth, slick, easy to digest, like the buckets of popcorn crunched down. It is filled with clichés and regular Winx action. The girls save the day, Stella is even more shallow than usual, the specialists make virtual cameo appearances to help out, the mothers mediate, the fathers do the right thing, a horse is transformed into a winged unicorn (much to the delight of all children in the theater), evil is conquered and we all live to see another day.
I managed to stay awake (as did our littlest, she didn't even want to sit on my lap!), found myself humming the transformation tune (with my eldest singing out loud), smiling at the jokes, aah-ing as Sky and Bloom kiss, just drifting on the cloud of ecstasy created by very enthusiastic girls (Mum, can we watch it again? PLEASE!?!?!? Of course, my angels, just not right away...).
It is harmless, shallow, black-white, good-evil, fairy-witches fun. Don't expect too much, don't try to read too much into it all and you will survive ;)
But we all wondered where Nabu came from. Wasn't he dead? Apparently he is back.