Of course Poe's stories are masterpieces but this movie is not so good unfortunately. The animation is, quite frankly, terrible. Especially considering this was released in 2013! You'd expect an anthology offering different animation styles for each story would have pretty neat and cool visuals. This does not. The animation was very poor. If it was an early 90s movie I could cut it some slack, but no. Poe's stories are incredible of course and almost save the film. They are presented okay. Just okay presentation. One thing I do like about the movie as an anthology is that there actually is a bit of a continued progressive thread between the stories with the crow and the grave. But I have to say, when I first watched the beginning of this movie with the crow and the grave, it came across as so poorly done that I stopped watching the movie. But I went back later and watched the whole movie, thinking "I'll give it a chance". I think the voicing on the crow was awful. The inbetween thread develops into an okay thing, a noble attempt, but still not great. But one thing I do like about this movie is that it is very strongly and consistently dark all the way through. So, to wrap up, Poe's masterpieces may carry the film for some. And though I enjoyed them, for me the film itself was poorly done. Especially for an anthology, boasting itself as having different animation styles for each story, was very dated, artistically lacking and poorly done. And the between story thread, while a noble attempt, is also a little shaky. A poorly made film with incredible source material.
Review of Extraordinary Tales
